It is Thanksgiving, and I want to talk about what I am thankful for today… I am thankful that Mecca came home, and that she will in time be fine. It doesn’t matter in the end all the troubles we have gone through, and will go through in the next few weeks for her. I have my little girl back… [...]

Just an interesting tidbit of gossip for your enjoyment. I have a Japanese student who comes with her 4-year-old daughter to class, and as 4 year olds go, she’s a good girl, but it can be distracting to have Mommy manage her daughter and try to concentrate. So recently The Boss has been teaching another new Japanese woman, who brings [...]

I love these hot sauce packages. In Dallas, Taco Bell is a way of life. In fact, for many of us it is more common to eat at Taco Bell than at other restaurants for a few reasons: It’s dirt cheap. 99-cent Border Menu anyone? It’s filling as all get-out. One burrito-supreme, no cheese, no red-sauce and I’m so done. [...]

This morning the fire alarms went off. Not in a blaring “There’s a fire!” sort of way, but a soft occasional “beep” that varied in timing and totally prevented us from sleeping through it. The damn things were out of batteries. 3 of them. At 6 AM. My beloved husband trucked around the house, dragging out the ladder and fixing [...]

I am reading this book given to me by a friend of mine, and it is bringing me back in so many ways. It is called Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America and it is about the working poor, those who work 40 hours a week to get by. I lived in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and went to [...]

Mecca is doing fine in the Vet’s office, and I will see her doctor on Monday to see what we are going to do to help her. Still don’t know for sure what’s going on, and hoping for the best…

I am waiting to take mimi to the doctor right now, and I feel a little like I am about to burst. Not like I am so proud, or excited, but like my tenuous grasp on sanity is breaking swiftly. Waiting for answers is so difficult. I feel like I could write in this journal for hours right now, but [...]

Dear God, I know we don’t talk much, and you know that’s because I never ask for trifling things like a CD player, or to make the light so I don’t get stuck at Alma. I ask your attention when I need you, and I need you now. Mimi is sick again, and I know it’s not in some fucking [...]

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