Somebody at work tossed my water bottle this evening so I was forced to pop money into the soda machine all night... 5 cokes later here I am... home and AWAKE. work provides us with water coolers and I normally fill my bottle a zillion times because wiping old peeps ass all night you tend dehydrate quickly since their rooms are hotter than hell.

We now have 24 residents on the dementia wing and only two aides to care for them on the 3 to 11 shift. They have an add in the paper and hopefully they will find more help soon.It takes a certain type person to work the memory care floor and a few they had hired just did not work out. I am grateful that we have many Sr's in Florida! I think of them as job security as well as have a special place in my heart for them...more for the demented ones.

My son killed a 160 pound hog this weekend, I spent my day off cleaning the hams and made some yummy BBQ pulled pork from it. I love when he brings home hog... it's food in the freezer and with the economy as bad as it is ... I'll take all I can get for nothing!

I just want my FL to know that I may not always comment but I do try to read and keep up with everyone's journals. sometimes it might take me a week or so but I do track back and read.

Hope all had a great new year.
Lisa

Bobby *kiss* thanks for the nudge... things have been a bit hectic with my client taking a turn for the worse but all is well here with me.. . long hours and I've had this nasty cold is all I can complain about for now...I promise to post real soon and update on muh life and the upcoming wedding... I'll try before the weekend or at least by the weekend. I do read back and try to keep up with everyone... I'm just to tired to post when I get home.

TTFN

Wow… My last post was Halloween! Damn me to hell! This is actually kind of funny because I logged in tonight to let everyone know the latest on Gary and I.

On Halloween 2008 Gary and I are getting married.
My heart says this is so right and that we truly belong together. I thank God everyday for bringing this man into my life… He is absolutely amazing and two years later still takes my breath away and makes me smile, he understands me and makes me feel beautiful inside and out…I’ve always struggled with being able to communicate and I just find this man so easy to talk too about anything and everything.

We are dressing up though we have not decided what our costumes will be yet. Last Halloween we went out and purchased all kinds of 75% off Decorations… we purchased lots of light sets and skull and bleeding candles, we bought Halloween votives, garland, black napkins with spider webs on them and so many other things for the reception. Tonight I purchased the cake topper which is two skeletons kissing.

Gary is going to make wooden Dracula coffins, which are going to be lined with plastic so we can fill with ice for the drinks and cold salads. We still need to get a low-lying fog machine but we are off to a great start. We have the tables and chairs rented already. We are having this in my sisters yard which is huge Halloween night… its going to spooktacular!

Anyhoo, Jason flew back to NJ Friday there was no work here for him, the construction has just come to a halt and so many are without a job… thank God Gary is an electrician there seems lots of work for them. I really wish he could have stayed, he says he will be back for the wedding and maybe sooner.

I have his dog Bo with me and just before Jason left he took Bo hog hunting and got this huge hog that is now in my big freezer for BBQ pulled pork… which is one of the items on the menu for our wedding.
Chrissy will also be here. I miss my baby girl but we talk almost daily… The Col is still kicking and I’m still spending 9 hours a day with him 5 to 6 days a week. I miss Ruth; she loved Gary and wanted us to get married. She would have been very happy for me.


TTFN

singing " I'm going to ozzfesttttttt... I'm going to ozzfestttttttttt and hopefully this time I won't fall downnnnnnnn.

Seems my grandpuppy found a mud hole while fishing with my son yesterday, I just had to share because he is just to damn cute!( before and aftershots )

Still breathing at 45! oh and still on Leathers FL .. yeahhhh he really does care bout me!
*hugs to everyone*
I'll update real soon!

I've been trying to keep this journal updated as much as possible for the few dear friends I have online and those I know personally like Helly but live so far away... I do this to let them know that I am ok and my life is whatever at the time. I no longer chat via yahoo or Mirc... I've little time in my life with work, Gary whom I deeply love and my family, Regardless of what some spineless twit or twits might wish others to think for the first time in my life I am happy.
Gary can see and feel the love I have for him and THAT is all that matters.He is well aware of this journal, my post and the spineless remarks made here.
I'll continue to update as often as possible for those I care about and the remarks of you spineless twits who simply wish to try and burst my bubble will continue to either be ignored or deleted...because you simply don't matter.
TTFN

Gary and I made the trip to Orlando Saturday and had a really nice time, he bought some of his artwork in hopes of some constructive criticism. We spoke with a few people who thought Gary’s work was really good and had little to criticize about it. The main reason for going was so that Gary could meet different artist like George Perez and David Finch who were among many at the event, I also was able to see people like David Winslow who was in the police academy flicks as well as Men in black and Gremlins. Lou Ferrigno and Kevin Sorbo along with Sean Astin were among other celebrities at the event.
Jimmy Cheung an artist for Marvel was also among the crowd and one spoken with about Gary’s art. He told us how he got started and told Gary that he really didn’t have anything bad to say about his art that his work was pretty good. He said that he had the anatomy of the comics down good, which is something so many can’t seem to get right. He suggest having Marvel send him a storyline to draw then submit it this way he can see how he does following another’s story line and drawing another character other his own.
Gary bought me a new dragon for our collection while there and we had Jimmy Cheung sign his latest comic for us.
We stopped and had dinner at Uno’s before making our way home.
Sunday we woke and hit the early show to see Ghostrider, which was a pretty cool flick for those of you who have not yet seen it. Then we went and picked up my boy and did a little shooting for fun in the back woods before watching the Daytona 500, Gary bought me some new Waltrip stuff this weekend … he spoils me!
All in all it was a great weekend.
I’ve slowly been moving stuff to Gary’s and getting myself ready for the big event of moving in with him come March.
I’m a pretty lucky girl to have found such a wonderful guy ( pictures )

TTFN

After Gary arrived home from work we decided to take a walk at Manatee Park before grabbing showers...Last year at this time I went alone and saw two manatee's and felt very lucky to see them, they are not the most beautiful creatures but I find them adorable, this trip Gary and I saw over a dozen of them swimming and feeding along the river. I love our walks together, after I fell at Oz fest the walks stopped for a bit due to the pain so I'm glad we have once more started walking.
We are always searching for new places to go.
Next week is the trip to Orlando!
I'm excited for Gary and can't wait to see what happens.
TTFN

*Chuckles* somebody removed a certain picture from Tara's myspace... I guess it didnt work out the way they wanted it to.

Today is Gary's 38th birthday and guess who gets spankings! *G* I was clueless and struggled what to get him but finally decided to purchase him a pair of vampire gloves along with this anal ring toss game he saw online and teased me about with all the fun he could have with it.

I also took him to Chili's last night for dinner then DQ for an extreme chocolate blizzard and on the 23rd his movie Ironman comes out so I'll get him that as well.
We ran around town yesterday for nearly 6 hours making stops at different places, our first stops were art stores for him to pick up a few things he needs to finish his comic book before Megacon in Feb.

I'm not sure I've ever mentioned this but Gary is an amazing artist... he will be working very hard the next few weeks I'm sure to finish his comic book for Megacon and I look forward to making the trip with him.

After the art stores we dropped by Books A Million and I grabbed the Col a historical picture book on World War 2 we then did dinner before making a few more stops for shits and giggles (local Adult store and wally world)
DQ on the final drive home then a nice relaxing night with my baby.
its hard to believe its been nearly a year already with him and it just gets better with each passing day!

I’ve been with Gary for nearly a year now and things are absolutely amazing but what I can’t understand for the life of me is why some people still insist on playing little games which for the record I’ve no desire to play back and won’t.

I had a call from Alan’s eldest kidlet the other day. It was great hearing her voice and catching up. I’ve always liked Meg and had always felt Alan never gave her enough credit as he showed extreme favoritism when it came to his kids… Always speaking great things about one and nothing nice to say about the other. I had spoke to him once about it but we won’t go there because quite frankly it went nowhere like everything I tried to talk with him about … anyhoo We had a nice conversation and she knows that she is always welcome to call me and at some point drop in for a visit if she ever feels the urge.

I hung up the phone with Meg and logged onto Myspace where I like so many in this world have a page. Since I no longer chat online thru yahoo or any other program I had once dallied on it has become a good way to touch base with my children and a few friends.
Anyhow… after logging on I have a message from his youngest daughter telling me she misses me so much and asked how my Christmas was…so I go to his younger daughters page where a few days prior I posted a picture of her and I taken out in the snow together along with a lil “look what I found … hope all is well”
LMAO and above my comment what did my smiling eyes see… Alan’s “girl” had posted a picture of her and him together along with a lil note for Tara. I’m happy to announce there was no tears of sorrow, no Why me Lord? No fuck her spewing from my lips as I glanced at the picture... I simply chuckled and thought how childish.

I was amused that she felt a need after all this time to “try” and hurt me with a in your face thing as this knowing I venture to Tara’s page. I also thought it was kind of selfish of her among other things to try and make T’s myspace page a war zone over Alan. As it was pretty obivious why she posted it on T's page above mine.
Perhaps it was her way of saying “Go look at my page “ (laughs) for the record I did not go look nor do I have any intentions of going to look at her page simply because “I don’t give a rats ass” because as much as things hurt back then …it was Gods way of saying “You deserve better” and I found better…
I love Gary and I thank God everyday for bringing this man into my life and though I care about Alan’s kids because they were apart of my life for 3 years and I will remain in touch as long as it is what they desire… I don’t care what Alan or his girl is doing.

I’ve also realized this year who my true friends are and it is those that I thank for standing by me no matter what… the others and they know who they are to them all I will say is “Its your loss”

I can't help but sit back and think about my life and all that has taken place in the year 2006...Although the year started off with so much hurt and anger it ended up being one of the best years of my life. It almost seems kind of surreal thinking back.

Last year at this time I packed up my explorer with all my belongings and made my way to Florida. It seemed as if my world was ending or at least it felt like it at the time.
The trip getting here was pure hell and I won't take the time to reflect on just why that was... anyways when I arrived here in Lehigh I was filled with bitterness.

My days and nights spent crying trying to understand why my life appeared to be crumbling.
I spent weeks replaying so many things in my head all the while taking comfort from my older sister whom I've always shared a close relationship with even when hundreds of miles stood between us.

I'm not quite sure when it happened but somewhere along the line I began to take a deeper look at myself the words of another saying "I can't fix you" humming in my ears.
The deeper I looked inside myself the more I realized that I didn't need fixed. I was fine.
My problem was that I spent so much time trying to make everyone else happy that I forgot about what makes me happy. I didn't want to waste anymore of my life.

I found a job doing in home private care and began pouring myself into my work and as time went on everything else began to fall in place...my weight was coming off… I felt happier and healthier for the first time in 25 years.

I rediscovered an old friend from childhood only to discover that somewhere along life's road people change...including myself and thats ok. I also discovered that in hard times thats when you discover who your true friends are anyhoo.................

I didn't want to spend my life drinking in some low lit bar searching for Mr. Right handing out my number to any guy who passed by and gave the slightest hint of interest in me.
I wanted a friend and in April as you all know I stumbled across Gary, we talked and began to learn more about each other, each taking things slowly, both having been hurt deeply in the past.

We went out on dates, there was no holding hands,no touching... instead like two young school kids neither had the courage to make the first move. it was nice to take things slow for a change.
Weeks later as we made our way out of a local theater … I felt his hand slightly caress my hair, my heart skipped several beats and I've been in love every since.

I had never felt this way before...In 2006 I discovered the difference between "Love" and Great Love" I also discovered I am much braver that I ever believed, stronger than I ever thought and smarter than some people think I am.

In 2007 I look forward to building my life with Gary, sharing and taking part in the lives of my children and living each day to the fullest with those I love.

I wish everyone of you a year of good health and good fortune!

This was also the best Christmas I have had in years... I spent my morning alone opening gifts with Gary who spoiled me rotton with so many wonderful things...A Mp3 player.. a shiatsu Massaging cushion (pure heaven)Crock pot BBQ Pit, A new digital camera and photo printer...two new limited editon Nene Thomas fairies and other stuff I can't recall just now.
We cuddled and watched movies and had Christmas dinner with my family.
I missed my daughter but know she had a good Christmas as well... I had my son hanging around a bit....it was truly wonderful!

I decided to post a few pictures that I love... these pics are from our trip to Baltimore and show Gary with Cody,Gary with his sister whom he has not seen in 17 years...I love the picture because when Gary is not looking she is looking up at her brother and just drinking him in...It had been ten years since I saw my brothers before I moved to Florida so the picture kinda hits home. All is good here.. my shopping is done and I can' wait to wake up and share Christmas with my baby.

hope these post ok I suck at hiding them like helly does LOL .. sorry peeps!


Gary with his sisters


Gary and Cody


Me and muh Baby

Gary and I left on the 4th of November for New Jersey and Baltimore, the plane flight up was great we actually arrived in Newark 20 minutes early but there was another plane still in our gate so arriving early made no difference… It seems like Newark Airport just keeps on growing.
We made a long walk for our luggage followed by two trains to get from terminal A to C to pick up the rental car…The car was a 2007 Black Grand Prix and I absolutely LOVED it.
I was excited to see my baby girl… the last time we saw each other was on my trip back from PA after getting the explorer. Gary and the kids got along well we spent the weekend with the kids then loaded up and made our way to Baltimore to see Gary’s family.
I was nervous about meeting his G Ma but everything went well… she loved me, which was a huge relief because Gary adores this lady. I think my favorite part of the trip was watching Gary bond with his sister Sarah whom he had not seen in 17 years, we made our way over to her place along with his mother and his younger sister Kim.
All was a bit quiet at first but as the evening went on things lightened up. I really liked Sarah she is an amazing lady who has a lot on her plate. Her son Cody whose 7 or 8 ( I never asked ) has Battens disease and this past summer Make a wish foundation sent him to swim with the dolphins in Orlando.

This past year Cody has lost his vision to this fatal disease but I was truly impressed with this little boys courage and his desire to live life to the fullest… he played Gary cards and Tic tac toe with me but he also showed us how he rides his bike…and does really well as long as the neighbors park in there usual places… of course his mother watches him well also.
I was really amazed at Sarah’s boyfriend whom Cody calls his homeboy… Cody has a four-wheeler and he rides it while Jay aka homeboy strolls beside him and tells him which way to turn. Cody is also on the schools wrestling team. I looked up Battens Disease wanting to learn more about it after I met this special little boy

http://www.battens.org.au/about.html for those interested in it.

The following day Gary, his two sisters and I hooked up and went to the inner harbor. We had a great time exploring the Baltimore Aquarium along with the USS Constellation…along with the trade Center and other stuff.
Gary spent two days doing Electrical work for his grandma then we made our way back to New Jersey and spent a few more days with my daughter before flying home.

All else in my life is good other than I’m not ready for Christmas.
TTFN

Gary and I arrived back in town from Universal Studios this afternoon around 11 AM , We had a great time though we both were a bit disappointed with the Haunted houses. Universal did such a good job with the advertising that they apparently had little money left to put toward the actual event…

Gary and I did two of the seven houses only to find them a huge joke... They pretty much consisted of teenage kids dripping with fake dried blood and torn clothes… every now and then jump out and try to scare you and it might work if it was not for the fact that you see them jump to scare others three feet in front of you…some of the costumes that roamed the lot were pretty neat though…
The only other thing I didn’t like was they sold hard liquor and beer every 5 feet and you had to really walk and look for a place to buy a soda… the place was filled with thousands of blinking drinking glasses… One girl was stretched across a bench on her stomach totally drunk and still trying to reach her lips to the glass she had in her hand.

We manage to get all the rides in by midnight then decided to head back to the hotel where we relaxed a bit before enjoying the final ride of the night in our own room...this was the best ride of the whole night! This man Rocks my world… he makes me so happy and I’m so glad to have him in my life…I’m very rarely here these days because I’m happy in my life. Which brings me to the following…

Now After this wonderful weekend I return and find yet more comments made in my LJ of course it once more involves comments from people whom are not even brave enough to leave their name but somehow seem bent on continually bringing Alan back into my life… it looks as if some appear to have more trouble moving on and letting go than I did and for some odd reason just can’t seem to stay away from my words and the events I share here.
Have you people no life of your own that you feel a need to be here in my journal reading my life after Alan?

I have moved on with good reason… the main being Alan is an selfish, self centered asshole… and regardless of what anybody else thinks of him I’m entitled to my opinion Now, I’m normally pretty good at keeping that to myself until other Alan rejects and soon to be rejects decide to remind me in my LJ.
So I think the only thing left for me to do now is make this journal a friends only journal and those of you who have been so kind to leave your anonymous comments can find your own life be it real or fantasy… I truly do not care which it is as long as I’m not a part of it. Anybody who knows me wants to know how I’m doing… email me if you’re not on it… I’ll gladly add you but for now I’m thinking I prefer my life after Alan to be just that… My Life!
TTFN

I have a little time to sit while my sauce is cooking for dinner and decided to let the world know I'm still breathing.
All is well in my life, This month Gary and I will have been with each other for 6 months. We have been spending alot of time at the beach, walking, swimming and just enjoying each others company.
The end of the month we are making our way to Orlando for Universals halloween horror nights.
This should be interesting since I scare pretty easy and they will have not one but seven haunted houses *eek*

The first week of Novemeber Gary and I will be flying to NJ to see my daughter for the weekend then making our way to Maryland to visit his G Ma and Gary is going to do some electrical work for her. I'm Excited to meet her as she sounds like a blast and I think we will get along well...I make Gary real happy there for she loves me... LOL

Work is good.. I have been working 6 days and 3 nights and will be grateful for the break.. I truly can't complain since I am out the door by 12:30pm each day and Saturday I work for my client off the books and get paid real well for it.My Client has a great personality and loves life even with all she has been dealt,if anything it has made her stronger.
She weighs all of 63 pounds, has polio and a trach, her hubby has dementia and is a retired Marine Col. She calls him Andy after the strip Andy Capp.

When I first started working his dementia was not so bad and she only had part time care but as his dementia has increased it has become a full time job and the Col himself now requires care.
Several months ago when I had arrived to their home she was not doing well so I shipped her off to the hospital.. The staff about died when they saw her and thought we had her hidden in a closet and was starving her... I recall the Col getting angry at the Dietician as she pretty much accused him of abuse.

Other staff was asking why she was there to begin with saying they found no reason for her to be here... an hour later after they left room she began to go into cardiac arrest and I found myself screaming for help... as they entered they tried pulling her teeth out.. Princess Ruth as I call her has her own teeth still anyways I watched as she flatlined on the monitor and tried my best to shelter the Col and began crying myself...but the fiesty lil thing that has been dealt so much came back and I just truly find her such an inspiration... I have grown to love these two and there is not a day that passes that she does not tell me she loves me and thanks me for all I do.


My kids are doing great though Christina still refuses to talk to her dad, she has a great job working for Dowel Jones, the boy is still the boy spends his money faster than he makes it but has been working hard... though I would love to see him get himself together a bit more I have seen a change in him recently with his new girlfriend and I feel he is trying to be more responsible. .. I love my kids no matter what and both know I'll always be there for them.

Christmas will be here way to soon... I'm so not ready though I did find Chrissy really cute mugs with pooh and the ol gloomy mule himself... I think she will love them.. she just turned 21 and I have always got her something pooh for Christmas as she older it gets harder.

Anyways I hope everyone is doing well I am a happy girl these days with not a single complaint.
TTFN
Thanks Hellen for the icon! love you!

Things are going great with Gary and I and if I have not mentioned this already ... he is the most amazing man... it won't be much longer and the two of us will be living together. I plan on spending the rest of my life with this man.

Sunday we went to Ozzfest and had a great time overall... I did pass out from dehydration after 3 hours of being in the dead heat.
We both got up to go get drinks and while standing in line I suddenly felt sick, as quickly as I manage to get the words "I feel nauseous" out to Gary... I hit the pavement just as fast.
I was carried by Gary and another to the shade under the tent and packed with ice down my back. Gary says my eyes were open but I was not responding to him when he spoke… I don’t remember a thing after the words I feel nauseous.
I have road rash on my elbow and manage to hurt my lower right back and hip area.

The pain in my hip seems to radiate into the front of my pelvic area and down into my leg a bit. I’ve iced it over night and have had the tens unit on me off and on as well.
I’ve felt nauseous the past day or so off and on and I’m starting to wonder if it is from the pain. After passing out Gary made sure I stood in front of him when walking anywhere and kept me filled with lots of fluids. The man is so good to me and I have no doubts about his loving me.

I blame my passing out on the way they had things set up and even let live nation know in a survey how unhappy I was with the way they did some things.
Everybody knows at Ozzfest you have 1st stage and 2nd stage… 2nd stage was basically a parking lot and was held during the dead heat of the day… no shade insight and very little grass for sitting… they had no tents to escape the heat and had one tent for water soda and beer for all of the second stage area. They also had a trailer and allowed everyone to get a free monster drink if they wanted one. (Whoopee)

After we first arrived there at 10:45 AM Gary and I went for drinks and wanted to get extra bottles of water to bring back but when we ordered them they removed the lids… I told the staff I wanted the lids on, the drinks were for later and the guy said he was not allowed to leave the lids on … so I told him I was not carrying around open bottles of water for later and to keep them.

We also wanted to lie on the lawn by 1st stage prior to my passing out to get away from the added heat of the pavement and were told we were not allowed on the lawn till later in the evening. I felt this was bullshit… we paid for lawn tickets so we could lay on our blankets and relax while listening to the music…and you could hear the bands from 2nd stage from the lawn… we should have been allowed to lay on the lawn.

After they open 1st stage around 4pm we were able to get by the tall bushes that offered some shade and I was even more delighted to see a misting tent down by the food courts they set up… BUT I feel this all should have been set up for 2nd stage where it was nothing but pavement and the hottest part of the day!
Anyways after things cooled down it was all good… though I was hoping Ozzy would show since Florida got screwed the last two years at Ozzfest due to hurricanes and after all this was the final stop of the tour but, no Ozzy.

I also have a new tattoo; I can proudly say I am wearing Gary’s mark on my left shoulder and I just love it!


I’m off to ice my back and try and sleep a bit now that I have vented some about Ozzfest!
TTFN

Gary is at work today and I’m bleeding like a stuck pig so I figured what the hell… I’ll write in my journal.
Gary and I went out to dinner last night, we scribbled down a bunch of places and put them into a candy dish and each week we go out to the place we draw from it… this week was Chili’s.
This is the first time I have ever gone to Chili’s and I have to say they make a great fajita, we both ordered the Mushroom Jack fajita and I had a Margarita… the waitress screwed up and brought Gary one as well so I ended up with two of them to drink… normally this is no problem as I have ever yet got stoned on two margarita’s. it took forever for our food to come and I took notice that everyone around us that came after had already received theirs… I was suddenly starting to feel the Margarita’s that I had manage to finish before the food ever arrived. Chili’s makes great margaritas!
Our food finally arrived and the manager came out and apologized, he said something happen in the computer system and it skipped 5 orders and the meal was on the house!
I really didn’t mind the wait; Gary and I had such a great talk while we waited.

Gary is an amazing man, he puts so much thought into “Us” As a Master is even more amazing… no, Gary does not know everything and is fairly new to it all… but he goes out of his way to learn the things he does not have any knowledge about… he is eager to learn and grow with me and to me that makes him an amazing Master… I have always said any one who claims to know it all… knows nothing about this lifestyle because I do not feel you ever stop learning.

Gary calls me his pet… the first thing he bought for me when we began dating was a beautiful long leather leash… he attached it to my collar and walked me around the apartment then tormented me so wonderfully.
Last week he bought me doggie bowls and upon arriving here the other night had me strip, get on all fours then took me to the tub where I turned several shades of red when he told me to crawl in and remain on all fours.

He then proceeded to wash me, after a good washing he had me crawl out and remain on all fours while he dried me and combed my hair. I loved it… I found it very erotic and the fact the he took the time to bathe his property so lovingly…I’ve no words to describe how I felt. He laid newspaper on the floor (God help me) poured water into my drinking dish then had me settle at his feet… I soaked in every little word from his mouth as he spoke of the cage he will be getting me once we make the move in together and all the other little wicked things he has planned for his pet. I don’t know how I got so lucky but I am so glad I have this man in my life.

On another note I brought my vacum into work yesterday because the lady I care for has no hose on hers and along the edges of her rug was 1000’s of sugar ants (dead) after 2 ½ hours of nonstop sucking I finally manage to have every baseboard in her home done. She was extremely grateful and well I just adore my client so it was not biggie other than somehow I manage to break the on /off switch of my vacum while doing this.

I guess the good Lord figured since I did this nice deed and broke my vacuum … I deserved a brand new dust buster because while shopping with my sister yesterday afternoon we left linen N things and after unloading the new pans I bought I took notice to a buggy left all alone in the parking lot with a bag in it… the bag containing a brand new dust buster. With nobody being around after about 5 minutes to claim it… I just took it as a gift from the good lord for my daily deed and figured whoever bought it must have done something to piss him off (giggles)

The sun is now shining and I guess I’ll go lounge in the pool and get some sun today.
Life is Shiny… even on the rag (I know TMI)