Well, really...
I would have written more yesterday, but we were recovering from a brown out and the power went totally off for a while. Then I lost my momentum.

So we’ll start all over again today. New Day. New Momentum.

I find myself waffling every morning as I am about to leave for work. My decision is always tipped by the consideration that we need the money. But lately we’re not quite as broke as we had been. (Still, on a scale of broke to brokest, we register a low brok-er) It has been pointed out to me by several friends and relatives that the whole Catholic Church is not resting upon the Holy Father and ME. I can take a little time off. So I am - with great caution - plotting a few ways to preserve my sanity.

Next Monday I am going to Milwaukee to have lunch with a few friends. To illustrate how long it has been since I have seen them? I last saw my friend Karen when she was in dental school at Marquette; I had Emily along in a stroller. Emily now has a brand new Master’s Degree and is married to a man in dental school. So, yeah, it’s been too long.

And I’m planing on taking a day or two off to visit my sister over the week-end when she has her annual Halloween gala. I’ve never been to one of her Halloween parties (or much else) because I’ve always been broke, busy or bedraggled. This year will be different. Some of my girls want to go with me. That should be an interesting drive. If I find a cheap plane ticket? Ixnay on the ivedray. I know that driving an hour to catch a plane to an airport an hour away from my sister and all the attendant hassle adds up to the same amount of time, but I can handle a trip of slow increments better than one long haul.

Time to get ready for work. This afternoon I am going with Fran and Bridget to see Little Miss Sunshine, so I have to have all my work wrapped up right on time.