Back from the Abyss

Things are good. My new year resolution should be to blog more.

Work has been a major stressball the last year. The state is running out of money, and they cut human services, as that is the major draw on the budget. Everyone starts panicking. My coworkers and friends have lost their jobs, and more are on the way. I've learned that being part of the medicaid police team is one of the more secure positions to have.

My son has by turns been making me proud, and crazy. He got a girlfriend for the first time this fall. And thankfully realized only a month or so in that she was a debbie downer. He stuck it out for probably a month longer than he could have, and felt reasonable remorse when he finally let her go. I may have been intrusive when I told him that he really needed to have a girlfriend that supported him as much as he did her. But I didn't want him to follow a similar path as I did, by getting wrapped up in the romance of young love, only to find out a few years later that you really should have waited.

His grades are causing me chest pains. I've gone Van Halen (have you seen Junior's grades?) at least a dozen times the last semester. He wanted to stick out chemistry and alegbra II even though I was stroking out at mid-terms first quarter. Now that it is time for semester grades to go on the books, he's failing chemistry. I've talked to his primary imp, we met with his chemistry teacher... oy. Thankfully next semester, they are finally adding back in his study skills class. That will allow him a two hour block every other day to be able to catch up. But I bet he'll still be taking science his senior year.

Home is good. Real good. I've finally been able to let some old ghosts fade away. I'm sad about it, but you can only wait for so long. Life has worked out the way it is supposed to. And this boy I have has put up with a lot from me. I'm very lucky. And he has no idea how lucky HE is, ha! One of these days he'll believe that I'm the coolest girl on the planet.

My youngest brother is on his way home from California. Got laid off by the railroad in June or July, went out to Barstow to stay in the system. Received recall notice few weeks ago. We are super excited to have him home. My mother will be able to sleep better at night.

Brother #1 also has the cutest baby girl on the entire planet. Every picture of her hijacks my hormones. A happy baby and very smart parents. There's no reason she can't be a future president.

Auntie Has to Brag...

This is about the most adorable Holt baby girl... since me, of course!











Yes, Trix... I know. I'd be worried that he's your daddy, too!



In other news that makes me smile, I have been able to spend a lot more time with my shoe girls. Even if it is us venting about annoying work related stress.



With one of them running the Legends shoe store, it has given us a whole new arena in which to nosh. Right now, Yard House is my favorite, followed closely by Granite City. We are checking out either Los Cabos or Cheeseburger tonight.


And, y'all librarians will be proud of me... did my part to contribute to Wyandotte county's municipality. Got a speeding ticket around the south side of the speedway. Even though everyone drives it as a 50mph zone, it really is a 40!

Muttering Curse Words Under My Breath

... I'm going to have to end up going to see the next Twilight movie. Michael Sheen is to play the baddest of the bad guy vamps. I was really hoping to avoid the treacle of more Stephanie Meyer writing.

There are few things more

There are few things more delicious than a pizza lunch. It was necessary today.

Pain

I wish the weather could make up its mind.

Me: Oy, my head and face are killing me this morning.

Barometer Headache: good morning!

Me: (bleep)

Sad

Neil Gaiman's father passed away suddenly. Even when you are an adult, and realize these things are inevitable, it is still sad.

Geek Afterglow

Don't mind the mussed hair and breathy sighs of contentment....

After seeing Watchmen both in IMAX and standard theatre, I am very tired, and think I will get a good night's rest.

It. was. so. good.

For every little thing they left out, they seemed to make up for it in another fashion. I noticed more on the second viewing, so understood why some of the changes were made.

Trailer for Transformers in IMAX made it look every more bad ass than the prior movie. No mean feat. They did not show the same trailers in Topeka at the regular theatre. Though Topeka did show Public Enemies and Terminator, so that was a bonus.

And hoo boy, I think Patrick Wilson is pretty hot. That was a little change from the comic that I did not mind one bit!