My Birthday!!

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Persistence!

Tonight I was on the phone with my mother and her friend. Her friend was telling us about this guy who graduated from law school in the US...and was having a hard time passing the bar exam. He was approaching his twelfth/thirteenth try. How true it is I dunno, u know Jamaicans add color to stories sometimes. For all I know it could be his second try, anyhow for the sake of the story lets say 13. I thought about it a second and decided that if he ever passes I'd want him as my lawyer. It shows persistence. if I had a difficult case, then hopefully he'd treat it like the bar exam and not give up... while all those first time bar passers may not be used to huge obstacles.. he was best friends with obstacles.

It's the same way with life, sometimes we give up on life and just go through the motions to get to the next step. Even in dreaming, my dreams tend to be smaller and more within reach... what fun is that? I need to rediscover myself and in so doing dream bigger and be more persistent in attaining my goals... just like this non-practicing attorney.

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Hurricane Dean

Luckily I was able to talk to my mother the whole time basically during the hurricane. This was her second hurricane and she was definitely not looking forward to it. In fact, aside from surfers and meteorologists I'm not sure who looks forward to a hurricane.

Looking at the tracking maps prior to the hurricane it seemed as though Jamaica was doomed for sure. It seemed to head straight for our little island in the sun... but by some act of God, the majority of the island was spared the brunt of the hurricane. People on the south coast of Jamaica may beg to differ though. Being in so many hurricanes they all seem to run together... I can't differentiate one from another. I clearly remember Gilbert, Andrew and Wilma... the others not so clearly. I even remember spending my birthday one year in a hurricane shelter on the floor with about 200 other people... do I remember which year, or which hurricane? No, but maybe that's the brain at work.. blocking out negative experiences. Although, looking back now... it wasn't soo bad... but of course at the time it was a nightmare!

I called my aunt in Kingston today to see how she fared through the hurricane... and I ended up talking to her for almost an hour. I tend to forget I have family who loves and care for me at times, because I feel so disconnected from people that I was sooo close to before... but it's nice to be able to talk to them and not feel one ounce of discomfort and things just fall into place. Clearly, she was okay throughout the hurricane, still no power or any water though. We've not been able to hear from other relatives in St. Thomas though.. so I'm hoping that they all did okay as well.

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Huge accident

Yesterday evening on the way home, I was in traffic for a while... not even 1 minute away from my office there was a fatal accident. Just by looking at the remains of both vehicles, it was easy to surmise that there was at least one fatality. It made me think of how very fragile life is.

While we don't know the details surrounding the accident at this time...it is safe to assume that all the parties involved did not make it. :(

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Waiting..

Sooo I'm waiting patiently... just to hear how the weekend went in Jamaica.
I don't think it was "MY" thing to actually GOOOO to Negril... but I love hearing the stories and seeing the pictures of how the various events went. Of course I'm anxious to hear how my Ultra family did as well. All in due time I guess.
This weekend we went to the movies to see Bourne Ultimatum... I'm biased though... I've been a fan since Richard Chamberlain did the original... so what can I say, it was GREAT!

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Posting.

They say if you don't have anything good to say then you should keep quiet. So, I have been quiet. I was hurt and discouraged by a recent situation, but I am realizing that the parties are unwilling to rectify the situation and sitting and wallowing won't help so in that respect... I'm moving the fuck on.

Anyhow back to the noise.

This weekend people are getting ready to party themselves to an inch of their life in Negril, Jamaica... and doing it the Ultra way (I hope). Including my co-worker... I gave her a laundry list of things not to do.. in the hopes that I won't see her on some website or worse, on tv for some Girls Gone Wild sort of thing... but she's smarter than that... the others.. not so sure.

Today starts a new month. What will this month bring? Only time will tell... but I do hope it entails more postings :)
Nicole

P.S. I do have to apologize to Clivia... her blog is nowhere near Deadstock now... I'll have to change the title of the link.

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