A raccoon killed all the ducks last night. All of them. It's very horrible/traumatic/upsetting ( Read more... )

- at least mine seems to be right now again. It was broken last week (one year and a day after I wrecked my last car!) and then I thought I got it fixed and then it sat for a few days and now the problem seems to be back. Steve has had car problems and Chandler's is busted and John's car wouldn't start when we were trying to go home, though then he ( Read more... )

I, like Steve, hope to make a real post soon ( Read more... )

I am not dead!

It has been the strangest summer ever. My dad is hopefully a few days away from selling the business, which he had nearly done a few months ago when the deal fell through at the last minute. Both my parents are working a lot but they aren't nearly as stressed as 10 weeks ago. Hopefully my dad will be headed off to the rig soon also. ( Read more... )

So one of my birds got sick and then squirrels let her out of her cage. She hung around the house, but she wouldn't come back to her cage or to my dad. But then my fam went to the beach and they couldn't find her. Like I said, she had gotten sick, so there isn't much hope for her survival.

I think it is finally starting to sink in. Leigh sent me a webcast and I seriously watched it 3 or 4 times in a row and just seeing the scene started to make me understand. It is begining to become a reality for me. My whole self hurts, both physically and emotionally. Everyone here has been supportive,the most meaningful being my host aunt who ( Read more... )