So there we were, all packed up and on our way to make a day for ourselves. What a wonderful way to honor those who have made great sacrifices on our behalf. We were on our way first to a barbeque in Wilber Park, Oneonta, then on to Gilbert Lake for a little swim. Mira's FIRST swim! Some times getting ready and all packed for the day is such a feat that I don't even think we need the rest of the day - all of the day's accomplishments could be justified by that hour or two it takes to just get ready and packed for two 30somethings and one child. But not today, we were on a mission, a mission for fun, sunshine, and thoughtful ambition. And there we were, on the road.
On the road with the sun beating down in the car with no air conditioning, making the thought of swimming seem so much better. Right as I was thinking about how much I love to plan swimming on a nice hot day, I looked to the other side of the road. There was a man there, sitting on his motorcycle. My first thought was "That's odd, men on motorbikes don't usually stop to the side of the road." Odd indeed, and no, they don't. There was obviously something wrong with the bike. Then I realized I knew that man! Thank goodness I was driving, I didn't have to say my urgencies out loud and ask to turn around! I just said "Oh, no, Brendan, I know that guy, we have to turn around and see if he's alright!"
He was alright, but the bike was pooped. Something wrong with the clutch. He and Brendan messed around with some adjustments for a while thanks to some wrenches on loan from the Barnyard Swing. But not before I called AAA to see if they could help us out.
Did you know AAA does not handle motorcycles? I didn't either. Not until today when I needed the help.
Anywhat, There we all were, blazing in the hot sun from around 1:30 til around 4:30 or maybe even as late as 5. Too late to go to a barbeque AND go swimming. Realizing we may not get another chance to go all together for a swimming adventure for the rest of the summer, we decided to grab a bite to eat on the way to the lake. That's what we had packed all that stuff for, anyway! If we didn't just go swimming, we'd have gone through all that work for nothing! And I made home made lemonade, damnit!
So off we went for Mira's first swim. Did you know you cannot use any floatation devices not regulated by the Coast Guard at Gilbert Lake? We didn't either. So the cute little bumper boat we brought for Mira, complete with sun visor sat with the towels while we had a scary (for Mira) but good time. Before we knew it, it was 6:30 and time to pack up again and go. We will have to make another day of it.
As for the motorcycle? Well, after at least 3 hours of messing around with it, our friend pushed himself to a slight decline and popped that clutch into 2nd or 3rd gear and off he went! We don't know what gear he went into, because once that baby went, he was GONE. Beautiful bike too, at least it looked good while it was sitting there on the side of the road.
We called the number of a friend of his whom he had called from our phone to come out to help and made sure he made it home okay. He did.
All is well that ends well.
Monday, May 30, 2011
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Day 7 : She drove a fork truck
Also called a forklift, I drive a forklift. And I love it. It's fun, it's adventurous, it's sometimes breezy, challenging, noisy, and even dangerous (which is my least favorite part of it). I have licenses for 3 different machines.
One, we at my warehouse call it a P.E. (short for Power Equipment), is one you stand on at the front and steer with your body out front while the forks (long enough for two pallets, so at least 7-8ft long) trail behind you. This one provides the least amount of protection should you hit anything or anything hit you. You are completely exposed from falling objects as well. This one also seems to go the fastest, or maybe it just feels that way because when you are on it, you can feel the breeze with your full body as nothing obstructs the air you cut through. I believe it's top speed is over 7mph. It has a "normal" setting and a "bunny" setting, the "bunny" setting is just a button with a picture of a bunny on it that when pressed, makes you go much faster than when just on the "normal" setting. This machine is used mainly for moving full pallets from one ground location to another ground location. You can (and I have) drive this machine into trailers. Yep, that's right, those big diesel truck trailers you see flying down the highway - I have driven INSIDE some! It's very exciting and a little feeling of danger pecks at my skin the whole time.
Another machine, we call it the R.R. (short for Reach truck - I'm not sure why the 2nd "R"), is your classic forklift. It is not (and none of the one's we use are) a "sit down" version like you see in some posh warehouses. We remain standing at all times I think mostly because there is need to get up and down off the machinery on a regular basis. Having to get up from sitting and then situate back into sitting position would just complicate the whole thing, taking more time - and I can't blame the company for not wanting any of that. So yeah, this thing pivots on a dime, goes fast (well, the newer ones do anyway), and reaches high. Something most people might not know about forklifts (these in particular) is that the forks can extend out as well as move from side to side. This is so that when you get your forks all the way up in the air (sometimes more than 40ft), if you are a couple of inches off (very easy to do!), you can just maneuver the suckers over this way or that. Also, the forks extend outward so that you don't have to be all the way underneath a pallet in order to get a good forkhold on it (like how I did that?) which is good since you'd have to go through racks to do that.
The last piece of equipment, called a Stock Picker or Picker for short where I work, is the most intriguing in my opinion. With this one, you, yourself are lifted in the air with a pallet while you drive along. You have to be tethered to the machine and wear a harness in case you fall off, because in some cases you are about 40ft in the air, picking freight off a pallet in a rack. It's also the noisiest machine, beeping on the second while your in the air above 10 or 15ft. Some people really don't like this one because at a certain height, it will sway as you pick your freight from the racks. It's really unnerving sometimes, mostly when I'm at the very top of the building or at the end of an aisle where all I can see is floor all the way down there.
The job is pretty demanding, but the more comfortable I get with the machinery and with manually moving the freight, the easier it gets.
Anyway, I just felt like I wanted to document my experience with that. It's not everyday you meet a forklift driver! Or, wait, what's my "Job Title"? Something like Industrial Mechanical Operator or something ridiculous like that. Meh, I drive a forklift.
One, we at my warehouse call it a P.E. (short for Power Equipment), is one you stand on at the front and steer with your body out front while the forks (long enough for two pallets, so at least 7-8ft long) trail behind you. This one provides the least amount of protection should you hit anything or anything hit you. You are completely exposed from falling objects as well. This one also seems to go the fastest, or maybe it just feels that way because when you are on it, you can feel the breeze with your full body as nothing obstructs the air you cut through. I believe it's top speed is over 7mph. It has a "normal" setting and a "bunny" setting, the "bunny" setting is just a button with a picture of a bunny on it that when pressed, makes you go much faster than when just on the "normal" setting. This machine is used mainly for moving full pallets from one ground location to another ground location. You can (and I have) drive this machine into trailers. Yep, that's right, those big diesel truck trailers you see flying down the highway - I have driven INSIDE some! It's very exciting and a little feeling of danger pecks at my skin the whole time.
Another machine, we call it the R.R. (short for Reach truck - I'm not sure why the 2nd "R"), is your classic forklift. It is not (and none of the one's we use are) a "sit down" version like you see in some posh warehouses. We remain standing at all times I think mostly because there is need to get up and down off the machinery on a regular basis. Having to get up from sitting and then situate back into sitting position would just complicate the whole thing, taking more time - and I can't blame the company for not wanting any of that. So yeah, this thing pivots on a dime, goes fast (well, the newer ones do anyway), and reaches high. Something most people might not know about forklifts (these in particular) is that the forks can extend out as well as move from side to side. This is so that when you get your forks all the way up in the air (sometimes more than 40ft), if you are a couple of inches off (very easy to do!), you can just maneuver the suckers over this way or that. Also, the forks extend outward so that you don't have to be all the way underneath a pallet in order to get a good forkhold on it (like how I did that?) which is good since you'd have to go through racks to do that.
The last piece of equipment, called a Stock Picker or Picker for short where I work, is the most intriguing in my opinion. With this one, you, yourself are lifted in the air with a pallet while you drive along. You have to be tethered to the machine and wear a harness in case you fall off, because in some cases you are about 40ft in the air, picking freight off a pallet in a rack. It's also the noisiest machine, beeping on the second while your in the air above 10 or 15ft. Some people really don't like this one because at a certain height, it will sway as you pick your freight from the racks. It's really unnerving sometimes, mostly when I'm at the very top of the building or at the end of an aisle where all I can see is floor all the way down there.
The job is pretty demanding, but the more comfortable I get with the machinery and with manually moving the freight, the easier it gets.
Anyway, I just felt like I wanted to document my experience with that. It's not everyday you meet a forklift driver! Or, wait, what's my "Job Title"? Something like Industrial Mechanical Operator or something ridiculous like that. Meh, I drive a forklift.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Day 6 : Mysterious Key
Ah, eating dinner again while writing. Brendan made dinner tonight and it is yummy! Perogies, baked, pork chops and green beans - yums! I am incredibly hungry too, so it probably tastes extra good because of that.
I found a key outside our apartment door today when I came home from work. Odd, the key doesn't belong to any of us in our house. So now I'm wondering who it DOES belong to! There is a little paper disc attached with writing from what looks like a person in their 70's (don't we all acquire the same penmanship by that age?) that reads "1 bed & Effic" Okay, so it's an efficiency apartment somewhere. Hmm, my mind is making up stories!
I started studying for my doula classes and I have to say that everything I read has me thinking "I am SO meant to DO THIS!" which then leads me to think "Why am I just doing this now?" But the short answer is that I just wouldn't have appreciated it this much before I had Mira. I just wouldn't have. I would have wanted to try, but it would have been forced. Now, though, I have this natural draw towards pregnant women that I really cannot explain. But I can say that I really enjoy it.
Okay, well, I'm only home for about 9.5 hours between shifts at the warehouse, I better go and enjoy my family before bed time.
Love!
I found a key outside our apartment door today when I came home from work. Odd, the key doesn't belong to any of us in our house. So now I'm wondering who it DOES belong to! There is a little paper disc attached with writing from what looks like a person in their 70's (don't we all acquire the same penmanship by that age?) that reads "1 bed & Effic" Okay, so it's an efficiency apartment somewhere. Hmm, my mind is making up stories!
I started studying for my doula classes and I have to say that everything I read has me thinking "I am SO meant to DO THIS!" which then leads me to think "Why am I just doing this now?" But the short answer is that I just wouldn't have appreciated it this much before I had Mira. I just wouldn't have. I would have wanted to try, but it would have been forced. Now, though, I have this natural draw towards pregnant women that I really cannot explain. But I can say that I really enjoy it.
Okay, well, I'm only home for about 9.5 hours between shifts at the warehouse, I better go and enjoy my family before bed time.
Love!
Friday, May 27, 2011
Day 5: Much Ado About Nothing
I'm not naming these, maybe I should start. It's just that the "Title" part is at the top, and I don't know what I'm going to write about until I write about it. So I don't know what to "Title" it until I'm at the bottom.
I will make a point to come back to the top. And re-title.
So, today. What's going on today? I had my second pregnancy consultation ever today. Which went very, very well. So I am excited about that. I have to get up at 3:30am tomorrow, so I'm not really too excited about that. Oh well, I like my job and I like my paychecks, so I suppose I shouldn't complain about the time I have to get up in the morning... But that really is so horribly early!
I slept in today, the only day this week. I slept until 9:30. That's still pretty early for my normal habits or cycle. I could be happy going to bed at 9:30 & sleeping all day!
And it's SO FREAKING HOT! I'm not really complaining... I love the sun & the warm weather. I'm just really sweaty from being in the kitchen the last hour and a half.
I'm sure I could think of something to write about today, but I'm feeling a little headachey and I don't want to try so hard. So, to that I say toodles!
I will make a point to come back to the top. And re-title.
So, today. What's going on today? I had my second pregnancy consultation ever today. Which went very, very well. So I am excited about that. I have to get up at 3:30am tomorrow, so I'm not really too excited about that. Oh well, I like my job and I like my paychecks, so I suppose I shouldn't complain about the time I have to get up in the morning... But that really is so horribly early!
I slept in today, the only day this week. I slept until 9:30. That's still pretty early for my normal habits or cycle. I could be happy going to bed at 9:30 & sleeping all day!
And it's SO FREAKING HOT! I'm not really complaining... I love the sun & the warm weather. I'm just really sweaty from being in the kitchen the last hour and a half.
I'm sure I could think of something to write about today, but I'm feeling a little headachey and I don't want to try so hard. So, to that I say toodles!
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Day 4
Today I write while waiting for my chicken quesadilla to fry up. No worries, I haven't abandoned my healthy eating - there is no oil involved and minimal cheese made with 2% milk and even the tortillas are made with a low fat option (I'm guessing they just use less fat because the ingredients are very similar to the other tortillas). I also have a nice quinoa and avocado salad to accompany my 'dillas.
Today I've been thinking about so many things. We (Mira and I) had play group today, and boy was it the most exciting one yet! Babies, babies, babies EVERYWHERE! We had ALL of our normal people plus three extra moms and 4 extra kids. That's oh let's see: 9 moms, 1 mother in law, 1 caretaker and 11 children. Whew! It was exciting! Those kinds of things are what life are all about. So much sweetness and growth going on that one could never pretend to know everything that's happening. Love.
On a more serious note, a friend of mine's mother from high school... First let me say that this woman was a saint. So much so that I remember my friend throughout high school found it infuriating that her mother never did or had done anything bad her whole life. It was just imaginable! She was kind to her family, kind to her students as a teacher, kind to her co-workers, kind to the people on the street, and very kind to me. Kind to me in a time when I needed it most. I, unfortunately, as some of us do when we are young if we are not saints, was not so kind to her in return. By all accounts that I know of, she forgave me though I never apologized to her directly. This last January/February, I spent about a month with my family in Oklahoma. We drove. On the way back home, we would pass through Joplin. I had made arrangements to stop. But I got the flu, and so I decided it best to just pass through without stopping. No saying "Hey, how ya been?" to old friends, no "Wow, that's new!" or "Gosh, it really is good to see you" and certainly no "I am so sorry to you"s. And I am so sorry for that.
Everyone says all the time "Don't pass up your chances" and I'm saying I know for a fact: you will regret it if you do.
Today I've been thinking about so many things. We (Mira and I) had play group today, and boy was it the most exciting one yet! Babies, babies, babies EVERYWHERE! We had ALL of our normal people plus three extra moms and 4 extra kids. That's oh let's see: 9 moms, 1 mother in law, 1 caretaker and 11 children. Whew! It was exciting! Those kinds of things are what life are all about. So much sweetness and growth going on that one could never pretend to know everything that's happening. Love.
On a more serious note, a friend of mine's mother from high school... First let me say that this woman was a saint. So much so that I remember my friend throughout high school found it infuriating that her mother never did or had done anything bad her whole life. It was just imaginable! She was kind to her family, kind to her students as a teacher, kind to her co-workers, kind to the people on the street, and very kind to me. Kind to me in a time when I needed it most. I, unfortunately, as some of us do when we are young if we are not saints, was not so kind to her in return. By all accounts that I know of, she forgave me though I never apologized to her directly. This last January/February, I spent about a month with my family in Oklahoma. We drove. On the way back home, we would pass through Joplin. I had made arrangements to stop. But I got the flu, and so I decided it best to just pass through without stopping. No saying "Hey, how ya been?" to old friends, no "Wow, that's new!" or "Gosh, it really is good to see you" and certainly no "I am so sorry to you"s. And I am so sorry for that.
Everyone says all the time "Don't pass up your chances" and I'm saying I know for a fact: you will regret it if you do.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Day 3
Today I write while enjoying my dinner of baked tilapia, steamed broccoli & cauliflower and cooked quinoa. Healthfood for sure, but delicious nonetheless. I've been trying to eat healthier lately since I saw a statistic reported regarding overweight parents (yeah, I'm overweight) and their unhealthy eating habits passing down their unhealthy eating habits and thus, their health problems due to being overweight. I had considered myself a relatively healthy eater, but in hindsight of just two weeks, I can see that just wasn't true. A point also brought up by the report - parents who minimalize their obesity, also minimalize the importance of a healthy diet.
Oh, I'll admit, it aint easy! Those damned cakes, cookies, ice creams (I binged and had 2 nutty chocolate cones the other day in a 20 minute break), chips, fries and fried foods are calling my name, but But BUT: everyday is getting easier. For instance, dinner last night with Brendan could have been a way easy way to cheat myself out of a healthy meal. I had planned to get something fried or really fatty the whole day. But when I got there and I looked at the menu, my normal order of Fried fish n chips just didn't seem as appealing as the baked salmon with rice and steamed veggies (yeah, I'm having something similar tonight, I know). Why? I have NO idea except that I've been eating mostly baked, steamed or boiled food for the last two weeks & all I saw in my mind when I read Fish n Chips on the menu was the big vat of grease they use to fry it in. Not too appealing.
Don't get me wrong, my baked, steamed and boiled dishes are anything but bland - I use fresh hot peppers, onion, garlic, bells, you name it for spices, lemon and I can't even think of what else all over them. I cannot stand bland, boring food - so if you're like me and you need exciting flavors and food - DON'T BE DISCOURAGED, YOU CAN EAT HEALTHY TOO! Once you start, you'll be glad you did AND, you will find it gets easier with each passing day.
Oh, and don't get me wrong, I still plan to have some of the unhealthy stuff. I just plan to make them far and few between. Maybe once or twice a week. It's a fair compromise.
Happy Cooking!
Oh, I'll admit, it aint easy! Those damned cakes, cookies, ice creams (I binged and had 2 nutty chocolate cones the other day in a 20 minute break), chips, fries and fried foods are calling my name, but But BUT: everyday is getting easier. For instance, dinner last night with Brendan could have been a way easy way to cheat myself out of a healthy meal. I had planned to get something fried or really fatty the whole day. But when I got there and I looked at the menu, my normal order of Fried fish n chips just didn't seem as appealing as the baked salmon with rice and steamed veggies (yeah, I'm having something similar tonight, I know). Why? I have NO idea except that I've been eating mostly baked, steamed or boiled food for the last two weeks & all I saw in my mind when I read Fish n Chips on the menu was the big vat of grease they use to fry it in. Not too appealing.
Don't get me wrong, my baked, steamed and boiled dishes are anything but bland - I use fresh hot peppers, onion, garlic, bells, you name it for spices, lemon and I can't even think of what else all over them. I cannot stand bland, boring food - so if you're like me and you need exciting flavors and food - DON'T BE DISCOURAGED, YOU CAN EAT HEALTHY TOO! Once you start, you'll be glad you did AND, you will find it gets easier with each passing day.
Oh, and don't get me wrong, I still plan to have some of the unhealthy stuff. I just plan to make them far and few between. Maybe once or twice a week. It's a fair compromise.
Happy Cooking!
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Day 2
Better hurry with this one, the day is almost over!
I had a great day with my daughter and my love. Brendan and I had our 2 year anniversary Sunday, but as I was gone for work 14.5 of the 24 hours in the day, we didn't do much celebrating. We decided to wait until today to celebrate because I would be off from work and today was his ONLY day off this whole week. We started the day with some family cuddle time. Gotta love the family cuddle time! I think we must have lain together snoozing and snuggling for over an hour. After we got up, we piddled around getting some things done and what not, then Brendan sprung his gift on me - a WAY AWESOME stereo amp! Now I can not only listen to the radio, but I can also LISTEN TO MY RECORDS! YAY! It was such a thoughtful gift, I couldn't have been happier. My gift to him was a little spoiled last week - I had planned on getting him a terabyte sized external hard drive, but when we went to Office Max to "look" at them (so I knew which one he wanted most), he found he couldn't live without it for another minute. So I suppose, I already got him his gift last week.
In any case...
Throughout the day we had decided we wanted to go on a date. We haven't been on a date since before we left Oklahoma and that was almost 6 months ago! I felt so happy about getting dolled up, going to a restaurant and having adult conversation with the man I love and then getting knee-deep in some adventure on the big screen. And boy was it a beautiful evening. The sun was shining, the air was clear, dinner was lovely on the deck (we were the first deck diners of the season) of The Farmhouse Restaurant, and Water for Elephants couldn't have been a better movie for our date. Romantic and drama-filled, we found ample opportunity to cuddle and comfort one another throughout the movie.
If you're ever in the mood for Cajun blackened salmon - GO TO THE FARMHOUSE! It was, seriously, the best salmon I have had at any restaurant ever.
The clock now reads 11:55pm, the clock is about to strike midnight.
Brendan, if you find yourself reading this, I love you! Thank you for a wonderful date tonight! We really should do things like that more often. And I hope you have a good day at work tomorrow.
I had a great day with my daughter and my love. Brendan and I had our 2 year anniversary Sunday, but as I was gone for work 14.5 of the 24 hours in the day, we didn't do much celebrating. We decided to wait until today to celebrate because I would be off from work and today was his ONLY day off this whole week. We started the day with some family cuddle time. Gotta love the family cuddle time! I think we must have lain together snoozing and snuggling for over an hour. After we got up, we piddled around getting some things done and what not, then Brendan sprung his gift on me - a WAY AWESOME stereo amp! Now I can not only listen to the radio, but I can also LISTEN TO MY RECORDS! YAY! It was such a thoughtful gift, I couldn't have been happier. My gift to him was a little spoiled last week - I had planned on getting him a terabyte sized external hard drive, but when we went to Office Max to "look" at them (so I knew which one he wanted most), he found he couldn't live without it for another minute. So I suppose, I already got him his gift last week.
In any case...
Throughout the day we had decided we wanted to go on a date. We haven't been on a date since before we left Oklahoma and that was almost 6 months ago! I felt so happy about getting dolled up, going to a restaurant and having adult conversation with the man I love and then getting knee-deep in some adventure on the big screen. And boy was it a beautiful evening. The sun was shining, the air was clear, dinner was lovely on the deck (we were the first deck diners of the season) of The Farmhouse Restaurant, and Water for Elephants couldn't have been a better movie for our date. Romantic and drama-filled, we found ample opportunity to cuddle and comfort one another throughout the movie.
If you're ever in the mood for Cajun blackened salmon - GO TO THE FARMHOUSE! It was, seriously, the best salmon I have had at any restaurant ever.
The clock now reads 11:55pm, the clock is about to strike midnight.
Brendan, if you find yourself reading this, I love you! Thank you for a wonderful date tonight! We really should do things like that more often. And I hope you have a good day at work tomorrow.
Day 1.5
Well, I've just spent the last several hours napping (I guess I couldn't sleep), printing and organizing business education materials (think I'm gonna need a bigger binder), and designing my blog.
For some reason the last couple of weeks have left me with a few sleepless nights. I might sleep for an hour or so, but then I'm up. And I mean UP! I'm ready to make some serious headway! But the drawback to being awake and motivated throughout the middle of the night is that the other members of your family are sound asleep. If you know what's good for you (and for them, of course!), you let them continue sleeping. So I wind up using the computer quietly or reading or trying to read. Sometimes I even just creepily roam around my apartment thinking of all the things I COULD do if only it weren't the middle of the night. Oh, but in daylight I can't seem to find the motivation! Or the time!
I've just been taking, over the last 5 weeks, an internet course for Business Law for the Small Business. It has really been helpful - only $90 for a wealth of invaluable information. But the course is coming to a close very soon and I want to keep the information available to me for future reference, so I printed out all of the lessons. I plan on hole punching each page and neatly placing those pages in a 3-ring binder for safe keeping. We'll see if I can manage to make that happen! I'm starting to realize there is a lot of information I want to keep ahold of for later reference - I've printed out numerous tax publications from both the IRS and the NYS tax commision. I've also got some information printed from the SBA site not to mention numerous other sites and what nots. So, yeah, I think I'm going to need a bigger binder. Or maybe two more bigger binders. One can never be too prepared!
On the last note, I might need some help.
Does anyone know how to explain getting my photo up for the blog?
I filled out my profile and uploaded a picture for that, assuming the photo there would be my blog photo too. Not so. And every time I click on where I think the link will be to upload my photo... It's just not the link I'm looking for.
Pointers, anyone?
Thanks!
For some reason the last couple of weeks have left me with a few sleepless nights. I might sleep for an hour or so, but then I'm up. And I mean UP! I'm ready to make some serious headway! But the drawback to being awake and motivated throughout the middle of the night is that the other members of your family are sound asleep. If you know what's good for you (and for them, of course!), you let them continue sleeping. So I wind up using the computer quietly or reading or trying to read. Sometimes I even just creepily roam around my apartment thinking of all the things I COULD do if only it weren't the middle of the night. Oh, but in daylight I can't seem to find the motivation! Or the time!
I've just been taking, over the last 5 weeks, an internet course for Business Law for the Small Business. It has really been helpful - only $90 for a wealth of invaluable information. But the course is coming to a close very soon and I want to keep the information available to me for future reference, so I printed out all of the lessons. I plan on hole punching each page and neatly placing those pages in a 3-ring binder for safe keeping. We'll see if I can manage to make that happen! I'm starting to realize there is a lot of information I want to keep ahold of for later reference - I've printed out numerous tax publications from both the IRS and the NYS tax commision. I've also got some information printed from the SBA site not to mention numerous other sites and what nots. So, yeah, I think I'm going to need a bigger binder. Or maybe two more bigger binders. One can never be too prepared!
On the last note, I might need some help.
Does anyone know how to explain getting my photo up for the blog?
I filled out my profile and uploaded a picture for that, assuming the photo there would be my blog photo too. Not so. And every time I click on where I think the link will be to upload my photo... It's just not the link I'm looking for.
Pointers, anyone?
Thanks!
Monday, May 23, 2011
Day 1
Today is the first day of the rest of my life.
And I fully well intend to live it as such!
It is now the day after catastrophe rained down (quite literally) on Joplin, MO which is not just another place where stuff happened... I have lived there before. I went to high school maybe 20 minutes away in nearby Carthage, MO, worked in Joplin for a few years and even rented an apartment over on B street for a year. I cannot help but wonder about what people were thinking and doing before their lives were crashed and torn to rubble.
In honor of all of them, and in honor of what they might have been thinking or doing, I write.
I will write about my day, I will write about my feelings, I will write about my plans and I will write about whatEVER the hell I want to write about whenever I feel like writing about THAT.
Here's to you, Joplin, always in my heart and always with my thoughts.
And I fully well intend to live it as such!
It is now the day after catastrophe rained down (quite literally) on Joplin, MO which is not just another place where stuff happened... I have lived there before. I went to high school maybe 20 minutes away in nearby Carthage, MO, worked in Joplin for a few years and even rented an apartment over on B street for a year. I cannot help but wonder about what people were thinking and doing before their lives were crashed and torn to rubble.
In honor of all of them, and in honor of what they might have been thinking or doing, I write.
I will write about my day, I will write about my feelings, I will write about my plans and I will write about whatEVER the hell I want to write about whenever I feel like writing about THAT.
Here's to you, Joplin, always in my heart and always with my thoughts.
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