So, life is an interesting series of ups and downs sometimes. Lots of little things have been going well lately, along with a couple of big things. I'm working, I'm earning money, things are going great with Pita, I'm contemplating a new computer, possibly a new portable CD player, I have a new bed coming in two days, and I'm seeing Bruce Springsteen in concert tonight.

So, life decided to slap me in the face. I wandered out of my room Friday morning to find a message on the answering machine from my friend Alex, who I have not seen or spoken to in over 12 years. We were great friends in elementary school, but we drifted when we went to different junior highs. Alex called to tell my mom, and me, that his mother died that morning. Phyllis and my mom were very good friends as well, and kept in touch much better than Alex and I did, although it had been a few years since mom had spoken with her. She was one of those people who is like an extra mom when you're growing up. I had forgotten about just how important she was when I was young, and I had a hard time not crying until it came back to me, and I consciously realized why I was so upset. I don't know what it was that finally took her, but she had been battling cancer for a few years now.

So, I needed to get out of the house pretty badly that night. Pita and I decided to go out, but first, we tried to see if we could get together with Rob and Jen. They had plans to see Freddy vs. Jason, but we wanted to see if they were interested in doing anything before or after the movie. We settled on the possibility of a midnight showing of The Dark Crystal at the Nuart, but, unfortunately, they weren't able to get tickets to the earlier FvJ, so it didn't work out. Pita and I decided to go to Citywalk, and we wandered around, looking at shops, and just being out on a very nice night. Other than a couple of toys, and dinner, we didn't really get anything there. Yesterday was a work day, so nothing of any particular interest happened, other than my getting some housework done, and this morning has been more of the same.

I think I'm going to try to get back to my original goal for this journal, which was to actually keep a journal. I think I want to try to update a minimum of once a week with real entries, plus whenever something major happens, or just needs to said. I'll still post occasional silliness, but I think I've been using quizzes and such as an excuse to not really say anything.