smiled & said hello to the gas station girl last night, before tossing my money to her.  her whole face lit up as she smiled back.  it was so nice i also complimented her earrings on my way out (they really were cool earrings ( Read more... )

 
i miss x-mas.  still have all my decorations up because the thought of taking them down is too sad.  plus there are still gifts under the tree because i never see my friends.  perhaps i should re-wrap and save them for b-days?

having the same conversation over and over again at work (plus my friends never hang out anymore) has made it hard for me ( Read more... )

 
iguana was nestled all snug in my bed
while visions of organicallygrownvegetables danced in his head.

and i in my pj's out there on the couch
was wondering where the monster might be lurking about

i could see in the glow of the tv display
the living room was not where he decided to stay

then a crazy idea popped into my head:
i wonder if he is sprawled ( Read more... )

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 last night i think my monster was lonely.  normally, when i'm at home, i open his cage doors and he's free to wander about at will.  and normally he's fairly antisocial: he'll wander into the bedroom and sprawl on the bed, or sit on the couch in the one sunny spot.  but even then, when i'm moving around a lot, he gets huffy and find another spot ( Read more... )

photos taken with my brand new chocolate phone which i super-love and which for some reason i can't stop stroking (srsly).  my friend was flipping through the target catalog on my coffee table the other day and asked if i had seen such-and-such phone and i replied,"nah, i have a new phone and we are *very* happy with each other.  i don't need to ( Read more... )

16 inches of hair.  all day friday i kept losing my balance & dropping things, because my head is 3-4 pounds lighter than it was.

pics will follow when i get around to it.

 i've been meeting with my english students about once a week at the library.  we use the esl books on the shelves, read stories and chat quietly in english.  the nonrpof may be dead in the water but at least i'm still helping some people.  anyway last night one of them handed me an envelope.  i saw through the side that there was money in it.  i ( Read more... )

a lovely dinner on friday with the friends, who are all just as sad and missing each other as i am.  glad to find out i'm not being ostracised, it's just the group falling apart.  erm, sort of glad.  ego assuaged?  but anyway we had a fantastic dinner (i taught kate how to make gravy, she was so excited) with copius amounts of wine & hugs, and then ( Read more... )

 so like, this random kitty walked right into my apartment last night like s/he owned the place. it wandered in my back door, through the kitchen and into the living room.  i was like, "hey!  you're not allowed in here!  you make me sneeze!" and then s/he hurried out, but lingered around the back door for quite a while, wondering if re-entry was ( Read more... )