I wish I had a nickel for every time I answer the phone, or the door, or sort the mail, or run back and forth trying to find people, or get interrupted when I'm trying to get something done. I'd be a rich motherfucker ( Read more... )

read this on somebody else's lj ( Read more... )

My BABY is graduating tomorrow night....13 years of my life (and hers) have been wrapped around teacher gifts, banquets, football games, little girl cat-fights, crushes and unrequieted love, teenage drama, last minute papers and studying. It seems so strange that all that stops so abruptly, and without allowing time for a breath, college is staring ( Read more... )

the Romantic
Test finished!

you chose BY - your Enneagram type is FOUR.

"I am unique"

Romantics have sensitive feelings and are warm and perceptive.

How to Get Along with Me

• Give me plenty of compliments. They mean a lot to me.
  
• Be a supportive friend or partner. Help me to learn to love and value myself.
  
• Respect me for my special gifts ( Read more... )

1. What time did you get up this morning? 5:30 a.m ( Read more... )

I read the following online this morning - I cannot believe that we, as a nation, really give a shit about this. My advice to Ken is to become anatomically correct - that'll make her sit up and take notice. Read on ( Read more... )

A time to laugh, a time to weep; for me, now is a time for gathering my strength, making peace with my shortcomings and losses, and moving forward. The only part of any situation I can change or control is my role in it. I am not going to pray for patience, but for acceptance, and the serenity that comes from knowing that sometimes your best isn't ( Read more... )

We slept late (it was great) and around 11:15 or so, we headed downstairs to see if anything had been straightened out regarding our breakfast. The guy behind the desk wrote on some coupons, and said that they were for breakfast. When we asked if we'd missed breakfast, he said he'd check. He left the front desk and went into the restaurant. He was ( Read more... )

today, i'm fifty - the word feels foreign in my mouth, and i don't feel like i'm old. weird, very weird. so far, it's a pretty good day. my dearest travel companion sang to me this morning, and it was grand. i listened to a song on a cd she made called "100 years" and downloaded the lyrics this morning when i got to work. cool lyrics. this will be ( Read more... )

Tuesday will be a milestone for me - my 50th birthday. My thoughts about this run the gamut from scared to almost excited. I don't really know how I feel about it, but my hope and prayer is that whatever turns my journey makes, that I will be healthy and well and secure. We'll see!