February 8

If she had lived, yesterday would have been my mother's 64th birthday. I can't even imagine my mother as a 64 year old woman. On a happier note, Prop 8 was overruled by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional! This could set an important precedent.

Yesterday at Starbucks I was standing in line behind a man ordering from his wheelchair, who was a quadruple amputee. Both legs above the knee and both arms below the elbow. He must have been a veteran; looked fairly young. He put his coffee in his chair cupholder and simply went to where his friend was waiting for him and started booting up his laptop without even asking for any help from anyone. It really puts what we think of as our everyday "problems" in perspective.

January 13

I got a new car last weekend, a 2007 Ford Focus, bright red and in really great shape. I haven't taken a picture yet, but I will soon. My last car just died on me in the middle of the Target parking lot at 11:00 at night, I had to call a tow truck to come get me, totally defeated. Things could be worse; my friend Sandra is in the hospital having had an operation for her stomach. So far her recovery is doing well.

I was just watching Casey Anthony on the Biography channel last night, what a loser. Compulsive liar & attention seeker. I hope she receives justice eventually.

December 16

Finally, I am able to log onto my blog from my work computer. Whatever block was placed on Blogger.com seems to have been lifted. I've finished my Christmas shopping, what there was of it, and am looking forward to the holiday. Of course we all miss my Grandmother, but Thanksgiving wasn't as sad as I thought it would be, and I'm sure everyone will be in good spirits. I've downloaded some new Christmas music, and there will be plenty of comfort food on hand.

I finally went to the doctor about the nasty headaches I've been getting every month and was given some prescription pain killers, specifically for headaches, I think they're like Tylenol. Usually I try to avoid pain killers, but these headaches have ruined too many of my weekends. I just hope I don't become dependant on them.

November 25

It's been a while since I posted, probably because I no longer have internet at home. My free wi-fi disappeared. Too bad, because I'm sure as hell not paying for it. I can afford either cable or internet and I get free internet at work. I just bought this cute little tablet, looks like an Ipad but it's a Japanese knock-off called a Mai-pad, it was cheap and still gets wi-fi. I'm hanging out at the family's house in Kentucky, having eaten way too much yesterday. My Grandfather's laptop is WAY nicer than mine, that's how I'm blogging now. Thanksgiving wasn't as depressing as I thought it would be without my Grandmother, it just wasn't the same. We all got together like we always do, and ate & watched tv. I don't think I was the only one who pretended she was asleep in her room or listening to the country station in her bedroom. I'm going to head back to Atlanta here pretty soon, there are several hungry animals waiting for me to come home and pay attention to them. Those idiot student loan people screwed up everything and my loan adjustment wasn't ready in time, so I had to remove myself from automatic bill pay, which might make my interest go up. This is frustrating. What I wouldn't give to be able to pay those things off once & for all.

September 5

Labor Day! I love having an extra day off from work. I think I'll drive out to the Red Cross office, donate blood and then go to see The Green Lantern at the cheap theater. Recently, I was talking & texting this girl I met at the gym, it seemed like we had a lot in common and were hitting it off, but then she just disappeared and I haven't heard from her. Why do people do that? If she reconnected with an ex or something she could have just told me. My new cat Raphael is settling into the family just fine, her & Lucifer have gotten used to each other, they chase each other around the condo and sit nose to nose on the couch. I need to get some photos of her downloaded, she's a beautiful grey cat.

July 9

I am finally getting a new cell phone. The one I've been using for the past year and 3 months is crap. I should have known, back in the 80's Sanyo made crappy Walkmans, now they make crappy cell phones. My new phone is a Samsong slider model, much nicer, I just had to resign my contract with Credo. I have also signed up for the rosetto stone language course on cd rom, learn Spanish in 3 months. I tried the demo and found it to be pretty effective, already I've learned more Spanish than when I was working at Steak n' shake where English is a second language. It might come in handy. Today I will be helping a friend with some painting at a house she's trying to flip. Should be fun.

June 24

How is it legal to charge 22.9% interest rate on a credit card? If that isn't highway robbery I don't know what is. I need to find a second job to pay down this $2000 balance I've aquired. Perhaps making pizzas weekends. I'm not above washing dishes, mopping floors or whatever else I need to do to make a little extra cash. I'm glad the weekend is finally here, it's been a long week. Tomorrow I've got an appointment to donate blood and then I'm heading over to a block party type thing in the park down the street. Not sure how to get there, I guess I'll have to Mapquest it. It is currently thundering & lightning outside, if this keeps up, I might have to stay home.