Still in Maryland (Until the end of May, we go home on May 30th from the third segment of training) and still loving the H-e-double hockeysticks out of my job and my company ( Read more... )

I have thought a lot about writing an 'end of year retrospective' post, and a New Year's post, and, and, and...I have done precisely nothing about it. So here's the deal: If you want a retrospective of the year, go back and read this year's posts. :) I'm not going to. I spend a lot of time vacillating between the past and the future in great wide ( Read more... )

Your rainbow is intensely shaded red, blue, and green.

What is says about you: You are a passionate person. You appreciate friends who get along with one another. You share hobbies with friends and like trying to fit into their routines. Those around you admire your fresh outlook and vitality.

Find the colors of your rainbow at spacefem.com.

And the goose is hella getting fat. The scale is moving in the wrong direction! I was so excited after Arizona, where I lost two pounds....and I have gained five since then. *cry* Now, yes, I know this is my own darn fault, and I take full responsibility for it. Less ice cream, less reeses pumpkins and york batties. Less wine ( Read more... )

Last night, I went to bed after hearing president-elect Obama's speech. I was hopeful and happy for our country, not because I am a Democrat and voted party line, but because here was a man who honestly and...earnestly got up in front of millions of people and said, "You did this. You chose this time and this place to start healing, to end some of ( Read more... )

The title is wishful thinking, of course. My cat is not coming back without some serious Stephen King witchery happening. Ariel was my first 'real' pet. The first animal I had outside of family dogs and horses and cats with the parents - Mr. Ex got her for me from a coworker, and she was trouble from day one. (Nicknames include demonspawn, MSDOS ( ( Read more... )

Which is almost, but not quite, a song title, yes. It is however the hour at which I awaken three days a week ( Read more... )

So I buckled down and went to the doctor today.

The verdict: Dunno. MIGHT be a bone spur, might be a torn rotator cuff. Can't tell for sure without costly MRI.

So, instead: here, go to physical therapy for three weeks, and take these low level pain killers.

:/ At least I might be able to lift my arm over my head again someday soon.

Some of you know how I feel about Fall. The chilly mornings, the scent of loam and rain and woodsmoke, the 'settling in' feeling the world seems to have as everything slows down and gets ready to hibernate for winter ( Read more... )

 As I alluded to in my alphabet post, this past weekend I went to Arizona on vacation. I may or may not have mentioned that I was going there to hang out with a whole slew of people I only knew previously from an online game we all play together. (SHOCKING, I know - Keisha is going to an online gaming meetup?) It has been a long time since the ( Read more... )