that it's already september... woke up today (sept 8) at five a.m. and couldn't go back to sleep so i got up around six and made coffee, must have coffee
cats are already up and roaming about, looking for their flaked tuna - it's almost seven now, my alarm should go off in a few minutes
family troubles - my step dad is in the hospital - he has pneumonia, can't swallow anything so now has a tube in his stomach so they can feed him, he's quite weak and is on pure oxygen - he's a pretty tough guy so he may yet rally, but he's not as strong as he was four or five years ago, what with the parkinson's (if that's what it is, no one's sure) and it appears that his liver & lungs & heart are compromised - it makes me sad on so many levels - as difficult as he can be sometimes, i still hope he finds the strength to fight his way back from this, or at least be at peace with whatever is coming - my mom and brother are there and doing the best they can - don't know if his kids will be able to come out to see him, or even if i can make such a trip myself...
meanwhile, i got a job as a personal assistant to a woman here in town - part time but it pays well - still learning how to do things (using quicken, for one) it's quite a challenge to stay on top of everything she's involved in
not doing much writing but there's a writing class i want to take in october - still making some jewelry but not selling anything yet - christmas is coming, tho
going to try to have a tag sale this weekend, getting rid of some things but still so much more to purge
lots on my mind, won't go into it here just yet - watching a little too much TV these days but manage to catch some of my favorite shows (castle on abc, warehouse 13 and ghost hunters on syfy, also destination truth is coming back on syfy so i'll watch that too - that's about it, altho i also watch quite a bit of nat geo and history channel, also science and discovery channel - don't get hbo so i can't watch my friends' show, true blood, this season...) watch a lot of movies i've seen a million times, but once in a while i'll stumble across a new one or one i haven't seen in years - saw the newest harry potter last week, it didn't do much for me, one more left
that's it for now - here's a photo of silver watching TV (both the young ones like nature programs)
photo by tjgoogins/2009/silver watches the boobtube/all rights reserved
