Just in case this is working, I'll start my blog off by saying that my husband left for Iraq about 23 hours ago. I want to make a new me this year, and try to stay positive by making good changes. I need to journal so should I do that here? Or is this a place where I always have to be saying something meaningful or brilliant? Am I talking to space or to people? I feel like I am trying jeans on-the hope for a good fit is there, the possibility is there, but the experience gives me anxiety. You know I have always believed in Einstein's theory that time does not exist, but for whatever reason, it isn't making the next 15 months seem any more palatable or even manageable-then again, how can we manage what doesn't exist? I took a career profiling test today and the top three jobs for me were these:

1. pipelayer...that's not pipe-player, which is what I thought at first, not that it makes much difference, as I have no idea how to either lay pipe, or play the bag-pipes.
2. Hazardous materials waste manager...uhh?
3. High speed print technician...ironic because I have held that position in the past AND because I don't now.

I can't be offended at some computer program, but holy schnikies! I don't want my ego to get in the ring with this one, but someone or something has to. Maybe I'll send my gut-instincts in to take the punches? Better yet-I could have my alter-ego, pissed-off-McDonalds-worker-girl, fight the career-test prophesy....except that would be TOO ironic, and might make the test think its better than me...it could prey on my weaknessnes, my insecurities. STILL, POMcDWG could make an example of our smug, feelingless monster by just kicking its proud little ass back to square one (colloquial?) where it would find ME, ready to school it on the virtues of telling the angry girl inside me that she is good enough to have ANY job she chooses-and that she will be a blazing success at whatever she does! I have misgivings about the usefulness of this kind of battle but I think it is just as well waged as not.

Wow-this is like therapy-except I would never let my shrink know that I'm just this crazy.
We found a frog in our kiddie-pool a couple days ago. I guess i should drain it-the water is green. Why hasn't he called? I know he's in Kuwait, he sent me a text on some Joe's phone. I gotta go to bed.

Here I am a bloggin'

I love assuming things. For instance, I am assuming that "Ihr blogwurde erstellt!" means that my blog is all set up. If it is, in fact, set up, I will post more exciting details about life in suburban grafenwoehr. Is it working? Now what do I do? Which button do I push Vorschau or post-optionen or POST veroeffentlichen? Is anyone out there? I'm scared!