Zoo's

I can't wait till the zoo's start opening.  I love going to the zoo.  We went to the one in South Bend 2 or 3 times last year and to the Columbus zoo in Ohio once.  This summer I want to go to Chicago and go to both the Brookfield zoo and Lincoln Park zoo.  I've been to Brookfield a few times but never to Lincoln.  I can't wait.  I know Jasmine won't remember it but hopefully she'll enjoy the animals.  She went with us everytime to the zoo last year but slept through most of the visits, even when it was pouring rain.  She's pretty good around people and in public places so hopefully this won't be any different.  Maybe we'll even take her to Columbus this year if it's not too cold and miserable when we go in the beginning of April.  What can I say, I love being where the animals are. 

back

I'm baaaack.  I hadn't been online very much for about a week bevcause my laptop wouldn't let me use aol.  We ended up having to completely wipe my hard drive and start all over.  Shawn spent over 3 hours on the phone with the people from HP.  They think there was something on the computer preventing aol from starting.  I think if it was anything, it was Norton's.  At any rate, we shouldn't have this much trouble if it happens again because I turned my system restore on and saved everything after I re-installed it. 

poem

This is the first poem I think I've ever written that has no real meaning to me.  Usually when I write, it has to make me want to cry, either from saddness or being happy.  But it was raining last night and this is what came out.

 

Down it comes

Dark as night

Noise like drums

Noise like spite

 

She flows with the wind

Swims with the rain

Finds no end

Feels no pain

 

Out with the dark

In with the light

Still some spark

Still some fight

 

Closes her eyes

Finds relief

Needle in vein

Ends the night

Silly

I'm so excited.  I've finally figured out two more tattoos that I'd like to get.  The one is on the back of my neck under my hair line and it's going to be the words "my love" in latin.  (Mei Amor) And the other is going to be a big one.  It's going to cover my side from below my hip to just under my armpit and it's going to be a vine with flowers coming off of it.  I haven't decided yet whether it's going to be in color, black/grey or brown.  I'm really not that big a fan of color tattoos so we'll see.  I'm hoping to get up to the shop tomorrow and bounce some ideas off of Half Pint. I know, some people think it's weird that I'm getting excited about permanently branding my body in a semi-painful way but my tattoos have become a big part of me.  I don't know exactly how to explain it.  Other tattoo people know what I'm talking about though so at least I'm not totally strange.

Jasmine has started waving and saying hi.  Sometimes she waves for no reason.  And other times she waits till the person she's supposed to be waving at, turns around.  She's a shy waver.

Pictures

These are some pictures that have been taken since Halloween.  I still have four or five rolls that need to be developed.

Poop

Tomorrow I have two doctor's appointments.  One is with the eye doctor to get my prescription for my contacts and the other is with my oral surgeon.  I'm not looking forward to my appointment with the surgeon.  They're not doing surgery tomorrow but I'll get the date as to when they will be doing surgery.  Part of me hopes it's not this month and the other part of me wants it to be done and over with.  I really like food so not being able to eat anything is going to suck.  I'll have to survive off jello and vodka.    I've got to get some kind of fun out of it.  All I can think is that it's really really going to suck.  And I really really don't want to do it.  Maybe I'll use my gift card to the spa the weekend before I have to go.

Video

This is a link to the video I made of me, Shawn and Jasmine

 

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