a computer! with internetz!

Hey Peeps...

I'm taking advantage of a rare moment on a computer with working internetz to catch up with y'all. my google reader is insanely full, and i'm seriously thinking about hitting "mark all as read" and calling it a day. sorry... now i understand why bossy doesn't do a reader of any kind.

so let's see...what's been going on in the world of Biddy...

abso-freakin-lutely NOTHING. gahhhh this unemployment shit is killing me! i don't know how vuboq keeps such a positive attitude. must be teh alkeehol. seriously y'all...i just sit at home, doing little to nothing, basically forcing myself to stay awake. yes, i have subbed some, but it's not an everyday thing. i have sewn some. i've even *gasp* cleaned some. but really, i've done nothing of notability.

now, in my own defense (not that any of you are chastising me...at least, you'd better not be), i did go through a REALLY rough patch there for a few weeks. i got some semi-exciting news, then i got fired, then i got some devastating news, some more devastating news, i think i may have lost a friend in there somewhere, and all the while i was weening myself off my anti-depressants. whoaness...kind of surprised i haven't shot myself by now.

BUT, i am coming out of that serious cloud of darkness, and really, i'm so so glad i'm off my meds. so far i haven't gone completely crazy, even with all the SHIT that has happened in the past month. yes, i practically stayed in bed for almost 3 weeks, but that's behind me now.

so, i'm still unemployeed. i've filed for temporary disability because of my back, and i'm just waiting to hear back from them. i've always thought i would love to be a person that doesn't go to work everyday. i've realized that i would love to be a person that doesn't have to work because i'm filthy rich and can go do exciting things. big difference. i actually miss my job. ok, maybe not so much the job (let's face it, it was going NOWHERE), but i miss having a purpose...something i NEEDED to do 5 days a week. and i really really really miss some of the people i worked with. i miss susie q and rosario and the energizer bunny. i miss making fun of creepy uncle fester with hair. get this: i miss going to lunch with my mom y'all. so, i don't miss the job, i miss the people that made my day (and life in general) happier. what does that say about me?

hmmm let's see...what else?

is it sad that i'm thinking about giving up food so i can afford dish? now that Friend has moved, i realize just how much i loved his dish and dvr. my 4 channels (that barely come in with rabbit ears) are just about killing me! i miss The Girls Next Door, Project Runway, The Golden Girls, and the occasional episode of Hanna Montana....not to mention recording CSI while I watch Grey's Anatomy. Gawd I sound pathetic. oh! speaking of The Girls Next Door, did y'all hear Holly broke up with Hef? so sad!!

moving on from my t.v. addiction...

jake is playing soccer again and it's been fun going to his games. luckily, jake, morgan and shy are all on the same team again, so i only have to attend one game on saturdays. i still need to get to one of kauy's games...

what else do i need to talk about? sorry i'm just really enjoying having a computer at my disposal right now!

the hot air balloon did not crash in my yard. it was 3 streets over from my parents' house. i just happened to be driving down the street when i noticed a bunch of people standing outside and cars stopped. i figured it was a car wreck, and when i passed by, it was a hot air balloon wreck! no one was hurt...except maybe the pilot's pride.

i gotta appologize to lisagh for stealing her marth blog button. i thought she had just gotten it off martha's website and changed it up, so i did the same. ooops. sorry lisagh! if you want me to take it down, just holler at me!

the trip to east texas was long. my back still hasn't forgiven me for the nearly 800 mile trip. debra kay's funeral was very nice and packed. they actually had to kick people out of the sanctuary and make them go into the balcony so the whole family could be seated in the sanctuary. my dad's cousin, howard, said he thought around 1000 people were there. i don't know if the number was really that high, but i do know there were only 6 white people there! i know i'm half black, but y'all...i am so white. my dad's family was hootin and hollerin and singing the whole time and i was thinking "shhh! we're in CHURCH! at a FUNERAL!" but that's just not how black folk do it. and the hats y'all...ooo were there some interesting hats! it's definitely an experience...i hated the circumstances, but it was really nice to see the WHOLE family. i even saw some cousins that i haven't seen since i was a little girl...

something i've never understood about going to Atlanta: it always takes us a lot longer to get there than it does to get home. why is that? we were going to stop in dallas on the way home, but someone wasn't home. she was too busy having champagne coctails in california. brat ;-)

ok, i think i've got everything covered for now... i think...

oh! one more thing. how cute are these?! i bought them, but my unemployeed buyer's remorse kicked in and i took them back. sniff sniff...so, y'all go out and buy you a pair so i can live vicariously through you, k thanx...

for those of you still standing, you deserve a gold medal. sorry, all i can give you is a gold wrapper from a werther's...or a puppy. you can totally have a puppy...