Year: 2004

I have no less than 25 mosquito bites right now after doing yard work this weekend. It might be closer to 30, actually – I lost count. I think that buying stock in Benadryl would be a wise thing.

Damn mosquitos.

Today had great moments of light hearted glee interspersed with some really sad news about a dear friend and her family’s crisis. It made me feel really guilty about how happy I was feeling about some of the other things in my day. Funny how sometimes you are reminded that while you think you may have troubles, they really could be so much worse, isn’t it?

But that’s the point of finding the positive moments in the day, so here are some of mine. I’m not going to pick just one. (I’m a Libra, what can I say?)

– Being able to be there for a friend in her time of need, and while words could not help make anything better, being able to talk to her and hopefully help ease some of her pain.

– Realizing this afternoon that I have gone through the whole day without a headache. Wheeee! It’s nice to be clear-thinking.

– Having Jason request “Father-Son time” so that he could shop with Mike to find a few more shirts for school. Sure, as his Mom, I wanted to be a part of it too, but it’s fabulous to see him get along so well with Mike. I went off and browsed on my own so that they could have some time together checking out the shirts. (I still said “no!” to the “I See Stupid People” with Homer Simpson. Some things are just not appropriate for school.)

– Signing up to be a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator under Kathy yesterday and signing up for a domain for it today! SassyStamps.com, coming soon to a browser near you!

– Pizza for dinner. I’m about to go back to the South Beach thing, hard core, so pizza was a nice “end of summer” treat.

– Talking to friends today. After the heavy moments, the light-hearted ones were nice. I’m looking forward to my plans for later this week!

Because I have had many people ask, I thought I would share the update on the status of my iPod. My order now says that it is “In Progress 3” as of 8/10/2004 2:20:00 PM. By the way, I went for the 20 gb white iPod instead of the mini, since they are so hard to find.

Unfortunately, my plan has gone wrong because the FAQ page now says, “Please note that all orders that are in In Progress 3 have been back ordered. Our supplier is currently out of stock & we expect orders to start going out in about a week. An email will be sent to you once your item has been shipped.”

So, it’s coming. Eventually. But not today.

I’ve always loved the handwriting style fonts – I have a zillion of them, it seems. But it’s hard to resist all the scrapbooking fonts that are on sale for $1.99 each. Too cute! The “SBC Love Mom” reminds me of Kristine!

I have had a headache for over two weeks now. This is not funny. Someone needs to make it stop. Now. And if my sinuses would stop hurting too, that would be a good thing. Matter of fact, I think the evil sinuses are what is causing the headache for the most part. Grrrr… I’m going to call the doctor in the morning and see what he can do.

Ok, I’ll try to stop pouting. It’s not easy though. Maybe if I follow Natalie’s lead and try to point out today’s positive, I’ll feel better.

My positive thing for today was taking Jason to his orientation for 7th grade at his new school. My other positives (but not THE positive) were backing up my laptop – which has never been backed up and has 2+ years of data on it, talking to Kathy about stamp goodies, and making a movie date for the weekend.

That makes me feel a little better. Everyone should try to find the positives in their life.