I love Annapolis. There are so many fun things to do and interesting people to meet. Life is good.

I can't believe it has been more than two months since I last posted. I suck. So much has happened. To sum it all up, I took a new job and now live in Annapolis MD, 30 minutes east of Washington DC.

I forgot how lonely it gets when you first move and you don't know anyone. Also it seems that my network of friends are falling apart. Everyone is so busy that it's getting harder to keep in touch. I remember going through this same feeeling of being lonely when I first left Louisville. It eventually got better, but I never got past missing everyone.

To make matters worse, I broke my phone and the person I share an office with speaks very little English. If you guys are still out there send me some love, I need it.

This is my fourth summer in Mayberry and so far we haven't had much severe weather. Of course there have been several times when lightning has hit the house taking out major electronic devices and scaring the begeezus out of one child.

I guess we now have to pay for being Hurricane free for several years. Look at this map of Hurricane Hanna's path. See where the white line crosses the black line pointing to Raleigh? Well that's my house.

Once we make it through Hanna we will be facing a mean Ike, closely followed by Josephine. Are you kidding me? Three hurricanes in less than two weeks. The sad thing is I can't even flee. I am a town employee and I have to be on hand in case of an emergency.

Tonight I stocked up on water and tomorrow I might actually buy some food for the house and fill the car up. I can hear Twinkie laughing at the thought of me putting more than $5 in the tank at one time.

Well on that note, feel free to come visit this week if you want to join in the Hurricane celebrations. Did I forget to mention that one of the items on my Hurricane preparedness list is "stock up at the liquor store?"

Again I am taking content fro Skippy. But he took this list of questions with one word answers first so no harm done.

1. Where is your cell phone? Couch
2. Your significant other? Loyal
3. Your hair? Brown
4. Your mother? Stressed
5. Your father? Quiet
6. Your favorite thing? Laughing
7. Your dream last night? Sad
8. Your favorite drink? Water
9. Your dream/goal? Happiness
10. The room you’re in? Hotel
11. Your friends? Crazy
12. Your fear? Alone
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Settled
14. Where were you last night? San Francisco
15. What you’re not? Normal
16. Muffins? Healthy Harvest
17. One of your wish list items? Car
18. Where you grew up? Kentucky
19. The last thing you did? Email
20. What are you wishing? Company
21. Your TV? Off
22. Your pets? None
23. Your computer? On
24. Your life? Insane
25. Your mood? Panic
26. Missing someone? Yes
27. Your car? Dying
28. Something you’re not wearing? Bra
29. Favorite store? Barnes & Noble
30. Your summer? Crazy
31. Loves? Many
32. Your favorite word? I’m in
33. Last time you laughed? 3:30 ish
34. Last time you cried? Tonight
35. Your kids? Fabulous
36. Favorite green veggie? Asparagus

Ever heard the quote "The coldest Winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco."

Well it was cold out here today. I am on a two week business trip and I am having a blast. I love San Francisco. The first few days were really nice. In fact, Saturday was beautiful. But it started to get cold yesterday and today was gray and chilly. It's funny that it is hot as hell in North Carolina and I am wearing winter clothes out here.

I have posted some pictures of my trip and I will be adding more soon. Check them out.

I am stealing Skippy’s Twelve questions because I am having writer's block today.

Twelve questions
1. Favorite actor: John Cusack
2. Favorite musician: Right now it is Pink
3. Favorite sex scene: Kitchen scene from Bull Durham
4. First job: Working at a daycare
5. Worst job: Working at a daycare
6. Most embarrassing moment: so many, so little time. But it was probably the time Matt walked into my office and caught me adjusting my boobs.
7. Teenage celebrity crush: Leif Garrett
8. Biggest regret: There are several but most recent was asking him what he would do if I told him to leave
9. Ever had your heart broken: three times: Oct 1981, August 1982, & this year.
10. Longest relationship: (romantic?) 10 years
11. Best thing you've ever done: Go to college
12. Worst thing you've ever done: Get on a plane to Wilmington in 1984.

I am in a strange mindset tonight. I have been down-in-the-dumps all day and really have no motivation to do anything productive. I am not sure if I like being alone or if I am feeling blue because I am lonely.

For the last hour I have been going through four years of Twinkie's Flickr pictures. I ran across some of old friends and former Karaoke buddies and they made me smile. The strange thing is Twinkie and I have known each other for 8 years and there are no pictures of us together. I guess it's because we know to never leave evidence.

Anyway It's interesting to see how we have all changed (and in my case aged) over the past few years.

This is a picture of me and Tam before I moved to NC and then 4 years later.

What started off as a trip to Florida to see a close friend ended up being two weeks on the road and stays in multiple cities.

Unfortunately H3's mother passed away but it also meant that our family was all together for a few days. We also got to visit the 'ville and hang out with a few friends.

I have uploaded some pictures from the trip.

Last night myself, Megmonster and my daughter-in-law Ulli dropped the guys off to see "Iron Man" and then "the girls" went to explore nightlife in downtown Nashville. Ulli is from Germany and she wanted to see some of the downtown Nashville sites. While we were walking around Broadway, we spotted a Karaoke bar on Music row and I talked the girls into getting on stage. I explained to Ulli that since she was visiting from Germany she had to be able to tell her family and friends that she sang on stage in the heart of Nashville. We rocked the place with a great Joan Jett number.

When we were walking around, Megmonster wanted to show us Painter's Alley. She failed to tell me that it was a little on the seedy side. But I was speechless when I stumbled upon this little bit of Karaoke heaven (or maybe hell) in that strange little alley.

It's hard to explain but I think this picture with Ulli and Meg explains it all.

The people around me don't really see me. If they did how could they continue to do things that break my spirit and make me feel that I have no worth.

Today I just wanted to jump on a plane and go where no one knows me. I know that's not the answer but it's very tempting.

How easy is it to completely vanish?