Mood:  caffeinated
Now Playing: she's gone...and I'm lost
So, my bestest best friend in the whole world has left for Japan, as you all know. She's only going to be there for a few days, but I'm lost without her. Seriously, she helps keep my head out of the clouds and down on the ground, where it belongs. To porve this point, yesterday, I was thining about something- I don't remember what- and pouring a cup of coffee at the same time. The coffee pot is on the counter, next to some the baking supplies my daddy had out. Then, the unthinkable happened! I very nearly plopped a big pad of butter into my coffee! That never happens when Jen is here. (By here, I mean on the same continent.) I was doing crap like that all damn day. Then, today, I was wondering why she didn't call me when she got there (not realizing that she probably doesn't have cell-service there) when I dropped three unopened packets of sweet n low into my coffee. Later, I lit the filter end of my cigarette. Yessir. It's gonna be one of those weeks. I can see it now.

Jenny! I hope you read this when you get back, if nothing else, it'll tell you how much I value your friendship and guidance. Love ya, and have fun in Japan. Don't forget my copy of ZBoys!

::sigh:: Wednesday. Yup.
Mood:  caffeinated
Now Playing: IE, Japan, cigarettes. (Johnny hold the envelope to his head) "Things happening today"
Today, my best friend is flying to Japan. On an airplane. Over the big blue ocean. With nothing to protect her except the seat cushion that doubles as a floatation device. She's currently being hurled through the air in a giant steel balloon, going twice the speed of death. I'm not worried. I freakin' out! I really hope it doesn't end in flaming death. I actually like her.
I had to use internet explorer today as well. Fun, fun, joy, joy. If you want my true opinion on the IE issue, please visit my webpage @ https://good-feathers.tripod.com/ Then click the link in the navigation bar that says: Good Hate
Lastly, as you can tell, my mood has switched back to "caffeinated". This means that I am no longer overdrawn. All is well with my bank and me. I will be getting my new card in the mail in a few days, because my current one was deactivated due to my negative balance. It's all good.
OOOH! Coffee's done!! Gotta go!

Eh...
Mood:  irritated
Now Playing: yep...still irritated--and I will be til I get some money!
Just to recap on my blogging history thus far: Geocities hates me, my mother is few seeds short of a melon, and I have no money, which means no smokes & little coffee. Yay me.

On the bright side, however, my boy's potty skills are really coming along, my mother's insanity can (at times) be endearing, and I think I very nearly reached enlightenment yesterday. Not the Buddhist version of enlightenment, but the ghetto version. I say this in that I now truly realize the beauty that is the dollar store. I mean seriously, you can get nilla wafers and kool-aid there for like a dollar, that includes tax, btw.

I could really use a beer right now.

Spare some cash???
Mood:  irritated
Now Playing: It's been a crappy day...almost literally
Well, I can now tell you from experience that when the bank decides it's time to call you, it is most definitely a bad thing. I found out today, when the bank called me, that I am overdrawn. It seems the insurance company decided to take their money a week and a half earlier than they normally do. Which is very, very, very bad. I then decided it would be a good idea to sell some of those old text books I have laying around...turns out that nobody wants to buy them right now. It will be another about another week before my account is out of red and into black, which irritates me. It could, however, be so much worse.

Oh, and before I forget: Potty Training update!!! My munchkin used the potty today, without being asked. He didn't do it once, but twice! I am so proud--and so very poor... :(

Meet My Mother
Mood:  caffeinated
Now Playing: a nice little drive through the projects
Ordinarily I don't go online on the weekends, but I thought I should post this right away.
Last night, on our way back from the dollar store, my mother and I are in the car making a left turn off of Mill Rd. I look out the window and I see a pair of vintage adidas hanging precariously from a telephone wire. Upon further inspection, I notice several pairs of shoes hanging from the same wire, and I know that I'm half-way home. We had to drive through the projects to get to our house, the massive buildings and high-wire-shoes were a dead give away. Then my mom says, "There's a really pretty house right around here, wanna see it?"
I reply, "Sure." The sun begins to set, painting the dingy grey & maroon buildings an orange hue. So my mother makes another left turn, right in the heart of the projects.
"Seriously, there's a really pretty loadstone house around here, it's the only house around...it's a house in the middle of the projects," she says. The sun is almost completely set at this point. And, for the next twenty minutes, my mother takes me on a wild goose chase for her "phantom loadstone house in the projects that's really pretty".
Parents...I tell ya.

Mood:  caffeinated
Now Playing: Day 2
So far, so good...except for my bank account...I think I may be overdrawn. Which kinda sucks.

First Blog Ever...
Mood:  caffeinated
Now Playing: The Day GoodFeathers Thoughts Came to an End...
Today, I logged onto geocities, as I usually do at the middle of the month. Unfortunately, "today" started yesterday. For some reason I was unable to access geocities' PageBuilder, rendering my editing routine useless. So, I sucked it up, realizing after seven hours that this was a problem I could not solve on my own, and I asked for help. The good people at Yahoo!, bless them, have absolutely no idea what they're doing. I was sleep-deprived, my cigarette supply was getting low, and my coffee cup was dangerously empty. Putting these three things together, I decided to pick up where I left off in the morning. Morning came at the ungodly hour of 6 a.m.. Yeesh! I sat down, and got back to work, trying to find a way to fix the problem. I failed. Thus, I moved the whole works to tripod, we'll see how it works out. I'll keep you posted.