When leaving the house, 'tis best not to try and balance one's keys, coffee, Eggo chocolate chip waffle, bag, and glasses, for one tends to loose ones balance, swirl, fall down the two stoop steps, and tumble into one's whiskey barrel flower pots. And who knew that one's pansies and petunias, while small, delicate, and delightfully purple, actually can be quite scratchy when smearing across one's face. and one's Eggo.

sigh.

For the second week in a row, i have run into someone in the hospital to whom i gave their positive results for HIV. I have been out of that job for 2 years, and still it manages to resurface in a way that can really throw me for a loop on a random Wednesday morning. even more so than rouge petunias.