so what's been up lately?

a whole lot of tl;dr stuff, apparently. some good, some not so, as life
goes.

well, the desktop died for a bit, so I had the motherboard replaced last
weekend. added another 2GB of memory to match the existing memory stick, so
now I have a happily purring desktop - when I can get to it. *chuckle*

I think the domestic help situation may have settled down. cautious
optimism best describes my attitude about that.

PMS blues have arrived right on schedule, and poor hubby has been the
sounding board of my real/imaginary woes. I am quite sure that without him
I would be a basket case by now.

speaking of which, the dear man had a birthday last 19th. *beams* of
course, the day turned out nothing at all like the way I had wished for
last year, but still it was. blessed day and I am grateful.

on the 20th, hubby and I went to visit my most favorite cousin in the
world. he'd invited us to merienda cena, and for a good long while I was
able to forget my real/imaginary woes in the company of nice people and
good food.

today I stayed home, and tried to coddle my temperamental body with sleep
and vitamins. tomorrow I attempt to bring Ma to the salon and maybe lunch
out.

life is good. I think I may actually be shedding some.of my tension,
despite the occasional outburst of frustrated tears. it will all be well.