sme , 28

This new kiwi is so icky. I can't get over it.

Life's the same as it has been for too long now.

Thanksgiving was so-so. Not bad, not great.

I'm using facebook more than anything at the moment.

Sooo if you want to hear from me more often you could go there.

I may still write here on rare occasion. I greatly dislike the new look though.

Oh my... I clearly haven't been on here in a couple weeks. Now I've got to figure kiwi out all over again since they changed it. And majorly this time. Right off I think it looks terrible. It's not even kiwi green anymore... what's with that?   I'm sure I'll figure it out eventually... don't know if I'll ever entirely like it. But let's get on with this...

Not too terribly much is new in terms of life overall. I have yet to take up Dan on his offer of staying over for a week... mostly because I've been needed for other things with Trev... there's a potential job lead for Trev, but he's being extremely reluctant to take it. I've basically told him take it and you can in the meantime look for something else. Who knows, maybe he'll be more motivated to find another job then. Goodness knows he's not motivated at all right now. Trev's dad has even offered, if Trev gets this job, he can get us a house to rent not more than 2 miles away. It's not the best house on earth, but it's in a fairly nice neighborhood and would be cheap rent. *shrug* All I told Trev in regards to the house was I'd be content to live there for a short time IF he got the job. If he didn't get that particular job, I'd rather rent elsewhere. I say this mostly because there are apartments for less rent in Warrensburg that are in better shape than that house, lolz. Oh well...

So this weekend we went to the farm. There are renters in the house, which we briefly talked to. But Trev and his dad wanted to hunt deer so mostly that's what went on Saturday morning. Trev's dad shot at a doe but missed, and then not too long after had to leave for a meeting in the city. Trev and I stayed down at the farm in our storage container, lolz. It sounds weird but we were actually perfectly confortable minus the cold. We had a little space heater in there but it didn't do a lot of good. We set our bed up, heated mattress pad and all, so we had a cozy, warm, comfortable night. In our own bed, lolz. First time in like, 6 months we've been in our own bed. Course it rained almost all night and nearly all day today (Sunday). So much so that we're a bit concerned about the creek flooding. It's supposed to keep on raining most all week. Well let's just hope it doesn't. But anywho... Trev and I wnt out this afternoon when the rain let up a bit. We still got very wet and a bit cold. But then Trev saw a deer and sent me around the south end of the field, and he went along the north end. I have to wade through the mud/water which was slow going, but probably better. I heard Trev shoot once, in which he missed. It was an 8-point buck and he followed it but it jumped the fence and went onto someone else's land, so he didn't follow. He turned back and saw a second deer and actually did shoot it. I just heard the second shot but was still too far away to see him. That shot brought the deer down... but when I hear the third shot I def knew he got it. Trev prefers giving it as quick a death as possible, which is good by me. Unfortunately that means a little more splatter to see when you do see it. But what was odd was right after that the rain quit, the sun actually came out, and there was a rainbow. Then I stood there with the deer while Trev went down to retrieve items for field dressing and moving it. I suppose one thing I did learn was that I am indeed far less squirmish about such things than I thought. I figured it would at least be a little weirded out or sad or sickened by it. But, turns out, I'm not at all. Obviously I don't take lightly killing an animal just for the heck of it, but we were doing it for food and such so it didn't bother me. I suppose that's good. I know some people may very well be disturbed by all that, but at least I'm a step above most Americans and I really do have a firm understanding of where meat comes from, heh! Naturally I do still entirely respect people who don't eat meat. But I think I don't respect people as much if they eat meat and refuse to acknowledge where it comes from. ANYWAYS I'm practically on a soap box here and I didn't intend to be. I just don't want any nasty comments. I'm happy we got a deer. Trev's been so much wanting one for years now. Last time he shot one was a long time ago. But enough deer talk...

Unfortunately I learned something sad today too. My dad has married several couples (I wouldn't say a LOT.. less than 10, more than 5) and he just learned one of those couples, the wife died recently in a head-on collison (not her fault). They've not even been married 5 years I don't think... and the family has asked my dad if he would do the funeral. He agreed but this is the first time he's ever done one. So I'm a little worried about how he'll take it all... pretty sure he'll be fine. But that's certainly not something I'd ever want to do. That's going to be this Thursday, so I'm hoping it goes as well as such an event can. I've only been to 4 funerals that I remember... my great grandma, my grandma, Trev's grandma, and a cousin of mine. Though all relatives, I was not particularly close to any of them. Even my grandma I was never very close to. Now I couldn't stand it if either my gramma or papa in Maine died... thats a horrible thought. I'll not think on that...

Think I've written enough to make up for my lack of writing? Heh! I don't know how often I'll be on to write... the new kiwi is still to new for me to stand.