Things are still up and down.  Not exactly a roller coaster, more like an uneven road through hilly terrain.  I'm planning to move back to Carlisle around August 8th (?).  I don't have plans set in stone, or anywhere close, but I figure if I set a date and keep repeating it, hopefully I'll actually stick to it.  I'm still dragging my heels with the ( Read more... )

I haven't smiled nearly enough recently. But I've caught myself smiling multiple times tonight, and so here, now, I would like to give a shout out to some smile-inducing people. Actually, as I was on my way to the computer to come type up this little tribute, the list jumped from three to four. Here they are ( Read more... )

Yeah, I'm pretty much a total waste of space these days.  This has been a nagging thought for several weeks now, but today (for whatever reason) it has been at the forefront of my thoughts.  I just went to Lowes with my mother to by some bags of rocks/pebbles (to help alleviate erosion in a couple places in our side yards), and I was so weak I ( Read more... )

So despite being up until almost 3am, I was wide awake by 7 am this morning.

So I got up (!).

Anyway, I took a walk and picked up litter while I walked (yeah!) and then I came home, listened to Weekend Edition on NPR for a bit & had some breakfast.  Around 9 I decided my mom needed to be awake, too.  And then I went out on a round of errands--took ( Read more... )

....wile away the hours.

(I haven't been productive at all for a while...need to get back on track....)

Anyway, I learned that I am essentially a cowboy and a nerd, though, today.  And that I know what it is like to be poor (duh).  Here are my quiz results du jour:

Pure Nerd
82 % Nerd, 13% Geek, 26% Dork For The Record:

A Nerd is someone who is ( Read more... )

Lady Madonna
You scored 32 shyness, 16 bitterness, 74 moral, and 32 eccentric! You are Lady Madonna! This single was a celebration of motherhood. Whether you're a parent or not, you probably are an average, mature person, just trying to make your way through this world. You have your ( Read more... )

Yep.  It's Tuesday.

I had a rather busy weekend--and a full Monday and Tuesday, too, but (probably because I have been so busy) I'm lacking the energy to write about it all right now.

Anyway, some updates on things I wrote about last week...

Carmelita (my car):

I had to jump her a second time, and I was worried we might be nearing the end.  But, I ( Read more... )

So, I've had a good couple days.  I haven't actually gotten that much done (well, I baby-sat quite a bit, which is good 'cuz I need the $), but I am feeling pretty inspired.  I've had some good conversations which have led to insights into what I think I want to do--with life in general, but more specifically with my life in the next year or so ( Read more... )

I have to be up at 8am, but I can't sleep.

So, after lying in bed for about an hour, I decided to get up and find something mindless to read, hoping it would soothe me into slumber.

But we all know how easily I digress....from anything.  Thus, I'm up with my mom while she watches her soaps (I seriously think she might not be able to function ( Read more... )

Yes, I am feeling back on track!  Sunday and Monday were kind of  so-so, but today I feel I've actaully tackled a fair amount, though I did have an unexpected delay.

I went out in the early afternoon to make a deposit at the bank, and then I stopped by Rollin' Oats (the whole foods supermarket I shop at here in St. Pete).  After spending more than I ( Read more... )