Monthly Archive: February 2017

27
Feb
2017

NOTHING NEW

Still having pain and tingling in my arm, shoulder and hand. Been to the naprapat once, going again for two more treatments, this week and next. Still waiting to hear from the FAFSA, and the other two colleges that Martin has applied to. Still having anxiety attacks about money, especially since we paid Martin’s housing deposit and first housing down payment this weekend. Cashectomy, indeed! OUCH. Still enduring winter: snow last week, now rain rain rain Still crazy at work, though we are managing to keep up by the skin of our teeth. However, found out today that I have...

18
Feb
2017

AND SO I WAKE IN THE MORNING AND I STEP OUTSIDE

My daughter just commented on the fact that the very nice, expensive, wide (genuine) leather belt that she appropriated from me is a “really good child-beater belt”. For the record, she has never been beaten with a belt or anything else. Tempting. But no. So many things that I mean to write about, to remember to write about, to record for your amusement and for posterity*, and yet, the time goes and there is another huge hole in the calendar of my journal. I have a package to mail. I have a letter to respond to. I have pants to...

10
Feb
2017

UGH YAY AND OMG ALL AT ONCE

So much for not having winter. It snowed for 3 days straight but it was so cold that it was just dry and powdery. It glistens like diamond dust in the streetlights and blows all over the place. Tonight the moon was huge and round and hanging white in a pale blue evening sky. When I drove home I passed a huge snowy field covered in resting geese, their bodies black and plump against the whiteness. It’s a photo opportunity I’ve missed twice: too cold to stop and I’m pretty sure I’d scare the geese if I started walking towards...