well, my mother had a masectomy on july 11th, and she's doing very well. :) i was able to get emergency leave to be with her and for that i'm thankful. was supposed to go on a date tonight and he ended up bailing. story of my life. find someone interesting and they're married, live too far away, aren't wanting something serious or want to be too serious. it never fails. like for instance, i was chatting with a guy at the bar the other day and things seemed to be going extremely well. he was funny, and extremely attractive but i excused myself to the restroom and he was gone when i got back! thought maybe he thought i wasn't interested. i've been back to the bar 3 times and haven't seen him since. ah, one damn day i swear. :) that is all for now.