Kelly Gibbons, artist and writer, about me

Tuesday, August 31, 2004

This is going to be one of those all over the place posts with no real meaning. My mind is spinning in so many directions I don't know where to start, so I thought I would put it all down like a giant buffet. Aren't you lucky!

First, I want to publicly thank my mechanic. He is a wonderful man and a great mechanic. A good mechanic is hard to find and I am lucky I found one I can trust. He has never tried to rip me off, he doesn't pull punches (he tells it as it is "this is broke and it is going to cost you this much to fix it"), and he really does have fair prices (Ok, so they still make me cry, but compared to other places he is so cheap I seriously don't know how he stays in business). But cheap is still EXPENSIVE to me, if you know what I mean, and the latest round of car repairs have done me in. My gratitude comes because not only did he fix my car, but he made a decision for me that I have been dreading making. I hate to make decision (always afraid of making the wrong one), and I am so grateful that he took care of this one for me. With one twist of a socket wrench he set things straight for me and the car. I am looking for another job.

Don't worry fans, I am not giving up on being an artist and a writer, I'm just doing what needs to be done so I can continue being an artist and writer.

I really don't want to do this, but I am so eternally grateful that the decision wasn't left to me.

Onto the next bit of randomness. School started today, and as usual that makes me sad. Yeah, I know you are thinking I am lying through my teeth, but I am totally serious. I love when my kids are home. I love summer break and I especially loved it this year because I was home everyday. I really do. I have never once celebrated the day school starts, but I have cried on many. And today, all of my babies are in high school, and I am sitting here wondering how the hell this happened. The oldest will gratitude this year, and I still get tears in my eyes picturing him on the bus going to kindergarten. Yes, times flies.

And still more randomness. There have been very few times in my adult life that I have been speechless. Yesterday, I was speechless. Robin's post at ccjellybeans blew me away! I swear I did not pay her to say those wonderful things, but I thank her from the bottom of my heart. She made my day, my week, my month...you get the idea! Once again I want to remind everyone how much a kind word can mean to someone, and I challenge you to say something nice to someone. In the end you'll make two people smile--you and the person you said it to. Now go out there and be nice!

OK, thanks for bearing with me today, for the moment I'm done.

posted by Kelly @ 8/31/2004 07:15:00 AM

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