Monday, September 24, 2007

accident 1


accident 1, originally uploaded by conniemg6.

reality check... little brother's car.

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accident 2


accident 2, originally uploaded by conniemg6.

tough weekend.

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Friday, September 21, 2007

what goes around comes all the way back around

figures... yet i never have.



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Tuesday, September 18, 2007

now he's a superstar, slammin' on his guitar

a car was broken down this morning in the exact place i broke down a week and a half ago. but they didn't forget their cell phone.

i'm kinda worried about my two little brothers at college...already. tougher than they thought...in more than one way.

was already told to fuck off today by a random person. it's only 8:30. nice. i hope that doesn't set the pace for the rest of the day.

i think the office is filling with bacteria and viruses. should be an interesting fall.

speaking of fall.... it's my favorite time of the year. i LOVE fall. sweater weather, the crispness in the air. the football! (go bucky!). god, i love it.

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Monday, September 17, 2007

i've lived my life on stages... with 10,000 people watching

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Thursday, September 13, 2007

we'll make the great escape

things are odd. at a point where they're hard to judge. for the most part, it's in all aspects of life. not really sure if it'll sink or swim. it's not life threatening, by any means. or even worrysome. but it just feels like one of those places in life where being indifferent feels nice.


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Tuesday, September 11, 2007

keep holding on, 'cuz we're gonna make it through

6 years ago. wow. hard to believe that it's been that long. second week of college....it was not a good time in my life. and then today came. dr. ron perrier's theater and film day. a quite buzz started as we waited for the theater to open. planes crashing. concern, but not worry. at that point in time, i knew only one person living there. we were to watch simon birch that wednesday morning. but when we took our seats, ron had a troubled look on his face. he said something to the effect of "this is the JFK moment of your generation. go home, turn on your tv, wake up your roommates and neighbors and watch history happen. you will never forget this day, and where you were and how you felt."

i made a quick lap in my dorm. and then i sat on my green burlap loveseat and cried as i watched the second plane hit. merely 3 months earlier i was standing at the bottom of the towers, doing a backbend to see the top. eerie.

today will be one of those days. solemn.


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talked to dad about my car yesterday. looks like it probably isn't the transmission, so YAY! just a shaft that broke. on friday when dad and his friend came to pick the car up, his friend (a 75 year old retired guy who has been on more of us kids' screw up trips than i can count) asked my dad when i was going to find a husband so i could quit calling home to have daddy come fix things. .....hmm.

so, good things... which means that the canceled trip to chicago may be back on. taking the bus rather than a plane.

and i'm going to start budgeting. sounds like a trip to morocco for a wedding in april may be in store. ugh! why is everyone getting married?!

:)

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Friday, September 07, 2007

where ever, where ever, where ever you go

so...yesterday morning. cruising down a major intrastate highway. on my way to work. car stops accelerating. pull to the side. cars whizzing by. forgot my cell phone. popped the hood. was such a sudden change in car functionality that i suspected a belt blew. nope, all belts in tact. after about 5 mins of me standing with my hand in the shape of a phone trying to catch the eye of a kind hearted passerby (quite interesting that the whole thing here is "minnesota nice" but when it comes to someone actually helping others , they look at you like you're a flowndering fish on the side of the pond and just keep driving). but darcy stopped. and took me to a car repair place not far.

funny thing is that my phone was with me the whole time. started ringing on my way to the office.

repair shop guy thinks it's the transmission. not happy with that diagnosis. dad will find out for sure.

i love my dad.

this is exactly the reason i didn't want to live in a city that required a car.

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Wednesday, September 05, 2007

we'll fast forward to a few years later

i can't believe how domestic i've been lately. seriously, i think something may be wrong with me. cooking, baking, cleaning....the whole works. completely out of character for me. even did some decorating last night. pictures are now on the wall. i have every tool except a hammer. so there i was, pounding nails in the wall with a wrench.

not too much going on personally. work is good and i don't have any real complaints right now. a good relaxing weekend always helps settle the life.

grace is officially the only birdy in the nest. the boys both moved out and into their dorms this weekend. i think my dad is peeing himself with both delight and terror. all 3 of his sons are in college. and although the oldest is generally past the college ways, the other two are not in the clear. so this should be an interesting year for the family as a whole.

a few planned trips and a few visitors this fall. starting with this weekend. group of cronies from home coming to the big city. whoop whoop...bring it on.

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