Its 14:00 on Tuesday the 19th of November 2002. I actually did wake up at 03:50 this morning and looked at the clock and decided since I had it set for 04:00 anyway I would just wait for it to go off... however it did not ring at 4:00 and I slept until 05:15.... ut that's all right, I got to see a lot of shooting stars anyway. The Meteor showers were really pretty spectacular and I set aside for about 2 is 0 minutes off and on watching them. It was probably the best meteor shower that I had seen in 25 years I would imagine. Unfortunately I did not have anyone to share it with. But Lynn was up around 06 00 is preparing for her trip and Dan was up just a little bit later than that getting ready to go to work. As before and Dan was ready to go on was ready to go back to bed so I did, and I slept until about 1330. The right now, I'm watching the gray squirrels play home the stacks of firewood. Now it is gray and cloudy, it looks like it could rain at any moment, but that is not in the forecast. Of course, forecasts are not usually all with that accurate anyway. It's almost 17:00 now, and I'm sitting here drinking instant decaf coffee and listening to the sounds that filter through the woods. Most generally this house is surrounded by a well of silence; but this evening, traffic sounds are impinging through the nearly leafless trees. Several times since I've been up I have heard single engine jets flying low heading north. F-16s I think.
There is no television here. I am really much too dependent on instantaneous news constantly, incessantly, telling me what is going on, whether or not it affects me. Isolated, I really wonder if that's a good way to be or not. Is obviously good for me to be in this situation occasionally so that I can think about it, otherwise I wouldn't.
On the other hand, thinking, in isolation, is probably not good for me either. That will get me in trouble too.... Interestingly, as much as I crave isolation, I enjoy company. I just want to be able to get away from it when I want to. I realize this pretty selfish, but I do want to be above all, true to myself. When I want to be alone, I want to be alone, dammit. Speaking of company, I'm finally going to get to meet Lynda! Yep, tomorrow night! I'm pretty excited. I need to be on my best behavior, and I must admit that I'm kinda nervous, I always am when I meet new people. I really shouldn't be, it's been 30 years since I committed any major faux paus, but that won't mean thAt it can't happen, heh. Dan and I have been going out in his hot tub almost every day since I've been here, and I'm gonna go home and get ours fixed, it needs a new cover, but there's really not that much the matter with it.... The first half of this entry was done using the Dragon voice recognition software, and it really works pretty well with this little underpowered laptop, kinda surprised me.
O'yeah, I can't update my archives until I get home, so if you miss an entry, well, you'll just have to wait until I get home... Sorry, Carol!