The empty side of the bed

  For a long time now, my bed stays made at night.                   

I sleep here instead.

 This is a twin size day bed in my home office. It happens to be quite comfy actually and it is near my computer, stereo, TV, phone, my books and all of my friends at AOL-J's. What more could a girl ask for?

     Now I don't consider myself an extremely lonely person but I have been divorced for almost 6 years and have not really started dating again, so ... yes, that does mean that I do sleep alone !!! 

     I have decided over the years that it is better not to sleep in a bed that is to big for just me. When I do, the empty side of the bed seems to feel cold and makes me wish that someone was there.  So for now I'll keep sleeping in the office where I feel less alone.

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   I've been holding on to this entry for a while now. I guess it just felt a little to personal to be posting my bed on my journal. But recently there have been a few other bed postings sooo... I figured if SloMo and Freepeace can post these bed entries then this was as good a time as any to post mine as well. I invite all of you to join me and post your own bed entry if you dare and drop me the link (rated PG please)!  

      Oh, and since I've been showing you around my sisters place this week this is her bed, she sleeps there with her husband Chris. I sleep there when she is away and Angie the doberman sleeps there sometimes too.

 

                                           *** Coy ***

 

Self taught computer techs.

Most of us don't want to know how to build the car, we just want to drive it, right? Well that goes for building computers too. We've had a few laughs this week at work, with some of the self taught computer techs in my department. Give a guy a subscription to PC World or PC Magazine and they become a PC expert. Hmmm...

     There are 3 of them that are quite knowledgeable and they are teaching each other as they are teaching themselves and sometimes the conversations they have can be quite entertaining.  

    Mind you, these are not you typical computer geeks, with horned rimmed glasses spending their entire lives in a sterile lab, pouring over all of the latest scientific information they can find. They are just regular guy's, sort of mens, men or maybe they are just the misplaced mechanics of yesterday, Grrrr...

      I would guess that if we still had the gas guzzling, husband fixing cars of a generation ago, these guys would probably be found under the hood on weekends, tinkering with the family car, or tweaking the old race car in the garage.

      Actually I am pretty thankful to know them. Danny built my computer from scratch. Yep, just for the love of it. All I had to do was buy the parts and oh, do I ever love my computer.

      When I have questions or need technical advice, I have access to more information than a girl can stand. These guy's rebuild the old computers of my co- workers sometimes. Mel just got an update over the weekend, a new hard drive I believe. Although there were no left over parts, I do think he was unable to access the intranet when he got it home.           

      The conversations inspired by this situation has been very comical to say the least. I am sure they will work it out and Mel will be back online in no time. But for today they have lended themselves to a little office humor on an ordinary work day.                                                                                                

                                                      *** Coy *** 

Gumbo Limbo

       Yesterday, Mandy and I took a long overdue trip to the beach. There is nothing like a little salt air and sunshine to help you relax and recharge. Before we hit the beach we stopped by Gumbo Limbo for the first time this year to check in on the Sea Turtles.

      Gumbo Limbo is a local environmental preservation center which among other things is dedicated to saving sea turtles. They have moved mountains as far as helping to pass ordinances for coastal lighting to be the yellow lights that will not attract hatchling turtles away from the ocean and right towards the street.

      They rescue many sea turtles, sometimes assuming the job of nursing them back to health and releasing them back into the ocean when they are ready. I appreciate their efforts and visit the turtles when I can. The photo above is of one we took of a turtle that reside there right now. Awww how cute is he?

      The rest of the rest of Saturday was like a day at the beach with my daughter. Just what we both needed.       

*** Coy ***

Still showing you around

   

 

  

I can't believe my sisters computer is out of commission. With Brittney leaving for college with a new lap top in hand and Theresa and Chris each with their own personal computers at their offices, I guess the home computer has been a little neglected. Not only is it still running on windows 98, but when I tried to use it just kept saying Abort, retry, ignore, fail? Sooo... I have not been able to update much this week or even finish showing you around.

     Heres some quick photos, Mandy and I are doing well and enjoying our change of pace. Theresa will be home tomorrow and we will say good bye to Angie the Doberman and go home. (just a few blocks away) Back to life as we know it and being able to catch up on my journal reads and writes.

                        *** Coy ***

Showing you around, continued...

The reason I even thought about house photos is because Theresa's colors are sooo... SloMo like, I wanted her to see.   Today we will look at the kitchen. Slo, look at all that red!!! The new kitchen is absolutely awesome the earthy colors are so pleasant, cherry cabinets, beautiful granite and look at the colors of the trim. All of these commercial quality stainless appliances are like a dream to work with. Wow! Makes me want a new kitchen.             This plate photo is the very most SloMo like piece in the house. I love it, the kitchen is just lovely. Tomorrow we will look at another room.  

 *** Coy ***    

 

This is Angie

This is Angie...  

    

This is Angies house...                                         

       Mandy and I are going to be staying with her this week while my sister is camping in the Keys. Theresa has spent the last year or so remodeling her house and it's almost done. It's so beautiful, I thought I might show you around over the next few days. 

     I know that she won't mind, they are getting use to my journal. Before Brittney left for college I heard her warn a friend not to do anything when Aunt Coy has her camera in her hand that you don't want the whole world to know, cause she might show it. She was just kidding (well sort of).  

 Pictures to come...                                    

    *** Coy ***  

 

            My Friend Jo, just got back from Hawaii and she brought me back these beads. Funny how just a little token can sometimes mean so much. She gave them to me as soon as I got to work and I wore them all day long. Everytime I looked at them or touched the perfect little shells, it reminded me of the look on her face and the excitemet in her voice as she told me all about her adventure.

     I've never really had a big desire to go to Hawaii, there is so much Caribbean close by that I have not yet explored. But... listening to her describe her adventure and looking at the breath taking photos, I have to admit that I kind of wish I would have been there,  There was a photo of a helicopter dropping thousands and thousands of orchids on the beach, luau's with island delights, hula hoops and hula dancers and all those gorgeous orchid leis.

    Tomorrow, I'll hang the beads on my rear view mirror, but for tonight, I just want to touch them again and think about Jo's adventure, who knows, maybe someday I just might go to dance in the rain in Hawaii.

                                      *** Coy ***