Tuesday, January 30, 2007

'cuz i gotta have faith

tomorrow is either the beginning of something good or bad in my life. problem is, i won't know for at least a week. not looking forward to the wait, but very excited to finally know. if you believe in the whole praying bit, throw a few my way. i'm taking anything i can get.

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the past few weeks have given me a few emails that i appreciated more than the senders know. i have good friends - i realize i have it better than most. if only this computer worked faster than it does. takes me 15 mins (no kidding) to log into my blogger just to type a few sentences. i'm savoring my time in here.

a quick (sober) update on life.

christmas was not so merry in this house. mainly because we all had the flu.... not fun and makes eating shrimp cocktail a little scary.

car went into the ditch twice in 9 days. once on dec 23 on the way to grandma's christmas - grace was with me, on the phone to her b/f when it happened. second was minutes before the ball dropped in the mid-west. winter - an exciting time of year for me so far.

grace and i went to "dancing with the stars tour" at the bradley center in milwaukee. we missed our exit and ended up in the ghetto... called uncle for directions. believe his direct quote was "that's a really fucked up exit - don't ask for directions". which was great advice seeing as though my great idea would have been to drive through mcdonalds to ask. the nearest one seemed to have just had a shoot-out. i chuckled, grace wet her pants. good stuff... good real life stuff.

other than that, not a whole hell of a lot in the world of connie. always wishing i had someone here. the only person that seems to really get me here is the 38 year old girl that has cancer at work. she and i are totally on the same page with just about anything. i may have gone insane months ago had she not been there. 6 months at the Star News was on the 25th. exciting stuff.

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everything seems to be pointing towards yes. everything that i see on t.v. or read. i hope to god it's no. isn't that just how most things work. you have something weighing on your mind and then you see things that are exactly or relate to that something everywhere. it's been a heavy 2 months. hoping to be lighter soon. very soon.

Saturday, January 20, 2007

sometimes the hardest things and the right things are the same

when i am able to see the picture i have set as my display, i am amazed. that was almost 2 years ago. probably one of the happiest times in my life. i don't know how many people actually knew it was so great for me.... don't even know if those who were so involved in the greatness of it all knew that it was so great to me. that's just one thought of the night.

just got home from the bar, a place that i knew too many people. one of them, every time i look at them, i can't believe what we've been through together, and no one we know will ever realize what actually happened. one of my friends knows what my high heals look like from that night. the other person that i really felt a void/realization of presence fromthem... an accident about 2 years ago dropped so many hearts. tonight i danced around memories. not knowing if i was in his long term memory or not - if i was patronizing the poor kid or helping his healing process. the last time i remember truly seeing this kid was at his mom's funeral. he grew up with our family, his mom's death was a big deal to our family...to my little bro who grew up close to jud, especially.... happy thoughts............

if i was to regret anything in my life...other than quitting my tap dancing in 8th grade... i wish i would have found a job, either part or full time, out of my home-town area. i feel almost as if i was sucked back in to a place that i can not get out of. i would really like to be able to get out. don't know how. some day, mumken....

i hope to find a re-connection point with those of your i feel strongly about. those of you who really meant something in my life, whether you knew it or not. there are a lot of you. a lot of people and places i think of that don't make a lot of sense to medford folk, but you really touched me and helped sculpt me into the person that i am...

i need "holiday."

can't wait. until...???? but can't wait.

Friday, January 19, 2007

somewhere over the rainbow

ok, so....

i've kinda been m.i.a. for a month. not the the world of medford, but to pretty much anyone who doesn't live here. and for that, i greatly appologize. rarely a phone call or email has left me. bad friend, mumken.

but, let me reassure you all - asside from my recent diagnosis of bronchitis - i am live and well. a more complete update will be coming soon.

the one thing that is severely missing is friends. i think i have 2...max 4. its frustrating. i miss you all.