Breathing

[mellicious]

The longer this goes on, the tenser I get. It busts out occasionally, although mostly I am holding it together pretty well. Mostly.

I'm at McDonald's. Not surprisingly, McDonald's internet is not great. I have also done some internetting from the Celina Wine Store, which is a combination liquor store and restaurant that (surprisingly) has good and free wi-fi. I spend a lot of time on the Galveston Daily News website, trying to figure out what's going on in Galveston. I also have spent some time banging my head against the wall because I couldn't see the damn screen, but today I found a plug to hook the laptop into, and so the screen brightness is not as much of a problem as it was. (Yeah, I know there's a way to fix it, but that was part of the headbanging, that I didn't know anything at all about how things work with a laptop. It's just the learning curve.)

I bought some clothes, including a hoodie because I was afraid I was going to be cold up here, but so far I haven't actually needed it. I don't get up early enough in the morning - it's warmed up by the time I get outside anyway.

Sitting in McDonald's and hearing people talking makes me despair. I guess I should not take the Celina McDonald's clientele as representative of all of Ohio. (Middle-aged mom: "Sarah Palin is awesome!" And then she claims to be a Democrat. I had to bite my tongue. I'm of the opinion that if you admire that woman you can't be much of a Democrat.)

Tomorrow I am probably going to go meet karen_d  somewhere in the vicinity of Toledo. We figured out (or rather she did) that that was sort of halfway. There seems to be a bead shop around there somewhere. Karen and I tend to put on the shopping when we get together.

Comments

[melange428.livejournal.com]

A lot of Greg's family is in Celina; also Coldwater. It's not exactly a Democratic stronghold.

[llcoolvad.livejournal.com]

Hang in there. Hopefully the one month estimates will be shortened and you can get home to find your place perfect and untouched, and with nothing more than a little spoiled milk in the fridge.

I'm of the opinion that if you admire that woman you can't be much of a Democrat

Gotta agree with you there! She's ghastly in all ways.

[unselko.livejournal.com]

Just want to know you're in my thoughts :)

[nonelvis]

I hope you're able to go home sooner than expected ... if only because it's driving columbina nuts that he can't play WoW with you. (And I'm sure you feel the same way!)

[amandapage.livejournal.com]

Fingers crossed for you Mel. Hoping that you're just returning to a smelly fridge, that it'll be sooner than they say.

I've been to Toledo! My hell flight a couple of years ago took me into Toledo instead of Detroit. It's a nice wee town.