Journal Entry 16 OCT 09

It's 8:46pm on 16 October 2009 and so many things to say since the last time I was on. It's been about three weeks again since I've been here and the same goes for my "facebook" account. I need to go pay bills (of course online and just hoping I don't have to pay any late fees-lol). Time has slipped away from everything that has happened. I was on here last on 19 September 2009 and realized I posted the wrong date in the title once Monday came around.1

On the 20th of last month, one of my neighbors died. I didn't know him well, even though I would wave when he (and his family) passed by. I'm closer to some other neighbors that knew him better and as it turns out the opinion wasn't very high (concerning him). That made me ponder if anyone would miss me when I pass on. I figured there would be a few. I'm also wondering why would someone want to live as what he was dubbed; "a butthole" (and a few other choice words as he was called). It turns out that he wasn't married, but divorced and living with his ex-wife. I'm not sure how that happens, but apparently it does in this wacky world. It also became known that he had a violent streak as he let it be demonstrated with family members.2

Knowing what I know now makes me think that the family is now better off. Is that wrong of me to think that way (I hope not)? I just can't imagine torturing anyone as it seems like he has done. I have yet to find one person to say he will be missed or is being missed. He is only one of two people that has passed since the last time I was here. When I did write last, I wrote about one of my aunts being in critical condition and needing several surgeries.3

Turns out, she is now doing much better after having them (but not out of the woods completely). Even though it does look better for her, it was her boyfriend that was killed over a week ago. I met him for the first time when I went to visit my aunt about three weeks ago. I never knew when shaking his hand that day would be the first and last time I would see him alive. He was killed as he was run over by a car while he was on his bike. It was dark and the driver never saw him. Tragedy has hit my aunt several times this year. I just found out that one of her sons died this year and so did her husband. It sounds strange when I say husband since she had a boyfriend, but she and the husband have been separated for seven years, but he would never grant a divorce. All of those things have to be tough on my aunt. I remember when she and I use to be close, but since I have worked out of country most of the time for the past five years, I have lost touch with what was going on with family and friends. Just another reason why I'm glad to work in a different division within my company now. I have seen and talked to many of my family and friends in the past few months than I got to in the five years I worked in the other division. However, I have been so busy with work since I've transferred. I would not have thought I would be staying this busy (especially since the economy not being that well). I normally take one and sometimes two weeks off around Christmas and New Year's, but that is up in the air as I even write this.4

I plan to get my contests done as soon and quickly as I can. Some of my facebook friends (which also are some poet friends) have let me know I'm missing out on special properties in "Street Racing" and "Pirates." Don't think it hasn't bugged me that I couldn't get on there and scoop them up not to mention all of the "levels" I have missed advancing in those games. There's even a "sex game" that I was convinced to add the last time I was there. Believe it or not, I'm still trying to figure that game out-lol. So from here, I will have to go pay some bills and also check out facebook. I still can't stay long there for I have too many things to do.5

I will have to credit work for letting me have Friday (9 October 2009) off so I could spend it with my daughter. She and I spent about ten hours together eating out twice and shopping at several stores. We had fun together and both of us were worn out from the many stores and to include a mall where we passed the day away. I think she loved the fact that I slung her purse over my shoulders while she tried on many shoes. It actually matched what I was wearing that day-lol. Being off that day is worth all of the time I have been working long hours. 6

I'm going to try to catch up on all the things that need my attention here and elsewhere. I can't believe I have not even written a thing since my last journal entry. Things have ran through my mind to write, but never got the time to write them down. I'm not complaining about work since the motto these days "is just be lucky to have a job." I guess my other time that has been available was doing chores, i.e., cutting my mom's grass (she has a very big yard... you can actually do two loads of clothes and dry them by the time it can be cut). This past Sunday I went to go mow and about a third through the job, my rear-right tire goes flat. Now I have to co-ordinate between my friends that has a trailer to leave it at my place while another comes and picks it up so he can take his mower to my mom's and finish the job. That was almost as much work as actually doing the job myself.7

Time! Where does it all go. I thought I was going to be on here last weekend, since the weekend before that was impossible for me to get on. I just can't believe it's already October and it's almost gone. This year has went by so fast for me. A few of my friends and family has thought the same thing when I mentioned it. Even part of this Poetry Community may feel the same way. I'm hoping that it won't be another three weeks before I can get back here. I plan to spend a little time here in the next couple of days, so that may break the three week cycle I'm in. I may even get to play my games more too-lol.