Friday Again

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I guess I’m not doing NaBloPoMo this year, huh?  Figured that out already, haven’t you?   Also, it’s starting to look like I probably won’t finish my book challenges for this year.   I mean, I might, but I’m just not sucked into reading right now.  More interested in sitting in front of the TV most nights.  Pathetic.  And my passion for blogging is at a low point right now.  Not terribly interested in reading, not terribly interested in writing.  None of it.  Pathetic.

I’m afraid I’m boring the hell out of you.  I mean, so many bloggers right now are singing this same tune.  Not motivated, miss the heyday, think I’ll check my twitter feed, whatever.  So, maybe I can come up with some Friday Randomness for all of you, K?

1st.  Babies.  Happy Birthday to C’s Little One, who turned 1 this week.   Also, congratulations to Gina on the birth of her beautiful baby girl.  Can’t wait to see pictures.  Found out the sex of another friend’s baby the other day, and I couldn’t be happier.  But it’s her news to share or not with the world, so I’ll stay mum on that one.

I’m going horseback riding tomorrow for the first time since I fell and hurt my rib.  I’ll admit to being a little nervous, though not because I’m afraid of falling.  More because I haven’t been in so long, and I’m sure I’ve forgotten everything I’ve learned, and the horses will walk all over me.   And I don’t have many lessons left…I pay for them in groups of 5, and I still have a few left.  But after this group, I’m taking a break for awhile.  Mainly because of money…they’re expensive, and we have other more important places for that cash to go right now.  I never intended it to be an ongoing thing, actually.   But I do like it.  I’ll admit some frustration when I feel like I’m not really progressing as quickly as I feel I should.  And all these stupid teens riding around just having perfect balance and control of their horses.  Sigh.

Also tomorrow, I’m going to get my hair done.  Nothing exciting there.  Just a trim (I’m growing it out…is there anything worse for hair than that phrase?), and getting my roots done.  Yawn.  But I always feel a ton better after I get it done.  Maya is getting her hair done tomorrow, too.  Her plan is FAR more exciting than mine.  I’ll have to post before and after pics for you all, assuming she’ll let me.  All I can say on the matter is a (probably incorrect) quote from Peggy Sue Got Married:  “If you can’t dress crazy as a teenager, when can you?” Fun.

Thanksgiving seems to be right around the corner.  I always look forward to Thanksgiving, and this year is no different.  Yay turkey, family, and reasons to be thankful!

Then comes Christmas.  I’ve already bought 2 gifts so far.  I know what I’m getting a few others, but haven’t done anything on them yet.  Looks like it’s time for a list, no?  I’m a list person, and having a plan this time of year cheers me greatly.

I was delivering meals for Meals on Wheels yesterday, and that dumb Don Henley song, “The Heart of the Matter” came on the radio and started me crying.  How lame is that?  Gah.   The lyrics started me to thinking about my mom, and how much I miss her.  So I showed up at this one woman’s house, Trudy, with my eyes all red and sad.  She gave me a big hug.  I felt better right away.

I’m pretty emotional lately.  I cry quite easily.  I don’t know if it’s stress or if I’m peri-menopausal or what.  I mean, there are some hard things going on in my life right now, things I won’t write about here.  So it could be that.  But at the same time, I kinda feel like I did when I was 13 and my mom would look at me and set me off crying.  Or when I was pregnant and I cried because Ted didn’t like “The American President”.  Hormonal.  Good times.

Gen had a check up this week, and the vet said that she’s doing MUCH better than the last time she saw her.  Blind?  Yes, and surely always will be, but she seems to have adjusted to it OK, and is much happier and more perky than the last few times she has seen her.  So that’s good news.  Yay Gen!  Actually, the last few days she’s freaking me out, because she gets kind of excited outside and starts running.  Not fast, but faster than a blind dog should run, you know?  Silly girl.

I’ve been trying to get my H1N1 vaccination, and can’t seem to find any.  Maya got hers, and Ted got his, but I can’t get mine where they got theirs, and the places I call don’t have any.  I think they’re more likely to be exposed anyway, since I work from home, so if I can’t get it before I get flu, I’ll survive.  But flu sucks.  I did get a seasonal flu vaccine a month or so ago, so that’s a good thing.

For you local folks, we went on a hike last weekend for Save Mt. Diablo.  I’ve never been in that part of the park before, and it was much prettier than the places I’ve been.  I’m definitely up for going back.  Just above Castle Rock Park.  Really shady and cool, which are important criteria for me, as I don’t really enjoy sweating.  I know, right?

Also for the local folks, tomorrow is the grand opening of the new and fancy Lafayette Library. Too bad Maya and I are getting our hair done, because they’re going to have actors from the local Shakespeare company doing scenes from famous Shakespearean plays, scientists from Chabot Space and Science Center making rockets, animals from the Lindsay Wildlife Museum and the Oakland Zoo, I think a parade…man, should be fun.  Ted will go for us.  Maybe he’ll take pictures.

Hope you’re well.  Anything interesting going on in your life?