I know I haven't written in a while, but tonight I'm waxing a bit philosophical, feeling all Joan of Arcadia, looking for the Universe's (or God's?) big meaning in all the events that happen ( Read more... )

It is never good to pick up a box marked "Fragile" and hear rattling. The damage? Two Pyrex™ baking dishes and a Corning™ casserole. I just packed them with too little padding, I guess. At least it wasn't one of my heavy beer glasses ( Read more... )

Well, I've moved, it's official -- because now the cats are here with me and I'm sleeping here tonight for the first time ( Read more... )

Mom gets out of the rehab hospital tomorrow. By the time I'm home from work, they should be esconced in the condo ( Read more... )

I put a deposit down on a new apartment today. It's pretty much what I wanted, in the condo/apartment complex right above my parents' place, just a sort walk from where I am now. (And I mean above literally. Both complexes are on the "Palms to Pines Highway" as it starts rises off the desert floor to wind up the hills to Idyllwild at about 6200 ( Read more... )

Last weekend I spent 36 uninterrupted hours with my niece and nephew -- without their parents' presence. I'm only just now able to write about it ( Read more... )

We had a bomb scare at work today. The bummer was that it happened at the very end of the day, so even though they evacuated and sent us all home, it was 5:00 anyway and we didn't get any extra time off ( Read more... )

Mom's in rehab ( Read more... )

I spent the Labor Day weekend back up in The O.C. (*g*) Didn't run into any sensitive thugs from Chino or slutty debs from Newport, though ( Read more... )

Mom can swallow ( Read more... )