Hi all -

My plate is very full. That's why I don't really visit much anymore. A dear friend reminded me of this place the other day and I really should pay you all better attention since these people (and some long gone to other places in the world) have helped me so much in my life, I wish I could do the same for you all too.

What am I up to? Watching Dexter - anyone else watch? And enjoying my 1 day off of the week. Tomorrow I will spend prepping and doing homework and projects and getting ready for classes, teaching, working this work. We work 12-13 hour days now and it's vicious. I don't even have time for lunch, but I guess complaining won't really make me feel better, huh?

Looking forward to spending the holidays alone this year with hubby, rather than driving home to be with family. We need to save the money and it may be nice to rest, relax, and have our first holiday of our own in our own home. :/

It's been a rough past few days - don't really want to share too much - but the week has been rough and this month is always the worst. I wonder if there is some trend/graph that shows how many visits I make during the year- bet they are always in October.

Anyways, hope you all are doing good. Hope you know I'm up to good stuff and moving forward with my goals/dreams/aspirations and only 3 years left of school of my 30-years of education *wow* did I really sign up for this? And if it's a good day, I often wonder whether I even chose the right career path and whether I should have just opened a cafe instead.

Oh on brighter news, I got a juicer and it is beyond amazing. Only $50 on ebay (Hamilton Beach) and you throw in the entire pear/apple/whatever and it grinds it up instantly to juice, no pitting/peeling nothing. I just ate 4 fruit in one cup
Soon, I'll be courageous and try some veggies in there (Carrot? Cucumber?).

Okay back to watching some tv and enjoying my night, good to see some of you around still and hope you all are doing okay.