Be strong Erin....

I was cleaning out (aka reorganizing) some boxes of photographs when I came across some of my old Glamour Shots pictures! Oh my Gosh.. too funny. I actually started giggling when I was looking at them. I think they were taken sometime in 95. My Mom really wanted to have them done. So, we haul our butts to the Mall, get TONS of make-up slathered on, and put on these really odd drape-ish thing (which tucks into your bra - very classy). The photographer posed us so weird but the one picture of me and Mom looks nice. Of course, Mom wanted me to get a ton of other poses done ::sigh:: I've got the "I'm wearing a stupid cowboy hat" picture, the "I am really uncomfortable with this wrapped around me" picture, a "I'm wearing a white fuzzy fur wrap" picture, and the piece de resistance - the "I look like I am wearing nothing" pose. My Mom and the photographer hounded me to get that done "for Paul" I hate that one the most. I have no clue as to how much money Mom spent on these pictures but I bet they weren't cheap.

GREAT news! Moira can read! Ok - well she has been reading since before Christmas but today she actually sat down with a book and read the entire thing alond to all of us! I am SO proud of her!!

Once in a lifetime LONDON, England -- For one minute this Wednesday night, time will be in perfect symmetry. For those who follow the Gregorian calendar, two minutes past eight tonight marks a millennial mathematical curiosity. The time, date and year will form a rare triple palindrome -- 20:02, 20/02/2002 -- reading the same backwards and forwards. The last time this rare alignment struck was in the morning of November 11, in the year 1111, mathematicians have said.

Last quiz for today... Are you Sexually Healthy? I am - Your score indicates that you are very healthy sexually. You know whom you are, what you want, and what is best for you. You are comfortable with yourself and those you love. A loving sexual relationship is important to you, and you are willing to work at maintaining that relationship. Safe, healthy sex is also important. You most enjoy a loving and monogamous sexual relationship. You are not afraid to express your needs to your lover during sex, nor unwilling to listen to his/her needs. You would never hurt someone you love in the name of sex. Sex is not the most important thing in your life, but it is something important that you and your partner share. Continue to maintain that open, honest relationship, stay true to yourself, and you will continue to thrive in your sexual life and health.

Optimist or Pessimist? I am --- Half-Full Glass You try to look on the bright side, and optimism is a skill you've cultivated to help you weather life's rough spots. All the same, you know it's okay to admit when you're angry or hurt. You're neither blindly positive, nor prone to dwell on slights and injuries, and your generally positive outlook helps prepare you to take risks without being held back by bitterness or a fear of failure. Believe it or not, some scientists have theorized that there is an evolutionary advantage to optimism: Human beings may be programmed to view the world as just slightly better than it actually is, in order to recognize clearly any real threats to our well-being and handle them appropriately. Your ability to rise above negative thinking while remaining realistic about temporary setbacks is a great strength.

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Morning from Hell Woke up at 810 this morning. Moira is supposed to catch the bus at 815. I know this is not EVEN possible. I wake her up and tell her she has *got to get dressed ASAP. SO, she is dragging around the hosue.. moving so sloooooow. I swear, this girl has 2 speeds.. dead slow and stop. I ended up barking at her to hurry up..and she starts to cry. Great. Now I feel like an f'ing Nazi. She didn't like what I picked out for her to wear and was whining about that. I told her too bad and she cried again. :::sigh::: It got worse but I don't feel like rehashing it because I totally screwed up this morning and yelled at her. Now I feel so freakin guilty I hollered at her. Shit. I drove her to school and Olivia and I watched as she walked down the hallway to her class ::sigh:: I feel like such a turd.