Today is a multiple anniversary.

1. My mother's birthday
2. I finished In Pursuit of Wind a year ago

It's also the day after Kat Flynn left to go home, but I probably won't remember this date for that one a year from now, and I'll just say "sometime at the very beginning of June."

Yesterday was also pretty good, sans Kat leaving. :-( (Which made me really really sad because she's the most awesome person and makes me happy.) Shawn Woodbury called me out of the blue to tell me all about how he's an awful friend etc etc for not calling me all this time or making any effort at contact. We talked for a bit (probably 20 minutes or so) and then his phone died on us and that was that.

I'm supposed to see Kelly Long today but I had forgotten that it's Mom's birthday, so I might reschedule for Saturday or something...not so sure, but hopefully. And I get to see David Thomas on Monday and meet his family!! I can't wait to meet Kelly (his wife) and little Holden (his baby), affectionately named after Holden Caulfield of Catcher in the Rye. I've been really worried about Kelly Long, though. She's sick with some unknown-abdominal/intestinatl-something that no one can figure out to save their lives. So she's retaining water in her abdomen and looks like she's eight months pregnant, apparently and is always in massive pain. She told me that she decided the other that it's ridiculous to let it rule her and sit in bed wasting her life away, so she's going to ignore it all and live as normally as possible. Which I think is great.

Around 12:00 last night my house phone rang and woke up my parents, but it was Mark, inadvertently calling that phone because he thought it was my cell and didn't look. His friend died early yesterday morning and he's in Florida right now saying goodbye to his grandmother for the last time and I really feel quite inadequate because I can't be there for him when he really needs me. I told him this and he said that just hearing my voice on the phone is enough. Maybe for him. Not for me. But I suppose I'm never good enough for myself.

I still have vertigo after almost a week, but it's going away after a few seconds as opposed to lasting for hours at a time and making me absolutely sick. It seems tht all my health problems happen at home for the most part. Joy. I love stress.

Anyhow, the good news is, I'm leaving for the northeast on Wednesday (the bad news being I actually have to clean my room before then) and going to the wedding for Robbie, then visiting Carolyn for a few days and then seeing James (which makes my world). So, that sounds great.

George is still here and a little down lately over another unknown-something-let's-figure-it-out. But I don't think he's having much luck. But he doesn't like talking so I don't really press about it. I guess that's the one bad thing other than the wedding next week...George is leaving and I won't see him for a while. :-( I hate leaving friends. But it's always what happens so I adjust to loneliness and hide in words, my own, or everyone else's again.