I found this picture on Deviant Art, i loved it, i don’t know why, but i guess it’s because it is how i am feeling lately. Though the flowers are very beautiful, they seem to be standing out and everything else is a blur. That is how i am feeling lately. I don’t mean to, but it just happens. I am feeling really depressed. I know that it is a pattern, i tend to get depressed like this time of year very frequently. last year, or maybe it was two years ago, i was in the hospital for the whole month of February. I am terribly afraid this will happen again. I don’t want it to, but i am afraid it will. I can feel my heart beat wherever i go, it sounds so loud, almost obnoxious. it sounds like thunder in my ears. it is silent inside, and maybe that is why my heart is so loud, because my head is so quiet lately. It is just me and my thoughts, and that has never been a good combination. i am hoping when i go home things will be better and i will get myself together. I get home on Monday, i work at Leslie’s Tuesday night, and i see Lora Wednesday. I really don’t know how to express these emotions to her. I wish i could, but i just don’t know how. All i know is how to pretend like i am okay. And she doesn’t get it, because she doesn’t know me. You would get it, you would see it right away, in my eyes maybe. My eyes never lie. You would see it, but i don’t think Lora can, because when i am with her i am happy, or at least content, because i stare absently into the air, and i answer questions as briefly as possibly using the least number of words as possible.
i have already started making plans for when i go home. I know my work schedule will be busy the first two weeks of December, and then the last two weeks not so busy since it will be Chanukkah, and then Leslie and the girls are going to Israel, so she won’t need me, and i’m not sure about Marla, i think she has the boys for this Holiday, or maybe not since she had then for Thanksgiving. So for the first two weeks i will be trying to work like crazy because i want to get my Mum something really special. And then the next week or so i will be working purely on artwork, because for my 5 aunts, and my aunt in law i will try to make butterflies for, and one for Kathy because i’ve never made her one, and make a portrait of Kammy for April. So i will be focusing a lot of art.
I will tell you about what is new lately, Today we went to a parade, it is called the “Holidazzle” and it was really cool. I haven’t been to a parade probably since i was a senior in high school, but i don’t count it because i was in the parade, and it is the worst parade ever. it is mostly like a ghetto parade with kids banging on buckets and girls wearing inappropriate clothing and booty shaking. Seriously in Salisbury it is called the ghetto parade, white people don’t even bother to attend it. When i was younger we used to sell snowballs and candy during the parade. When i was older i was always “Miss” such in such of Lodge such and such, i was always riding in a convertible wearing a fancy dress and a crown waving the Miss America wave at people who could care less. This parade was different it was all about lights, and even though i was freezing my ass off, it was beautiful and made me feel young again, and i could remember a time when things like that made me happy, amazed me. We then had dinner at Famous Dave’s which i love. They had a live singer, who had the most beautiful voice, it was kind of cool to eat and have a live singer. And then Momma Cici took me to one of my favorite book stores. It’s not like huge chains of book stores where things are over priced and things like that. it’s this little book store with mis-matched book shelves and piles of books everywhere. It smells kind of like an attic to tell you the truth, but a lot of the books are new, some are used, some of them are signed by local writers or writers from far away. everyone is really friendly, and sometimes they only have one copy of this or that, but they can always order it. They give away free book marks. I love this place because i love books, and it makes me want to sit on a bean bag and read all evening. i like it because it’s not Barns and Nobles, because there isn’t a Starbucks in it, because it’s not a monopoly, and thought it needs money to stay in business, everyone is friendly, and you can tell all the workers really love the books as much as i do. I bought myself one book, because i am on a budget and tomorrow i am buying a big pack of Prismacolors that i’ve been dying to get, and i have a 50 percent off coupon and a 60 dollar gift card from my birthday at Michael s. But i could spend all my money on books, if it were feasible. Anyhow after the book store we all came home and went to bed because we were all still pretty tired, except me, i read a pretty small dent into my book, talked to my mom for a bit, and decided to try to clean the kitchen. That helped me bring my anxiety down a bit. I also reorganized my clothes so that they were a bit neater in my suitcase and picked out what i wanted to wear for tomorrow. I played “bejeweled” for a bit, it is a game i compete with on Facebook, against my mom, and a few other friends who take the time to play. it is soothing, relaxing and not challenging at all.
Tomorrow we are going to go to Micheal’s to get my markers, and then to the Mall of America, and then tomorrow i am hoping that Momma Cici and i can get some private time together. Cara her daughter has to babysit, and so i am hoping she and i can spend some time together doing something that doesn’t involve shopping or you know, eating. Maybe we could go to the movie together, or something like that. i need some down time to be honest, and i would really like to just be with her for a bit. By the way, Momma Cici has a boyfriend, his name is Steve. I like him, he is funny, though a bit rigid and stiff. He and i have a sort of banter and i like that because he makes me laugh, and i feel like he gets my humor, and that is always a plus. I don’t mind if he tags along, but i would really like to just spend some time alone with her, Steve has a puppy, his name is Mac, i love Mac. he is a golden retriever and he’s kind of dense, and he likes to jump, but he also likes a lot of attention and a lot of love. When he climbs on my lap it’s like he can’t get close enough to me, it’s like he’s trying to get in my clothes or under my skin. And i guess i know how he feels. wanting to be so close to someone you almost wish you were in their skin, though i guess that sounds creepy.
i haven’t been writing much in my other journal so i guess i should try to update it, and then go to bed. I am really worried about my friend Tahji, i haven’t had a chance to have a really decent conversation with her since i have been here, but i want to. I want to talk to her and hear her voice. i am weird like that, but i need the voice. i need to hear it. Maybe i will go see Precious with Momma Cici, i know i really shouldn’t but i want to see it really badly. I hope you are enjoying Poof, i really wish i didn’t have to wait until forever to find out the name that you picked out for him. I really wish that you were back now. I wish that i could get off the plane on Monday, and see you the following day and show you all the things i got, and tell you about all the places i’ve been and what i’ve seen and show you the pictures. i wish you were back now, missing you is becoming very exhausting. are you missing me?
Love,
k
listening to: Evanescence drinking: sprite eating: nothing mood: exhausted, sad
