my baby girl is at her dad's house tonight. she's been illin the last couple of days, but is doing some better tonight, we think.

so i'm all tucked into our cozy little apartment in the basement all by my lonesome, and i'm loving it. it's dark, quiet (except for the hum of the dryer and the kitty's motor running next to me, both very comforting sounds), i have 70's music playing softly across the room, and there are 5 tiny blue spotlights burning ever so softly hanging across the bar.

again i say...wow.

i think we feel more at home and loved and welcomed than we have anywhere in a long time. i know i do, and i think baby girl feels the same.

tonight i got uber hugs and wet smoochies and tickles from angel's girls, and i gave as good as i got. they are so sweet, you just don't know.

more good stuff...

my big baby boy is coming into town tomorrow. he'll call me and i'll get to lay eyes on him after a few days of not. we may go to our coffee shop and hang and be stupid (his words, not mine!). it will be nice to see him. i miss him. i don't care if he is 21 years old. my baby he'll always be.

today i had a very short, yet very sweet phone call with my SF. amazing what a person can actually communicate in the space of 5 minutes, huh? and yet you can spend years in the same house with a person and never know that person.

a disappointment today that i won't go into here, but it's still good. the love is there, and we'll get it done another time. circumstances what they are, ya know? sometimes it just doesn't go the way you want it to.

i also saw an old friend today who has been going thru some very rough times, for years it seems. seems to be doing well for now, and we'll get together at some point. still, it was good to see said friend looking well and sounding hopeful.

it seems my sister's boyfriend has come to his senses in some ways. i think he put his big boy pants on today for the first time in a long time, if ever. it was nice to hear. i hope he continues to do so for her sake. i like to see my loved ones pleased and happy.

when i step outside here at night, i can actually see stars. our new home is on the edge of town, kinda close to the interstate, away from most of the lights of the city. a definite nice perk to being here, among so many others.

dang, it's almost surreal down here, ya'll. i feel like i'm on vacation. i want to sleep, yet i want to experience this for a while yet, too.

i saw a report yesterday from london that adults aren't getting enough hugs. i think that might be true of the US as well. i know i'm not. i don't think a person can have too many hugs of the proper variety. i think i must do something about this lack of physical affection.

today i hugged 5 different people in person. maybe each day i'll try and up that?

ok, maybe each week i'll try. otherwise, before too long i'll be spending all my time embracing.

hmmm...i say that like it's a bad thing!!!

(cue kitty, purring in my face...grooming my hair now. funny!)

love and hugs, people. love and hugs.