retirement party

went to Helen's retirement party this morn at the p.o.    it was great to see everyone even a couple other retirees who showed up    it's the same ol' place same ol' story but everyone looked great    got to chat with a few of them to catch up with their lives and their children    found out Danny has been on leave since he returned last year from Iraq    my guess is he's having PTSD   i'll have to call him soon   he's the one that served on the front lines in the beginning of the war and still did similar duties when they sent him back a couple more times    i'll keep him in my prayers    Sharon is doing good although she had minor heart surgery, if there's such a thing as minor when it comes to the heart   anyways, i could list everyone, but that'd take awhile    it was a surprise party for Helen and she definitely was    she kept saying she couldn't believe it    Rhonda did a great job on the decorations   frogs everywhere which apparently Helen loves     i miss the people there, but i don't miss the p.o.    it's nice not to be in the grind of things and not having someone on my case daily as Cory mentioned today   of course that was one particular individual who no longer is in management i gather   thank goodness    Life is sooo much better not being there    i enjoyed the job, but there's just too much bulls**t!!!!    i'll have to keep in touch with them more often  than i have this past year    it's just been nice to stay away    .....and that my friends was my mornin'!

major decision...

hello!!!    i know i haven't been here awhile    i've been very busy with volunteer work at the church and work at my pt job    but i'm taking a break from volunteer work this week:-)    i even went to Sandia Peak today to do more contemplating about The Art Center     this is the school i applied and got accepted    well yesterday it hit me in the face as to the costs and my financial status   not that i'm broke, but i would be attending this college   so i slept on it   i tossed and turned   i woke up thinking about it   i contemplated sum more.....and decided.....nope not going there    it finally made sense to me    there is no cents and no sense in going to this college for my photography degree    so tomorrow i'm going to UNM and check into that    i just couldn't see my spending $80k to get my photography degree...and that doesn't count interest on the loans....i wouldn't be getting my new motorcycle for a loooong time and i've got to have a new motorcycle    besides i ain't rich!!!!    so i finally came to my senses   not going there    i've been down the road of debt and within one year i'll be totally out of debt    aint' going there again    i know there's a better way    so off i go to UNM    in the meantime, i'll get my camera out and play soon    after this weekend after everyone else has come & gone    i volunteered to work this weekend anyways so someone else could have the weekend off    i'm used to staying home for this weekend holidays, so why not work    and besides this job ain't like workin'    .....in the meantime, i'll try to write more often as requested    .....o before i forget, my son is coming home on leave soon from Iraq    he called yesterday at 4am   i heard the phone beepin at 6am   so i called him    looking forward to seeing him    .......so have a great Memorial weekend!!!    Remember .....

slept away...

Happy Mother's Day to everyone....

I can't believe i slept the day away today   i woke several times and answered the phone, but then went back to sleep    i was a little blue, but i've must have been damn tired    this last week was really busy with church and work    guess it all caught up with me    i didn't get up til 7pm tonite   goodness i don't remember the last time i did this   O well....Life goes on....i haven't been writing much for there's not much new happening nowadays    i decided to wait and start school this fall    taking the summer off and have some fun before school    i hope to get  a few long distance road trips in on my bike   still within New Mexico but about 4hrs away    it's finally hot here, well not too hot yet    but the cool weather has subsided    i haven't won the lottery yet nor found that right mate for life    i'm just chillin, readin, workin. and volunterrin still    i've started hiking a bit with friends but that's all the excitement going on here    must get out the camera again soon    another road trip to Tent Rocks for some b&w photos    goodness......

movin'...

well i ain't movin', but our church just did today    we've been preparing for months, but especially the last 2months for this move    finished packing this week and the movers came today   i've been there all week and workin' too   but' it's all good   today i got sunburned on my face   i was assigned the task of standing outside directing the movers   initially i was to be inside directing movers to rooms   anyways, i didn't have a hat today as i always wear when i know i'm going to be outside    i didn't see how red i got until i went to the women's room tonite at work    lobster red   matches my shirt   i happened to wear a red/white striped shirt today    anyways, i worked all day at the church then went straight to the job   boy i'm tired    it still isn't as wearing as the p.o. was   but we had fun at the church today   the move went smoothly    now tomorrow we start the unpacking   of course dummy me asked the question "do you need me tomorrow"   goodness   so i'll be back there manana   then off to work again   i'm taking saturday off if i can   i'll do more unpacking next week....the weather is finally warming up and staying there   it was a beautiful day to move   perfect!

scary

so yesterday i ride my bike to Madrid   it's a back road there, scenic by-way    i got there in no time   had brunch and shopped for 1 1/2 hrs    then in lieu of coming back the way i came, i decide to head up to the edge of Santa Fe and take I-25    i wanted to knock off some fear of that stretch of freeway to albuquerque while riding my bike    well i'm doing pretty good, but half way down the interstate a woman runs me off the road, literally    she loyally @#$% pissed me off     she had just passed me in the left lane   i was going the speed limit in the right lane...didn't i mention this stretch of the interstate is like Indy 500....anyways, her lane got jammed and slowed them down    i'm just steadily riding my bike coming up on her right side    well being inpatient and not looking over in her blind spot, she decides to zip into my lane    i was in her back seat and i laid on the horn    she kept coming and all i could do was go off the road    fortunately there was plenty of pavement off road    it took her awhile but she realized what she did and finally got back in the other lane, allowing me to get back on the road    i was infuriated    i wanted to curse her out   damn Bitch!!!   i got rattled and it took me the rest of the day to relax from the incident    what pissed me off was that she had just passed me and she was doing an Indy 500    on this road i'll be doing the speed limit of 75, sometimes 80 and they still pass me like i'm standing still    God i hate that stretch of interstate!!!    well i'm not afraid of the interstate anymore, but i'll be damn if i'll be on that stretch anymore with my bike    !@#$%^ people!!!!!

 Happy Spring!

here's to a new life, a rebirth of our souls   a new beginning of peace, hope and joy....

hope your Easter was grand    it took all day to find a symbol i liked for the holiday   my blessings to the Christian world and what the Easter means to you    my blessings to the rest of the world who believe differently but are on our way anyways    the past 4days have been under weather   severely under the weather for me   caught a bug, maybe 2, wednesday evening    slept for 2days with no food   finally nibbled a bit yesterday and had a meal today    i feel better today than all the days    i even got out of the house for about an hour    other than that, i've been sleepin' or just starin' at the tv    i'm almost ready for a new day, a new dawn to be out & about in the world   hopefully tomorrow   but even illness is a gift   i felt a resurge in my faith this weekend   i even watched half of The Ten Commandments movie recognizing how far i've evolved from that way of thinking     there is still good messages within the Bible and Christianity, but there's far more to know   anyways, all is good    sometimes when i feel sick i swear my mind is being purged as well   a cleansing of sorts in order to get back to the true Spirit within each of us   Life is such a gift and i sometimes forget while being indulged in the mundane things of life   usually my illness will remind me of Life's value, but i also find it in others, thru your journals and friendships   goodness,   that is all God is...which is everyone and everything!

such a kind gesture...

this morn i went to breakfast at the Range Cafe    decided to sit at the bar in lieu of waiting for a table   it was just me wantin' sum biscuits & gravy   so i sit   then a couple minutes later a man comes sits next to me   well the waitress didn't see us arrive separately but as she was taking our orders, he told her separate tickets please   so we ate, chatted & had our coffee    she brings the ticket   sure enough she put the tickets together on one    goodness...  well the man insisted on paying it anyways   i asked him several times if he was sure   Yep sure enough   such a kind gesture is such a treacherous world we have at times....a wonderful act of kindness!