BLogsdon

I tell people all the time in the DC area how much cheaper it is to live down here but no one seems to understand how much cheaper. A picture is worth 1,000 words, so here you go. This same house in the DC area would be at least a million dollars, if not more because it's brand new. Winston-Salem is a big city, so it's not this cheap because it's some little hick town either.

Of course I deem my own work worthy of the price attributed as shown, but I sincerely doubt the general public would agree. Even if this was an autographed version (which it very well could be since I did sign many of them when mailing them out) I still doubt it would be worth more than $1 over the original selling price of $10.95. I wonder if they have a pair of my panties to go with it? Or maybe they are including my diary that I kept when I was 11? Obviously there must be more to this book than simply the book itself. I've written the seller to inquire what it could be! I'm anxious to find out what is so special to make that price worth it to the buyer. Mostly, though, I'm anxious to see if anyone actually buys it at that price. Now that would be interesting.

I was freed from work at 3:30 today (Woohoo!) and we decided on a whim to drive up to the northwest to visit Mayberry. This time I mean the actual Mayberry. According to their website there will be plenty of 4th of July patriotism going on here tomorrow -- complete with colonial costumes and live music and fireworks. It was a three hour drive but we have arrived at our hotel and ordered a pizza for delivery, so life is good for now. I think we have the entire hotel to ourselves, which is very nice.

I will take lots of pictures of whatever we happen to see tomorrow. I'm told we have to eat at the diner, and we have to take a squad car tour of the town. Too bad Opie won't be here.

Then it's back home after the fireworks so we can meet Mom at home sometime on Saturday.

Hope everyone has a great holiday weekend!

I hate it when you love someone and then they treat you like shit for many years so then you hate them and then they go and do something nice for you. Why can't they just leave your heart alone? I don't like it when I don't know where I stand with someone. If you hate me, that's cool; If you like me, that's better -- just please make it one way or the other and make it clear which it is. Don't be two-faced with me, and don't ignore me for a year and then act like we're best buddies. My heart is like Silly Putty -- if you stretch it too far it just breaks. I'd rather you just leave it alone.

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School started today. It's just a library class where you learn about plagiarism and how to find scholarly articles and such, but getting back in the swing of homework and quizzes and reading assignments and "participation" is going to be a struggle. I'm anxious to start the classes that interest me, so I've got to get these out of the way first.

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Work is going pretty good, I think. I've not been told otherwise, anyway. Hopefully no news is good news. Most days I have real difficulty keeping my eyes open while I'm there because there's not much to the job. I'm so old I now require daily naps. I like to take my lunch hour by sleeping in my car -- how's that for pathetic? When I'm out there I close my eyes and dream I'm on my island, surrounded by palm trees and crystal blue ocean.

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My wonderful mother is driving down here on Saturday to spend some time with me next week for my birthday. It's not like it's a milestone birthday or anything, so it's understandable that no one else is coming. Why would they? It's not important. People turn 40 all the time. No big deal.

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DS did really well on his SAT. I think he said his total score was around 1,850 (the average is about 1,500). The students get their scores online so I guess I will never see the breakdown personally. Some days I miss the good ol' days of actual mail.

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I am addicted to some reality TV shows this season. "She's Got the Look" for wanna-be models over 40, "The Next Food Network Star" which totally cracks me up with how horrible they are in front of the camera, and "Design Star" which is better than a soap opera with all the drama that happens. My weekly TV habits revolve around these three shows.

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Seriously though, why couldn't she leave well enough alone???