I feel as if I have been away for too long when in reality it’s only been a couple of days. However, classes have started here at the university and although I am not normally impacted too much by the start of the semester, I am this semester because of the short story class I am taking. Good grief!! So much work. Here are my random thoughts on the subject:

• Online classes can be fun. They can also be a total pain.
• Hello people! It’s obvious that you didn’t read the assignment when you parrot back everything others have said.
• Teacher? Where IS the teacher? We are wrapping up the second week and still no “appearance” from the instructor.

I am still thinking about dropping the class. I had no idea what I was getting into. I am just taking it for fun and so far, I haven’t had any fun so I have one more week to decide.

Another birthday has passed. I let it go by quietly because I had a sucky one. All I wanted to do was crawl into bed and take a nap and over the course of three days, I did exactly that. I am better now. Most of the doom and gloom was caused by the family business hanging on the very edge of existence, busy kids and this lousy budget we put ourselves on. I know many of you can relate but having to count my pennies sucks in a big way.

Today is my son’s first cross-country invitational and I am at work. After that, he is attending a retreat for ASB. I am aware of the location, but it will be a surprise to the group. From the meet, he is going with a friend’s mother to this mystery location. Much fun will be had I’m sure.

Work has been challenging lately. I’ll leave it at that but it’s left me no time for creative endeavors. I get a little crazy when I don’t have a creative outlet of some sort.

The only thing that continues onward without a hitch is my reading. I am currently reading Andrew McCarthy’s memoir The Longest Way Home. Yes!! THAT Andrew McCarthy, otherwise known as Blane from Pretty in Pink. It’s a good book for me to read right now, because it’s all about reflection and why we do what we do. It’s not a how-to or anything but he shares his feelings on commitment and it also includes quite a bit of travel since he is a travel writer now. I am liking it.

I am also reading IT for the IT Along. This is what that book is doing to people. They are going cray cray over IT!! It’s a re-read for me and it’s making me cray cray too.

Some of you have asked about the hand. Well, it’s no longer a claw and I am now recognized by the hand scanner at the gym, but portions of the last two fingers are still numb. I am going to go out on a limb (haha!) and say it’s coming back. Slowly. I will never, ever lean on my hand while doing a project again.

Since I do most of my blog commenting before work and that time has been taken up with the chaos that IS work these days, I haven’t been able to stop by blogs to comment like I usually do. I’ve been trying to hit a few posts here and there but please know, that I am reading. My day is not complete without checking in on you and responding to comments here so keep the comments coming and I will do my best to respond back.

Okay, I am off to figure out what kind of crazy ass thing I need to do next. As you can tell, the theme of this post is CRAZY. Fits.