GO DETROIT LIONS!

They've sucked for so long it's nice to see them winning!

Bestest friend in the whole wide world is coming for a visit..
She'll be here tonight!

I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!

6pm is way too far off!!!

I knew I needed to take a REAL vacation but DAMN! I can't explain how re-energized I am from that 8 day break!

So, for those who don't know. I went to Hawaii for my mom's one year commemoration services. I guess you can't really call it a service. It was a luau. A REAL luau that families who live there participate in. We had a roasted pig and all the trimmings. And there was even Mac Salad! :-)

We visited the beach where we scattered my mother's ashes and sat out there wading in the water for quite a long time reminiscing on things we as a family did. It was peaceful, sad but sort of happy too. Her special spirit is with us everywhere and we laughed quite a bit remembering her quirky ways.

We spent alot of time with her full blooded brother (my grandmother had 16 kids from 4 different men! WOW!) who we hadn't seen since we were young. It was really alot of fun, all of us cried when we said goodbye.

One of the days we were there, we drove completely around the Big Island stopping at places we used to go and live. The beaches were great and we visited them practically every single day.

If I could afford it, I would live there. It's so beautiful and laid back there -- I feel at home. *sigh*

But it was, all in all, a good trip. A long way to travel back home and I'm tired, still working on Hawaii time (5 hours behind EST) but I'm glad to be home.

Yes, I look at my horoscope everyday. I don't usually take what is written to heart but some days they hit the issue right on the noggin'



It is never too late to get started on a different path in life. If you have something that interests you -- a new hobby, a new career, or a new weight goal -- you should pursue it. Don't let your age, income or current status in life restrict you. Every day offers a new opportunity, a new set of choices to make -- and this day is no different. If you want to make a change, make it. Stop working so hard to come up with excuses. You know you can do it, so do it!



I recently read an article and interview on Will Smith and it was really inspiring. He basically said, "I can do anything...because I believe it." I used to be that exact same way when I was younger and I wonder what happened that caused me to stop thinking like that? What happened to that faith in myself? Somehow I have to get that back. This year, today, right now.

I've decided on four things that I want to accomplish this year. There is no particular order to these and if anyone has any tips on how I can reach any particular goal, I am all ears....er eyes. Heheh.

1. Learn Danish -- My father brought two Danes with him to my house for Christmas and they were such a blast that I decided that I would like to learn how to speak Danish. I understand it's a fairly difficult language to master because of the way they pronunciate things (Sean--one of the Danes--said his girlffriend told him they talked like they had a potato in their mouth) but either way I'm going to learn it. Even if I only learn the basics I'd still like to learn.

2. Lose 15 pounds -- Every year I endeavour to lose weight. This year I AM going to lose 15lbs! (hopefully more) Positive thinking right?

3. Read 52 Books -- This is in conjunction with what we're doing on the EotC. I'm going to read 1 book a week for 52 weeks. I'm already ahead of the game because I've finished my first book on the list! Whoohoo! A shout out to Ellie for sending me "A Walk on the Nightside" because I'm totally loving it. *grins*

4. Finish NaNoWrimo -- I didn't finish this last year even though I started out really really well, I'm going to try and do 50k words in November but I'm also going to try to do the same thing earlier with a different story idea. Call me a masochist but I enjoy the pressure!

So my dear flist-- any comments, thoughts, advice, tips to help me accomplish these this year are welcome. Even naughty thoughts....heheh.

	Your super-secret codename is: A BESMIRCH PLOY
	Your mission is... Go back in time and punch Nixon in the face
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THE FOLLOWING IS SOOOO TRUE!!!!!

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I went home early on Thursday with severe body aches, severe headache, and I was feverish. I slept all day Friday. All day. I don't even remember calling in sick to work. But I must have. Saturday I rested, slept more. I was less achy but dizzy and not feverish but my throat started hurting. Felt better on Sunday but my throat was hurting more and I had a low fever (99.8).

This morning, I woke up and my throat felt like I had a very prickly golf ball shoved down it. Not really achy but no chills or sweats. Yay, I was going to stay home and make a doctor's appt but decided to go to work since I wasn't feeling too bad. My throat's gotten worse and now I'm getting the chills again. Fuck. I hate being sick, I haven't NaNoed since Wednesday and I'm freaking miserable and at work. With no car to go to the doctor's office because Hubbs and I carpool (involuntarily lol - read: we have one car).

I do have shit to do here but I just want to lay my head down and go to sleep.

:(

I just talked to my brother in law, my little sister is still at work. She got the results of her biopsy back and it's fucking cancer.

fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck


Stage 1 cervical cancer. At least it's only stage one. Right?