I'm having a tough time today, maintaining hope. Every time I think we're gonna make it, we're gonna get there... Something else goes wrong. My lady and I do without... we scrimp and save, we do everything that we can think of... and just as we are about to reap the reward, something goes wrong ( Read more... )

Not all things have fault to assign, or to assume.

Sometimes, especially for me... the hardest thing to do... is nothing.

Like my lady, I don't often ask for help. I am usually the one trying to help everyone else ( Read more... )

I don't get it. The boat left, I wasn't on it. I missed the meeting... I was sick that day... come ON, guys ( Read more... )

It's hard to stay "up" these days ( Read more... )

And I 'm not even sure what I'm losing ( Read more... )

Here are some ways I've seen in the last few months... If any of these are you, you have been or are being rude. Rude past the point where just saying "I'm sorry" will fix it. Time to act, rather than talk, in an attempt to fix it ( Read more... )

Well, 2009 is almost over... This marks the first full calendar year I've been living in RI, with Graceysbane, though I had been here for a bit of 2008, too. Looking back, it's been a hell of a ride, and one I am glad to have been here for in the most part ( Read more... )

This was an up-and-down day for me ( Read more... )

That's twice ( Read more... )