The definition of venting is to let off some "steam" before the pressure buildup becomes critical and you explode all over some unsuspecting stranger... OK maybe that's not the original definition but it's the one I need right now ( Read more... )

Came in to work feeling unmotivated ( Read more... )

These things have been rattling around in my head and I am going to try to put them down ( Read more... )

I wrote about my cat.. it was meant to be a warm up for writing about myself. I had just about finished processing what I was going through and then the last week have been a tizzy and a blur and I didn't find my round tuit. I can write about where I was as of last week. This week, not sure where I’m heading ( Read more... )

We have this black cat... I've written about her before. She adopted me as her human. She is a fairly normal cat to other people: aloof, attentive only when she wants something, etc. But with me, she fawns. She comes running when I come home, she tolerates the dog in my presence, and she sleeps next to my pillow, allowing me to sleep half on ( Read more... )

It feels like a lot has changed in the last year ( Read more... )

I must admit, there is one aspect of the culture I find myself in that I just simply do not get. I have not understood this for the long time I've been here and I still don't get it.... why do people like abusive bigots ( Read more... )

well, it's 5:30 am on Christmas day. I've been awake since 3:05. I guess it's excitement. Santa came last night and our house, well the dining room, looks incredibly festive. Santa chose red-and-white stripey paper this year. The kindling is ready and when we wake the kids up (chances are, by 7am I won't be able to wait any longer!) we'll ( Read more... )

Thursday, we all came home together, and it was a beautiful day, so despite needing to go grocery shopping the kids asked and I relented to playing on the driveway for a while before shopping. K was wearing a cute pink skirt, that flapped as she played ( Read more... )

Left Pennsic on Thursday. it rained. and rained ( Read more... )