Monday, December 27

A poem

The fountains mingle with the river,
And the rivers with the ocean,
The winds of heaven mix forever,
With a sweet emotion;
Nothing is the world is single;
All things by a law divine
In one another’s being mingle—
Why not I with thine?

See the mountains kiss high heaven,
And the waves clasp one another;
No sister flower would be forgiven
If it disdain’d its brother:
And the sunlight clasps the earth,
And the moonbeams kiss the sea;--
What are all these kissings worth,
If thou kiss not me?


--Percy Bysshe Shelley "Love's Philosophy"

Wednesday, December 22

I now know where I stand

Know that New Year’s Eve party that I have planned? Well, looks like it isn’t going to be quite the party that I had thought. A couple of my other friends planned a competing party, and some of the people that I thought were coming here are now going to go to that one. Great, isn’t it? The best part is that none of those people have bothered to tell me that they aren’t coming to mine—I had to find out from someone else today. This all hit me like a brick wall! Here I was planning this big party! I have already bought a bunch of food for it, so it looks like I will be eating hor’douvres for the next couple of weeks. Thankfully I haven't bought the champagne yet--it would kind of suck to toast just myself.

Thanks guys, I really appreciate it.

Sunday, December 19

Party, party, party, and deing disowned!

This weekend has been busy, busy, busy. Friday started with me finally deciding to get cable. Woo-hoo! In the afternoon I went to my sister’s shop and had my red hair redone. This time I went with my sister to pick out the color supplies and we went with a redder red than I used last time, so it is very bright and vibrant. I love it! That evening I went to church and helped prepare food baskets for some needy families, and were people ever surprised by my hair! I had more than a couple people ask if I did it just for Christmas. Now, I am as much in the Christmas spirit as anyone, but I don’t think I will ever color my hair just to celebrate a holiday!

Yesterday started early with me going to the church to hand out the baskets we prepared the night before. Everyone I spoke was very thankful, and it felt good to be able to help them out. Then it was off to my Granny’s house to celebrate Christmas with her.

Now, something that you don’t know is that my grandmother absolutely HATES red hair. She can’t stand to see it on anyone and she refuses to like anyone that has it. Imagine her surprise then when I walk in looking the way I do now. Immediately she told me that she disowned me. Then she threatened to take back my Christmas gifts! The thing is, I think she was only about half-kidding. Isn’t that funny that she feels so strongly about it? Well, she decided to go ahead and keep me, at least for a little while, and I got to open my presents after all. Which were very cool—I got a cordless Craftsman drill, some Bath and Body works stuff, and a necklace, among other things, but those were the biggies. As we were leaving, she made sure to tell me that she doesn’t ever expect to see me looking like this again and that she hoped she wouldn’t have to.

You would think that I would have had enough Christmas party and cheer after all that, but no, I had yet another party to go to once I got home from Granny’s. My neighbor, Kathy, invited me to attend a party with her at one of her friend’s houses in South Hills. It was a really nice party and we had a really good time. Towards the end of the party, not everyone was ready for the night to end though, so we ended up at Banana Joes. It has been a while since I closed a bar, but we managed to do it last night. Even at 2:30 in the morning though, we weren’t ready for the night to be over, so we went back to South Hills to another guy’s house. Finally, at 6:00 this morning, we decided we had partied enough and Kathy and I finally came home. I made it to bed shortly before 7:00 am. My plans were to sleep the day away today, but my body just refuses to sleep much when it is light outside, so I woke up shortly after 10:00, wide awake. So, now I am up and updating my blog for my faithful readers. If something makes little or no sense, please realize that I am working on three hours of sleep, and forgive me.

I do have to say, last night was a night when being single didn’t really suck too bad. In fact, it was a lot of fun. Kathy is getting a divorce, so she is re-entering the single life, and I have a feeling that she and I are going to have lots of fun together. We spent most of the evening/night with two guys, Scott and Robbie. They both say that they want to see us again, so we will see what happens.

Tuesday, December 14

An update

Well, it has been a couple of weeks since my last update, so I figured it was about time to write something. Problem is, there really isn't much going on. My drama filled life, as people often call it, had been pretty calm lately. I have decked out my house for Christmas, finished 99% of my shopping, and even have most everything wrapped.

Oh, one exciting thing has happened. I will be receiving one very unexpected present this Christmas, from Eric, my friend in Iraq. He let me know that he has sent me something, so I am anxiously awaiting the arrival of a package from him. :)

That is about it for now. See why I haven't updated?

Thursday, December 2

Why do men have to be so frustrating and confusing?!?!?!

'Nuff said.