I am... really, extremely emotional tonight, and I don't know why.**

I just caught snatches of "Little Miss Sunshine" and (of all things) "The Patriot" on TV, neither of which I've ever seen all the way through (I've never seen "Little Miss Sunshine" at all, actually) and they both made me want to cry ( Read more... )

Okay, I'm done talking about the fires now. Promise.

(There HAS been an update to my Aunt and Uncle's situation, quite an incredible one actually, but I wrote about it over on my original post if you're interested in reading.)Instead I'm here to share some Halloween music, before I get lost in the workweek while hacking and coughing and ( Read more... )

Thinking about taking Friday off from work and giving myself a much-needed 3-day weekend. It's a minimum day anyway, so it's not a big deal. Mostly I just need to not be there for a while.

And oh, look! I have to go back to work in about 10 min's for a staff meeting (that I did not know about until today). And then we have another meeting ( Read more... )

So very, very glad that it's Friday.

This month has really been flying by, which bothers me a little. October is my favorite month of the year and Halloween my absolute favorite holiday. With all the craziness going on it seems like I've barely had time to notice any of it. I haven't even had a chance to watch "Arsenic & Old Lace" yet, one of my ( Read more... )

( SNERK! )

I feel like shit tonight.

Christmas is bothering me more than it usually does. I hung a string of lights in my window over the weekend and had to resist the urge to tear it down again last night. Looking at them in the darkness of my bedroom reminded me of doing the same thing five years ago ... ten years ago ... of funerals and misery and the ( Read more... )