My computer and other stuff

My posts have been pretty lame lately. I was lucky to post at all on that crappy laptop. Right now I'm using Matt's brand new beautiful laptop. Our computer is still at the computer doctor. They are still working on it. At first they thought it was the mother board, but they replaced that and it still won't boot up. They are going to call me tomorrow with any updates.......

So, I have a neighbor across the street that we've been helping. He is 22, has PTSD, his leg was blown up in Iraq, his wife recently left him and took their son and his truck. He is really struggling. I feel bad for him. We've given him rides these last few days. Matt went with him to see Rush Hour 3 (he didn't like it) and I've brought him dinner several times, and talked to him quite a bit. It is hard, because I want to help him, but I need to be here for my family too. And my sister was here until yesterday, and I wanted to hang out with her as much as possible before she left. Its just a hard balance. Wanting to help, yet knowing that my first responsibility is to my own family.

I will admit this: I just bought a Spice Girls CD. I know, I'm crazy. But I love the first two songs on the one that is white and then just has SPICE across the front. I also bought a Robyn CD. Can't go wrong with "show me love". They are in preparation for the lovely 6 plus hours that I am going to have in my van with my best friend and her two boys next month. We are going to pretend that we are 20 again (even though there will be four kids sitting behind us) and we're going to yell out the windows, giggle like teenagers, and listen to the music that we used to. We are both really excited about it. We haven't had six hours together in probably five years.

Last night I heard a noise while I was sitting on the couch. So, I looked up, and sitting on a picnic basket that I put my cross stitch in was a nasty cockroach. So, I start saying "Matt Matt get in here!!!!!". He comes running in and I tell him about the cockroach and he says "oh, I thought it was something important." So, I tell him he needs to kill it. He goes and gets a washcloth and chases it a bit around the area and finally gets it. Then he totally egxaggerates (I know that word is spelled wrong, but spell check has "no suggestions", and everything I'm trying isn't working. Anyone???) squishing the washcloth, and then he twists it like he is wringing water out of it and you can HEAR THE CRUNCHING OF THE COCKROACH! So gross!!! At least it was dead, but I could have been spared all of the theatrics. I seriously feel sick to my stomach when I see them. I would not survive in South America with all those huge bugs.

I also need to catch up on my blog reading. I haven't been able to read much lately, so I plan on catching up these next few days. Hopefully I will have my computer back soon, and Matt can play Chessmaster 10,000 on this one while I read my blogs on the other one. It is hard having to share a computer.......