Alas, poor sweety, I hardly knew him.

Looks like I won't be seeing much of Forest this week, much to his chagrin. Tomorrow morning he and his brother are going to pick up an entire car which we are buying for $500. Then they plan to spend the day taking the engine out of it (a drastic undertaking) and fixing Sean's girlfriend's truck. Sunday will be spent getting Forest's car to run, since apparently next week it's supposed to start to snow.

All of this amounts to a pile of frustration for Forest, who has heard for several weekends in a row that 'this is it'; he figured this would be done months ago.

I feel badly for him, and I can't do anything to help, which makes it all the worse.

I've been slammed at work for the past couple of days, mainly because I waste my lunch hour at physical therapy, and spend the rest of my day keeping up with my boss's work, because he's out of town. I feel for him, because his mom is very very sick, and I think that at the very least they will have to put her in a nursing home this week.

I ought to count my blessings, and not complain because my life is somewhat boring right now. Thank heavens no one close to me is sick, and the most stressful thing in our lives is that our second car isn't running. Things could be a LOT worse.

Last night's taekwondo class was frustrating. I still can't participate in half of the things they are doing in class because of my silly knee, and that really bothers me. I pride myself on always doing a little *more* than required, not less. It's also no fun to watch everyone else having a good time, while I sit there and try to think of something constructive to do.

Tonight will be frustrating, too, because I should do laundry and a hundred other things, but I can't haul heavy baskets up and down the stairs, or crawl around to scrub the tub. Short of sawing a hole in my floor and building a laundry chute, there just isn't much I can do about it.

I'm hoping my mom will come over and we can hang out tonight. This is a hard time of year for her because Sam's working at the grain elevator and it's harvest season. Some nights he's home right on time, but otherwise she spends a lot of time alone, which isn't much fun. Maybe we'll watch a movie tonight or something. Forest will be out gaming with everyone, and I will probably be sleeping by the time he gets home.

Speaking of which, I think my body is getting ready for hibernation. All I've been able to do for three days now is yawn, and it takes me an hour to wake up in the morning! I just feel incredibly sleepy. Last night I yawned all the way through taekwondo, and then fell asleep on the couch while I was in midsentence talking to Forest.