Well folks, it’s the end of an era.  As of the other day, I no longer own the sweet, SWEET Focus. It was bittersweet. For all the problems I’ve had with the car lately (and all the money spent trying to fix it), it was a great car that lasted 15 years.  After taking it to Ford and having them tell me that they couldn’t fix because Ford no longer makes the part, I made the decision that it was time to let it go.

Luckily, my mom and dad were in town, so I had them go with me to the dealership (I’ve never walked in to one of those places on my own before). I had three used cars all picked-out ahead of time that I wanted to look at and test drive.  I came away with a brand new car. The payments aren’t much more than I would have paid for the used car, which surprised me. Now I gotta see how much my insurance is gonna go up, lol!!

Only drawback so far is that I have no idea how to use most of the bells and whistles, but I’m sure I’ll figure them out when I read the manuals.

There are no two ways about it, the last week has sucked. Work has been good, everything else, not so much. If you don’t have good news for me, I don’t want to know about it, lol!!

This is going to kind of a random post. I’m working on 2 1/2 hours sleep today. Forgive any spelling and/or grammatical errors.... it’s HARD typing posts on my phone!


It’s that time of year again. This time, as they weren’t able to come into town, I flew up to see my folks over the Memorial Day holiday weekend. The weather was really nice and it was neat seeing their new house outside the dead of winter. Everyone was in a good mood and I didn’t get into a single argument over politics with my mom (i.e. I kept my mouth shut). While there, I was able to get all their bluetooth devices paired, Ipod’s loaded with music, Siriusxm enabled and other little tasks they needed my help with.  Dad is supposed to come down in a few weeks for a visit, so I’m looking forward to that.

I had an odd thing happen on the way to the airport. My rideshare driver, who looked to be about 22, had a car that smelled vaguely of weed, who wore a wooly beanie AND a hoodie....asked for my phone number.  I was shocked! Apart from the fact that I’m old enough to be this young man’s mom, it’s rare that random guys ask for my number! I was, quite literally, speechless. Then I managed to say no, but let him down nicely, didn’t hurt his feelings  (and made him laugh) by saying that I’d only known him for 45 mins and that he could be an axe murderer for all I know....but perhaps I would see him around town at some of the bars we’d talked about. (Hopefully, I won’t.)

After all that, I had a birthday. Thank you to everyone who sent such nice wishes.  Because of when it falls (and because I don’t really like to be the center of attention),  I don’t tell a lot of people when the big day comes around, so it’s always nice when friends pop-up with notes and stuff unexpectedly.  So, again, thanks everyone!!

I had a busy weekend in Orange County after that and ended the weekend exhausted.   Not much to complain about here!

Don’t forget to vote today!!!

Here’s hoping I get a little more sleep tonight. Bloodshot eyes are NOT a good look for me!!