A second job may be in my future.

Goodbye boyfriend & life.
Hello makin' money.

You should have stayed home.

Canada was...interesting. I don't really like giving away my money, so I wasn't a big fan of the casino. Most of the time Tara and I walked around to all the different bars, psyched that we could order from them. Her whole family went crazy at the strip club. What is it about middle aged women and naked 20-somethings that get them all hyped up? ( Read more... )

Tonight, for the first time in years, I spent time with my Grandpa. It was absolutely incredible. He smiled so big when he saw me at his door with dinner in tow. We sat down and talked for a long time. He told me that he regrets that he doesn't know the person I am anymore, and that he really wants to. We made plans for my brother & I to go to a ( Read more... )

It's not always easy working first shift while your love works third, but it makes me cherish the time we do get to spend together. It really is quality not quanity. I really look forward to the hour or so I get to see him in-between our work schedules, or the few minutes we talk on the phone ( Read more... )

I still ask about you. When friends have talked to you I always want to know how you're doing. I still care very much, but you don't know this. I miss you, but I feel like I left you when you needed me the most, but the truth is, I left myself too. I feel ashamed; I tainted something that was so important. We should talk...I would really like that.

I put off growing up for a long time, now it's all I'm doing. I used to dread it, like it was some awful thing that was going to swallow up my life and turn it into something I hated. Now I'm seeing that it's not too bad, and it's something that I'm actually enjoying. Being responsible is something that I can take pride in. The people around me are ( Read more... )

MELBOURNE, Australia - Two Australian robbers thought they were hauling away a big sack of cash from the Cuckoo Restaurant, but it turned out to be bread rolls - and one of them accidentally shot the other in the buttocks during the heist ( Read more... )

I have a small owl living in my front yard. He flies around at night through my apple trees and power lines. He likes to turn his head almost all the way around and eat mice ( Read more... )

Happy 2008