lets hope -- really hard! -- that the crisis that erupted this weekend will not be repeated. These people are crazy ( Read more... )

better day at work - despite the day I was there all alone and it is the busiest day of the week. I missed lunch, it was that busy. At one point I had four clients seated and was revolving around them. I closed with just over $1100 in sales, which is a decent day. The fact I did it ALL ALONE? I'm pretty freakin' proud of that. But now I'm tired. ( Read more... )

I find it interesting that the more someone needs to heal from the ills of the world, the greater impact they have on healing those around them. Perhaps it is a form of self-preservation? This ability to overcome your own grief and sorrow in an attempt to console others ( Read more... )

It was his son. My friend's ( Read more... )

So finally SHE GETS IT.

After one helluva night with the psycho kid .... my mother comes through the kitchen this morning shaking her head. she says, "That boy just isn't right, Stef. I thought for a long time that he was just pretending his 'episodes'. But I really think there is something [points to her head] WRONG up there."Then she recounts ( Read more... )

hard couple of days ... what else is new? Cody going manic MAJOR big time and stressing out my last freakin' nerve. Now he's pissing off Mom too -- so she is ONLY NOW seeing the terror this child can cause. She responds by locking her bedroom door.

Me? I don't even have a bedroom DOOR -- let alone a lock for it.

( teen angst or serial killer? )

I've been focusing my writing in my paper journal. Just don't have the compy time much these days. I can't say I am really honestly fully truthfully honest in this forum anymore anyway ... so let the honesty roll from pen onto paper, I say ( Read more... )

Horoscope for today reads:
Your world feels pretty tightly wrapped now, but this doesn't necessarily upset you. You are willing to live with the restraint. In some ways, it is welcome news from the cosmos, for you like it when your structures are strong enough that you can build upon them. You have constructive power at your disposal. Using your ( Read more... )

The harder I try to "fit in" and be "normal", the more it is apparent that I am not qualified. The more I wish to break free of these cursed chains, the more enslaved I become ( Read more... )

the chicken festival festivities got rained out. I ran some errands and spent the day listening to the bickering and bitching ( Read more... )