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.

June 2

Summer has come early here in Atlanta! Thank goodness for my window unit AC. I set the timer yesterday morning to come on at 2:00 in the afternoon and walked into a nice cool condo in the evening. I am loving having a new washer & dryer that my friends gave me, since they have new energy efficient models and didn't need these anymore. They work great, no more trips to the Laundromat every Sunday. I have also decided to invest in a stove that works, since my old broken stove is ugly and antiquated on top of not working. I found a great Memorial day sale on gas ovens, and it's being delivered this weekend. Maybe I'll do some baking. Looking forward to the weekend.

May 1

This is the third time I've tried to post this blog, my computer keeps freezing up on me. It's been one week since my Lasik procedure and it seems to have gone off without a hitch. I can see pretty well, and the dryness isn't as bad as it was at first. It's pretty surreal being able to see without glasses or contacts. I'll be glad when the bloodshot effect goes away, I'm going in for my follow up in a week, hopefully by then the redness & dryness will be gone. At least I don't have to wear goggles in the shower any more.

April 9

Two weeks from today, I am having Lasik eye surgery to correct my near-sightedness. No more glasses, no more contacts. I'm nervous but excited. The free consult this morning went well, they told me everything was perfect and I'm an ideal candidate. The procedure costs twice as much as I was expecting, but I got interest free financing, so it's going to be pretty cheap to pay for. After 25 years of contacts, I'm sure I've spent that much already on exams, glasses and new contacts every year. I just hope I don't accidentally rub my eye afterwards and screw up my recovery. I might shower with swimmers goggles just to be safe! No gym, no sauna and no tanning booth for the 4 days after surgery to be safe. ( I should probably lay off the blow & hookers while I'm at it.)

April 2

My friends are amazing, they were so supportive after I came home from the funeral. It's been difficult, to say the least, but I think we'll be okay. I donated blood earlier today, my blood pressure is a little lower than usual and my resting heart rate is a little higher, I suppose the stress of the last month has taken it's toll. I've decided to get a tattoo of my Grandmother's intials on my right calf, not sure where I'm going to get it done yet.