Thoughts From My Road Trip and my Personal Life

So my boyfriend graciously just drove me down to southern California and back for an interview. I don't have any pictures of the trip since things generally flew by too fast for me to take them. But here's what I remember.

• I saw a car pulling a helicopter. At first I thought it was just the blade as the helicopter was partially covered, but then I realized it was the whole helicopter.

• I saw a trucker chugging a half gallon of milk as he drove. Good to know some truckers take their calcium intake seriously.

• I saw a sign that said "ALMONDS $ CHERRIES LB" and can only imagine some almond cherry Setter's of Catan-style exchange.

• I saw a hill with a giant F on it. It must hurt to fail at being a hill.

• I smelled a fog of cow drifting from an enormous cattle ranch. Not an experience I recommend.

I would like to admit that sometimes I find it difficult to keep diary entries from being dry when a lot is happening in my personal life. As a rule, I try not to say anything online that I wouldn't want my boss to see. I don't actually lead a wild life--unless you count burning rather quickly through my netbooks because I have a bad habit of falling asleep with them or racing to finish the books I read for my three different book clubs. I just generally regard many of my relationships and thoughts and feelings as strictly personal, and therefore would not discuss them here.

However, I don't lead a secretive life. If you're a friend, you're free to ask me what's going on with me these days by either e-mailing or calling and I'll tell you. Most those close to me know how much I love to talk. Basically, this is a shout out to those people to contact me if they'd like to know more personal stuff than I post here. I'm always happy to hear from people, no matter how long it's been. I've been doing well, but I've also been quite busy, and I just want my friends to know I haven't forgotten them. I simply don't spend as much time on the internet or phone as I used to--probably both good things for me, but I do miss talking to all of you. So please do drop me a line if you feel at all inclined.

Sorry for the inconsistency of my posts as well. I don't have a consistent enough schedule to make daily posts convenient anymore, and I don't tend to remember weekly posts. If I could pick a certain day of the week that'd be great, but I frequently don't know how busy I'll be any given day. And if I do it on random days I inevitably forget. I am trying to work on a solution to this problem, though. In the meantime, feel free to poke me from time to time to get me to blog.