Lost_Warrior

Oh, ok. ::laughs:: but now I can't get that image out of my head of a bunch of legionaries marching back and forth around a bowl of fruit.

What are Limes? I know I'm really showing my ignorance here, but I was wondering why the legions would be responsible for guarding green citrus fruit. Then I realized you must be talking about something else. Speaking of the green citrus fruit, were they known in Rome at all?

My ring got here today, and my friend resized it for me. Hopefully my finger won't grow anymore, or else I won't be able to wear my rings for long LOL. He was nice to resize it for me though, it wasn't a very big deal to do it. What proved difficult was that it had been resized before, which we didn't know. I got my car inspected, and I am getting batteries for my watch soon (I asked the pharmacy to reserve them for me because my watch takes two and they only had one). I also put my mom's name on my account so if I need money, she has access to it. Now I'm just praying I can get through the three weeks before I leave. I've been in this job long enough, I want OUT! I toughed it out this long, I think I can do so for a few more weeks...I hope they pass quickly.

Got to luggage. 50% off sale at JC Penny's.

I will . Now I'm worried about the train being late and missing my next train. That happened to a few people. Apparently AMtrak trains are late a LOT.

I'll check in as much as I can. It might not be but every few days though.

Check 1001fonts.com there is a font called Justinian which is pretty Roman looking. That's the best I've been able to find. Someone good with photoshop or other photomanip could easily make it look carved in stone for you.

Car registration Update computer virus and antispyware protection Book train tickets Get car inspected Acquire luggage that meets AMtrak requirements Get Tracfone minutes Get ring resized (when it gets here) Move money out of savings account Pack Getting there! A lot of loose ends to tie up. I probably won't be very active online for a few months (until I get back). There's a lot of stuff to do, and the train trip is going to take several days. I'm nervous about the trip, I've never traveled on a train before and there are a lot of layovers. I'm going to have a six hour layover in Chicago. My goal is to find a coffee shop near the train station, and have a cup of java in Chicago. I've never been to Chicago, it's a small thing, but it's something I'd like to do.

On occasion. I love him, and I do love spending time with him now that I don't live with him. But living with him was not always so great.

LOL I've been corresponding with these people for three years, as have my mom. I didn't mention the ceremony to him either. He wouldn't understand. I think he assumes I'm an atheist. If I told him about Iuppiter, he'd make some crack about lightning. He's just nuts. Yes, he has more experience, but I have lived with him for 16+ years, and he's always like this. Jeckyl and Hyde, and then some. It's scary. My family is actually afraid to let me go stay with him for a week, and sometimes I'm afraid of him to.

My dad called yesterday morning, screaming at my mom. She basically told him, "you're being an @ss, and you're alienating your daughter. She's going whether you want her to or not, so you can make this easy, or you can make this hard. If you keep acting like this she might just jump in the car and go, and you don't want that, do you?" So he's stopped being a donkey's behind, and I'm catching the train in Downingtown. It'll be a VERY long ride, (about 2 days) and I have to change trains three times. He's not coming with me, but he'll see me off. I'm disappointed to learn that I would be better off leaving my ritual dagger at home, I probably won't be able to bring it on AMtrak. I don't really need it, but I'd wanted so badly to show it to Al. I don't know about bringing anything I make there home...I suppose I could mail it back. AMtrak is more strict than the airlines are, with their checked baggage. The good news is, I can take up to 100 lbs of luggage with me as *carry on* not including my purse, and I can carry up to 150 lbs of luggage in checked baggage. I'm going to try to do it all as carry on however, because of all the changing trains. I don't need much to survive after all, and it's only six weeks. There's a lot I have to get done before I go though, I have to renew registration for my car, and get it inspected. I also have to get some decent luggage. I think I may ask my gram to go with me shopping, because she's more likely to be available than my mom on any given day and she is more well traveled than I am. I've put in my notice at work, WOO-HOO! Three weeks...May 23...and no more work. At least until I come back from MN. (They're holding my job for me, because they really don't want me to leave). I'm desperately hoping to get a new job quickly after I come back though; my current job, while sometimes a joy, has been detrimental to my physical, mental and emotional health. I really need to get out. I've gotten a ring to use for my "coming of age" ceremony (my friend calls it "reclaiming adulthood" and I rather like her term for it), but it'll need to be resized when I get it here. I am planning to do it *before* I go, because it makes more sense, and because it's more practical. Hopefully the weather will cooperate.

I had an interesting discussion yesterday. I told someone I was pagan (she is not very judgmental, even though she doesn't share my beliefs. She is, however, a little misinformed). She said "oh you're a tree worshiper? Druids, earth day and all that?" This made me smile, because, as wrong as it may be, I usually get "oh, you're a devil worshiper!"

MN=Minnesota. PTSD=Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (Al is a war vet)

Not too bad, no. Closer to the Susky, yes, definitely. One of my favorite antique shops got flooded out. :'( I hope the shopkeeper had enough warning to get his goods out.

The weather is freakin' gorgeous! 70+ degrees and sun, AND I had off all weekend! On saturday my mom and I went shopping, and then we went out to dinner with her friend. I had a great time, and I really enjoyed getting to spend time with my mom (we rarely have a day off together). On sunday I spent some time outside, in the woods, meditating. I wrote my "rite of passage" ritual that I'm going to use when I go to MN, and I talked to the people I'm going to be staying with on the phone for about 3 hours. They are really cool. Al (the blacksmith) had me in stitches laughing the whole time, he's a hoot! My dad is being a donkey's behind about my going to MN. You see, the guy I'm staying with has PTSD, and my dad is of course saying nothing but "he's crazy as a loon!". I know my dad is overreacting. I think he just wants out of any involvement in this. No matter; I've pretty much decided on taking a train to MN, and made some arrangements from that end. All that matters is if I catch the train up here, or go all the way down there to catch one so that he can come with. Personally I'm leaning towards the former, based on his reaction. He even sent me an article from MSN news about cyber stalkers...forgetting of course that I've been corresponding with these people for two years before they even HAD a working computer!! I really don't want a how many hour? really awkward train ride with my dad. Today I'm going to stop by my friend's before work. I spoke to her for a long while on the phone last weekend, and I'm going to stop by to see her on my way to work.

Oh lord.... Happy: Moon pies, day off tomorrow, going to Wal*Mart Not happy: everything that happened at work tonight, my friend tried to stretch my ring (I asked him to do it, was too tight) and it broke, so now I have to get it fixed.

Haha yesterday I actually had to call my mom from work and have her bring me "supplies"! It's not a big deal, until the cramps hit. Then all I really want to do is grab a knife and surgically remove my ovaries.

Then it takes a little longer to figure out. It took me a while (and a few episodes of nasty reaction) to figure out the mango thing. As someone who used to eat new and exotic food all of the time (when I could afford it) I really had no idea what could be causing the reaction. As it turns out, I have a reaction to anything that has a lot of Vit. C (in varying degrees. Mangoes are the worst). That took forever to figure out, but now I know (for the most part) what to avoid. I guess this sort of allergy (as unusual as it is) would be very difficult to understand. Thankfully my reaction isn't life threatening, because I had no idea what the common thread was at first. In a case like this (where it's a component of the food) I can't imagine it would be easy for those without a lot of in-depth knowledge about chemistry and foodstuffs to figure out. I mean, the Romans wouldn't know what Vit. C is, wouldn't know what foods contain it.

Happy: one more day of work then two more days off Mad: really crappy ISP

lol I'm feeling much better today, and the weather is warm. I think if I can keep from getting that stomach bug I'll be all right.

LOL I think you're definitely right there. I remember what happened the first time I ate Greek salad. It was very good but afterwards wasn't too pretty.

Also, there are more pollutants/unusual food compounds today than there were in ancient Rome. There are more things that were never meant to be put into the body, and that will really screw up your system, today than ever before. (who's to say that all that yellow 5 lake and red 40 don't contribute to being unable to process certain compounds?) I actually think that the human race in general is a lot weaker now than it was then.

You don't HAVE to go to prom, LOL just say no. It's easy. One syllable. Try it.

I think it would be common sense. I mean, they may not understand allergies, but if, for example they eat a mango and they get horrid acid burn blisters on their lips (as I do), and this happens every time they eat a mango, they will by nature avoid mangoes. It's not that they understand the allergy, it's that they notice the cause and effect and learn to avoid the cause, or suffer the consequences. I've never been tested for the allergy, but I know it's there. I don't eat mangoes.

Things that make me happy: I have this weekend off (as of now) and so does my mom Our 6-inch subs are on sale I've started working together with Heartshadow on the religion she's creating (because there are many similarities between my path and hers) Chocolate Black Chai Tea Things that Don't make me happy: My back is still stiff from shoveling 18+ inches of wet snow I pulled my back/shoulder somehow last night and was having muscle spasms so bad that I couldn't breath (though it's feeling better now) I smashed my finger in the trash can door and "scraped off" a good deal of the skin below my cuticle Two of my coworkers are suddenly very ill with a stomach flu (I REALLY don't want that. Really. I think I'd rather have Syphillis. You know, something treatable with antibiotics.) I'm on my period and of course, crampy, grumpy and ill feeling I'm a walking disaster, I need to go to bed before I hurt myself more This board has a limit on emoticons, so I cannot use them as bullets