songbird's crazy world

The December box has arrived. This was my free box, I redeemed points for the box.  And since I have enough nail polish to open my own salon, I swapped it out for other goodies. Two items:  julep Blank Canvas eye primer andJulep Orbital eyeshadow in Supernova.  Very pretty, very intense color. And this month's candy?  Peppermint puffs.

When I first got my driver's license, back in the dark ages, someone told me "Drive like everyone else on the road is an idiot...because most of them are." The point was well made. I remember an incident, shortly after I got my license, that clearly illustrated the concept. It was 1977, I was 17, and driving my mother's Buick Electra -- that was a huge car. My mother sent me to the supermarket, and what happened on the way back ... There was a long stretch of road with no businesses, and no side streets. Just an old dairy farm to the left (it's a gated community now) and some houses on the right, but set back far from the road and concealed by trees. You really felt alone driving on that road, unless there were other cars around (these days there are always other cars, but back then, not so much...) Well, I must have done something to offend another driver, maybe I cut him off as I came out of the parking lot, because he made it his business to get in...

It was inevitable. The moment Drew and I committed to New Year's Eve with the usual gang, I knew there would be drama. So after Drew went to the trouble of researching the cost per person to cater a party at his house (an expense to be shared by the group), the person who suggested that we have a house party is suddenly backing out ... Not sure what she wants to do on New Year's. So now we are looking at restaurants. Which involves sensitivity to food allergies -- one member of the group is allergic to tomatoes, easily avoided when you're ordering from the regular menu, not as easy if you're being offered a special holiday dinner with few options. Which involves discussion of cost. How much is a reasonable amount to spend? Some of us have different ideas...what most of us feel is reasonable will inevitably be declared "too expensive" by a certain member of the group. And to think I could have spent the evening with Sir Elton ... - Posted using BlogPress f...

Hail Orion, NASA's plan for the future. Orion is the vessel for a future Mission to Mars. Today NASA tested the spacecraft. A rocket took it into space. And then splashdown a la the Apollo missions off the coast of San Diego. Really. Three parachutes! Years of testing stand between today's test and a manned trip to Mars. But it's nice to see that first real step... - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

I am really hating this.  Drew is seriously upset with Jen and Becca, they are just as upset with him, and they're mad at me for involving myself with their argument.  Not to mention, all three of my sisters are mad at me because they identify with the girls.  And I'm also getting grief that I don't do enough for my parents. And amid all this sturm und drang ... Drew is having serious health issues.  I won't go into detail, but it's not good...and he's very worried, He's been spending a lot of time on the phone with me, talking about his issues. He's so worried about his own issues...I'm afraid to really talk to him about mine.  Going to the doctor today, not sure if it's something minor ... hopefully won't be too big of a problem...

Remember I told you about the  bomb threat  at our school? A few days later the police arrested a boy as he got off the school bus.  We thought that was the end of it. It happened again.  Police got an email yesterday morning.  They evacuated the school, sent everyone home at 9:30 in the morning. Drove home last night, the school was strangely deserted, with all the driveways blocked off. This is probably just another kid mouthing off.  The kids who actually shoot up a school don't usually send warnings. But so nerve wracking..