I bought a wireless router! Planned on getting D-Link but bought Microsoft instead. It was so easy to install! I am tickled! The signal is strong in every room and even outside. I should probably test how far I can go. Heck– I may become the local ISP! Although, the people here don’t seem that technically-minded; I can’t imagine there will be any Wi-Fi leeches.

I did absolutely nothing this evening. Certainly I should have unpacked the few remaining boxes and organized my bookshelves and drawers. Instead I played game after game of online crossword puzzles. I tried to control my ravenous hunger– in lieu of making myself a meal, I scavenged on pickles and marshmallows and plums. My stomach feels peaceful regardless of the mishmash that is swimming in it.
This weekend I hope to see Starsky and Hutch. Quite a few years ago, I went to a 3-day Star Trek convention with my dear friend Audra. At the convention, I bought a Starsky and Hutch fan fiction ‘zine. Much to my surprise, the stories all centered on Starsky and Hutch as LOVAHS! Guess I should have realized that by the artful pen and ink drawing of the two on the cover. Silly me, I thought they were just wrestling.

I am back from Chicago. While I was there, I ate like a pig. A week ago, when I was in Dallas, I also ate like a pig. Now my pants are tight and I have to watch my food intake. Of course, all I want is a great big hot fudge sundae.

I have always been an early riser. Years ago I read a quote from (I think) Katharine Hepburn that went: There are 2 types of people in the world, those who awake and want to live and those who would rather sleep and prefer being dead. I wanted to live, of course, and I happily awoke bright and early. Something happened, though. Within the last few years I would awake with a grumble. I didn’t want to get up and face the day. Under the covers I would stay, until the very last minute. This morning, in my bed, under MY roof, I awoke bright and early! I felt refreshed and eager to face the day! It was wonderful. I am so happy. I am on my own. I am independent. I am free! I’ve needed this for a long time– now it is finally here. And to think all I had to do was act. It was up to me all along. I did it.

Tomorrow I board a plane for Chicago. All I want is some time at the Donna villa! Is that too much to ask? Almost all of my stuff is here. Everything but my record collection. That will take a few trucks to haul. While I was unpacking, I found my ticket from Hands Across America! I own too much and I can’t throw any of it away.
This evening I went to Best Buy looking for a wireless router. I intended to buy a super G but the salesmen said that I should go with 802 11 B since I only share an Internet connection and not files. This threw me for a loop and so I left the store empty handed. Suggestions, anyone?
Gosh I hope I can find some clothes to pack for my trip. Is anyone else excited about the Natalie Wood bio-flick on ABC tomorrow night? She made some great movies, Love with the Proper Stranger, Sex and the Single Girl, Inside Daisy Clover, etc…

Friday, when the clock struck 5:00, I turned off my laptop and left my office to move the contents of my room to the Donna villa. It is almost a month after closing and I am now finally moved in. Last night was the first night I slept in MY HOUSE and I slept like a baby!

I am home. The Texas trip was successful. I ate, I slept, I looked interested during the meetings, and I caught the very last episode of Sex in the City. Goodness, it is almost unnatural how much I am looking forward to sleeping in my own bed tonight. My hope for this weekend is that I will get myself moved in to the Donna villa. Every task I have underestimated, so who knows what I will accomplish.

I am almost ready. My crosswords are printed and clothes are ironed, folded, and packed. Just a few loose odds and ends are left to tie up. I am not looking forward to this business trip. I would so much prefer staying home and working on the Donna villa. The only thing left is to move in! That will happen next weekend. I am not even sure what I am doing in Texas this week. I think training classes– I sure hope I am not supposed to be the trainer! They would have told me… I think. At any rate, off I go to where the stars at night are big and bright.

I took most of the day off from work and worked on the Donna villa. The moulding is now painted and so are the doors. My father hung the lamp in the dining room and we moved in the table and chairs. Somehow everything is taking shape. I am so happy. Soon soon soon I will have another home! Just wish I didn’t have to go to Fort Worth on Sunday. (The plane ticket cost the same as my sofa!?!)

TV Land – PufnStuf n’ Stuf

Thanks to David, I got to see some of my favorite childhood TV shows rerun on TvLand: Sigmund & the Sea Monsters and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl. I planned on watching Lidsville but by the time that came on I was a bit over-Sid & Marty Krofft-ed. Sadly, Rip Taylor did not make an appearance on the Sigmund & the Sea Monsters episode that aired.