Not much to say

I don't have much to say. I have been busy... you know with all the worrying about not having plans and washing... always washing.

Besides, according to MSN, yesterday was the most depressing day of the year. How did the powers that be decide that the middle of January would mark the bleakest time of the year? Let's try to follow their logic - post holiday, overcast, the strip on the credit card is worn off after Christmas, weight gain from too many cookies, cold, heavy coats, stuck inside, shoes get messed up from slushy sidewalks and streets, seatbelts don't fit right with insulating bulk, dry skin, dry lips, oh sh*it - my chapstick was in the dryer again, a**hole didn't shovel his walk, please don't run out of wiper fluid - that truck is really spraying the salt, my nose is cold, my feet are cold, where the heck is my other red glove, I dropped my scarf in the cold, slushy puddle, my cheeks are windburned, is it dark already?

Depressing, isn't it?

I can't wait until spring.

It's SOAP!!!!

I did it!!! I made soap, and it is good. I was VERY nervous, but I put on my mask and gloves and I played with lye. And, just like a lot of the other scary things in my life, I discovered that it really isn't that scary after all.

It made me think of some of the other things I have done after I put my brave face on. I went to nursing school and actually gave someone a shot. I birthed 2 babies. I tried coffee. I dived off a high dive. I took the hook out of a fish's mouth. I rode the orange line with my 5 year old. And now I can add to my list.. I have played with lye.

I have an upcoming occasion to put my brave face on. I'm a little nervous about this, actually I'm a lot nervous. It's something I've never done before, but everyone tells me that it's really ok and that I might enjoy it. To tell you the truth, I have a little shortness of breath when I think about it. I almost don't want to see it in print.

I am going on a trip with my sister WITHOUT an itinerary. No plans, no schedule, no timetable to keep. We have a flight, a car, and a hotel. That's it. I'm not sure how to do this, but I am putting my brave face on, and I'll find that brave smile, and the sis and I will have a great time. At least that is what I am told. The Earth probrably won't even cave in. Maybe.