Turkey week!!!

Happy Freakin' Monday!!!! YUCK!!!! I had a great day with dad yesterday...GO PATS!!! That was a great game...and I was soo happy to give it to all the dolphins fans down here....DAD and i have decided to have Thanksgiving dinner @ home..he is gonna make a prime rib roast...mmm...ok so I have a question...we have an abbreviation for Christmas (X-mas)..which makes texting and writing easier..but why don't we have one for Thanksgiving?...turkey day is still so long...any suggestions?....how about T-day....T'ing....T'anks....gonna gain a ton day???...hee hee....undo your top pants button day....wear elastic waist pants day....puke to eat more day....I am sure Katie has a few good suggestions....how about ..Eat, sleep,Eat day????...anyways, I am still trying to finish writing my thesis but i'm somewhat unmotivated today....I start the new job in a week...can;t wait to be sleep deprived...lol....oh well, i guess i gotta grow up at some point in my life....enjoy ur turkey, gonna gain weight, undo your button day.

Well, here's the latest news from MIA....I actually got the job as a medical writer/editor..I am so psyched...especially since it was the first and only job i interviewed for...sadly, after sending out about 3o resumes, I only got 1 interview..luckily, it resulted in a job..woo hoo for me...I start on Dec 1...I am trying to finish writing my masters thesis by that time...I am getting excited about the holiday season coming up..although I don't know why because they ain't like they used to be..no big family dinners..no presents....no christmas lights (at least not at my house) and my dad does minimal decorations with the piece de resistance ..a ceramic xmas tree..lol...oh well, it marks the coming of the new year and I am excited about starting on a new chapter in my life...I will have thanksgiving dinner with Dad..we will either go out for prime rib or stay home and have a boiled dinner (at my request)..i know..it isn't really thanksgivingy to eat a boiled dinner but thanksgiving is just like any other day for us...and making a big turkey dinner is kinda a lot to do for 2 people...although usually once a year we do make a turkey dinner but we only roast a turkey breast ( no not the processed turkey crap)...holidays feel like just another day probably because Dad and I have a sunday dinner together every week....we have fun cooking together and watching football, baseball, or some old movie on tv...it's fun to be able to go HOME whenever I want to...Dad and I are alot alike and we have become alot closer in the last few years ...since I have moved to Florida..t's really cold here right now (63 degrees at night)..lol..I have been sleeping with my windows open..I am so happy that I can wear a sweatshirt for a few days a year..lmao...sorry that you are probably freezing your asses off in MA and NH....one great thing about it is that no matter how cold it gets here, the sun still shines all day...no dreary, cloudy days...well, all else is well in my little world....hope all is well in yours...happy turkey day everyone...don't eat tooooo much (yeah ok, likes that even possible)....

Bad Blogger

Ok, so I am a really bad blogger.....it's obviously been some time since I have posted...please forgive me....I will try to do better....anyways, here's the latest in my life.

I recently decided to leave school and take my master's degree instead of staying for a few more years ( 7 years in graduate school is enough for me)...time to move onto real life ( I can't stay a student forever--and I no longer want to.) I am in the process of writing my thesis and plan on graduating in Dec...hooray for me....accordingly, I have been on the job hunt...oh yeah fun, fun, fun...I have been applying for several types of jobs...science teacher, scientist, science writer...I got my first interview on thursday...it's a medical writer/editor job for a company that writes continuing education programs for physicians and nurses....the interview went great and I has to do a 2 hour skills test...i had to write an article on a topic of their choice, create a powerpoint presentation for the article and edit a 3 page document...i wasn't very confident about my skills test...however, I received an email on friday asking me to come in for a 2nd interview with president of the company...the company is run by a woman and the office consists of only 1 male...poor basterd...I am hoping being a woman gives me an edge..never thought that would be the case in the job place...

The family is all doing well....I still go visit my dad every sunday..we cook together...home cooked food (((mmmm) and of course, I get to do my laundry (for FREE!!!!)...my nephew nicholas recently had gastric bypass surgery..at his highest weight he was about 450 lbs...at 24 being that big really sux ( and I freak out about having to lose 20lbs)...anyways, a year later he is down to 240 lbs..and looks great...he recently visited and he looks awesome...he will soon have surgery to remove his excess skin and that will result in about a 25-30 additional weight losss....awsomer...I am so happy for him...he owns a tanning salon in danvers and his business is doing phenomenal....everyone else inthe family is status quo....

I am so excited to start the new year in a new phase of my life...I can't wait to be more settled and to be able to have more balance in my life....being a grad student requires all of your time..I hope to be able to get out and exercise more, blog more, draw more....but I suspect I will stay as lazy as ever...we will see..anyways, that's all I have for now...

Happy Birthday Mary.......P.S.. cchecked out your blog this morning and I think you still look the same as when you were in high school...you and billy both look good....

That's right!!!

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Rainy day Activities

It was raining something awful today....I just love watching the rain, although I am not sure why. I do know that I have always been fascinated by foul weather (lol...fowl weather...pic of a bird...hee hee ...i know I am gay) anyways, I remember when I lived on the beach in Revere, I would watch the storms come in from the Atlantic ocean....I recall going out in Hurricanes to check it out...there were always people out with their babies (which I never quite understood)..now that I have lived in Florida, I can appreciate the damage a real hurricane can cause...they are no joke down here....anyways, as I was looking out the window today, I noticed this bird sitting out the storm in the tree right outside my window...so I tried to draw it....it's my first bird...not too bad...I wonder if it really was the spirit of a loved one that is no longer alive...maybe my mom...I like to believe that she visits me through nature..whether it be a beautiful sunrise or a bird perched outside my window...Ok you can call the guys with the white coats now..lol...

She's CRAFTY!!!!!

As the Beasties say, SHE'S Crafty!!! I bet y'all didn't know I had the mad skills. I bought this "mail organizer" at IKEA...assembled it ( you know nailed, screwed andf so forth)...next I sanded the wood a bit...then I cut some bright and colorful paper to glue onto the drawer fronts...I like that I could individualize it ....I think it definitely adds some character....I got the idea for the addition of the paper from an decorating magazine....who knew I had the craft bug...see you don't have to have kids in order to play with glue and paper....It's the little things like doing this that makes me happy...it took me a little bit cuz I would put it together then set it asside for a few weeks...then sand it and put it aside for a few weeks...you can see where this is going...I am crafty but lazy....in the long run, it is the perfect solution to organize all of my bills, receipts and all the gatzies I had laying around....So onto the next project, although I have no idea what it will be....but I will keep y'all posted....lol.....see ya!!!!

Happy 4th

Happy Fourth Of July...ok 3rd of July....but happy day anyways....as we are about to celebrate another year of our great nation's freedom, there are a few questions I would like to ponder. Do the holidays such as this one still get you excited? I find for myself, they really have lost alot of the meaning since I became an adult. Maybe if I had kids of my own, I would still find joy in the festivities. Really, I see most holidays as just another day...even Christmas and New years. How sad!!! I think a large reason too for my loss of interest in Xmas has to do with the over-commercialization of the holiday....I recently saw Halloween decorations at a Michael's craft store...it's only July for Christ's sake. By the time halloween comes around the decorations and spooky sounds will have lost their character and only be seen as an annoyance. I suspect that I will see Xmas stuff available by late August if the halloween thing is any indication. "Jingle Bells" in August turns into fingernails on a chalkboard by December. Bah Humbug already....I can't wait to see my attitude in December..lol. Really, since Mom passed away, the holidays have lost a lot of their meaning. It's just the way things are....and that's ok. Everyone keeps asking," So what are you doing for the 4th?" I haven't a clue. I actually don't even care if I do anything. Last year, I made an attempt to see fireworks with a friend but we were too late getting to the beach and missed them. Kinda like taking a nap on New year's Eve and waking up at 12:01...it just sort of losses it's magic. Oh well....maybe my 4th will be better this year. Just please be careful if you are out on the roads. They say that the 4th is actually the most dangerous holiday for drunk drivers because people attend parties and drink all day and night. So stay close to home, don't light any fireworks that you are holding, and if you still have that child in you, cherish it. Enjoy everyone.