Monday!
Most people deplore Mondays. Not me. The Sometimes Difficult Spouse is back to work, the Wants To Play Electronics Most Of His Waking Moments Son is at school, and I am home alone. Bliss. I really need alone time to recharge, otherwise I get all kinds of stressed.
Today I went running. If by ‘running’ I mean moving faster than a briskish walk. Man, was I slow.
But of the SEVEN FREAKING POUNDS I gained since Dad died, I’ve lost two. So yay. More exercise and oatmeal in the future.
The Wire debuted last night, and is going to be all about an editor on the metro desk at a busy urban newspaper. Yeah, HBO, rub it in, my former editor on the metro desk at a busy urban newspaper Dad died. But it should be a fun season, and I kid, but I’m not really that solipsistic.
Speaking of which, solipsistic is one of MY favorite words. What are yours?
Megan
PS: Myretta, I know this file is HUGE, but then folks can see the details–does that make it okay?
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January 7th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
That’s a great picture of you with (I’m assuming) both your parents.
My favorite word: ubiquitous. I just like the way it rolls off the tongue. I’m also partial to nefarious and dastardly.
January 7th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
After two weeks or more of vacation everyone, including my hubby had to finally go back to work and leave me the *&%$ alone! I realize now I’m a creature of habit or routine. I don’t like having to stick to an agenda of places to go and people to see. I think I may just be an anti-social twit.
Those are terrific pictures of your father. I have thought of you often these past few weeks and having been sending positive thoughts.
And you’ve already lost 2 lbs!!!?? I start Weight Watchers on Thursday and then all the fun and games end. By 2009 I’ll be a slender mini - I was going to say skinny mini but I don’t want to set the bar too high
CindyS
January 7th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
The size looks. I think you may not need me anymore. Wonderful pictures. Thanks for sharing them.
January 10th, 2008 at 11:20 am
Soporific is a good one. Sophomoric is another favorite. And ubiquitous. But my absolute favorite, courtesy of the song writing team of Flanders and Swann, who used it in a sentence, is antepenultimate. As in, the third from the last. (Ultimate/last; penultimate/next to last; antepenultimate/third to last)
Then there flashed though her mind what her mother had said
With her antepenultimate breath:
“Oh my child, should you look at the wine which is red
Be prepared for a fate worse than death!”
And I love the pictures.