hello again

well.. it seems that i have not updated in quite some time... i guess that i ought to remedy that, hmm? let me see here. not much is going on at the moment. the reason i haven't written on here in so long is that about the time i got some good swinging friends and a good network going on the internet, my phone got disconnected (they tend to do that when you can't pay the bill). well, we were about to move, and didn't see any reason to get it reconnected until after the move (which was supposed to happen in about a week). the move got pushed back by no fault of ours, and we ended up moving in about a month later. the delay was mostly due to rainy weather and muddy ground. once we finally got moved in and the phone reconnected, we had to get the computer set up. unfortunately, it seems that my computer did not like being moved. we ended up having to reformat it, and the stupid piece of crap is still not working right (please don't ask me to go into it.. it's very frustrating)... suffice to say, i only just got the internet working about three days ago, and only now have i had the patience to sit down and write a little.
since i have been offline, there has been no swinging (obviously) and no talk of swinging, so i have no idea where that stands. i don't know if anyone in this house is ready or if it is going to happen, although now that i have the internet again, i am reconnecting with some friends who are interested in that again, and the subject is beginning to resurface, so i don't know. we'll just have to wait and see. speaking of reconnecting... let me aplogize to all you people who read my blog (JOE) who i have not seen in a while. all i can say is that i am a hermit by nature and rarely get out. i'm sorry about not seeing you often enough.. it's hard for me to get out in the real world... please forgive me :(
one thing i would like for anyone who reads this to keep in your thoughts for me: a friend of mine just underwent brain surgery for a ruptured brain aneurysm, and there are three more that they have found. keep her in your thoughts, ok? she needs all the "prayers" she can get!!
as far as i go... rob and i are both unemployed right now... don't ask why, though... it's a really long story. we're planning on moving to denton sometime during the summer, and here's the kicker. we have to move out of the trailer that my parents bought because they caught us smoking pot here, and now are going to make us take drug tests every month for as long as we live here. and rob and i feel like that's just a violation all around. i don't think she has a right to do that as the parent of a grown up or as my landlord. it's none of her business. we dont' even have a lease that we are violating! oh well. we'll just move again. BLAH!
not much else is going on. rob's student loans came in and we bought a shitload of new video games, so that's pretty much all we've been doing. email me and let me know if you have any questions, comments, concerns. love ya all!! manda