Good morning, Starshine...The Earth says. "Hello!"

Hey there everyone...it's been a while since my last posting and a bit has happened since then.

Never got around to telling the story of how the big sliding door fell off my van, but the short story is that the rear rolling hinge assembly broke. When the door fell off (yes, I was parked) the bottom front roller assembly broke as well. I finally got around to ordering the parts I needed for it a few fridays ago. and got them this past Thursday. 30 minutes or so after getting off my lazy butt, my VW was in one piece again - woo!

The weekend before that, my and Darbi went down to Victoria to see my mom and let mom's bf meet my gf. It was good to see mom again. We hung around the house for a bit and then went shopping for some dishes my mom wanted. I know exciting, but trips back home aren't neccessarily meant for loads of excitement....just being back home around friends and enjoying each other's company. Also visited a super awesome friend from high school. I love you Charlene ! ! We left my mom's house late to go there (after a dinner of beans and rice with Mom and G, her bf) and got to Char's about 10:30. Kids were in bed, so the three of us sat up til about 5am talking, drinking and playing dominoes. Through route of conversation I mentioned about wanting a wheelchair for cheap, and *pop* Charlene appears at the computer, ebay on the screen. Next day we've won one for $35 and 40 for shipping. Not too bad *wink* "Happy early birthday," she tells me. What a goofball, but so sweet. So I'm typing and surfing the net now from my new "computer chair" and don't have to actually get up to go get snacks from the kitchen.

Darbi's car was put into the shop and is out now as good as new. I'm glad I don't own a new car sometimes and can do most of the repairs on mine myself and not have to pay extrvagant prices for parts....such as 1051.81 for a bumper - parts only - and then have to pay for labor to install it. Rediculous. But is a fun car to drive if the conditions are right.

Still working the job as a cagewasher at the sci. lab. Not exactly what I thought I was getting into. It's more of being part of an assembly line. Either stacking items, or offloading items from a conveyor, and then stacking them, or filling bottles with a machine and then stacking them. LOTS of bending over so my back hurts a good bit just underneath my left shoulderblade, and not just at work. For a while it hurt when ever I did anything; f rom making sandwiches for lunch to just sitting up. Laying on my back was about the only non hurting position I could maintain. The pain has mostly subsided though, and I like the job. It's not too difficult (by any means), the pay is nice, and if I get hired on full time, the benefits are sweet !

Hmm...I don't think very much else has been happening by way of my life here in Houston. There is the part of my life going on out east, but I don't know much about what's going on with Luci or Bean. I haven't made much effort to contact them. I just read her livejournal posts and hope that they are happy and doing well.

That's all for now. I'm going to go enjoy my day off, being naked, rolling around in my wheelchair and perhaps reorganizing and cleaning a little.

Til next time...take care and have fun, everyone !