After an unpleasant parent pick up from a not too pleasant ex and new girlfriend due to My Child being put in the middle and acting like a brat in the parking lot. I would like to ask you for help. Math help. Cross your fingers and lets do some algebra together. Not really algebra…
Secrets

(Anger alert) Disclaimer: This blog is less than friendly, be warned. I was thinking in my haphazard way about how I thought adults should communicate honestly, with dignity about their feelings without intentionally hurting the person they fell out of love with. Honesty and emotions don't mix well, you might say. Or, of course emotions can…
Uxorial Bliss (Anger alert)

Uxorial Bliss http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/uxorial Disclaimer: This blog may be considered to be less than friendly, be warned. The thing is once you say "I do" to the wrong person in front of God, family and whatever friends you may have in attendance The state, your minister your family and your "friends" (I say that in parentheses…
Ghost Cat

Ghost cat woke me by repeatedly walking across my feet to wake me from my sleep. (I checked there were no mice having a party at the end of my bed.) What a surprise I have a new friend Better to have a ghost feline for a friend than nightmares that wake me up gasping…
Crack

I've started waking up at the crack of dawn. No, the spine of dawn. The crack is a bit lower and I'm talking middle of the night time here. That pleasant time where you have to remain silent or you could wake a sleeping Girlie. The Sentinel and the Bear seem to sleep like babies,…
What title for this could explain such ramblings??? Anthology, a hot mess?
This response has been brought to you by the letters C and A and the numbers 18 and 2,920. a better title maybe, what do you think? C Cantankerous canker-soaring cat reacting in terror circular logic customary usually but not reasonable as opposed to "usual customary and reasonable medical charges" A Abhorrent behavior that continues…
A relative question turned into a long essay

My brother asked me once why I talked so much and had so many interests? Why not? He told me that he thought I was talking so much because I was so unhappy with my life and I did so many things to distract myself from my unhappiness. Now that is an interesting take on…
What is the cost?

How much does a back cost? Can you quantify the value of irreplaceable parts? I asked My Bear, "How much is my back worth? (deleting a bunch of extraneous replies...) "Really, can you put a value on the replacement cost of my back?" "Do you know how much I had to pay for the truck,…
Plopping in a chair, now in use

(By the way, the picture is supposed to be blurry, when you unload steel on less than six hours of sleep with a bad back, EVERYTHING IS BLURRY) I sat down with a plop on a wet office chair with a back that I use when gardening now. The outdoor lights were on but even…
And yet

I never write in the evenings, and yet here I am, sitting on the couch wondering what has happened and whether I should get my Happy light out and turn it on. I forgot, it's that time of year when the sunlight reduces and I get SAD. I did go to the second acupuncture visit…