Okay, maybe I'm obsessively blogging; so what? It's better than watching Cow Belles on Disney . . . Did you have a nice holiday? We had a nice hospital dinner - better than you would have thought. My mom came up which was nice, but it's kind of hard to be trapped in a hospital room with your family. There aren't enough chairs and there aren't a lot of stories and the kid who is being visited is way too occupied listening to and playing with the new ipod her nana brought her - how come I didn't get an ipod? My mom likes Hannah better than she likes me . . . Anyway, I started to do a 1000 piece puzzle, but I lost my patience. Read another 100 pages of Golden Compass - it's really quite good. It reminds me of the Wrinkle in Time books - tapping into your instincts and lost powers and communication without words and such. I want to be like Lyra and I really want a daemon so that I'll never be lonely or sad or alone. The little kids DIE without daemons. I WANT ONE! It's hard to read, because I need to really concentrate on the book because it's so good and mystical and meaningful, but, as I've mentionned, the hospital has MANY distractions. I should probably just read some frothy trash, but I'm determined to focus and finish. I tried to listen to books on tape/cd while I was driving. Not a winner for me. I have to see the words on the page. I must be a visual learner. What about you? Do you learn by seeing or hearing or doing or WHAT?

Hmmmmmmm. . . grateful:
1. Olivia and Emma came today and I miss them and I almost had to cry when they left.
2. Grey's Anatomy is on tonight.
3. I didn't eat salad today
4. I'm doing laundry tomorrow.
5. I have a blog so I can do something besides listen to the Disney Channel.
6. I do love Hannah Montana; she's very cute and her songs are pretty zippy. We own her CD.
7. I've been doing lots of crossword puzzles.
8. I'm at the hospital so I don't have to clean my house this week.
9. It's raining outside so that always makes me feel cozy inside.
10. I took a little snoozy nap today which was very peaceful and comfy and warm and hopefully will keep me from falling asleep before Grey's Anatomy even starts . . .

Happy Turkey Day!!!