*breathes*

[kyburg]

Someone brought in a bag of apples and oranges to work this morning - I truly love oranges. They take time to peel, true - but they also can be eaten leisurely, one segment at a time...and California grows the best out-of-hand eating oranges. *munches happily*

The phone calls and messages have been nothing but wonderful folks. It's like money from home. Thanks so very muchly.

Oh, of course I called Mom last night. What.

My 82-year-old cancer-surviving Mom? Oh hell yeah.

With her over 60 years in the medical field, all that experience...of course I'm going to take advantage while I can. I know this offer is limited, so -

Her perspective is invaluable. "Mom, this cancer has a 95% cure rate these days - "

"When the treatments work, dear. When it works."

I'll admit it. I'm greedy when it comes to people these days - and it may not be that new a development. (Look at the number of journals I read, and if you can see it, how many actually have me friended back - the ratio isn't all that spiffy if I wanted to be an attention whore - it's something like 49% or less. I don't care. I'm still adding.)

If I meet you, I don't care how it happened. If I like you - I don't question it. I follow up on it.

I have enjoyed catsonmars and kiyone and all the people they've brought into my life since that on-the-fly dinner at AX that year - stuff like that only reinforces my belief that you gotta go for it. I am not everyone's cup of tea, but by gum - you're going to know it one way or the other.

I want to like you - seriously. Look at who I married - and how we met. Do you think I could ever consider meeting someone on the internet any less valid than meeting them the 'conventional' route?

I don't question. I don't think about it beyond the reasonable precautions you would take in any contact with strangers. (C'mon.) People are good - knowing people is wonderful.

Life is finite. Forget short. The only thing I get to take with me when I leave is you. My memories of you. And I don't care if I have so many some spill over.

This morning, just to have something to eat my breakfast over, I turned on Animal Planet and stumbled right over an episode of Emergency Vets I'd watched last when Cliff was still alive in 1998, no kidding.

Yeah, I can tell when Cliff's been by. Even he's checked in, there's the proof. I couldn't believe it wasn't a new episode - until I checked the guide.

*blows air* It's stuff like this that keeps me from being an atheist - there's something more, don't ask me what - but it keeps coming around to remind me. *knock knock* HEY TOOTS.

Screw it. This is what bandwidth's for, and I haven't hit quota yet.

Olive - 'Safer Hands'
Barry Manilow - 'River'
Carole King - 'Way Over Yonder'

Be nice, or I'll upload the soundtrack to the Electric Light Parade. Yes, I have it.