Happy Tuesday!

Administration
Happy birthday to jupitercornwall! (irana, can I hitch a ride to his party with you if you go?)

Hello to new readers baronbrian, correspondguy, mysterg, and reiblue, most of whom were lured over here by theferrett, who made me seem far more interesting than I actually am!

Plans
Lunch today with ocean_song, possible movie date tonight.
Lunch tomorrow with other office staff, coffee at night with mermaidblue.
Thursday's free for irana and I to get the Little Women together if it's a good day for her....
Friday night I get to critique elfboy999's artwork.
Saturday morning I need to go to the Girl Scout Store to get a Junior handbook, and Saturday night I may go to jupitercornwall's party if I can hitch a ride with someone.
Sunday I breathe.

Elayna
School is fine... no major changes from last year! She's glad to be back among her friends. No homework yet - that'll probably start next week.

She's picked up the habit of not sleeping, and that bothers me. I'm also bothered by the temper tantrums she's throwing - it takes two weeks or so for her to get used to being back in my house after being spoiled rotten by Grandma.

Too tired to write more now; up too late last night. Need more coffee.

Memories....

Just printed out my transcript from Broward Community College.... I went there when Elayna was a toddler, two night classes per semester. Very memory lane. The obvious courses like math and English; psychology, sociology, and child psychology; the business courses that my dad derailed me into....

But I'd totally forgotten that I'd taken fencing as my phys ed credit. *laugh* I remember it clearly now, of course. Still. Amusing what we forget.

A paltry 36 credit hours, but keep in mind that that was while I was raising a child and working 40 hours a week - and I kept a 4.0....

...and...

...because I opted not to go out for lunch since that invariably makes me run over my allotted hour, I had no caffeine. I ate leftovers from yesterday's lunch, but I have no cash, so I wasn't able to buy a Coke. And now I have a caffeine withdrawal headache. I'd take Excedrin, but I have no drink to take it with. Heh.

Tech Writing

So people are recommending tech writing. What *is* that, exactly? What does one do? How does one get into it? What qualifications does one need?

Day-brighteners

* Telephone call from a delightful man with a smile in his voice
* Coca-cola delivery from yendi and his college friend Kari, who's in town for a few days - honey, is she single? I like her!
* The fact that I get to go home in an hour and a half.

night_child, I got your message - we'll just have to get together another night, no problem. :)

(no subject)

Tell me three things you like about yourself.

I'm alive....

This song has been important to me since I first heard it in '92.... just sharing it.

iv I'm Alive
(Anderson / Howe / Wakeman / Bruford)

Only when you looked
Did I realise
Someone broke into your life
How we hurt and never show it
Come into my world hold me
In your arms
There's a mystery to the touch
How it heals so
When we're broken

I believe that all the fear you've had
Can gently fly away

We experience we hold together
Lost in one embrace

We will love forever (this eternity)
For in (this) love, I'm alive
I'm alive

Only when you spoke
Did I realise
How you understand this life

How you help me
With your eyesight

Only when we touched
Did it all come true
How you understand my life
How you helped me with your light
How you helped me with your light...

postcard from hotcoffeems

"Not much to report here - just picked Wes up from lock-up - he swears the one-legged hermaphrodite started the brawl. Strange lights have appeared in the field out back, but I don't think I've been abducted yet. Savannah is beginning her stint with the sideshow next week. They say she's a natural. Having a wonderful here; wish you were time."