squirrels and other rodents...

     today was my hump day, so i'm not at all sorry that the working part of it is over. final draft of a paper was also due and i had my first linguistics test. the paper was stupid, but you can't get a bad grade if you turn in the work. what, is he going to call me a bad writer? (i'm not saying that in an egotistical way, just stating how ridiculous it is). and i have mixed emotions about how the test went. you never know on first tests, how hard she'll grade or if it will be curved. i really hope it's curved...there's a lot of us stupid english majors in there. but i wasn't completely stumped on anything, so that's a good sign. tonight will be leisurely spent (yes, that's a split infinitive. stuff it). i haven't written anything in a couple days, so it will be good to sit down at it again. basketball game later tonight. gots ta love them l-house squirrels. feisty, but ultimately we're just rodents with big hair. and we saw one of the guys on the other team. he's big. and he doesn't miss. yeah.

     crazy day yesterday. i purposely didn't post until today. dad lost his job. their company was taken over a few years ago, but there was a lawsuit over the thing and the judge ruled it illegal. so the new guy has to give everything back to the old guy, including several millions of dollars. we don't know if there is going to be an appeal (hearing on thursday), but if there is it could take quite a while. in the meantime, the new guy fired my dad and my uncle (who also worked there) because of who knows why, but the fact that he's worked there for 20 years probably has something to do with it. so we're hoping the old guy gets it back quickly (i.e. dad would have a job again).

     i won't say that i'm not scared. my mind was jumping all over the place yesterday (will i have to drop out of school to work? how could i afford to live if i stayed in school? will i have to get another job? can caleb afford to live?), but none of these really bore any great weight. i was actually surprised how calm i was. it's weird, though, that i have a sort of dual nature. part of me is still nervous, but the rest knows it will work out. the Lord will provide. always does.

     hmm. so i need some ideas for a story. the one i have isn't working so well. anybody? just throw something out there. i'll pay you a royalty should it go anywhere. the eleventh percent. no, not eleven percent, just the eleventh percent. so one percent, actually. and not a penny less.

     ah...the long boring posts are back. did you miss them? you know you did. later, taters.