C Is Still For Cookie

Cookies are one of the fine things in life. I like to bake them. I like to buy them. Most of all, of course, I like to eat them. I have recently made a wonderful cookie discovery-- Carr's Ginger Lemon Cremes. Wow. The lemon creme reminds me of the taste of Girl Scout cookie Lemon Coolers, but creamy. The ginger cookies are spicy and crisp. These are so excellent with a cup of tea in the afternoon. Do yourself a favor. Buy some. They seriously kick ass over your everyday Oreos.

Some Days Are Special. Life is Now

Today is my ex's birthday. I took my girl out to buy a card and a present for him earlier in the week. Last year she didn't want me to take her to do that, but this year we did. I explained to her that it's important to celebrate days that are special with the people you love and that you shouldn't miss an opportunity to let people know you care about them. He was never much one for making an occasion of birthdays or anniversaries and that played a part in why things didn't work out between us. Even if you aren't special to everyone else in the world, you want to feel that you're at least special to the people who supposedly love you.
It's been a year and eight months since we separated and almost a year and a half since I filed divorce papers, but the damn thing isn't over yet and I don't really know when it will be. A year ago I thought I would burst into flames if the divorce wasn't finalized by the end of the year. Surprisingly, I remain un-ignited. Some day it will be done. I'd like it to be sooner rather than later, but in the meantime I'm feeling better about going ahead and living my life without feeling like it will only really start once the papers have been signed. My life is as real now as it's ever going to be. It's probably also as complicated and complex as it's ever going to be. There's really nothing else to do but remember to keep breathing and move forward.

I've Got a Business to Run Here

Today was my first day solo handling bookkeeping and related activity at my uncle's store. I thought I'd be able to cruise in and get everything up to speed in a couple of hours, but of course that's not how it went. I had vendors calling asking what I wanted to do about duplicate payments. I had to deal with a building tenant who called asking for a timeframe on the work being done on the building since the fumes were not conducive to a relaxing and therapuetic atmosphere for her massage therapy business. I found mistakes in the records and notices that new authorization forms are needed to continue the payroll service.By the time I had gotten through dealing with all the surprises the two hours had more than passed and I really only got through opening the mail to see what's waiting there for me to take care of next time.
Suppose I also need to find a few hours to get to school and print out the syllabi for the new semester that starts next week. And only about 80 more pages of probate law textbook to get through for the week. I have to take my car in Thursday morning for an oil change. And make a couple of doctor's appointments for routine stuff. I need a hair cut, too. There's probably more that I'm forgetting at the moment, but the cup is way full at the moment. What the hell am I doing and how in the world do I think I can get it all done? I'll get it all done well enough, I suppose. And at this point, good enough is good enough for me.

Fortune Teller

I see my future for the next five months or so and it looks kinda sucky. It looks like I'll be spending all my weekends keeping up with my paralegal coursework now that the pace has picked up to two classes per term and the courses have a little more meat to them. Oh fun. Oh joy.
I really do hope this is going to be worth going into debt with students loans, having no life and being a grumpy bitch about it.

A Night of Firsts

Last night I saw my first Queers show, went to the Stone Church for the first time since it reopened and had my first ride in a cop car. Who said all the fun ends when the holidays are over?
The show at the Stone Church was fun. I really liked three out of the four bands that played and had a good time. The ride in the cruiser was not accompanied by any kind of arrest for criminal activity, public drunkeness or bad behavior. My boyfriend's car got towed because of the winter parking ban in Newmarket and the cop supervising the towing was nice enough to offer us a ride to the tow lot. My observations of the back seat of a cruiser are as follows: hard plastic seats with odd ergonomics; not much leg room; the plexiglass divider looks pretty sturdy; there is a handle in the door of the backseat, but you can't open it from the inside. It was probably (hopefully) a once in a lifetime experience and I kind of enjoyed it, especially since I can now boast that me and my boyfriend have ridden in a cop car together. How many other people can say that?

The Magical Effect My Music has

Odd. it seems that my crappy bass playing must act as some kind of aphrodisiac for my neighbor downstairs (who I vaguely suspect is some kind of crank head whore). It's a weekday afternoon so I figured it was okay to plug in and make some noise now, and when I finished I heard her once again doing her moan show. Seems she and her dude are either on vacation this week or just unemployed. I suspect he might be the unemployed one since he seems to be around here most of the time these past few weeks, certainly more than she is. Anyway, since I have been known to pound on the floor when she's doing her cat in heat thing, maybe she's performing for my benefit. I don't know and I don't really care except that I'm kind of glad she's getting it out her system for the week now, when my girl isn't around to be subjected to it.

Back to the Random

The tree is down and the holiday season is officially over. I'm okay with that. It was fun. It was full of thrills and chills. It drove me nuts and gave me all kinds of things to flip out over and now I can just go back to flipping out about the regular things. Two new paralegal classes just started-- probate law and tort law. Oooh, the excitement! Can't you feel it? Aren't you just busting with excitement?
I go back to work at the store tomorrow and within a couple of weeks will take the wheel on the bookkeeping there until April. Hopefully I won't screw it up.
My predictions for my life in 2006:
I will be crazy busy from now until at least May.
It will get cold and snowy again between now and spring.
I will knit like a squirrel hunts for nuts in November.
I'll continue to hate most of my clothes even if I buy new ones.
I'll worry too much for pointless reasons.
Everyone will drive me nuts at some point but I'll still love them.
I'll bitch about teaching.
I'll love teaching.
I'll think my writing sucks, but I'll continue to blog.

Happy New Year!

The second half of the first decade of the "New Millenium" already? How'd that happen? It's not even that new anymore, I guess.
I wish you all a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year.
明けましておめでとうございます。今年もよろしく！
(Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu. Kotoshi mo yoroshiku!)