Yes, I am an Oddball.

I feel like actually writing. Not blogging, but actually writing words with pen and paper. I have a strange love affair with pens and paper. I have horrible handwriting but I love to write. I sometimes I wish I had friends to write letters to. I wonder if there is a website that hooks people up with pen pals? Probably, right? The internet has everything. I think I'm feeling like writing letters because I've been reading the Jefferson Tayte series. Jefferson (goes by J.T.) is a genealogist and 99% of his research is done by looking at old handwritten records and family documents, like letters, bibles, etc. The books are exciting and the history is romantic and they make the point that as people turn more and more to electronic communication we lose valuable, tangible connections to the past. That thought makes me sad but it's true.  On a different note I'm completely exhausted. I've only gotten 5 hours of sleep a night all week and I think it's finally catchin

This one is based on a true story, I enjoyed it...I hope you do too. ;-) Emily came into the bedroom, fresh from the shower and sat next to Jake. "What are you watching?" she asked leaning forward and laying on her belly, her head at Jake's feet. Jake looked away from his show and glanced at Emily for the first time since she came in. All she was wearing was a t-shirt and thong. Jake took a moment to enjoy the view of her legs and naked ass. "I'm just watching Archer." Jake answered as he reached forward and gently caressed her naked bum. Emily looked back at him and smiled "Fresh." she said wigging her hips at him. "Who are you calling fresh?" Jake asked giving her bum a quick smack. "Hey, ouch!" Emily shook her bum at him again giggling. Jake slapped her  again, harder this time. "Ow! Jake, that really hurt."  "I know." he replied as another spank fell making Em wiggle. Jake loved watching her ass wiggle

This one is based on a true story, I enjoyed it...I hope you do too. ;-) Emily came into the bedroom, fresh from the shower and sat next to Jake. "What are you watching?" she asked leaning forward and laying on her belly, her head at Jake's feet. Jake looked away from his show and glanced at Emily for the first time since she came in. All she was wearing was a t-shirt and thong. Jake took a moment to enjoy the view of her legs and naked ass. "I'm just watching Archer." Jake answered as he reached forward and gently caressed her naked bum. Emily looked back at him and smiled "Fresh." she said wigging her hips at him. "Who are you calling fresh?" Jake asked giving her bum a quick smack. "Hey, ouch!" Emily shook her bum at him again giggling. Jake slapped her  again, harder this time. "Ow! Jake, that really hurt."  "I know." he replied as another spank fell making Em wiggle. Jake loved watching her ass wiggle

Meh pretty much sums up my life lately. My relationship is meh (borderline crappy), work is meh, dieting is meh, exercise is going well actually. Weird, usually I hate exercising this time around I find myself looking forward to water aerobics and the treadmill. I have no idea why but I'm going with it. I don't think I've actually lost any weight in a couple weeks but my clothes are fitting differently. My stomach is flatter and I think my butt looks better a little better ;-) Go with it right?  My long weekend wasn't bad, I guess. P and I spent Friday morning cleaning out the pantry (YAY, it was driving me nuts.) We ended up with 2 big boxes of usable housewares to donate. Then I went to see Secret Life of Pets with my mom and Chrissy. It was just as cute the second time. I also made plans to grab dinner with Orion when he got out of work Saturday night around 10pm. After the movie I went out shopping with my oldest friend K and her 8 year old. It reminded me that th

I'm gonna be honest, I almost took my stuff and left last night. I'm really tired of how lazy H is. I know that she's working on her writing but really she isn't allowed to opt out of being a grown up every day. Here's how last night went: Came home to find that oldest daughter had a couple friends over, which is fine at her age she should have friends over. They were planning on dyeing B's hair but they needed a ride to the store for some supplies. H immediately said that she wasn't leaving the house again (keep in mind I just drove home from work in crazy ass rush hour traffic) and sprinted to the office. The girls look crushed so I tell them I'd take them. When we got back from the store I still needed to walk the dogs and put together a bag to take to water aerobics. H hadn't moved from the office. So I walked the dogs and packed my bag and went to class. Please note that at this point I hadn't eaten since lunch six hours before and was

I think this is my worst erotic post ever...I can't even finish it really. Mostly because I can't really picture this situation.  Emily leaned forward and kissed Jake, sucking his lower lip into her mouth to nibble while Sandra undid his belt and button. Jake groaned and sank into the couch as Sandra pulled his pants off and stroked him, he was already hard. "Em, look at this.." she said gesturing to his erection. Emily broke the kiss off to look. "Jake! I'm shocked!" Emily scolded "How dare you get hard for Sandra right in front of me!!' Sandra was kneeling between his legs now lightly running one finger up and down the length of his cock. She looked at Emily, "Should I punish him?" she asked.  "No, please..." Jake started he was cut off when Emily suddenly pulled his head back by the hair. "She didn't ask you, Jake." she said. She nodded at Sandra "I think you should..." Jake moaned and tried to si

I watched Little Girl Blue this weekend. I'm not a big Janis Joplin fan to be honest, don't get me wrong she was incredible and I can see that. I just generally don't enjoy listening to women singing. But I think I know now why so many incredible artists die so young. I think it's because they can truly only exist in their time. I don't think Janice would have survived the changes in people and society that came with the later 70's and 80's. She might have physically but emotionally I don't think she could have. I think the same applies to Morrison and Cobain too. I honestly can't picture them in any other time. Or maybe I'm just trying to rationalize early preventable deaths. So I have to be honest, things aren't going well relationship-wise. I find myself less and less connected to both P&H. I haven't felt connected to H for a couple years. I can't handle her, she landed me in therapy. I'm not kidding. I think we're ju

I seem to have forgotten to blog for a while. Will write a real post tonight. 

I am really, really tired today. I think it's a combination of things just catching up with me.  It's my first week back to work after vacation, I've exercised everyday since Sunday (treadmill, water aerobics, treadmill, water aerobics, treadmill, plus puppy walking every day) stuck to my diet religiously, my cycle started Tuesday night and I didn't get much sleep last night. On the up side, I did get to see P last night for a few minutes before we went to bed. I went to dinner and trivia with mom and dad at 99 tonight, it was fun and we came in 3rd overall (go us!) Then came home, jumped on the treadmill, made my lunch for tomorrow, showered and now I'm flopped blogging. I tried to listen to the news on the way home from 99 only to hear that there was another terror attack in Paris. I feel awful and angry and sickened all at once. Why France? I don't understand. Someone on NPR mentioned that over a thousand French citizens have gone to Syria, presumably to jo

It seemed like Emily and her best friend Sexy Sandra had texted back and fourth a million times over the weekend and now he got a cryptic text from Em asking him to come home later than usual. Jake knew they were up to something but he had no idea what that something could be. The last time they had communicated non-stop like that was about a year ago when Emily suddenly said they were taking a girls weekend to Vegas and left. Not that Jake had minded, the girls weekend happened to be the same weekend as the Super Bowl. He and a bunch of his single friends got together and they had a wonderful football (and stripper) filled weekend. He had no idea what Em had been up to, aside from the occasional check in texts. What happens in Vegas as they say. Either way they both had a fantastic weekends and honestly their marriage was probably better for the time apart. He trusted Em with all his heart but he had to wonder what he was going to go home tonight. It was almost 8 when he pulled into t

For the second day in a row I've gone to work, dieted and exercised. Ok, fine the going to work part isn't at all surprising, I've got a really good attendance record at work. As crazy as my job drives me (crazy is putting it mildly, although I handle the stress better than others) I know I need it so I suck it up and try not to let it get to me. The point is I have had two really positive days. Before you ask, no I haven't weighed myself. I'm going to wait until Friday at the earliest. Monday would be best but we all know I suck at dieting on weekends.  Im typing this post on my Kindle, not having a full keyboard is slowing me down quite a bit but I'm appreciating the flexibility of posting while laying in bed. All this exercise is making me tired, what can I say? I haven't written a word of tomorrow's Whatever Wednesday. I have a pretty good idea of what I want to write about but finding time to get it down is challenging this week. I keep using th

I survived my first day back at work, stuck to my diet all day AND I went to Water Aerobics tonight. Amazingly I made it through the whole 45 minute class. I know I shouldn't be surprised, its not like I lay around like a lump all the time. I'm fairly faithful to the treadmill but that's really just working my legs and getting a little bit of aerobics in. This water aerobics class works every part of your body so I'm definitely feeling my abs, sides and lower back right now. I grabbed a couple Aleeve so I'll be fine in a few minutes. I would sorta like to curl up and go to sleep now but I'd like to talk to Orion first and he's not out of work until 10. I started watching 11-22-63 and I can't decide if I love it or hate it, I loved the first episode but this second one is pretty hard to swallow. It is very definitely a Stephen King story. Generally that's a good thing, I love King's writing style and wish I had even a drop of his imagination but

I can't believe how quickly this vacation week went. I didn't do as much as I had hoped to honestly and I definitely didn't stick to my diet. It's easier to stick to it while I'm at work. I have no idea why but I do. So right after I finish this post i'm going to go pack my 5 carb lunch and snacks for tomorrow. I can tell by the way my clothes are fitting that I've put some of the weight I lost over the last month back on. I don't think all of it, but some and that is not the direction that I want to go in. I haven't exercised at all other than general running around. I've been watching "My 600-lb Life" this weekend and it both scares and inspires me. I've noticed that all the patients end up on high protein, low carb diets which is what I know works for me. I'm also going to go to water aerobics tomorrow and start back on the treadmill tonight. Not fun but needed. I need to think of a good Whatever Wednesday idea for this wee

Where did the past week go?? I'm dreading work on Monday, it would be weird if I wasn't though, right?  I wish I had more than one call in response to my resume but one call is better than the 0 calls I had before. Today I took all three of the kids to Mystic Aquarium, we go fairly frequently and somehow we always have fun. I'm not sure why maybe because we go so often we don't feel the pressure to "see it all, right now!" and spend as much time as we want at our favorite exhibits. I love taking pictures (I'm not good at it but I love doing it) and I love the water-creatures so time at the aquarium with my camera is always fun. Now I will torture all of you with a few of my favorite shots from today :)

I can't believe that my week off is almost over. I have to be honest, it was a terrible diet week. I think I put all the weight I lost back on. Part of me has some major guilt about that but another part says f-it I'm on vacation. Terrible attitude I know. All I can do is try again and again. I had a great breakfast and a horrible lunch. But I did run around Capron Zoo with Orion & B. It was fun. Capron is a tiny zoo but the animals and enclosures are beautiful. The Water Monitor was my favorite, he was huge (I had no idea they could be that big) and had such a personality. We made it into his habitat just in time for his lunch of chicken legs and boy did he know that it was LUNCH TIME! So cute. I mean look at this fella!! The Porcupine and lions were adorable too. Heck, I loved all the animals. Hello, welcome to my enclosure LUNCH!!! See how I ate that chicken? ;-) After the zoo we stopped at home to pick up T and then we went out to lunch (who was trying t

 It's a beautiful, sunny day here in Newport. The water is cold, clear and choppy. I tried to swim but it's so cold I only made it waist deep and I couldn't feel my feet at that point. I came on this solo trip early and wish I could stay all day but I told Paul I'd be home by 2 for a delivery. It might be better that way, I won't have to fight beach traffic when I leave. Back to relaxing in the sand I go!

Today was sort of boring, P had today off too so we ran around and did responsible grown up things. We went to not one but TWO DMVs today. He needed to return plates and I needed to renew my license. But since his car was registered in MA and I technically still live in RI so we had to go to both DMVs.  Super fun. Sorta. At least DMV's are more organized these days? I remember when I got my first license you wandered into the DMV took a number and then waited for several hours only to find out that you have the wrong form or need another form in addition to the first form you filled out. Then you'd go get the forms straightened out only to find out that you've lost your place in line. Nightmarish. I'm sure it couldn't have been fun for the clerks either, grumpy people, long never-ending lines. Now each type of transaction has its own line, you get a number only for the line you need. It's a much more efficient system for everyone involved. We ended up waiting 30

I'm originally from Bristol, RI, home of the oldest Independence Day parade/celebration in the country. It's sort of a big deal around here, the beaches officially open, there are free concerts and a carnival and many other fun family events in the couple weeks leading up to the 4th. Everyone has cookouts and clambakes and the atmosphere is generally that of a big party. When I was a teenager everyone met up at Bristol Common to hit the carnival, eat junk food, watch the fireworks and wander the town until well into the night. Everyone came home exhausted, sunburned, happy and usually with a new boyfriend/girlfriend to hang out with for a few weeks. Good times. :-) Some days I miss being a teenager. Then I remember school, not being able to have a beer legally and the drama involved with being a teenager and I stop missing those days. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad I had them but I don't think I could do them over again.  These days, for me anyway, the 4th is a com