It looks like this is the year that June the Fifth becomes a little easier to bear ( Read more... )

It's June ( Read more... )

Today, I talk to OwnerMan about giving sax lessons. The timing is just right. (New!CoWorker has been hired on a more permanent part-time basis, and BossMan is wanting to cut my hours because we're never busy the last hour of work.) I keep telling myself the worst thing he could say is "you're not qualified enough, sorry", but that is a biggie, ( Read more... )

I think this June Fifth won't be as hard. The date has lost its raw edge. At least this year. (Next year will make five years - holy crap - and that kind of anniversary is tough ( Read more... )

I woke up with a mild case of laryngitis (probably allergy-induced ( Read more... )

My mind is a bit full tonight ( Read more... )

I've been threatening to step away from the social/news/political/current events websites lately, and I think I might make good on that threat starting tonight. For at least as long as it takes for me to not get into a quiet but unmistakable "heaving breathing flames" rage. Or roll my eyes. Or decide I don't want to deal with things until Never ( Read more... )

This day sneaked up on me. Which means I'm not dwelling on it, which means I'm getting over things. Which... okay ( Read more... )

The hands kept spinning around the face, but
The Earth stopped cold at dawn
For a moment, then moved on.

(Don't laugh - they're lyrics from a Hootie and the Blowfish song. But they say things better than I can this morning.)

Dishwashing machine's broke ( Read more... )