Familiar

Had a pretty good day today. Took a long walk at the tow path near the rapids. Many many memories there. Afterward went to the health food store to start buying food for our new diet. I'm adding flax seeds to anything I can (we're strict vegetarians so no fish for Omega 3's) and trying to weed out processed sugar and artificial dye to see if it helps Avery at all. His hyperactivity seems to be stepping up and if I can help him through diet, I'll give it my best shot. It will be much easier to make a total change when we aren't living here anymore although my parents do seem to support any diet regulations I tell them about.

I used to shy away from the health food store but when you really think about it, it costs way less to buy healthy food and prepare it rather then buy Burger King or other fast food junk. Our dinner tonight was spaghetti with gardenburger "meat"balls and a bit of flax seed added. I used half a package of meatballs (aprox $2.50), one jar of sauce ($2) and around half a pkg of spaghetti ($.50). So basically it cost $5 for all of us to eat a way healthier meal then the $8 one we got from Burger King last night.

Avery just told me "I have a head ache all the time right here" and he pointed to the bridge of his nose. His nose is running a little. I hope its not a cold.

I've chickened out and switched my reservations in Augusta to the Hampton Inn rather then the Super 8. I'm so excited for my trip!

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Never tell a 4 year old to go wash his hands in the bathroom... by himself.

*sigh*

Toilet paper all stuffed in the drain. My dad is going to SHIT when he sees this mess. Plunging isn't helping.

Ugh
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Whee! I think I may have found one of my all time favorite authors on LJ. I hope that he won't mind me adding him as a friend. I've always loved his writing style. He once wrote me a poem at a very difficult time in my life (I still have it). Ironically, my icon of a blooming flower relates to the poem he wrote for me. He and another person I found on LJ nursed me through one of the hardest nights of my life and I will NEVER forget how important it was.

Sometimes people become an important part of your life simply for their proximity to an event. I don't know if either person there that night even wanted to deal with what was going on, but to me, they were saviors. In my memory, I think of them that way. I don't know many people from that era of my life who I think of with that kind of fondness because of the tenderness they showed when I needed it most.

I think back of all the things left unsaid. Most simply, thank you. So, if either of you make it here, or even give a shit, thank you for helping me on New Year's Eve. Thank you for listening to me, in the dark of your room, cry for hours on end. Thank you for being there for me when I needed you. I'm sorry I've never had the opportunity to return the favor.

I feel kind of funny finding people I know out here. Its the mislead egomaniac that thinks that anyone actually cares. Either way, I've found someone who writes, who's writing I love to read and now, I can read it again.