But I won’t. I’ll just try to pack it all into one thread and make it as short as possible. Okay… ::deep breath::
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I’m going to quit smoking. My quit date is November 7, 2000. Good Christ, it’s about time. Right now I’m still a smoker but I feel great knowing that I’ve finally decided to do this.
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I had a great trip. (I left, remember? Went to Vegas?) I can now add the following states to my “Places I’ve Been” list: Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California.
Nebraska is long and flat and pretty boring. We had to walk 5 miles in the rain. It sucked.
Colorado is nice. There’s this refinery or something 80 miles or so east of Denver on 70 that smells like something not good, but the rest is okay. I could have gone to the Denver gathering, had it been held on Saturday like it was supposed to be!!! The mountains are beautiful!
Utah is beautiful. We saw the biggest, brightest, most amazing rainbow ever in Utah. I stood on a cliff Friday night to watch the sunset and I fell off. I’m okay though.
We drove through about 40 miles of Arizona. It was definitely my favorite part of the trip. Who knew that giant rocks could be so cool?
Nevada was nothing. Desert, mountains, road. Repeat. Again. And again. Then we came into north Las Vegas. Ick. Dirty, dirty place. Litter in the median as far as the eye can see. And signs every few miles that say, “Littering: Max fine $2000” or something. Yeah, right. I didn’t get to see The Strip at night. Oh well.
After Vegas we had to load in the following places in California: Rancho Cucamonga, Chino, Anaheim, Ontario. In that order, which doesn’t make any sense.
Okay, that was my trip. Oh yeah. On the way back from Cali, we took a detour to Hoover Dam. That was pretty cool.
- My mom’s in the hospital. She weighs 94 pounds and needs a belt to hold up her size ZERO pants. I was up all night waiting for the, “I’m sorry but I have terrible news” phone call. I spent this morning in her hospital room, talking to her. She’s a great mom. She was trying so hard to hide the fact that she’s scared, but I could tell. I have the most awful feeling that she’ll be gone before Christmas. When I left, I hugged her like I’d never hug her again and told her I love her a thousand times.
I’m too tired to be angry but I’m really pissed off right now. No one knows what’s wrong with her but she’s been like this for over a year. She can’t eat without getting sick. She’s constantly in pain. It’s awful. And I cannot shake the feeling that I’ll never see her again. My mind is going in circles and I have a headache. I don’t remember ever being this tired, but I can’t sleep. I just want my mom to be okay again.
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Okay, so that’s not half a dozen threads. I’m sure I could think of more incredibly mundane things to share with you all, but this post is long enough I’m sure.