A blog that is not about today.

All three or four people that read this blog know what happened today, and I have no desire to re-hash this already painful tragedy. However, I would like to say that it made me realize just how fragile and unpredictable life is, and how important my family is to me. I would attend the funeral if I could, but I can't.

Therefore, since I am determinedly not blogging about today, instead, I shall blog about the upcoming weekend and the following week. Tomorrow, I'm leaving the certainty of mom's house and striking out into unchartered territory. Let me explain. Until about September, I'm going to be staying with my friend Christina at her house. They're moving out in September. Therein lies the problem. She was supposed to be moving into an apartment, and I was going to split rent with her and move in. But now they don't know whether they'll be able to get into it. If that happens, Christina said they (she and her daughter) might end up sleeping on the floor of her ex-husband's house. And if that happens, I won't be going with them.

Sure, I like Clint well enough, but that's too weird. I think I'd rather sleep in the park, honestly. If that happens, I'm not sure where I'll go. I also still need to find a second job (my Journal job starts Monday, but it doesn't pay enough to live on).

Anyway... on the schedule for tomorrow is an editor's retreat and special training, that I am almost ridiculously excited for. Why? Two reasons. The congregating of friends that I have barely seen or heard from this summer (other than Kenzie, 'cause we've had plenty of correspondence), and because it's an editor's retreat. Let me clarify something. I'm not an editor. I was extended a special invitation by Kenzie, because I'm sort of an editor in training, and she's prepping me to be an editor next semester. Dumb reason to be excited, maybe, but I don't mind.

Then on Sunday, it's church, which I can say I am genuinely excited for. This may not seem significant to anyone here, but you've got to realize that I've never been excited for church before starting on at TLC, and even then it took a while. Don't tell my mom, it'll ruin my reputation... Just kidding. After church, I plan to... go hang out somewhere... until seven, when I head over to Kenzie's for ROCKBAND WEEKEND! I'm also super psyched about that. I've got my costume all worked out. I showed it to mom... she didn't like it... Anyway. Tomorrow I gotta get some more stuff for it - blue hair dye and hair gel so I can give myself a triple mohawk. And cough drops, because these stupid allergies won't go away...

As for Tovie, he has to stay at my mom's until I can figure out what's going on with a place to stay. If we end up moving into that apartment, Clint said I could keep Tovie at his house. I can do that. But I'm slightly wary, because Tovie climbs fences and digs holes, and I don't want him ruining Clint's yard. Clint's place is in easy walking distance of the new (hopeful) apartment.

I'll be borrowing my mom's pickup for a while. Hopefully Jeremy gets back quickly and can fix my pickup. Mom keeps telling me I need to 'learn how to walk.' What part of 'the apartment is four miles from campus' doesn't she get? Anyway... enough of that.

And with that, I think I'll go to bed and draw a close to what has been an overly cruddy day for far too many people.

Here's to better luck tomorrow.
--Anna Grace