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• A few quick things

  by Meredith Newton August 8, 2005
  Right now is totally crunch time when it comes to finances. It's absolutely sink or swim.  I was feeling low about this on Friday and called Tressa. Once again she came through, even calling me a bitch (it was great!). Tressa always knows what to say. Robyn started a forum thread about Brandi ...

• Here we go again

  by Meredith Newton August 2, 2005
  She got back fine from her trip, and the reunion was argument-free. I hope this can continue. I had a horrible night with insomnia. Too much to worry about. I got a call from a local community college requesting copies of my transcripts (a standard procedure). Apparently they want to give me some ...

• If you're hurting, so am I

  by Meredith Newton August 1, 2005
  Sarah, thank you. I literally broke into tears over what you sent to me. Any act of kindness is a great act of kindness. Sorry I've been away. The one interview I was supposed to have tomorrow (Monday) was killed because of funding. Me and this school just can't seem to get together! It was a bit o...

• I tried

  by Meredith Newton July 27, 2005
  I tried to be nice, I tried to say that I was just wasn't myself and that I needed time alone. And I said there was a number of reasons for it. I said I was being solitary because I didn't want my friends here thinking I was ignoring them. I didn't attack anyone, and I thought I was just saying...

• Calling

  by Meredith Newton July 25, 2005
  I never mentioned in my last blog how I was able to speak to some of the girls here a week ago. Anna-Marie was having another little soiree. She knew I couldn't call, but was willing to call me. I got to hear Chris (who, as I was told, was laying on the floor) call for more vodka. It was funny. I di...

• Subject? We don't need no stinking subject!

  by Meredith Newton July 19, 2005
  Hi all, It seems the Forum explosions have died down. I know I got in a few good swipes at someone. While I am sorry if I came off as abrasive and confrontational, one thing I don't stand for is seeing my friends insulted like that. So, let's get back to our silliness, okay? Lord knows I excel in t...

• Right here, right now

  by Meredith Newton July 11, 2005
  Instead of my usual gloom and doom, some much nicer words here today. We had a very nice weekend, the best in a long time (no nookie, but, hey, still nice). She worked out of the house on Friday, and the whole three days not even so much as one argument. We almost had one because I made a stupid re...

• Crunch time

  by Meredith Newton July 6, 2005
  The other day Tiina posted a blog about a TW member and her spouse having an argument. That person was me. I have not been on good terms with my sister-in-law for months. Whenever she called, and I picked up, she was rude to me, barking an order for me to get my wife. I told my wife I didn't like th...

• Meredith the Verbose Psycho Ninja

  by Meredith Newton June 30, 2005
  Tressa called me the other day. While she knows there is a ban on my receiving calls from TG friends, she also knew it was a safe time to do so!  She's in Memphis now (Tennessee, not that place in Egypt) and is doing quite well. She had some pretty good stories, especially about her visit to Gl...

• May I sit down here and learn today

  by Meredith Newton June 24, 2005
  She left for her trip. Yes, it's part of her job. She is not a marriage counselor. She works in Child Support, and she obtained a grant as part of a federal Healthy Marriage program which promotes healthy families to produce good kids. So she had to attend this conference. I would have gon...

• Time to decide

  by Meredith Newton June 20, 2005
  Yesterday was supposed to be Father's Day. Supposed to be. It turned out to be the worst Father's Day anyone could imagine. The funny thing is Saturday night ended on a high note. I never liked Frank Sinatra, but we watched one of the local public TV stations broadcasting some concert he did back ar...

• Something interesting

  by Meredith Newton June 14, 2005
  My kid is watching The Sound of Music right now for the first time. She loves it. Well, who doesn't? In my last blog I mentioned how that book came out in which I contributed two chapters. I just found out that the same publishing firm is looking for editors on another series. I got ahold of t...