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well now
it’s been a long time since i’ve been in here

it’s not that I’ve been uber busy
cos I have been
but mostly at work
it’s just
and it’s not that I have nothing to say
I do
I’m nothing if not an over sharer

it’s just plain
unadulterated
laziness

however
it is my plan
to turn over a new leaf
right as soon
as I return from holidays
mid Aug

in the meantime
I’m good

the dog is good
(although a thunderstorm did cause
her to wake me
at 4:44AM
fairly significant
cos I think it’s the 3rd one
in the 15 years I’ve lived here)

the job rocks
although there are moments
when I’m convinced I’m back in grade school

the Pickle is home
but I’m not taking her on holidays
cos she tried to kill the mechanic?
well maybe
but mostly cos I’m flying to and from
Wisconsin for my holidays

the biggest question
in my life
at the moment
is should I take Pixie with
or leave her
with someone
who’ll only end up telling me
I should do this
or that
in training her
cos frankly
she don’t come when she’s called
nor does she stay in
if the door’s open
and while I recognize that
the 80 yr old parents might not
and who the hell has enough money
to board her for 2 weeks
would be about 650.00

so…there’s a decision for ya eh?

anyway
when I come back from holidays
I may well finish unpacking my house

learning to cook
on a new stove
after 15 yrs with the old one
has been a real treat

so this morning I get up sick again
my fucking head is not happy this week
at
all

anyway…
I check out the cupboards
and the only breaky food
I can find
is oatmeal
I don’t feel like eating
cos I have a pukey headache
but
I have to eat…
I’m a diabetic…
so I put a pot on…

I love oatmeal
the way I make it now
only this is the first time
I’ve made it on the new stove

the oatmeal has to cook slowly
for 20 min and in the first 10
it boils over 3 times
cos I can’t get the temp set right
for the slow simmer I need
the first spill over
I leaned forward
and because this stove is
an apt sized
and
the elements seem to be
closer to the edge…
and don’t I drag
the tie of my housecoat
over the burner
and set fire to myself.
I’ve never shucked my kit
that fast before

oh well…
I didn’t really like
this house coat anyway…
which reminds me…
the last tenant took
the smoke detector
outta the kitchen…
must put that
on the list
for the landlord!

I think “I’mma eat my oatmeal
and go back to bed.”

and then…true to form
cos there’s not really anything
I can do but lay around and wait
for this head to stop
with the little light show
and the booming and banging
and the feeling like
I could pull an eye

I went to put left over oatmeal
in the fridge
and somehow managed
to knock the package
of left over chinese food
that I had for dinner last night
on the floor
thereby forcing me to bed over and wipe it up
causing the head to go postal
and a re-appearance
of the already consumed oatmeal.

Pixie of course
thinks this is wonderful
and dances around underfoot
because she can’t wait to see
if she can help me “clean up”

ick

I’m going back to bed
I’ll try some toast later.

I keep reminding myself
that any day
I’m not pushing up daisies
is a good one

but I’m a hard act to follow.