Thank GOD. I hate long-distance driving only slightly less than I hate sitting around in the middle of nowhere with nothing to do. I got so bored I actually played the shitty golf game on my new cell phone. Not that I wanted a new cell phone, but we switched providers (Cingular, now. Same old number, though.), and of course that means getting a ( Read more... )

So... mom brought home some sidewalk chalk while Joe was over Saturday. Huzzah! I can start on that crazy "sprites-on-the-wall" project I mentioned a couple posts ago. It's not a very... robust collection, though. 15 pices in 7 colors, one of which is white, and none of which are grey or black, although I expected as much. There's not a whole ( Read more... )

So... Alexis is under the knife right now. Been there for about an hour, and will probably stay there for another couple hours. Yea... she said that, when she feels up to it, she'll try to get the word out that she's like... alive and sorta-well via email or a phone call to someone who can IM me, and I really appreciate that. I've already said so ( Read more... )

Well, dad came back home today. I'm glad he's back home in comfortable surroundings. I'm sure it'll do a lot for his general mood, even if mom and I have to keep telling him not to worry about "bothering" us. I'm sure it'll help us feel a lot better, too. We've got an interesting little at-home hospital bed set up for him downstairs since he ( Read more... )