HAPPENINGS

It is very hot here.  Two weeks ago it was record-tying, painfully hot.  Now it's just annoyingly hot with an occasional thunderstorm.  It will soon return to painfully hot; I have no doubt.

I haven't been sleeping well (see previous reference to heat), and I've been having very strange, stressful dreams when I do sleep (e.g., eating a salad with live baby alligators on it, huge tornadoes coming at me, and something involving Hannibal Lector that I've blocked from conscious memory).  

Trying to figure out whether L's fiance is a lying, wife-cheating bastard or just has very poor communication skills.

We've actually been finding more social things to do lately, which has helped with the "I HATE IT HERE" mentality a little bit.

We're preparing for my family's visit, which will include a side trip into New Mexico.  New Mexico is a seriously cool place to visit, if you know where to look.

We're also preparing for our very big trip to Germany, Austria, and Switzerland; but we're completely clueless on what we even need to do to prepare.  I think it's time for a trip back to the travel agent.

I've started working on a new, secret project that has something to do with a certain little girl's Christmas present, and I'm pretty excited about it.  

My cousin J's little boy was baptized this past weekend, which is just one more thing to add to the list of family events I've missed because I live so freakishly far away from home.

I've been using my blog space as a list of links more than anything lately, and I decided it's because I hate the computer.  I hate being on it all day; I hate that it remains on after I'm done working; and I hate that my husband can't seem to tear himself away from his computer.  I really do believe that the more we become attached to technology, the less attached we become to each other.  Sure, we can have an entire community of online friends, but do we know who our neighbors are?  

With that thought, I'm back to work!