Sorry I haven't blogged in a while.  Over the past three weeks or so I've had three separate groups of plans fall through over the weekends and it's left me in a less than happy mood.  Oh sure, I tell people "No problem, things come up, don't worry about it" or "Hey, you just let me know when you want to re-schedule, my calendar is pretty light".  What else am I going to say?  Is it worth an argument with a friend you've had for years and years?  No, it definitely is not.  "Suck it up Robin and go with the flow.  
Anyway, I'm being too sensitive.  Things happen, right?  It's not like it was on purpose.
I'm also really upset that I lost an earring that was half of a pair my parents gave me when I turned 18 ( a looooooooooong time ago) and graduated from high school.  Now, most of you know I'm not able to wear much metal, but for some reason these earrings are now ok.  I didn't used to be able to wear them, so I was excited when I put them in and I didn't have a reaction.  It was so nice to take advantage of some of the gold jewelry I had stored away for a change!  I received a lot of compliments on them, which was a new and cool thing to happen.  Well, about a week ago, I got home in the afternoon, changed and went into the bathroom to take off my make-up and earrings and the right one was gone.  I have no idea when I'd lost it since my hair covered the earrings (stupid long hair).  I retraced my steps for days.  In fact, I'm still looking for it whenever I'm walking around.  I checked my clothes, my shoes / boots, desk at work, my car, every inch of my apartment, everywhere was searched.  I was even on the gross streets of downtown LA with a flashlight at 4:45am looking for it.  I alerted the building I work in, employees on the different floors I'd visited that day, all the cleaning crews I could find, people at my apartment building, everything.  Nothing came up.  I may have to go over to the jewelry district and see if I can find a place that can make a mold of the remaining earring and duplicate it.  I dunno.  Here's what it looked like- pretty, right?

It's not the best picture (took it with my phone).  I know it's a plain gold hoop earring, but I think it's pretty and it has a lot of sentimental value.  Plus, knowing my parents, it's all real gold and I bet the pair cost a lot of money.  I can't even go back to the jeweler they got it from since he retired a while back and his shop is gone.

The Epilepsy walk went ok a week ago.  I feel bad that I went, participated and bailed.  I just wasn't up for socializing with people.  Officer Matt Parkman (Greg Grunberg) was there.  He's there every year!  Raises a lot of money and awareness for Epilepsy!!!  I raised a little bit, not as much as I'd like, or as much as I did last year, but I'm not good at asking people for money or to sponsor me at things.  Even though I didn't raise a ton of cash personally, the event raised over $160,000, which is amazing.  It's probably more by now as money still tends to come in for a few weeks after an event is over.

So with all the cancellations, really shitty days at work, not raising what I'd wanted for Epilepsy, the loss of my earring and other stuff, I've been in a sad mood for the past few weeks.  Note, I said a sad mood, not a bad mood.  There's a difference.  I've been able to smile at work and chit chat and stuff, but my hearts just not in it.  We're coming up to Halloween, then the other holidays and, while I'm going to try, I don't see anything improving much.  I really hope they do though.  This weekend (Halloween) is going to be especially crappy, it's my favorite holiday.  

I'm probably going to cut back on my blogging over the next few months.  This will (hopefully) be the last time I mention all this melancholia crap.  Let's face it, you guys don't want to hear about it and it doesn't help for me to go on about it.  It will be back to pictures of my cat and silly stuff like that.  In preparation of that, here is a picture I took of Gotham years ago, when I still lived in my way cool apartment that had a ton of problems with it in K-Town.  Yes, he's wearing an official red Pee Wee Herman bow tie:

Yes, I have to cover the couch when he's laying on it.  And here's another one, he's attacking his arch enemy, the little white mouse (that we still have bits of):

Here he is right after I got him, before he hid for three days because he hated me:

Okay, now I'm just going through pictures I have on my computer.  Here is the wallpaper I currently have up.  I think it's fitting.  

Here's me, on a bright and lovely day, at Cardiff Castle in Wales. I know, it's a dumb pose.  Wow, my hair has grown out quite a bit:

I had so much fun on that trip.  Who knew that, to quote Captain Jack Harkness, "Everything Changes", not just in the 21st century, but about 6 months after this trip.  That reminds me, I STILL need to get my passport renewed.  I've been putting it off for a year and a half.

Have a good day you guys.  I'm going to try and have one myself.