I picked up A Feast for Crows at the library today! Yay!!! I've also finished Mansfield Park by Jane Austen. Fanny rocks; I would have given in under all that pressure ( Read more... )

Personally, things have been kind of up and down ( Read more... )

It seems like one of the worst things to be called, out here in rennie-dom, is a carny. It is a referance to one's character, I gather. A stereotype of the difference between a rennie and a carny: A rennie still has most of his or her teeth ( Read more... )

My Grandma died Wednesday morning.... It doesn't look like I'll be able to make it back for her funeral on Sun/Mon.... round-trip tickets are around $400... ouchie. Even with my mother willing to pay for a goodly portion of it, still... that's painful. Flying from Vegas would lower that by $60-$125, but then I'd need to drive 300 miles and back, ( Read more... )

Yep, Robert's going to Iraq. He goes to Fort Bliss (El Paso Texas, near the Mexico border apparently) on the 20th, and will train there for a few months ( Read more... )

*sighs*

Short notice. He knew it was coming, and was preparing for it, but still....

Robert's getting shipped out on the 20th. Mom's message didn't say, but probably Iraq. Will update when I know for certain.

*thinks* Damn. And he's not even 20 yet.