Signing Off.

the computer is going down and i'm signing off - my life in kenya will be now be published from the villita, purple in color, and furry critters on the stairs. hopefully i'll be able to get some photos up soon - (my camera is subsequently mia) - and the internet connection may be touch and go 'til i get things a-runnin'

until later.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOO

GUESS WHAT! I am sitting at MY picnic table drinking a BEER and stealing somebody's wireless network -- Oh LIFE IS GOOD. and tomorrow - bright and early the Cowan truck with some Cowan slaves along with the UNITS are coming to help my sorry little ass MOVE AND TOMORROW I SLEEP HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEAYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!

and the belt comes off...

I HAVE THE KEYS! And while I was there, my neighbors came over with a bottle of wine and invited me to a party they are having on May 5th! How cool is that! Everyone I have met in the neighborhood is so nice and my age and chatty and YEAYEEE!!!!!!!!!!

the key

i will have it in my hands within the hour...

the chastity belt...

the villita has one on - and i eagerly await the keys. i though today i may have heard something -- maybe tomorrow. the units are beaming down tomorrow evening and i need to slam the remaining stray bits of my belongings into a box. i ordered pizza tonight. i think henry is really starting to figure that something strange is going down. and my mini is back in my hands -- after some little critter ate the hell out of my wires... oh those silly little critters...

April 24th

"congratulations. you're a new home owner." at that, our heroin's eyes rolled in her head and after a couple minutes she started grinning - as if a boy had said something sweet. with the stupid grin plastered on her face, she left. holy shit. the villita - with running internal spring and has been sprayed with anti-bear spray - is now hers. the surreal feeling completely engulfed her senses. completely. Henry-dog, Benji-cat... WE'RE MOVING!

thanks to linda - my taxi for this morning - i was able to get my check and another push down the driveway so i could take it to the mini people. no sooner than i get it there - it dies. again. so they gave me a big ass honker of a car - in the attractive color of white - until monday. things look better now. -pheww-

oh dear is right...

and so, out heroine's car is busted -- two days before closing and her car has continuously died - without a push and a pop of the clutch... she is DOMED! The monsters will eat her - the bears will claw at her door --- and even though she drove around for at least 1/2 hour it still DIED!!! AHHH AND I NEED TO WRITE A CASHIERS CHECK TOMORROW BEFORE THE DAMN BANK CLOSES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

oh dear...

little house on the prairie made me cry like a baby... and i only saw the last part of it - i love being female.

...and it continues... (the clean up, that is)

i am amazed at all the nonsence papers that i have saved. oh dear. i see i have my work cut out for me -- my garbage bag is getting fuller and fuller.

the clean up begins

so i have begun cleaning up NCD. The units came down this weekend to help start the process -- what's the saying "once in motion stays in motion..." well, since their visit, i have managed to make even more of a mess in my living space than i thought was humanly possible. but in my "cleaning" i found all sorts of treasures that i just cannot deep 6 - faxes sent from belize, notes taken from tortuous classes - well - i did though those away, as well as... papers from nick and laura in isaac's aztec class -- a pile of mayan glyphs that apparently i felt compelled to copy - i guess thinking that at some point i will "crack the code"... badges from SAA meetings, a poloroid of me on a motorcycle taken at the Denver SAA's... photos from UBARP... the list continues. I have a giant garbage bag in the kitchen that i have next to filled -- thank god tomorrow is garbage day. i need another beer and maybe an egg. getting hungry - well, anything to procrastinate. no, i will be good and pack away - bring things to my basement hole (well until it gets dark out - b/c there are never any lights in the basement and they refuse to replace them...)

daylight's burning...

villita

i had my villita inspection -- termites, pealing paint, old water heater... all in all -- i'm thinking it's not to bad - it is 121 years old... i love my villita. i love the colors, i love the kitchen, i love the nasty henry back yard -- which i am going to make into a pretty, smelly, garden. i'm excited. i think me and the fuzzy little guys will like it very much.

and so, after a year of beating around and looking in different caves, she found one that did not drip, was not cold, and had a fresh water spring that came up from the ground - inside the cavern. perfect. and no bears. and as she was wandering, she had her mp3 player singing in her ears, all the while playing her favorite shakira... and found herself playing "don't bother" on repeat.

oh the flowers she can plant - ones that bloom at night. ones that bloom in late summer and early spring.. and the tomatoes, and the zucchini... and lilacs and maybe a dogwood...

she is happy. (and again, no bears... big bonus.)

top 'o the marnin'!

oooohhhh my head. what fun - dancing, whiskey, beer... I LOVE IT! But today - today was a little painful. Henry woke me up with the squeak of mr. squeaky man. grrrr. So today I hung low - but I have been watching this show on the Discovery channel about King Tut -- and they are trying to figure out who killed the boy pharaoh... it's pretty interesting. i think pizza tonight...

tonight

the big storm has rolled in -- thunder and lightening. it's great. and today i did exercises for the first time in forever. (a jack atherton kinda segway...) actually it was a pretty pathetic attempt, but i did a bunch of push-ups and sit-ups. I've become such a sloth it is unbelievable. so, i'm going to try to unsloth myself...

it was good.

Tonight's dinner. I have never cooked squid - or have eaten macaroni laden with squid ink...





But I'll give it a try -- has to cook for an hour -- which I didn't realize and so -- it is cooking - and while it is - Henry got hungry...



... and Benji went in for a nap.

Saturday

There were 6 of these washed this weekend.

And this was the ultimate result!!! A CLEAN BEDROOM - YOU CAN SEE THE FLOOR!!!!!

Saturday's Paper

I wanted to title this "Ladies of the Southwest." Unfortunatly, that is only part of what they (the Enquirer's editor) changed - although not completely what or how I wrote -- I'm still pretty proud. I'll find my "real one" and post that too - it's better.

Well - it's on my computer at work...

a lazy afternoon...