It’s a rainy day so I’m not walking, and I have no writing assignment, so I’m BORED outta my GOURD!
Sooo…. I cleaned my office/den carpet!
And did a little bit of rearranging so there’s room in here again.
Now that Charli has an office chair…
… and I have an office chair, it was getting kinda crowded, so I put the big bag of rat chow and papers into their rat habitat (since they almost never go in there)….
… and took out two plastic bins (one empty and one filled with copies of DeFOREST KELLEY UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL). I put the empty one in storage and the filled one on a shelf in my bedroom. Now I just have to remember where it is in case I ever do another personal appearance or book signing…
One problem with being pre-punctual is that I get everything done lickety-split and then there’s nothing left to do. And when it’s crappy outside, I can’t even go walking or biking… and I’ve seen all the movies I was planning to see this month (Dear Evan Hansen and The Rescue), so that’s out, too. And I don’t want to go anywhere because I’ll be tempted to spend money (since I have some DISPOSABLE INCOME again for the first time in FOR-FREAKING-EVER), and I don’t want to do that until I have at least $20K in savings. (I’m halfway there.)
TWO HOURS LATER
OK, I reorganized my office/den so there’s room and it looks orderly. YAY! I feel better now.
(“Sexiest lower lip in the galaxy” is from my Husband Hunting On the Enterprise stand up comedy routine,
for those of you don’t already know this…)
AND…. I just realized a few days ago that Mom’s 100th Birthday is coming up on November 24th, so I’m beginning to gather my thoughts about the experiences I had with her and all the things she taught me so I have a really great blog post on that day and stuff to share when the family celebrates her centennial sometime that week.
My list is already more than a dozen anecdotes long:
Sick as a child — the songs she sang me as she sat rubbing my back (Brer Fox, Rain barrel, sunshine)
Dressed to the 9’s plumbing incident
Fell into open pit (a barn had been razed and buried underground by the people before us, we didn’t know this) into live coals, Dad playing nurse to her
animals were not her friends
lenient/wise re Laurel’s and Jackie’s social activities ( I wasn’t social–she didn’t have to worry about me: I was always at home)
math and me
“worst thing that ever happens…”
“Live and let live.”
paddling — paddle broke
swim in Spanaway lake
sex ed (horse breeding)
Jackie fell off horse — Mom’s response
I fell down on my belly — Mom’s response
My first betrayal– a friend lied about me to her mother: Mom’s response
hunger/sex insights and her reaction
steer stepped on Mom’s feet while she was in Zories/thongs
Brothers Grimm oral history
ride bike to LA to meet Star Trek crew — put the kibosh on that!
on trust
This is going to be fun and undoubtedly poignant. We should videotape it. Yes. We must!
