Argh! My iPhone won't work. I haven't activated it yet, with the switchover from the old phone, etc, but I figured I could download some music, podcasts, etc. Nope. All I can do is emergency use. ARGH.

51! I knew I wouldn't be top. Stupid work. Don't we know what's important?!? And I'm tired of "almost got shagged", it's the story of my LIFE! ::/whine:: ;-)

KT, agg, that sucks! Can you mouse with your left hand? single hand type with left and type out comments? Either way, so not good.

Happy b-days to thems that it's their day! Whheeeee!!!

OK, back to work with me. I swear, I'm not here. really.

Vibes for Teddy! I hope it's nothing Fred.

Happy Birthdays!!! (Today is my mom's birthday too)

Said goodbye to friend last night. I wish K could have been with us, but I'm sure he's busy with his daughter for the holidays. Sad, but again, we'll keep in touch and I'll get to visit Sydney.

I'm at home with a cold/generally sick thing. Need to venture out to take care of friends' cats though.

happy birthday quester and emily

((fredpete, hubs, and teddy))

The ride to the Bahamas from Miami is crazy noisy and shaky, and a blast.

okay, Laura, your idea of fun and mine are unmatchy! That sounds scary. But float planes freak me out too.

Remember how I posted last week about how TCG and I keep closing down restaurants where we celebrate anniversaries, etc? Well we just exchanged our anniversary gifts, and he wrote me a cute note that said, "let's go close down" the restaurant we're going to tonight. He's too cute.

Have a wonderful time with cutiehead TCG, sj.

The seaplane experience would scare me to death if it wasn't over water. I'm not afraid of water. The Chalks planes shook so bad when they were taking off on the water that you thought the wings would break off. It could be that the laughter that accompanied takeoff was of the hysterical variety.

::waves:: to the new thread.

Blargggggg

DH chipped the toilet tank lid in our bathroom and I just sliced my finger on it. OUCH ficksticks OUCH.

Now I'm cruising the internet to see if it would be better to replace the lid or the whole tank. Guess which finger I use most when I type...yep, the sliced finger.

New thread!

We're still in Alabama till Monday, and at this point I'm eager to be back in Seattle. I'm essentially out of books, despite packing a book per day of the trip like I always do (which usually gives me more than enough). I still have two unread books, Diana Gabaldon's Lord John short story anthology and Caridad Ferrer's It's Not About the Accent, but I'm saving them for the flight home. Not that my mom doesn't have full shelves, but her tastes and mine aren't so mixy these days. I nearly went book shopping today, but before I made it that far in the shopping center, I got an "OMG Tornado Watch!" call from Mom and decided to head home to keep her from fretting.

I love my mom and I know she's not going to be around much longer, but I still have such a hard time not fighting with her. I think a lot of it is just the normal tension of an adult child not fitting into a childhood role, but there's also this whole political/religious/racial piece where knowing I can't change her mind doesn't stop me from wanting to argue whenever she makes some sweeping judgment about "all Muslims" or "that's just the Japanese" or whatever.

Oh, and I tried to make pasta for dinner tonight and it turned out TERRIBLE. Major humbling for me.