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Hump Day Happy

Here are some testimonials from people I totally made up never met before:

“I didn’t think much of my answer from the book, ‘tinted windows.’ But that very day when I got in my car, I realized I was looking through tinted windows–then the woman ahead of me paid my toll. This book is a miracle!” MV, New Jersey

“Getting ‘dog tricks’ gave me new incentive to train my Jack Russell terrier. It’s only been a month, and I can tell he’s considering sitting now. Progress!” FF, Georgia

“Uh, ‘butter steamed carrots’? WTF?” TR, Wisconsin

Okay, so they’re not ALL winners. But if you want something to be happy about, or at least something to say WTF? about, please comment with a page number between 1 and 611, and another number between 1 and 25, and we’ll see what happens.

 


Do it for Bambi.

Overheard in the workroom, part 2

My fingers are mutilated by needles and EZ hates me because I keep shrieking with the pain of it all. Meanwhile, upstairs I’ve heard that Jack is dead, Rose is old, Julia Roberts just rescued Richard Gere right back, and Tom Hanks is about to make friends with a volleyball named Wilson.

I could have been draped across the couch watching movies all day!

Frankly, my dear…

I’m going on record that Lipton Iced Tea To Go Peach does NOT have the deliciousness of Crystal Light On The Go Peach Tea. You’ve been warned.

Lately I’ve displayed a tendency to neglect stuff. As an Aries, I’m impulsive and can greatly enjoy being spontaneous, but in my daily life, I’m a creature of habit. I work best when I follow a routine. Probably anyone who works in a home office will tell you that it requires a lot of self-imposed discipline, and I’m usually good about that. Lately: not so much. I’ve got this litany in my head running on a loop: get to bed earlier, go to the gym, do something about those five months of untouched bank statements, pay bills, go to the grocery store, cook, finish reading that manuscript, do the outline for that novel, start moving on a TJB project, get caught up on local politics, do something about The Compound grounds…there are more, but you’ve already skipped to the next paragraph.

I can’t blame the usual suspects for my lethargy. I still don’t watch TV (six hours weekly hardly put me in anybody’s target audience when one of them is the soap I watch during dinner and the other is Project Runway). I’m not reading blogs all day. I am reading a ton of books, but I always do. I don’t have a madly active social life. I’m not on the phone. The only unusual thing I’m doing is designing a Barbie outfit for a few hours a week for LJ Runway Monday.

So what is the reason for all these idle hours? Possibilities: The heat. The fact that there’s so much unfinished or undone that it’s daunting. Mourning. The missing camera. The inevitable reaction to a year of pressing demands and responsibilities that are no longer there. But mostly, I just don’t give a damn.

That’s so unlike me.

Hump Day Happy

I’m happy because my cable (and therefore, my Internet connection) is back after many hours of being down for “maintenance.” Then again, who wouldn’t be happy with her very own Raggedy Chan Doll? Thanks, camillemulan!

If you, too, want something to be happy about, give me a page number between 1 and 611, and another number between 1 and 25 in comments, and I’ll tell you what the book says.

 

Out and About

Today I was thinking that I haven’t done much in the way of LJ posting this week. Just Runway Monday, Hump Day Happy, and Photo Friday. I can’t regret that it means life has settled down a notch or two after months of upheaval and turmoil. I like it when things at The Compound are serene (with the exception of Rex’s stitches, but that’s really Tim’s LJ domain). It has either rained or been sweltering all week, so I haven’t felt like getting out much, plus I don’t feel quite the same compulsion when my camera is with Nikon instead of with me.

Tonight, however, I had to run a couple of errands, including to Walgreen’s. As I pulled up, I noticed a pair of red high heels on the trunk of the car next to me. I really wished for my camera as I was walking inside. When I returned, they were still there. I remembered that I could use my cell phone camera, even though every photo I take with it is crap. Still, I snapped this photo.

Not entirely happy–it’s hard getting used to a new phone–I decided to take another. That’s when I spied a cute blonde walking out of Walgreen’s. She didn’t seem to be heading for that car, but I stepped back just in case. She clicked her key chain and the car lights flashed.

Here’s our conversation:

Me: Is this your car?
Her: (slowly) Yeeees. (starts to open door)
Me: (pointing to back of car) Are those your red high heels?
Her: (gasp) OHMYGOD, thank you! They’re not mine, but she’d have KILLED me if I lost them. (tosses shoes in back seat, then gets stricken look on her face) SHIT! I wonder what else I set on the back of the trunk?!? I gotta go!
Me: Good luck!

Hump Day Happy

It’s Wednesday, I know, and I’ll get to your bit of happiness. First, I want to share some of the good things about my week. I don’t have pictures of the sight that makes me smile from ear to ear, and that is Rexford G. Lambert and EZ running The Compound grounds together. They don’t play with each other yet, but they are able to enjoy being outside, unleashed within the fence, acting like dogs who’ve become part of the same pack.

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