The dining room is finally finished and it looks great! I don't plan on doing any more remodeling myself until at least December. I had the Youth group over tonight to bake cookies and have pizza. They are really a great group of kids and their parents are nice too. I really need to allow myself to get to know someone before I judge them. One of the parents I thought was not very nice, but she is great! She is very supportive of her kids and very generous, in many different ways) to others. During the afternoon it was all girls and they talked about school and teachers and I feel like they are very open about things and it is like I am one of them. This is what I really wanted, something I have missed out on for many years, since, as the librarian, I don't see any students long enough to get to know them. The ideas that they have, how they feel, they're just great kids.


Just as a little disclaimer, anything that resembles poetry here is usually written when I am still mostly asleep and therefore, may seem pretty out there, but makes sense at 2 AM. I have gone 6 weeks on half of the Paxil dose and am doing ok. Some of the coping habits I have learned I am using. As a matter of fact, I think I need to brush up on them, in particular mindfulness and calming habits. I am having difficulty with one thing which might sound amusing, but after four days is not! Somewhere on the Web I read something about Trannies. Judging from the context I believe this refers to transexuals. But I now cannot get the term Trannie Annie out of my head. It just keeps rolling over and over again. I need something else, perhaps the song It's a Small World. Oh well-it was a busy day, but my house is cleaned, the lawn is mown and I am really beat.