Entries from March 2003
free laundry
wahoo! i just got some great news from sister #3. seems she and tony FINALLY got a great offer on their house in glencoe. which means they’ll be back here, a few blocks from me, in may/june.
free laundry, the peanut so close, what more could a girl want? well. . . besides sister #2 [...]
i go it alone it doesn’t even hurt
i’ve developed some sort of weird spasm in my right eyelid. i haven’t a clue what it could portend. it’s probably a tumor or stress related or something. i do know that it’s damn annoying.
so can i just hate the snivelling, wishy washy, pouty, afraid person i’ve become over the past week? blech, that girl [...]
they moo
susan, you’re gonna love this.
max and i were studying the map he got from the zoo on saturday.
“what’s that say?”
“meerkats of the kalahari.”
“what bird is that?”
“i dunno, a macaw?”
“does that look like a macaw? it’s a flamingo.”
“sorry.”
“so are there any animals you don’t like?” i asked him.
“he’s a afraid of cows,” jaycie volunteered.
“of cows?”
“they [...]
snarkless
i just have to say, that i am in love withBookFilter. if you love books and reading, head on over. it’s like metafilter without the snark.
Read morethere’s your trouble
i was exhausted when i went to bed an hour ago. i could hardly keep my eyes open. but the minute i turned off the lights, my mind started. and, well, here i am.
i’m hurt and i’m angry and i’m so incredibly sad, it’s pathetic. i feel like i’m owed an explanation, but i [...]
Do you ever think of me my darling as you sail the ocean blue
i’m mightly lonely tonight. i spent most of the day cooking and cleaning and keeping myself and my mind busy with mindless, physical labor. but now i’m exhausted, in that smug, self-satisfied way that means i did stuff. however, my mind is spinning. thinking and wondering and pouting and wanting.
i’m wondering which of these [...]
try to catch the deluge in a paper cup
last night i spent the evening babysitting max and jaycie. i was consummate bad babysitter. jaycie kept falling back on one of the chairs, over and over and over and over (and over) again. it was driving me batty, as i was trying to read the very latest ikea catalog. finally i had a enough.
“stop [...]
notes from a sunday
getting up at 7:30 on a sunday morning can make one awfully productive.
not sleeping (still) blows.
when you go to target and tell yourself that you can spend $200 and then only spend $80 is like a delightful surprise.
finding christmas candy on the shelf in the entryway, not good.
having laundry done, ruby washed and gassed up, [...]
halleluiah zigzag nothing
last night at the bowling alley craig’s kids sam and ellen were marching in around the entire bar shouting “halleluiah” over and over again.
today, i saw a little girl at tj maxx and more wearing a lavender velvet dress a size two small, opaque white tights, and GIANT red rubber rainboots.
can you hear that? that’s [...]
come away with me in the night
wise old owl, how many games of SpeedMarbles does one have to play until their numb enough to go to sleep? the phone doesn’t ring anymore and i can’t sleep. is 5:30 too early to show up at work?
Read moreit doesn’t jibe
as i was sitting on the couch eating some karamel sutra watching “good morning miami” and trying not to think, i got to thinking about the day.
i left work yesterday tired, dispirited and ready to look for a new place of employment. i was frustrated and just so very tired of fighting for everything. fighting [...]
i’m mcrib
hi. did you miss me? does anyone ever miss me? i’m curious, because i miss people like crazy all the damn time.
Read morenew book day
today is new book day here in jodiland. included in the happy amazon box were:
johnyn cash, the autobiography (”i’ve read books, love in the time of cholera, the unbearable lightness of being and they’re about girls, right? but i have to admit my favorite books is the autobiography of johnny cash, cash by johnny cash.”)
the [...]
where oh where could my mefi be?
anyone know where metafilter has gone to? i haven’t been able to get it to come up for days.
Read morewhat’s with these homies dissing my girl?
ok, so tell me, would it be really super annoying if i set my phone to sing the muzak version of Buddy Holly instead of just ringing?
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