Ordinary People and Superheroes

A friend of mine left her purse a week ago at someone's house. Yesterday it got stolen. She was very upset. We were all surprised--after all if it was important wouldn't she have tried to get it back. Any one of her friends would have gone and got it for her since she doesn't drive. People react to... Sign in to see full entry.

"Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life." Anne Lamont I found this quote as a journaling quote. It is the story of my whole life. I was as a young woman plagued by trying to be perfect. When I first got married, I was... Sign in to see full entry.

and I will. I was planning on taking my roommate to visit her relatives. They live on the way to my mother's house. However, I got a very sore chest. It is an inflammation of a muscle and it takes about two weeks to heal. Driving hurts the worst because everytime I steer it stretches the muscle. I... Sign in to see full entry.

As exciting as Maxine's last days here were, Brett and Katy had an even more exciting summer. Brett decided to sell his trailer and bought a suburban and that was to be his and Katy's home. They would park i on national forest property and it would be free and legal as long as they moved it every... Sign in to see full entry.

Maxine finally decided to move. She had the money. Most of the loose ends were tied up, they got in the truck and it was stuck in the mud. Trying to drive it out it got up to the wheel rims in mud. So they had to unpack the truck and rent something else. She decided to leave most of her furniture... Sign in to see full entry.

During this time, I thought that Maxine was looking for an apartment or figuring out what to do. Instead she was worrying, calling friends, and getting back the stuff of the man who was in jail. So three days before then end of the month, one of her friends asked her where are you moving? So then... Sign in to see full entry.

Maxine left the hospital and took her son to a babysitter because she didn't want to bring him to the apartment. The police had her key and a friend had the other key, so she ended up sleeping in her car in front of her house. She wanted to stay in the house to prevent further break ins. When she... Sign in to see full entry.

I never really pushed to be a grandmother. My grown son has two sisters that still live at home. But finally we have them sort of. They are foster children who may be adopted. I really enjoy them. I hardly ever see them, even though we only live ten minutes away from them. My daughter in law's... Sign in to see full entry.

I am one of those people who lives a fairly normal life. I work at home, mostly for no pay. I deal with my health. I take care of my daughters and friends. But the people I know live very interesting lives. I met Maxine just a month ago,. According to Barry, my housemate who lived in her apartment... Sign in to see full entry.

I have been wearing a device that tells me my heart rate through a watch. I wear a band on my chest and it transmits the information to my wrist band that looks like a watch with a heart sign on it. There is a name for it but I forgot. I didn't have time to go to the gym so I did aerobic exercise... Sign in to see full entry.