Did a whole bunch of writing. I began one morning feeling
royally peeved over that drama and wrote another post about it. Inspired by
NaNoWriMo (look it up, people), I did some writing for my “novel.” I also pm’d
another admin for the group respectfully asking that my daughter’s photo be
removed from their videos of “T1 Warriors,” because I’m not comfortable with
her image being used to promote their agenda – particularly if I am blocked
from the group. I didn’t get a response. It’s now a week later and I just sent
a similar message to a different admin– so hopefully I will be heard this time.
I can assure you I will not be ignored.
Went running. Nephew1 and I went for a run on a glorious
morning and I was pumped because he motivated me to take longer strides and run
faster… that is… until his stamina ran out around 0.62 mile. I marveled at how
running with each of my nephews is like night and day: one I can’t keep up with
(Nephew2 recently surpassed his own PR at 5:23) and the other can’t keep up
with me. Once he started walking, I’d dance around him every time I passed him
pointing and singing – 18…46, 18…46!
Worked. I worked a cooking class at the restaurant, the
style of which has changed since my earlier days… the class is held entirely in
the kitchen now, including tastings and wine. There was this woman who used to
work for my mom in her other restaurant some 30 years ago, who decided she
could help me serve the tastings and clear the plates, and otherwise was very
loud about her preferences. She pushed my last button when she suggested in a
slurry, wine-infused voice that the sous chef and I were an item. I suppose
it’s an easy mistake to take mutual eye rolling for “making eyes” at each other.
At least I got a leftover half bottle of wine – which I heartily polished off
once I got home to a sleeping house.
Had an impromptu nap. Before another ride to PA I fell
asleep on the couch for about an hour before the kids got home from school. It
was awesome.
Found a remedy for fruit flies. The final straw was being assaulted as I
sipped my wine. It flew up my nose with a startling rush not unlike snorting
uncut cocaine and a moment of confusion where I wasn’t sure whether to blow it
out or jump around slapping myself in the face. Our fruit fly situation
continued to get worse, and I went on a mission to find the source. Starting
with Nephew (hereafter to be known as “Neph”), since I had it on good knowledge
that my son wouldn’t be caught dead with anything but processed food in his
room. I have an empty cranberry juice bottle with some leftover cheap wine
(translation: wouldn’t drink it if my life depended on it) and an extremely
ripe strawberry in it, sitting on the counter with a paper funnel on top. So
far I’ve trapped a dozen or so of the little bastards.
I produced miracles. I got Pi to the vet for her surgery by
8 a.m., drove Ava back home to catch the bus, and then took Owen to his
orthopedist appointment by 9:30. I was so proud of myself for pulling all this
off without a single moment of stress and everybody was on time (!!) – which,
if you really know me, is unheard of. And then I saw Ava’s medication sitting
on the counter and swore the short list of profanity, hopped back into the car and
drove to school to deliver it.
Worried incessantly about our old girl who is soon to be 15,
who had to have a necrotic growth on her side removed and had a complication
and needed drains put in. She was also very weak, and so had to remain in
hospital for an extra 2 days. I sat with her for an hour the day after surgery
on the floor of the kennel, watching these kittens across the aisle losing
their shit over the newspapers lining their cage. Highly entertaining for me, most
unfortunate for Pi, who isn’t so fond of cats to begin with.
Went to school. American Education Week ended Friday, the day
we were invited to school to watch our kids learn. Instead I watched my
daughter practice for an upcoming choral concert and then build a volcano with
her friends for a science project, which has still not erupted (no predictions
on when she’ll blow, either).
Attended a Very Important Meeting conducted by the Maryland
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Maryland Department of
Education to discuss school diabetes management. Lots of very important peoples
(including a U.S. Senator, who was in my work group), lots of very important
things learned, and an opportunity to have my voice. I’ll be blogging about
this later.
Worked again. Very anticlimactic. It was busier than f@#$,
and the kitchen was running horrifically a bit behind, but I got to meet
the man who could’ve been my father again
when he told me they used to date, how they both owned Triumphs, and how “cute” she was in high school. Some
things are better left unsaid, ya know what I mean?? I’m always surprised what
a small world our restaurant revolves around – how that 6 degrees of separation
is damn near incestuous.
Obviously, spent a LOT of time in the car. Which is why on Sunday I...
Slept til 1:00. There is nothing more luxurious and slothful
like being comatose for nearly 12 hours. It was well worth it, even with all
the hoopla in the kitchen after The Queen arose.
All in all – it was a busy and not entirely unproductive
week. Without Facebook. I didn’t feel any happier, or any less so, just
indifferent. I missed the easy and convenient contact with my friends who are
too far to see very often. I didn’t miss the drama which, apparently, went on
without me… as more executions were handed out without a fair trial.
Today I will turn the notifications back on, and slowly let
Facebook seep back into my life.
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