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August 21, 2005
things i should have done this weekend but did not
i had this whole list, see. well, there's always a list. list of things to do, list of things i need to do right away, list of things i ought to be doing in general, list of ongoing things, list of things the house will need done eventually, list of this that and the other.
but eh.
on the down side, i'm totally bored. but very devoted to the idea that i not leave my house very much, especially during daylight hours. spacepod has been shifting funny and for starters, i don't much want to be stranded across town when the heat index is 107. as per usual, i'm having trouble facing up the reality that i probably need to take him to see MFM sooner rather than later.
because he's old now and i am sure i don't want to know what is wrong with him.
i have been reading. i'm told that's a hallmark of intelligence and good brain maintenance and shit. but seriously, to me reading is just fucking around. being slack.
did i ever tell you guys about reading in the cedar closet at my grandmother's house? no? yes? ok, i'll tell you anyway.
the closet was the one really cool part of the house for some reason. the house, a very large farmhouse built around the time of the civil war (or so my childish memory tells me someone once said, and by the foot-wide plank floorboards, i'm inclined to believe it), was wall to wall books. thousands of books. they were pack rats. few thirteen year olds have the privelege of reading all first-edition Tom Swifts, complete with bizarre, racist patois and equally dated gender roles.
uh, so anyway, the closet had a light that would only come on if the door was open. very clever actually, just the sort of thing my grandfather would rig up. so i'd sit inside the cool closet, reading, with my foot propping the door open just enough that the light would stay on.
my granfather was retired from the Navy band, so they had shopping priveleges on the local base. the comissary was like costco is to us today; everything by the case. they'd store extra cases of soft drinks in this closet.
total heaven. sheer indulgence. reading, guzzling cokes. emerging periodically for grilled cheese and eye-rollingly delicious oatmeal cookies.
:|:
so yeah. well i did laundry, i tried to get the westy started (no go). ran a few errands. i'll be getting my butt to the grocery store pretty soon, too, now that the sun's gone down. wouldn't want to like, catch on fire in the direct sun or something. got stuff ready for amvet to pick up tomorrow. keep thinking there must be some way to garner a big burst of energy for myself and rampage through a million tasks, but frankly, i just don't give a damn right now.
Posted by lisa at August 21, 2005 07:59 PM
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What a great image of you and that closet. Damn, that must have been fine -- hidey hole, books, and sodas.
Good luck with the VeeDubs.
Posted by: Phil on August 21, 2005 10:41 PM
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