girl at large

Two Steps Forward, One Ghetto Step Back

The Jetta has been serving me nicely, and has been much more pleasant to live in since I began making small improvements--updating the tape deck, installing bluetooth, new tires, installing headrests, removing the 14lbs of dog hair, etc.

But yesterday, it rebelled against all the gentrification. I went into a shop with a fine, clear windshield. Came back out from the shop to a big-ass crack right up the middle. 

Family Shit or My Brother Rocks

He's so frickin' funny, he works like a dog and says it like it is. 

The older we get, the more I get to know him, the more I regret not being around more when he was younger. I imagine he had a particularly rough time of it, all alone really when the shit storm hit. 

It's strange and wonderful to see all of us on the other side, hopeful and communicating and enjoying each other when we can, usually in Dad's barn. There's nothing like a manure pile to bring family together.

I Have No Idea What I'm Doing

Ever have one of those days when you make mistake after mistake, perhaps beginning with oj in your coffee? And ending with losing a big-bucks business deal?

I'm having one of those years. I'm swimming in a brand new pond, and though it's been precisely a year and I should feel moderately capable, I'm feeling totally incompetent and worst of all.....like an island in a bay of very busy, very successful know-it-all dolphins.

More proof of my ineptitiude? I just misspelled 'incompetent' three different ways and had to google-check it. Did I just misspell ineptitude?