excuse last post

k, so my last post was written while under the influence of ambien, so please excuse the disturbance of it. justin thought i was psycho when he saw it. it's crazy the effect that drug can have on a person. my counselor has the same sleep issues as me and so he has to take ambien regularly too. he said that his wife had to take the keys away from him because he went out and drove on it one nite...not such a good thing. i can't even remember how i got from the kitchen to the bedroom after taking it, i can't imagine what would happen if i drove. so, if you ever take ambien, take it while you're in bed already and don't get back up.

dead ends

i am suddenly very interested on the course through
which our extremeties fall asleep to the point of numbness and then the pain involved in trying to reawaken them. i'm curious to the best processes to go about doing so with the least amount of discomfort involved. of course, being in my present state of being under the influence of ambien, doesn't help wake those areas up much, as i just had to crawl with my laptop out of my bedroom because my foot does not currently function. quite the site indeed. i plan to study more about this anomaly, as i see it, and will report my findings here at a later time. hopefully, i'll remember my plan to do so when i wake up. any help in this area would be very welcome and appreciated.

missing links

you dream of the day when your kids are all off to school so you can pursue more things such as cleaning, school, etc. but when that day gets here, all you can do is think about how much you miss your kids and hope they're doing ok. so at the end of the day, your kids did much better than you emotionally and probably got more done. i need to get to my list of things i want to get done and just start checking them off.

you're looking good??

i've heard a lot of back and forth about whether it's polite to tell someone they look good when they've obviously been losing weight, but never really got a straight answer about it. i want to tell them so they know it's working and be encouraged, but are they gonna be offended because it insinuates that they didn't look good before? i guess it really depends on the person you're talking to but if someone tells me i'm looking good or thinner, i'll totally take it...unfortunately, there's no chance of that for now.

seat hoarders

are people so scared of talking to people they don't know that they are willing to sit on the front row of the movie theatre rather than asking someone to scoot down one seat? i think it's crazy that people always have to put at least one seat between them and the person next to them, although i do it too. "this seat is taken...by my purse". at least when i see that the movie is pretty full or that people are having a hard time finding seats together, i give up the ghost seat. i think it's ridiculous when the hoarders get so irritated when someone who actually paid for the seat asks for it. if you don't want an actual person sitting next to you...buy an extra seat!!!

my movie reviews

recent movies i've seen and my two cents:

• Toy Story 3 - definite must and impressive for a sequel
• Shrek - do the roar! good one.
  
• Knight and Day - don't waste your time
• Letters to Juliette - great...as chick-ish as you can get
• Ironman 2 - good, but first one was better
• Eclipse - glad I didn't stay up all night opening night to see it...wait til the crowd dies down
• Karate Kid - awesome! the original is a letdown in comparison
• Avatar: The Last Airbender - horrible acting. left after 15 minutes on opening night.
  

the book hoarder i've become

so many books...so little time. i get on reading streaks and then i'll get all these books i want to read but then after a few i'll go through an extended period of no reading at all. i don't even want to read street signs during these times. so i've acquired quite the bookcase of books that i haven't even cracked yet. so i thought i'd list the unread books so i can look back occasionally and see how far i've come:

• eyes of a stranger
• santa cruise
• i heard that song before
• at first sight
• the guardian (started about 3 times)
• the purpose of christmas
• sea glass (also started a couple times)
• the memory keeper's daughter
• flashback
• raising an emotionally intelligent child
• the princess
• forever...
• keeping it together in a pull-apart world (i really should pick this one up sometime)
• princess (i)
• princess sultana's daughters (ii)
• princess sultana's circle (iii)
• mayada
• whisperings of the spirit
• the explosive child
• the choice
• the wednesday letters
• light in shadow
• get off the best-stressed list
• how i got this way and what to do about it (partially read...so i know how i got this way, just not what to do about it yet)
• a time to dance
• inkheart
• where are the children?
• the woods
• hokus pokus
• sometimes i wake up grumpy...and sometimes i let him sleep
• payback
• sunday at tiffany's
• the gift of eternal life
• the painting on the pond
• as always, dave
• the promised land series (read the 1st before the others came out and now have to reread it before going on)
• almost sisters
• fire of the covenant
• journey to zion
• hold tight
• the last child
• being the mom
• the risk of darkness
• the host
  

the books i'm in the process of reading are:

• house rules
• a train to potevka
• the gathering
• the pure in heart

i'm thinking i better get reading!!