* That being in love with someone who doesn't want to know hurts like a sonofabitch. (
OK, I actually learned this YEARS ago...but evidently, the universe has seen fit to remind me how awful this is by letting me get THIS CLOSE to love, then yanking it away from me. Again.)
* That I really want to get out and see more live local music.
* That I need to find more friends who will go with me to see live local music.
* That, just when I think I can't be more in love with my furkids (Simon and Billie), I fall even deeper in love with them.
* That I really
can do math!
* That I don't miss television at all.
* Nor do I miss the NHL. As a (really) long-time fan of the NHL, Msrs. Bettman and Goodenow should be
very afraid that people like me JUST DON'T CARE that there is a lockout.
* That Subaru Bajas KICK ASS!
* That car payments suck.
* That I want to move to Vancouver, Canada, NOT because I'm pissed off at another four years of Dubya. I want to live there because I really think I'm a better fit there than anyplace else I've lived/been.
* That there is no shortcut to breaking in hockey skates.
* That there is no shortcut to healing a broken heart.
* That I can never have too much champagne ('scuse me,
sparkling wine) in the house.
* That I'm scared of ending up alone. Or I should say I'm scared of being
LONLEY. Really scared.
* How much my relationship with my mother screwed with my psyche and self-esteem. And how much denial I was in about that.
* That there is no shortcut to un-learning the habits of a loner (I'm at least third-generation loner...so I come by this honestly).
* Who my Real Friends are: And who was just "phoning it in".
* That Simon can get quite obnoxious when his meals are served late. But obnoxious in that cute "only his mum could love it" sort of way.
* That Billie
can be a lap kitty. Just as long as you don't try to pet her. Or talk to her. Or look at her.
* That Australian wines are really quite tasty (and don't break the bank).
* That I can survive. But now it's time to
LIVE.
