Thinking

Many things occur to make the thoughts roll. Sometimes when I enter a restaurant, I smell coffee. The smell reminds me of the summers I spent at grandma and grandpa Maughan's house. Then I start thinking of the cheesy carpet in the kitchen and Aunt Paula making me my first Cup-O-Noodles. It goes on and on, she gave me all kinds of interesting relics from the 60's. More memories of my childhood have lurked around in my mind. I have been listening to a ton of Neil Diamond. I think of all those trips to Silver Creek laying on a pile of quilts in the hatch back area of the car. My brother and I lay on our backs as the sun warmed the windows. Neil Diamond played on the walkman. Occassionally, mom would push a button on the walkman to talk to us. Sometimes I wonder where that walkman is. I think I found it once. It was stashed away in a pile of bills in the cupboards at dad's house. The funny thing about that is that I found an old tape that I made a long time ago that had my long lost favorite songs on it. I still have that tape.

What in the World?

Checking In

Last week, I get a call first thing in the morning. They were going to come in and replace the furnace. The job took all day. When they were done, all of the fire alarms went off. It was fun. More changes are to come I assume. I know that one of the room mates has been smoking in the house. It is on the rules and he signed it. I haven't addressed it because I am exhausted. The new room mate has complained that he has been smoking in the house. I told him to knock it off. If I get another complaint, I will have to review the rules with him. There is also a rule to not touch the furnace, they mess with the furnace. I am seriously considering placing a code on it to lock them out. Today was a busy day. I didn't get anything done last week. So, I was playing catch up. Dad came over and helped me repair the fence. The tree in the back is bending the fence. I tried to rake the backyard and I feel like there is a bigger mess than last year. I have been hanging out with Athena. I'm taking baby steps to get back into a social life. My man visited us at the bar which was a little shocking because he doesn't like the bar. Maybe, just maybe everyone else will meet him. We shall see.

Never Gets Old

When It Rains it Pours

Within the past five months, I practically bought a new car. I had to get my water heater replaced. Around the same time the water heater was replaced, the modem for my Internet broke. Centurylink does not replace your modem for free even if you upgrade your service. Qwest used to do that. Now, I am renting a modem because I did not want to spend another $80. Then when I resolved that issue, the furnace broke. I have been up since 9:00 AM trying to get this fixed. Two guys from weatherization were here and then I waited for a few hours for another heating person. He said that the furnace needs to be replaced. I'm too scared to fix anything else because I think other crap will break. If I have to get anything gas related fixed again, it will be too soon.

Smooosh!

Last night, after four years, Alanis Morissette visited Idaho once again. I liked the fact that she was at the Knitting Factory because I could stand next to the stage. The concert was great because I still had my hearing after the show. The bad part was the fact that there is a bar and most of the audience were maniacs. All of the tall people wanted to be in the front of the audience while us shorter people kept on shuffling around to watch the concert. I was happy to see her again. It's been a rough few months.

Also This Month

The long awaited remake of Frankenweenie is coming up! I have the original version, but it is on a special edition of Nightmare Before Christmas. It stars Shelly Duvall, Daniel Stern, and that boy from Neverending Story Barret Oliver. I think that the original is really sweet. In case you are wondering, that is where I got Frank's name. His original name was Frankenstein. I changed his name to Frankenweenie.