February 12, 2005

• A busy, tiring day today. I couldn't sleep so I was up with the larks.....oh wait, those are pigeons!  

  
  

  First of all a trip to the hairdresser. I'm still not done experimenting! I like how this turned out. The poor old hound won't know how to recognize me soon. I should have been going someplace exotic tonight with my new "do" but....that ain't going to happen. Tomorrow however is a different story. I have a "date" with the old hound for dinner and a movie. We are going to try an Italian restaurant that neither of us has been to before. Should be an adventure!

  
  

  Today however was all about work. I went to my ex's house (that still seems strange to me - that it isn't my house anymore) and picked up the last of my belongings. Because it was the last of it, it was all odd shaped awkward stuff so it took quite a few trips to get it up the elevator. I admit I felt a bit silly carrying two big plastic light up snowmen and a huge wooden snowman plaque, but I wasn't giving them up! They do give the living room a rather cheery festive look however!  It's getting just a little bit crowded in here......hurry up May!

  
  

  I don't even know what is in half of the boxes, but there is no point even opening them up into they get moved into the house in May. I saw my sewing machine and that made me laugh. I had gotten that as a birthday present when I was first married. It is practically brand new because I never did figure out how to sew anything on it. Maybe in my new life I will take it up and learn how to be a seamstress. Lots of possibilities. Lots of options.

  
  

  My ex house has just undergone a massive redecoration/renovation. The walls all freshly painted, kitchen and bathroom floor redone, new toilet, new sink and taps. I find it a bit ironic that it looks better than when we were living in it together. Too bad there was never the time or the money back then......Of course it is all being done to increase its resale value. Too bad it wasn't evaluated for my settlement after all the improvements were done.

  
  

  This is a hard time for me because I can't get into my house and start anything and the apartment I am living in is rapidly becoming like a warehouse, full of boxes and shelves etc. Still, it is only temporary. It hasn't bothered me enough yet to actually do anything about it!

  
  

  The Blue Baby Is Back!! My beautiful car is all better! All is right with my world! Most people might find it silly to be so attached to a car, but to me it is very special. It's hard to explian, but to me it represents my new life and what I am trying to accomplish. It is the most expensive and most luxurious thing I have ever bought (not counting the house!) and I want to look after it so I can keep it for a loooong time.

  
  

  My first car was a 1976 Mini I bought for five hundred dollars around 1982. My second car was a red Hyundai Pony which I kept for ten years. That was a hardy little car that got me to work in some pretty bad weather. My third car was a green Pontiac Sunbird. It was a two door sport coupe and I loved that car. I kept it for eleven years, but at the end it was rusting very badly. All my previous cars were standard transmission and fairly small, so what do I go and buy? A big blue cadillac! The biggest, most impractical, gas guzzling car on the lot but I fell in love with it as soon as I saw it. It's only six years old so I plan to get alot of use out of it.

  
  

  Cars seem to take on their own personalities and mine has a nice mellow feel. No matter what has been happening in my life I can sink down into those leather seats, start her up and GO. And while I am GO-ing everything seems to be all right. Driving clears my mind and relaxes me. I often think of my best lines and ideas while driving. Little scraps of paper with scribbled words often litter my seats! Maybe someday someone will find a bestseller stuffed in my glove compartment!

  
  

   

  
  

   

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