Sad to say, but my time off is about over. I took tomorrow off to give me one day on my own, but I have a doctor's appointment in the afternoon, not looking forward to it. The week was pretty good. I think the best part was Tuesday night. Mom and I went to see Melissa Ethridge at the Music Circus in Hyannis and it was an AMAZING show. Melissa and her band were insanely great. I was enraptured by them all the entire time. She came onstage at 7:30pm and did not stop until 10:30pm, and the show did not lack in talent and thrill the entire time! I am definitely going to make a point to see her again.

I finally got my kayak out today. I was out for a nice quiet ride down a local river, saw tons of turtles, birds and strange fish...it was great. I would have loved to have my camera and maybe some company, but it was great to have some quiet time with Nature. I just looked down now to realize sunscreen would have been a good idea. I swear I am NEVER going to learn. :( Maybe someday red will be my color. Hee hee.

A friend of mine was home for the week and I never got to see her. I am so upset. I suck at getting my shit together with just a week of vacation for time. The days seem to fly by. I told my Mom that going boating Wednesday messed me all up, but really, that's a sad excuse. I had so much to do, at least some of it should be done. I wanted to see my friends, I wanted to have a plumber come install a hot-water tank in the house, I wanted to buy a pellet stove for Mom. I will get some of those things done, but I am once again disappointed with myself.

Yesterday sort of topped off the insanity of my week. I headed out to the local Rite Aid looking for a few essentials and as I pulled out onto the street, I ran over some sort of metal pin (at least 6 inches long and an inch in diameter). It stuck into my BRAND NEW tire and bore a hole into my rim. I now have to buy another tire and find a Toyota wheel to replace the mess I have now. I have no car for at least the next week, going to have to drive my Guy's F350 Superduty, supercab pickup truck. Let's see, what do I not have money for.....a new tire, a new wheel and the diesel to fill that truck's tank and drive to work every day this week. It's not a good sign when two men who have worked around trucks/cars and other motorized equipment their entire lives say that they have NEVER seen anything like what happened to my tire/wheel. Yay me..should I be proud or very sad? :*(