...woke up this morning with the idea that I wanted to go somewhere, provided I could do the one time-critical task: make the reservations for tomorrow’s dinner. I haven’t done my random “notes the road” walks in… well, some time, at the very least, which I can blame a little on continued employment, a little more on the much higher gas prices (remember when you were shocked just a few short years...

el paso texas is only an hour away from new mexico. emmy! holly! road trip! lmao more to come about this .^-^

my nose is huge. long, with a bump in the middle, and it doesn't really curve up or down, it just sort of...curves, and eventually it ends, but not for miles down my face. it never really smoothes out... but very big, round cheeks. it all seems so strange, like i was put together wrong. but no one ever agrees with me, they say i look fine. why can i see what others can't see?  they're obviously blind.

Extreme ways..

...I will look down the street one way or the other, just looking at the empty street with it's traffic lights, stop signs, crosswalks, painted lines, arrows, and words. I look down, down, down, until the road becomes very tiny and vanishes out of sight. I wonder what would happen if I walked down that road, instead of crossing the street. What would I find? Who would I meet? Would I get lost? Would I want...

My darling husbands, For the very first time in my life I feel as though I’m running away from something. Everyone, even Bobby, tells me I should go if that’s what I need, but it feels like cowardice...always be yours. If you still want me, after everything, I will come home to you. In time. But now I have to go. If I stay I fear you’ll end up hating me. I couldn’t bear that. I’m sorry, Melinda

So I got a call yesterday from Vic, telling me that the road crew had nicked our septic somehow and it was leaking all over our new road. The owner of the company had been great, but gave Vic a problem when he called to talk about the septic, so has crushed our previously high opinion of him - darn! It sucks when people disconfirm your faith in them! Anyway, he was going to send his guy out to look...

...as bad and still allow the body to survive. Her rational brain knew it would pass. She’d lived without for all but a few months of her life. The reptile part was in a panic, desperate to flee. The road’s siren song called her so loudly she couldn’t hear anything else sometimes. It didn’t fill her the way it used to, only pulled at her until she shook. In not too long she would have to go or it would...

We finally got someone out to fix our road, so I can actually drive TO my house. - very exciting. I'll try to get pictures in the near future and update the post.

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