I used to think it was easy to make new friends and to find good people to hang out with, but what I've come to realize is that's not the case after a certain age. At the moment I'm a bit heartbroken, because just when I felt I had found a new group of people to belong to I was pushed out by betrayal ( Read more... )

It seems like I always find my way back to live journal when I feel I have nowhere else to place my thoughts. The reality is I write things here knowing that if I don't release them- I'll breakr ather than bend. Even after all this time, I'm still the person carrying all the weight of others... no one wants to carry mine or shows the capacity to ( Read more... )

Recently, things have become a bit dramatic in my life. I've come to the realization I no longer have a tolerance for people who whine and somehow managed to get sympathy. Flat out, I been through a ton of crap and I've carried it all on my back with a minimal amount of whining. These days it seems that anyone with an excuse or a sob story is ( Read more... )

There is something be said for hving put in a lot of time with another person, when they're not around (even if it is temporary) things seem out of sorts ( Read more... )

Today I reached my goal of hitting a 22 BMI. I've been working on this since January, and for those of you who don't know anything about exercise and the Body Mass Index it's very hard for someone with my build to cut down. My hope is to maintain this BMI, and to keep toning muscle. For me it's never been about weight loss, but rather how my ( Read more... )

Just about twenty minutes outside of Denver is Boulder, Colorado. This is a city populated by a diverse group of unique and unusual people. Driving into the city, there are a plethora of license plates to be found. From Michigan to Hawaii, there’s not a lack of domestic transplants. (Of course there are also the international immigrants, but ( Read more... )

Each time I fly, I am amazed at the way the ground looks from so high up. The earth seems like this patchwork quilt that is made up of blues, greens, tans, dark browns, and ambers. There are so many things that create squares, rectangles, circles, and other geometric patterns that add to the geographic beauty. It’s absolutely glorious and it ( Read more... )

Thursday I am venturing out to Denver, Colorado. This will be the first time I've ventured to that state and city, so it will be interesting to see what trouble I can get myself into. My brother is going to play tour guide and has trips to Boulder, some of the parks, and horseback riding planned. With his planning skills, my mother and I will be ( Read more... )

For those who watch the national news... I am doing alright, we headed to the basement several times. The first time occurred after hearing the roaring of the storm above us ( Read more... )

Ah, house guests. My brother is staying with me again. This means the following ( Read more... )