We need a new blog post here

I must tell you that I am faring much better than I was when I wrote the previous post. Also, the previous post may have been influenced by hormones just a little bit. Which is not to say that the previous post was not in many ways accurate, however, but I have come down from being quite that close to the brink. I'm coping a little better.

I am also not at home once again. Some of you are familiar with my dear friend Indigo. His mother died after an extended illness (COPD, a terrible way to go) last week. After talking to him on the phone Thursday I realized that yes, he really needed me to be with him. So Friday very early I got in the car and drove to Baltimore, from whence I type. Actually, I will leave very soon, within the hour even, but I felt compelled to write a brief (as brief as it gets with me, which is a dodgy proposition) update on my life, or something like it.

I will drive this afternoon from Baltimore to Richmond, VA where I will spend the evening and overnight with a dear cousin of mine. I haven't seen her since her wedding a few years ago, and have never met the most precious little boy in the world (I have it on good authority - his mother - that this is true of him). So that is where I will rest tonight, then on to South Carolina Monday morning.

And I am away from home once again, as I mentioned. This is significant because I am, once again, thinking with perhaps a clearer mind. I have some ideas, even some inspiration maybe, about my immediate future (within 6 months, say). Note to self: explore ideas of creating interesting fun stuff to sell on Etsy to make enough money to pay my student loan bills. Also, the radical idea of going to seminary to prepare for work in the Unitarian Universalist worship tradition or something similar. Wow. Where did that come from?! We will be discussing these things in future posts, mayhaps.

To continue the original trajectory of the previous paragraph, my mind works differently, with what feels like more clarity, when I am not at home. And here's my theory: those young crazy people who share my last name suck the energy from my soul and cloud my mind with troublesome trivia. It feels like I'm walking into a trap when I go back home. It isn't only my children, either. I strongly suspect the town/city of Greenwood and the state of South Carolina play a role in this strangulation of my soul. Unfortunately, I must go home and I must work in my home and on my home to enable myself and the family to break free from The South (TM) and it's nefarious influences. I understand that with clarity when I am not there. It's harder to see that when I'm up to my ass in alligators in that particular swamp.

These are the things I wish to share with you now. I will finish packing my stuff and get on the road south now. I hope to get back here before too long to continue the saga of whatever the hell this life is.

Fondly,
-Java

am home

I have a kitten sleeping on my chest. She is putting me to sleep.

I got home at 9:30 last night after a very long drive. But part of that drive took place on twisty-windey roads through the mountains, so I was pleased. Today I'm just tired. 

I am waiting on a call from my gynecologist's nurse re: Diva. I want to talk to her before I make an appointment. 

Had a marvelous time in Baltimore. Really like spending time with Indigo. I miss him now. I'm glad he'll be here in 5 weeks. 

I don't have anything else to say right now. I'll post some pictures and write some more when I'm not so sleepy. In the meantime, I'll take a nap. Gawd, I love naps.

Well,... plus news of an impending road trip!

After hemming and hawing about it for literally months, I decided to share my blog address with my English prof. I just sent out an email to her with the link to this here bloggie thing. This week we (the class) have been discussing a few of the forms of writing found online. Today's discussion, (which I need to go write on that discussion board) is about blogging. It is time to show her my online place. 

Now, on to other news: yes, I am taking a road trip! I know I was all wishy-washy on this topic a few weeks ago, but situations have transpired to bring about a perfect-ish opportunity to visit Baltimore. Well, technically I'm not visiting Baltimore, exactly. If I had my druthers I'd avoid Baltimore like the plague. However, my darling friend Indigo lives there, as you may know. In order to visit Indigo, I must go to Baltimore. Alas, it is my fate. He gets to return the favor and come visit me in a few weeks, too. What fun! 

The details are that I leave early* tomorrow morning. I'll drive most of the day to cover the 600 miles between here and there. I'll be in Baltimore until mid-week next week, probably coming home on Wednesday. Updates as the situation warrants.

There is much to do in preparation for this trip. I have begun the preps, but the list of things yet to do is much longer than the list of things accomplished. On that note, TTFN.

*The definition of "early" is yet to be determined. Ideally I will be out of town before 5:00 a.m. Much depends on how ready I am this evening, and how early I go to sleep!!