Month: February 2005

Hrm. I applied to Specialized just now. I think I wrote a pretty good cover letter. Anyways, I wonder how much money really is enough. I’ve talked about this before with Doris. I think it’s really hard when you look at all your friends with all their BMW’s and fancy houses. Lately, whenever people talk about houses or cars or jobs or whatever, I get to thinking that I’ll never be able to do these things again. That in some ways I’m not really at their level anymore. Everyone’s living on such a higher monetary plane than I am. It’s depressing. No question. I lust after things. As much as I think it’s shallow, it’s true. Will I be happy making 40k 10 years from now? Do I want to continue to avoid the realities of getting a real job? Sometimes I feel like I’m selling out going back to computers. Something in my gut tells me that is the wrong thing for me now. Now the question is do I listen to it?

Thanks for the sweet treats! We will enjoy them!

Busy day, got up, Jeremy dropped Vince off at school this morning. I packed up Edda, Ruby, and a few bags full of groceries and headed up to Rhinebeck for Edda’s final check-up with the orthopedic doctor. He manipulated her legs, bent them back and forth and declared her healed! Yah. Then I went to the town clerk and got a copy of her birth certificate for $10 because I lost the original. Then I went to Bob and Katherine’s house and had lunch and waited for Jeremy. He’s took half a day off to cook a Valentine’s Day dinner with me and the rest of the Martins. Ben came up from NYC. Got the car inspected in the afternoon and picked up a prescription for Jeremy.

I just got it back from the professor. It’s made from Aluminum and it’s got a brushed finish if you can tell from the picture. I’m really happy with how it came out. My other 2 projects tho, aren’t so pretty…

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Happy v day. I got the flower from my “boyfriend” as stated on the card. It was funny that they gave 10 roses in the vase. I am sure that daddy would order a dosen. So I called daddy. And daddy called them. They said that it was honorest mistake and they re-dilivered 2 more rosed.

I got another cold and saw a doctor. You all have to be careful to avoid it.

Looks like I’m finally free of the flu. Woo Hoo! Apparently there’s a new flu strain called the Santa Clara Flu. That’s what they are going to make next year’s flu vaccine out of. Great.

Mom just got it!

Happy Valentine’s Day.

Hopefully, gifts from Mom will arrive at your door steps today. Also, my gift to Mom.

I probably will drive to DC and back today to do some household chores because this week is a short week. This way, it will give me a month without visiting home in DC. Of course, Mom’s plants are not too happy but they sure can last about a month without watering.

I will be at Mom’s place on Thursday. Mom sounded aweful yesterday, just like Jeremy, sick again. Hope, you all are getting better. Donald, are you getting better?

It’s Sunday night and I’m going to hold myself accountable to my goals by updating them here on the blog on Sunday night. Part of the Wishcraft deal.

Let’s see, there are a few different catagories:

Physical:
Row daily.

Social:
Invite someone over for dinner this week.

Personal:
Finish knitting the main piece of Vince’s sweater.
Practice piano daily.
Keep the kids happy and fed.

Professional:
My professional goals for the next five years are to run an independent press publishing poetry and to get a Master’s in Nursing.

But for this week:
I’m going to write 1 poem this week (the first one in about 10 years.)
I’m going to send out a poem that I wrote 10 years ago out to 5 magazines to see if anyone wants to publish it.
I’m going to try and figure out about nursing schools in Singapore.