Back Home Again Monday, May 11, 1998. 8 am We're heading back to Jeff City; it's an hour earlier than we planned to leave, but we were both ready to go, so what the heck? Connie just stopped for gas, then we'll be on our way. I had the weirdest dream last night; I dreamt I was about eight months pregnant. I wasn't really huge, but I was a good deal larger in the belly than I am now (and to be truthfull, my belly's a little pudgy lately). Jev was still in school, and my pregnancy was definitely an accident. Toward the end of the dream, Jev and I were in a used car lot, looking for a car for me; guess I'd finally learned to drive. None of the cars I saw, though, looked small enough to be comfortable for me to drive. The dream changed at that point, and instead of looking at used cars, I was at a rummage sale with Mom. Never did have the baby, though. I wonder if it would have been a boy or a girl? *chuckle* If only... that is, down the line when Jev and I are prepared for something like that. 9:05pm It feels good to be home again. Getting away was rather nice, but I missed having my computer, my bed, and my cat. Mom picked me up around 1:30 (we got to Jeff City a bit before 11), and we looked around at the Wal-Mart down there, had lunch at Hardee's, and headed home. She apologzed for 'biting my head off' when I called her yesterday, and explained that she was worried because she hadn't heard from me in more than a week. She had the right to be upset, and I said it was okay. We got home, and she showed me all the little (and queen size!) changes she'd made (she finally got a bigger bed). Among those changes, she'd cleaned my room, and put away some toss pillows she and Delina had made me that had been taking up floor space for ages. My room looked so neat and bright and airy, and it seemed a little strange after a week in Connie's apartment. It feels good, though. I hopped online and checked mail and ICQ. Jev had sent me mail with a temporary extension where I could reach him at work, but I called and no one answered. I surfed a bit, reading more of Al Schroeder's Nova Notes which I started reading yesterday afternoon, after seeing his journal listed so many times in Diary-L's "Five Favorites" thread recently. I think I've finally found a guy's journal that I enjoy reading. He has a great knack for turning a phrase! I'd signed his guestbook yesterday, and when my computer booted, it dropped me to my journal index page when I connected, and I checked my guestbook on a whim. To my surprise, he'd come over and signed my guestbook in return, which I thought was nice. I didn't stay online terribly long, thinking I might be able to stay under 250 hours this month and save $5 on my ISP billing. It's $19.95 for up to 250 hours, then $24.95 if you go over, and since I've only been on a couple days so far this month, maybe I can make it. I've gone a little overboard with my spending lately; not enough to put me in debt, but it sure put a dent in my savings, especially since Mom's asked for an extra $50 each month til she pays back Social Security for what they overpaid her and then wanted back, and I thought I'd try to make up a bit for the extra spending. I got a $30 rebate check from Symantec for Norton Utilities, and AT&T is trying to bribe me by sending me a $100 check I can cash, if I'll just switch back. I'm still thinking on that one. With Jev working, he can afford to call me instead of the other way around. But if I stay with Sprint, I'll have another batch or two of ten-minute prepaid cards to give him when he heads back to school. Decisions, decisions... Anyway, Jev called me about an hour after I'd tried to reach him, and he told me what sort of things they're wanting him to do this time around, and that he's actually considering doing the wireless modem thing, depending on what he finds out this weekend at the computer show he wants to know about. I think it's rather expensive, and it would probably be cheaper just to get a throwaway AOL account, if he doesn't plan on being online much from home. I think I can live with just a mail check and upload session and a little websurfing every so often during the day. If I want something downloaded, I just have to ask Jev to grab it at work, as it would be much faster. I got the impression that Jev was gonna call again this evening, but it's after ten now that I'm getting this all typed in, and I'm beginning to wonder. I want to hop on and upload all this, but I know he won't call the house line this late, and I don't want him to get a busy signal, calling my number. I guess this can wait a while longer... it's not going anywhere. Take care, and I'll type to you later... || Previous Entry | Next Entry || || Home | Journal Index || < back two < previous < [ list all | next five | random ] This Webring site owned by Lisana. > next > ahead two > [ about open pages | about webring ]