Rain rain, go away

I can't just move. Other people just move.

I move in the rain.

And it's not just any ol' rain. It's the rainiest storm of the season. And it's not just any ol' rainiest storm of the season. It's the rainiest day of the rainiest storm of the season.

It doesn't end there.

It's not just the rainiest day of the rainiest storm of the season. It's also the day that my car decides to start to leak, thereby leaving a huge stinky puddle of brown water on the floor of my car.

Did I mention that yesterday I slammed my head on the built-ins of my old apartment? No move is complete without blood, is it?

Groundhog's Resolutions 2007

Happy Groundhog Day Everyone!!!

It's that time of year again, time for Groundhog's Resolutions. Last year was a good one. I accomplished a lot (maybe not everything I set out to do, but a lot). I bought a condo (get the keys today), travelled to two new countries, wrote a ton of fiction (okay, I didn't send any fiction out, but I wrote a TON), I stopped wasting money on carry-out and mini quiches, I read many many many books. I could go on. But I'm not finished. Now that I'm a homeowner, I need some smashing new resolutions to guide me through this Groundhog of a year!

Groundhog's Res #1: Carried over from last year, I resolve to send out no fewer than two short stories and one children's book for publication;

Groundhog's Res #1b: I resolve to finish a second draft of my novella;

Groundhog's Res #2: I resolve to paint my new condo, just because I CAN!;

Groundhog's Res #3: I resolve to buy a sofa or a fancy chair;

Groundhog's Res #4: I resolve to read Anna Karenina;

Groundhog's Res #5: I resolve to properly save money to pay my property taxes and not have to hit up my mom for the cash;

Groundhog's Res #6: I resolve to try and establish an actual grown-up relationship with an actual grown-up man;

Groundhog's Res #6a: In accomplishing the above, I resolve to not sit on my butt and watch movies or hang out in gay bars in an attempt to avoid bad dates;

Groundhog's Res #7: I resolve to cook at least two new recipes a month;

Groundhog's Res #8: I once again resolve that should I find the perfect pair of black pumps or a Versace (or D & G) tuxedo at 90% off (Sadly, I still am perfect black pump and tuxedo free) all financial conservation is immediately null & void.

RIP

Molly Ivins, 1944 - 2007