Today...



was another BEAUTIFUL spring day! I spent it pretty much the same way I spent yesterday -- hanging out on my porch, then running errands. I so hope this weather is here to stay and that it's not going to revert back to the rainy/chilly/windy mix we were experiencing. Well, here's a thought...lemme check the forecast...hang on...

*sigh*

The forecast could be better -- tomorrow a chance of thunderstorms and a high in the mid-upper 70's. Tuesday...the same thing...then the rest of the week, the temps will hover between high 60's and low 70's...with a chance of rain.

So, I guess it's a good thing I got out and enjoyed the 80 degree weather of this weekend. I know I know, it will be back...but I don't want it to leave, even if it is for only a little while.

In other news
I talked to a friend of mine on the phone today. She asked me if I was still working the "day job", so I filled her in on what's going on there, and about the possible move. You would have thought I told her that I was going to become an ex-earthling and move to Mars. The first thing out of her mouth was: "Well, if you would give up your silly notions of being a famous author and get a regular job like the rest of us, maybe you wouldn't have to move somewhere else."

WTF?

Uh, I HAVE a real job, and its that REAL job that is heading out of the country. I didn't quit. And it's my husband's desire to "have a real job like the rest of us" that is prompting the move. I was thinking all this while she was still blathering on about my needed to "get my head out of the clouds and grow up". I was going to say everything I just said above, but opted to simply tell her to "bite me and don't expect a postcard after we move". Then I hung up.

She didn't call back. Can't tell you how crushed I was 'bout that.

For the life of me I cannot fathom how I ended up with such run-of-the-mill, straight-laced, white-bread friends. (I'm talking about my friends in the brick and mortar world, my online friends are just as ethereal, beatnik, and quirky as I am). I am the rebel of the group, and once in a while, they feel the need to "reel me in". Well, I'm NOT a fish, and I don't need to be reminded of the cold, hard realities of the world we live in. Just because I opt not to dwell on how much reality bites, does not mean I don't acknowledge it.

*sigh* I need new friends (again, I'm referring to the b&m ones. I need to hang out with other like-minded individuals...more artists..writers...creative freelancers. My old friends just don't get it. They don't understand how we could pass on vacationing in Cancun to buy a high-quality printer and a sound board. It doesn't make sense to them that we aren't buying a new car every three years, or that we don't replace the living room furniture with the seasons.

In many ways, I think Lou and I have more of a clue than they do. But, lemme tell ya, if their life is the definition of having a clue, then please, let me remain clueless, cuz I like my reality a helluva lot better than theirs.

Okay, that's enough about that. I know you guys know where I'm coming from, and that makes me feel better.

Namaste ~

- posted by Kim @ 10:53 PM