A Seasonal Haiku

I know Fridays are supposed to be a good thing, but they really don’t count until quitting time, and I’m a long way from there it seems. First of all – thanks for your comment yesterday ADM. It forces me to re-evaluate how I look at a few things. I’m going to chew over your…

I seem to be heading into another pity-party-period. I think it was the clothes shopping over the weekend that set it off. There’s nothing that ruins a person’s self-image like cruising the maternity section of a department store for clothes when you aren’t pregnant. Except perhaps cruising the maternity section of a department store for…

Thanks to Fury for tipping me off to both of these. Nothing like a couple of mindless quizzes to lighten the load. First, I’ve been intruduced to NatureBug’s Diary, which contains the test What Looney Toon Are You? I scored a 33 – two more points and I could have been Pepe le Pew! (27-34…

21 Mar 2003 – Today I turn Six. 21 Mar 2002 – Today I Turn Five. In seven years, I have never once forgotten this day. I have anticipated it, relived the events in my mind, spent the day in reflection, and taken time to list how lucky I am and how good life has…

I’m behind. Last night was spent at the Elder Sister’s – she had called me the day before to let me know she’d invited old friends of our parents for an impromptu dinner and invited me to come. The timing was awful, since I needed to go home and pack for tonight, but I haven’t…

So we’re into the next phase of transition. I think, as a working title, I will call this phase the “I’m flat broke with no more unemployment benefits and totally dependent upon the good will of others” stage of my life. I expect this to be neither comfortable nor pretty. There are no large animal…