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So, it looks like when I take a day off of work I take a day off from writing, huh? Well, we’re both back at work today. Yesterday we went to the neurosurgeon for Mark’s follow up. We don’t have to go back for two months. I’m happy. We got good news from the Doc, things are progressing as they should. Since we’re a little impatient we usually think he’s falling behind somehow. But it was good to hear some reinforcement. We then took the rest of the day off and had lunch, went to the mall, and then hung out at the bookstore. Of course, I bought stuff, I bought Life in a Medieval Village and I also bought this magazine called Relevant I have looked at it before, but I thought I’d bring it home to read it further. Not bad.

Ok, I have stuff piled on my desk, so I better get busy!

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I am enjoying my afternoon.  I decided to just cancel my class that I wasn’t prepared for.  Ah, the joys of being the professor.  I am sitting in my office sipping on some chai that I just made.  Even though it’s like 80 degrees outside, I still needed an afternoon pick me up in the form a warm beverage.

I am planning on getting all my work done early tonight so I can watch the Chiefs play!  I am very excited.  I’m sure I’ll be jumping up and down continually during this game.

I’m off to continue sipping

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Good morning

I am ready to begin a new week. I actually slacked off somewhat this weekend with my homework.  I need to do a lecture this afternoon and DIDN’T go over the chapter this weekend. So, I’m kind of stumped now.  I have a little bit of time here and there, but not enough to thoroughly go over an entire chapter so I can lecture over it.  Oh well, I’ll think of something – perhaps it’ll be a short class.

I’ve piles of things to keep me busy today – I imagine today will go fast.  I have some errands to run after work, then I go home to clean the bathroom.  I’m going to make something for dinner tonight too.  I’ve got some ground turkey thawed out, so we’ll see what I come up with.  If I can’t think of anything, or if I get lazy, it’ll be good ole hamburger helper.

Tomorrow we both are taking the day off.  Mark has to go to the Doctor’s for follow up tests.  It’s been a month since his surgery and he’s doing great. So, we figured since we’ll be in the hospital all morning, why not take the whole day off?  Why not just go have lunch and then goof off at the mall or something?  Sounds good to me. I think we’ll stop off at the bookstore and grab some coffee and chill out there during the afternoon.  I can’t wait.  It’s always nice to play hookie once in awhile.

I went to this little fruit and veggie stand yesterday. It’s way out in the country.  Everything is grown by this family – you can see the gardens from the highway.  It’s way out there – like 15 miles out of town on teeny tiny little roads.  But it’s worth it.  Plus, the scenery this time of year is awesome. I practically drove off the road a few times while I was looking at the trees.  I love fall!  Every now and then there would be this incredible red on a tree – it would be so bright, you could see it for miles.  I love that!  I saw one tree that almost looked pinkish – it was this orange and yellow color – I guess more peach colored than pink, but it was fabulous.  I wish Mark would’ve been in the car with me – we could’ve made a whole day of driving around in the country.

toodles!

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I’ve had a pretty good weekend, though I am feeling a little confused about things.  I guess my behavior last night was rather odd. The fact that I couldn’t go hang out with my “friends”  is nothing new – it just bothers me that I feel that way about those people.  We’ve all known each other for about 10 years now.  The are vastly different than we are.  Though I do agree that differences are a good thing – but it’s getting where we hardly have anything to talk about.  Mark and I are very private people.  We like to be at home with each other. We enjoy reading, writing, long talks with each other, good wine, smooth coffee, hot teas, fires in the fireplace, home-cooked meals we make together, baking together, npr radio, VERY little TV, we love politics and the history of politics, we love to study the Bible together and have deep discussions about it.  We aren’t complete boring professors like people assume we are we also have fun and crazy times.  We take lots of weekend trips to see theatre, we love having a night of cocktails of choice (the blender is out and it gets crazy), we love bumming around all day in jammies, we play music LOUDLY – we love all types of music- we jump on the bed, we chase each other, we have tickle fights and wrestle with each other.  To us, it’s a normal and lovely life.  Our friends on the other hand are soooo very different.  They hate wine, no one drinks coffee, or tea – ok, maybe plain ole Lipton iced tea at the restaurant – they know nothing about the news, they can’t talk politics, they’re addicted to prime time TV, none of them cook, I don’t even think they know what npr is, they make fun of religion, they don’t understand why we go out of town on weekend trips (what’s wrong with this town they say), ALL of them are divorced or have never been married, they bag on relationships all the time. See?  All these differences brought us together, we loved exploring their side of things, they tried some of our ideas and laughed at most everything we did. We’ve slowly but surely been distancing ourselves from them.  It’s hard because this is a small college town and we really don’t have OTOH friends.  They all think Mark and I are a bunch of geeks. We’re starting to think they’re a bunch of white-trash.  It’s just depressing – they seriously don’t understand us.  One of the women and I were very close – then I kind of stopped talking to her because all she did was gossip and make fun of people.  The negativity was driving me crazy.  I started to be negative.  It’s contagious.  So, here we are – basically alone, which is fine, but a group of friends that loves what we love would be wonderful!  I don’t know if we’ll find that here…

Kind of sad.

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Odd day

It’s been a rather strange day for me.  We slept till very late – noon.  Then we got ready and went to one of our fav Chinese places for lunch.  Then we headed to Wally World for some shopping and a few groceries.  On the way back home we stopped at TCBY for some ice cream.  Then when we got home I went to sleep for three hours!!!  I just got up a little while ago and had a piece of cold fried chicken and piece of cheddar cheese.  Now I’m sucking down a Diet Coke.

So why is this odd?The sleeping – then the fact that I was supposed to be tailgating with a bunch of my friends tonight.  But I called and backed out.  I guess I backed out because I was feeling a little self-conscious. It’s hard to explain, I’ve struggled with this my whole life. The odd thing is I can go do stand up comedy and perform improv (which I do on a regular basis) but when I get in social situations where I have to be ME and only ME – I totally freak out.  I’m not sure why, it’s just always been that way.  I have a terrible time at parties and stuff, I usually end up leaving early IF I even go.  Mark is a very social person, so this is hard for him to understand, but he’s actually gotten very good with it.  He seems to understand a little better.  At least I think he does.

Oh well, I need to do something productive – like laundry or grade papers.  I usually prefer just staying at home rather than being a social butterfly.

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I need so much help with this site.  I am html illiterate. I have tried some stuff and have totally jacked up everything.  In fact, yesterday afternoon I completely erased most everything I had.  So, I had to start from scratch – I just cut and paste stuff.  Oh man – I want it to look good.  Woe is me…

I’m thankful it’s Friday.  We will leave about 2 today then we head for lunch – like we do every Friday – at our favorite coffee shop.  Such a sweet little place. Then we go home and relax.  Then up to Indy for the play.  After that we head over to Bum’s for pizza.  I think I’ll probably just fall asleep the moment I hit the pillow tonight.  I can’t wait to sleep in tomorrow morning.

Ok, I’m gonna go exploring some more and see what I can find on other people’s sites.

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I haven’t even done much tonight since I got home from work.  I am going to watch the news then I’m going to have dinner at some point.  I’m not sure what though – I have tons of veggies I need to eat – so it looks like steamed veggies for me.  Then I’m gonna head to the coffee shop for something and go get gas in the Jeep.  Sounds like a plan.

I have a little bit of grading to do, so I will do that. Then I want to dust (ok, I don’t WANT to, but I should) then I want to read.  Pretty relaxing as far as I’m concerned.

I’m so happy tomorrow is Friday!  We have a swamped weekend, but at least we’re together.  I guess I’ll be watching Little Shop on Friday, going to the homecoming game on Saturday, then watching Little Shop again on Sunday – then it’s all OVER.  Finally

Ok, I need to get crackin’ – (Whatever that means…)

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So far, so good today. I curled up on the bed with the kitty after my shower.  I almost started to drift off, so I hopped up rather quickly.  Had an excellent Comparative Humanities class.  I really like this group of students.  I have a test planned for later so I’ll bring some work to do so I can get some stuff done.  Perhaps I can get everything done and just relax tonight – ok, dust the house, THEN relax.

Today is Boss’s Day and my secretary made brownies for all of us.  She really is a great person – they just don’t pay her enough.  Makes me sad.  I usually give her gift certificates for all over town for her gifts.  She really appreciates it.  She’s a single mom with a boy in college.  That’s expensive…

I’m going to lunch with Mark today.  We hardly EVER get to have lunch together.  The thing is, because we work together, everyone thinks we must spend every second together.  Hello – we’re in different buildings and it’s a big campus!  I do see him, not all the time.  I do have a class by his office, so I see him then.  But I really can’t remember the last time we had lunch together this semester – I’m sure we did, probably in August – before things started to get so hectic during the school year.  I can’t wait.  It’s kind of like sneaking away and doing something bad.  But, we aren’t going to do anything bad (wink, wink, nudge, nudge)

I have lots of papers to read over Viktor Frankl’s “Man’s Search for Meaning” – do you know it?  Give me your views….

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Mark and I went to a mexican restaraunt for dinner – now my clothes and hair stink.  I hate that.  I feel like I need to shower.

I am getting a sore throat – only from talking too much and allergies.  Nothing big – but I’m going to finish housework and then settle down for the night with a cup of goodness – not quite sure what flavor of goodness, but we’ll see…

good night!

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