Monthly Archive: October 2005

05
Oct
2005

IN WHICH A LIST IS THINLY DISGUISED AS CONTENT

Good god, I think I have blogger’s block. ~ taps fingers on desk ~ ~ scratches chin ~ ~ tilts head back, stares at ceiling, mutters hmmmmmmmm ~ ~ sighs ~ ~ gets out the jumper cables ~ *** # of days gone by during which I forgot to pay the mortgage: 10 # of apologies I received at work today: 2 # of declarations of love I received at work today: 1 What the declaration of love was for, which sort of negates the excitement: a spiffed-up Powerpoint presentation Special home-made Spanish lunch I was invited to tomorrow which...

04
Oct
2005

COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS

I have a little devil on one shoulder these days, and a little angel on the other. The devil whispers in my ear and plays with my hair and strokes the back of my neck. He says, “Don’t bother tonight, don’t write. Just go to bed. You’re tired.” The angel reaches around and thumps him a good one. “Ow!” he exclaims, “Hey! That hurt!” She gives him a look and then pats me soothingly. “Don’t listen to him,” she says, “Go write. You’ll feel better.” Often I can’t decide who to listen to. Sometimes I listen to both and dither...

02
Oct
2005

LATER

I don’t hear my husband get up but I hear when the kids do. The television displaces sound as it slams on with a whoosh. I bury my head in the pillows, burrow down the cocoon-tunnel of the winter duvet I put on the bed yesterday. Its warmth and thickness is not enough to keep out the jangling disharmony from the television set. “Turn it down,” I croak. Anders hears me and admonishes the children: shut mama’s door before you turn on the tv! Moments later, the door snicks to, a creaking slam, then not exactly silence, but quiet enough....

01
Oct
2005

UNNNGH

well, that was four hours of my life I’ll never get back, and a very bad feeling about the upcoming AWC year. *sigh*

01
Oct
2005

CAN’T STAND THE EXCITEMENT

It’s a dark day today. Even though the sun was shining when I woke up, and when I fell asleep again, and when I woke up the second time, it’s been cloudy and raining most of the day. A migraine has been sneaking around the back of my neck and I’ve been doing my best to shoo it away…asking for a neckrub from Anders who obliged even though he’d just played hockey and his hands were sore, and taking 2 ibuprofin and then 2 again awhile later when the migraine got cockier, and drinking water and then pepsi max in...

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