Some days are there just to make sure that you realize that they can still happen. Such a day was Friday.

Motherfucker.

Let's start shall we?

We left myburningviolin's keys at The Dad's Thursday night, meaning that before she went in to work, we had to retrieve them. But really, that's just normal difficulties. We got up an hour earlier, retrieved them ( Read more... )

You forget what 1 degree feels like until you are standing and waiting for the bus. Your eyelashes freeze to your glasses, and there is foamy rime of ice on your scarf. Then you get on the bus and start to thaw. Your toes itch, and you fingers pulse. Things start melting ( Read more... )

Thank you to everyone who showed at Bertucci's last Saturday despite the very poor weather, it gave me that warm feeling. The cards were great, and even though we didn't manage to cruicify Jesus (saitou), we're glad that he came.

Besides, railroad spikes don't go bad. There's always next year.

And I have to thank torilgrey for the help with the chair, and the ( Read more... )

Brainstorming with Jason is like talking to a very smart machine gun.

"yu yu yu ( Read more... )

Vacation is almost over, so I figured that I'd do an update describing what happened and didn't happen during that week, while I geek out an watch The Dark CrystalOn Monday and Tuesday, Tess and I were snowed in at my parents house. It was two days of enforced relaxation, which I always have a problem with. I like to have a plan at all times, ( Read more... )

Christmas came a bit early for me this week. I received 2 fat bags of crack (coffee) from Theresa, my project manager and Secret Santa. Gravity Switch made its appreciation known just in time to pay some bills. And cingular got me 2 phones. Didn't need both of them, so I handed one off to Tess. It's got a camera in it, and I feel like I'm part ( Read more... )

I'm taking my tie out for a walk today. It was looking very forlorn and lonely in my closet so I decided that it could use a walkabout. It's much happier now.

Good luck to everyone taking exams this week: muggleslayer is moving towards being able to figure out what is wrong with the world, mentally. perseph12 is dealing with torts, which I thought were yummy ( Read more... )

So this is the story so far with the things that are going on in my life. It's full of death, near-death and frustration. Kind of like a soap opera, but not nearly as fun, because it's happening to me.

Last week, myburningviolin and I were finally getting into a routine that was making life feel normal again. We had moved The Dad down to a very nice care ( Read more... )

I meant to turn off commenting on the last entry. Thank you to anyone who posted, it was appreciated.

More on what's happening later . . .

(PS. Not myburningviolin's dad)