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It has been horribly cold all day here. I hope anyone reading this is in warm place.
I saw the new Harry Potter movie today. Was considering going to see the Two Towers or Frida as well this afternoon, but after leaving the cinema I went straight home to a very hot bath followed by a long near-comatose nap. Could not wake myself up very well. Struggled into conciousness and made some hot tea. If it stays this cold, I'm cocooning here until spring, with the possible exception of New Years celebrations.

It's been a long Christmas Eve day. Started this morning with brunch with my brother's family at my parents house. Ended with a fast food dinner gathering at my grandmother's apartment with my oldest uncle and his wife, my cousin and her husband and son, and another cousin with his wife and three sons. Lots of eating listening to family stories that change every year or, in some cases, from week to week.


I'm glad to be home now to sleep in my own bed in a little peice of the universe that I have some part in shaping. Tomorrow is Christmas Day and I plan to organize and clean out old unused stuff for the thrift shop and eat some of the left overs in my fridge.

It's been a long Christmas Eve day. Started this morning with brunch with my brother's family at my parents house. Ended with a fast food dinner gathering at my grandmother's apartment with my oldest uncle and his wife, my cousin and her husband and son, and another cousin with his wife and three sons. Lots of eating listening to family stories that change every year or, in some cases, from week to week.


I'm glad to be home now to sleep in my own bed in a little peice of the universe that I have some part in shaping. Tomorrow is Christmas Day and I plan to organize and clean out old unused stuff for the thrift shop and eat some of the left overs in my fridge.

Employment is on my mind today.
mine and my friends

Last night a friend, a single father, phoned to tell me his new job of nearly three months has laid him off just before the Christmas Holiday - when the entire staff takes vacation - after working just enough weeks no longer be eligible for any unemployment.

Last week, another friend who'd been unemployed many many months found a job - in Alpharetta. She lives east of L5P, but any job is good to have with full health benefits,etc.

This morning, I made it to an 8 a.m. interview south of the airport (I had to be in Buckhead by 9 a.m.) only to be blown off by my interviewer, who wouldn't be available until "oh, sometime after 8:30 or 8:35".

... why can't we all just be gainfully employed someplace that'll be able to pay our rent or mortgages and less than 90 minutes on the road every day? With health insurance?

Can't we all just stay gainfully employed?

Can't we all have jobs that keep us out of shelters and hospitals?

Trying to make plans for the rest of the week. Trying to be more productive.

Trying to get my ironing done and talk myself into getting up earlier in the morning.

Wondering how I'm going to be spending Christmas.

Looking forward to New Year's Eve with Eva and Athena.

Looking forward to New Year's Day with Audrey and Nick.

The city sky is pink tonight.

Awful cold, wet day. Traffic was especially painful today, at a crawl everywhere all day long. I pity the traffic cops in buckhead who are almost invisible in the rain at night. And yet I can't remember ever hearing of one being hit by a car - just seems very likely to happen.

High point of the day was making the guy at the Smoothie place smile from ear to ear when I handed him a printed out email announcing the Mission of Burma show coming up in February.


Second to that, I got a chuckle from the punk rock sock monkey pic someone sent me. Very cute - and something I could do something similar to for my own home decor.

Had jury duty this morning, which was thankfully very brief.

Word of Advice: It's far better, even if you're running terribly late, to just take MARTA downtown. The Jury parking lot is nearly impossible to find and quite a distance away and virtually unavailable during sports events. And even if you get there on time, there's a very long line to get through the metal detectors and bag searches before entering the court.

Unfortunate events at home yesterday. Got ready to go to work and there was a large truck blocking the lot. Then they tried to back out of the lot and managed to knock out several bricks in the corner masonry and pull off the gutter. Then they bottomed out onto the street at the bottom of the driveway. Several of us had to phone work and plan on alternate ways to get there while the truck driver waited for a wrecker to show up.

I just realized the funky bow on my teapot cozy is actually a square coaster pulled through a loop. Or is it a hot pad? Pulled right out and works great - not just a silly ornament.

Funny how sometimes in my dreams I have definite memories of events and things that never existed. I mean I have that complete feeling of familiarity with things and past events that only exist in my dream. It's an unexpected feeling for dreamtime.