'hey, you owe me two bucks dude'

(in a fit of OCD these were made...they're still sitting in the same spot as they were two days ago, still untouched)

today, i was late for work. i just don't understand the physics of rush hour traffic. i mean, i was stuck going 10 miles per hour for over 30 minutes in a place where there's usually no traffic at all! and then, get this...there was NOTHING. no accident, no one hauling a mobile home (that did happen one day), no road construction...nothing, absolutely nothing. i should have been thankful there was no accident, and don't get me wrong, i was, but i just couldn't help but feel a little jipped at the same time.

when stuff like pointless traffic-jams happen, i usually get mad at people. like, who the hell was on their cell phone and screwed it all up in the first place; or, who decided to stop on the ramp onto the freeway, screwing everyone up for the rest of the morning? i just wish i could've seen what started it all. i would have loved to have flipped them off...and then charged them the extra money it cost me for getting into the parking ramp after nine a.m.

isomnia zombie

(home is where i hang my hat...the hat that i never wear because everyone laughs at me.)

today is the first day that i have no words. i really don't. i mean, i could ramble forever about nothing but that seems like a waste of time for some reason tonight. normally, i would jump all over the opportunity to ramble nonsensically for as long as possible, but today, in the zombie like state i'm trapped in, it seems, well, stupid. i woke up like a zombie and have spent my day like that as well. it sucks. i'm not exactly sure why...i guess i have been a bit of an insomniac lately. stress keeps me up sometimes; other times, i'm just awake. either way, it sucks. wait, did i already say that...that it sucks? oh yeah, i did. see, i can't even think of any new ways to describe the suckiness.

christmas tree shiny ornament rides again

my four year old and i spent an hour and a half waiting in line to cast my ballot for the presidential primaries tonight. it was chaotic, disorganized, confusing, crowded and hot; the volunteers were overwhelmed and they ran out of ballots. it was amazing and people stayed pretty happy. the hundreds and hundreds of people, from babies to senior citizens to disabled people in wheelchairs, were all there for the same reason. i met a wonderful family and we really worked together to sift through the confusion, held each others places in line and such. i met some fabulous senior citizens and my daughter led the kid uprising through the gym on her horse, christmas tree shiny ornament. she ran out into the middle of the gym, neighing, and the next thing ya know, six or more kids followed suit...out of the depths of the adult-dominated line they all gathered to play. it was great. there were traffic jams all over the metro tonight, on-ramps were shut down and record-smashing numbers of voters came out tonight...i can not even imagine what election day will be like.

(can you see the line around the gym? and that was after a 45 minute wait...that's where the kid uprising occurred too!)

hair and cake--ooh...that sounds gross

(i made such a delicious looking cake tonight...i can't wait to eat some!)

i don't live in the trendiest place. i don't live in a big city either. but i do live in a place that has tv, widespread internet access, magazines on every corner that stem from the big city and a couple of solid newspapers that seasonally run full page articles on what's trendy for the upcoming season. yet somehow today, (yes, it was a boring snowy day) i saw three women at three different places that had either curled up 90's bangs with stiff, crinkly hair or the whole feathered thing going on. now, i'm not super fashion conscious, but i know that those looks went out, in some cases, 20 years ago. what was funny was that these women were professional looking women; one was even a nurse. i just don't understand. it's so much easier to put in a quick and messy pony tail that looks up-to-date, as opposed to spending 30 minutes and using a bottle of aqua net with a curling iron. what sticks these women in that time?

did i mention it was a snowy, boring day...i really had nothing else to look at.

sunday

(the hallway art museum we set up today.)

i really have nothing to write about today. i'm feeling a bit better but have that sick-hangover thing going on. ya know, when you're feeling better but you still have that fog in your head;
and then, my kid has been, to put it nicely, high-spirited today. it's just been a long, difficult, indoor, mushroom-soup colored day.

sore throats and bloody stumps

(my little one and i did manage to paint some pots for spring time planting today...amazing.)

being under the weather, even just a little, turns me into a four year old...every time. i whine. i complain. i don't pay attention. i zone out. i only want to eat junk food. i loathe responsibility. i don't listen well and communication is impossible due to me crying at everything. i can't even believe i'm writing this blog right now. all i have going on is a sore throat and a sinus thing today and all of that still happens. (thankfully, the level of severity surrounding my immaturity is only at about a three today. i'm pathetic when i have one of those super colds...i'm at a ten and then some.)

what's funny though, is that i can cut a snippet of my finger off with a box cutter and hardly flinch. i even threw the extra little chunk away myself.

in a nutshell

today i didn't accomplish much. i slept till 11. ate a little breakfast, a big lunch and entirely too much candy. then, i ran a few errands, saw a beautiful sunset while on them (that i did no justice to through the lens btw); and now, i plan to eat something again. it was a simple day. a really, really simple, yet somehow, satisfying day.