Category: Ex Trailer Trash

We went, we saw, we bought: finally an updated set-o-wheels!  Our budget established the year-range we could afford (short of buying a Kia or Daewoo, neither of which is on my “want” list.)  It’s five years newer than the monster and has working AC.  Photos to follow (hopefully) tomorrow provided I can dredge up the…

My husband is dragging me out into society. No, really. Over the years I’ve truly lived the life of a recluse.  Early it was because I was raising four children alone and working nonstop.  After my kids moved out last week… er, after my kids moved out, I kept up the tradition of coming home…

Great.  Now I’m silently humming the Gilbert O’Sullivan song.  Not sure why since I’m most assuredly not alone again, naturally or otherwise.  G’s asleep and my daughter’s sleeping on the sofa.  (My youngest is spending the night because they’re doing the follow-up fumigation for bedbugs at her apartment.)  Neither am I sad or depressed, just…

Yes, boys and girls, I’m awake at nearly midnight again.  Not for lack of the sleepy gene, but because of the overabundance of the stupidity gene. Note to self: no matter how appealing it sounds in theory, do not – repeat, do NOT – indulge in homemade chocolate pudding an hour or so before bedtime. …

I’m SO glad I had a four-day weekend this weekend.  I’d only planned on three; the fourth was a call-out but it provided me with a short reprieve, much needed.  I have the PTO, will get my hands slapped but considering how I felt on Friday, it was my only real alternative. We have the…