spoken for

Well, if I had posted last night, like I could have, I’d have less to write tonight. :)
Yesterday went to the library - it is freaking huge! My house could fit in that library like 10 times lol. But seriously, five floor is genealogy alone!! Tons of books and microfilm, etc. I used the computers for a while and then had to get off, but I found some good stuff.
On the way home though, I had to drive over Hwy 44 on 270. No big deal, it’s just that every time I go through that intersection I think about Grandma. Okay, sounds wierd, but when I would go visit her, that’s the exit I would take, I would take 44 up into Webster and stuff. She’s been gone for over a year now, but I still miss her terribly. I guess it’ll be like that forever. I miss Grandpa Jones a great deal too, and he died in 1997. So I just wanted to cry driving through there. But you know, you can’t cry when you’re in the middle of 5 lanes of traffic, even if they are all traveling the same way. But I just have this wierd feeling like I’m going to explode if I think about it anymore… like if I don’t wake up from the bad dream that she’s gone or something.
Then from there I went to the South County Mall on my way back and stopped and saw Erin. She just got transfered back there, she’s gm of Dakota Watch Co. So I talked to her for like two minutes and then her boss called. But at first I didn’t know it was her boss and she’s on the phone talking like it was one of her friends! And I’m like c’mon, lol. Finally she’s like it’s my boss… So I ended up leaving because it was taking forever and I had to get back to get E. But I totally wanted to ask her about a watch I saw… grrr lol
From there it seemed like it took me forever to get home. I had to stop in Festus for a stinking Mountain Dew. I also got one of those new Snickers power bar thingies. It was okay, I guess. Didn’t really give me any more energy… but saved me from having to eat for a long while. :D
So then I went back to my in-laws and got Elijah.
I think he’s got a little cold or allergies or something. His eyes are all red and watery and he coughs occasionally. But I don’t think it’s anything serious. Oh well his nose is also snuffy and I have to “squeegie” it and that pisses him off greatly. So does getting the cough/cold medicine. He tries not to swallow it and the faces he makes are so freaking hilarious. I’ll have to try and take his picture next time he gets some.
Oh yeah, the other day in the mail I got my postcard! Yeah, dunno if I mentioned it here or not, but on Ebay I found MY CHURCH on a postcard from 1943!! I totally had to bid on it - I mean, I did save searches with the cities in them so that if one ever came up I was sure to get it. I was the only one who bid on it, too! So I got it for the starting price of $6.50. I was relieved at that, too, I was afraid that others would bid on it, like they did the Ste. Genevieve one I wanted that ended up going for $25-something. I didn’t want to have to pay that much, Steve woulda killed me. But actually, it’s a postcard of the old church building. It’s the one that they bought, it looks like a school, when they moved to our present location. Then later they built the present building and tore down the old one - sad but I guess they needed the space. So I think they built around it and then the old one is now the front parking lot. The picture from the flood of 1973 shows the parking lot as grass, so I guess that’s where the old building was. I am so happy. :)
I was on Michelle’s website/blog a little bit ago. Man I miss her so bad. I miss all my friends so bad. But it’s like everyone is so busy these days, or lives far away, or just plain has a life. :) I was glad I did that thing here last weekend, it was nice getting to see those who came. Michelle didn’t make it though, I don’t know why yet. Her 2nd to last entry said she was coming here, then the one after that said that she made a post but it was only viewable to her Live Journal Friends and that when they read it they’ll know why. It sounds serious, I hope everything’s okay…
Continue reading ‘Lots to talk about… I think’

It’s funny…. I was doing some thinking a bit ago and I realized I really have not done much in the last 13 months. Well, what I have done in the last 13 months is have my life revolve around Elijah. I mean, like I had some Christmas money last month in the form of a gift card. Walking around the store, all I could think about was what I should buy E with it - I couldn’t think of anything to get for myself. Which is stupid, because I need a lot of things, like non-high-heeled winter dress shoes, etc. It’s just wierd. But you know those commercials where they say, “having a baby changes everything”? They’re right. But of course, I knew that before he came. Another thing I haven’t done in over the past year is go to martial arts. I quit at the end of November 2002, in a round-about-way because of E. Turned out I was indeed already pregnant. Good thing - you shouldn’t spar while you’re pregnant. :) Now it seems like all I do is take care of him and the house - not that that’s bad or anything.
I’m just mumbling along, that’s all….
I guess I’m going to go do some dishes now… lol