That's how long LJ says it's been since I posted here. Wondering if anybody still cruises by here. Just found out a friend has an LJ. It's "friends only." Not surprised ( Read more... )

Working for the company that runs most of the Lotteries in this country can really suck sometimes. Yes, it's nice to travel around the world and see cool places and meet severiously interesting people. It also means that I CAN'T play the Lottery, especially PowerBall. It probably gets a lot of people through the week to hold out hope that they " ( Read more... )

It's Friday night. It's been way more than months since my last post. I don't do this whole blog thing well. Now of course there are MySpace places to look at and LiveJournals to check on and I much prefer the old ways of telephone and email ( Read more... )

It's Saturday. Mixed emotions. I get to go home. Happy dance for that. (Oh, can you just see the old guy doing a happy dance?!?) I leave behind two of the biggest parts of me. Sad curly ball for that. I wish I could bring my babies with me. I do have a balloon to take with. I'm going to try to get it in my suitcase and see if it survives ( Read more... )

Guess this will be a bit of an old man post. I don't get 'round here very often. Prolly should try to. I have three of them. Children, that is. I also have two that are almost and practically step-children. I've been accused in the past of caring more for my step's than for my own. That hurt. A lot. Especially from the one that seems to be the most ( Read more... )

This trip is almost over. The people I thought were my friends here turned out to be so much more. They're like family for us. Leaving at 7am tomorrow. Sadness ( Read more... )

Almost a week and a half ago, some of the weirdest stuff started.

First, there was the whole "I won't be having a son-in-law next year after all" episode, that took the better part of a week to play out. (You wanna know, ya gotta ask someone else.) Then I find out today by reading someone's LJ that it's not quite as played out as I was led to ( Read more... )

So, it's been a while. Yes, quite a while. In my last entry, I had the trip from hell to Michigan. Since then, I've returned to Michigan for the full two week trip. I had plans to either visit friends in southwestern Michigan or near Cleveland. Decisions, decisions. Well, mother nature took care of that for me. IT SNOWED! In MAY! So I set the ( Read more... )

So, my trip to Michigan turned into the worst travel nightmare I've experienced. Yes, it's over already. I'm back home in RI and glad of it. I'm supposed to be finishing up my first week in Michigan. But the Lottery decided to push the installations from March to May. No point training people just so they'll forget everything in two months.

Sunday ( Read more... )

I've just read my daughters' LJs. My heart is ripped. One of them is practically grown up and the other is damn near there. I know that part of the reason for that is my absence. I haven't been there as for them as much as I should have been. I'm not there for them now. I wish I was. 2570 miles is a damn long distance. Doesn't help that it's gray ( Read more... )