So, today went pretty well. No fights, lots of laughs, good food... it was a fun day ( Read more... )

So, tomorrow is Thanksgiving. Eric and I will be at my sister's house. It's going to be hectic this year. It's Michael's first Thanksgiving with us, so that should be cute. Both of my brothers are going to be there, along with my younger brother's girlfriend (domestic partner?). I don't like her much, she's a real bitch. She cheated on my ( Read more... )

Well, I no longer have to write about fear because in class we were asked about how the journals were going and I mentioned that I felt like I was feeling like I had run out of things to write about my topic. The professor said I could write about anything I wanted to now ( Read more... )

When I was four and my mother took us and left my father for Roger, we lived on a farm in Upstate New York for the winter. While there we had a little white dog named (not very original) Fluffy. Fluffy was small, just about the size of a toy poodle. But Fluffy made up for her size by meanness. She would bite us kids whenever she got a chance to ( Read more... )

I don't know if I've told this story here from when I was little. It's also when I was five and we lived in the apartment in Harendale ( Read more... )

When I was driving today
I saw the most beautiful tree.
It was covered in orange
and red leaves
and where sunlight touched
they were like flames.
And I don't think
you love me anymore
There was tire swing
hanging from the strongest branch
and I bet the child
who played on that swing
felt like they were
a phoenix rising.

The third and final thing I will write about regarding stopping me in my tracks ( Read more... )

The second thing to stop me in my tracks this week was the vet bill for Pixel's colonoscopy. A couple of weeks ago she had a sonogram that cost over $400. And it found nothing. Her colonoscopy cost over $1,200. The good thing is that it did get results. Pixel has IBD (Irritable Bowel Disease) which is manageable but not curable. On Monday she ( Read more... )

So, I get to break from my topic of fear... this week I get to write about 3 things that stopped me in my tracks... tonight, I'll write about one of them ( Read more... )

My mother thinks that she's going to die soon. I think she's overreacting but neither her nor my father take good care of themselves, so maybe she's not and I just don't want to think about it ( Read more... )