Tuesday, July 27, 2010
The World Really Wants It To Be My Birthday Today
Mr. Moon called me at eight-thirty this morning to wish me a happy birthday.
"It's not my birthday," I said. Then I went to the calender to make sure. Nope. It's tomorrow.
Then I got an e-mail from my dear friend K. wishing me a happy birthday.
"Not yet," I wrote him back.
And then MAY called me to wish me a happy birthday. I went to the calender again. I checked the date on my computer. Still not my birthday.
This is odd.
Listen- when you're my age, it's quite easily possible to think that you yourself have gotten the days wrong. But I really think that no, today is not my birthday.
Tomorrow.
But I'll take all good wishes and why not?
So it's not my birthday but tomorrow is. And I believe that Mr. Moon and I are going to take off on a little trip up north. Now, what that means, I do not know. We are vaguely talking about "the mountains," fantasizing that somewhere within driving distance there is a spot cooler than here. We have no agenda, no map, no plan.
Just...north.
Hoping for...cooler.
Life is busy here right now. Very, very busy and honestly, I think I just want a few days of sweetheart time, as Lis calls it. Time for the world to go away and leave nothing but me and my man. Even when it's just the two of us here there are always so many things to do and so many places to be we lose track of each other. We are loving, we are appreciative, but dammit, we need that time together.
I hope to read The Yearling to him as he drives. I hope we can listen to the new CD I ordered after hearing an interview with the musician on NPR. It's a good one. Pimps and Preachers by Paul Thorn. His lines enchant me. Plus, the art in the lyric booklet includes a bunch of chickens and a rooster who could be Elvis's twin brother. So you know I love him. Yeah. I want to listen to that as we drive.
And I want to stay in a motel and crank the AC down to zero and I want to eat breakfast at the Waffle House. Instead of smoothies with almonds and fruit and fat-free yogurt, I want eggs and bacon and fried potatoes.
And I want to hold that man's hand all day long if I feel like it. And stop along the way for coffee and maybe I'll wear a hat. Who knows? Who knows what Mary will want? I don't. She might wear a lot of jewelry. She might paint her eyelids in sparkly mermaid colors just for the day's driving.
I know she'll want to lay down beside that man at night in the cool refrigerated air of a room somewhere not at home next to the man who makes everyplace she's with him home.
So that's what we're going to do. Tomorrow. On my birthday.
And then, eventually, we'll turn around, head back south and come home where our chickens live and our grandson comes to visit and where my friends and family gather on the porches and in the kitchen and we'll be better off for having gone away.
That's the plan-with-no-plan but there's a lot to do before we leave and so here I go, off to do it. Off to do it although part of me is already on the road, heading north, looking for a cooler place to be, holding that man's hand.
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Ms. Moon,
ReplyDeletebusy is right ,
good lord I am going to print out all of your post I've missed and go drive somewhere to read them.
I'll say Happy Birthday now in case I can't get back here.
I left a comment on the Sunday post , but don't see it, no matter,
love love all the photos ,
go , head north,
enjoy.
love to you,
Adventure!
ReplyDeleteDo it, Mary! Sparkly mermaid colours and all. And don't you dare write a post tomorrow about how you didn't for some reason.
ReplyDeleteHAppy Birthday! Hahahaha.
I'll getcha tomorrow.
I think it sounds like a great plan. You two will have a lot of fun, I'm sure.
ReplyDeleteI love you so.
Happy Birthday TOMORROW Ms Moon, and if your trip up north takes you through St. Louis, you better send me an e-mail so we can meet!
ReplyDeleteI'm excited that you and Pop are having yourselves an adventure. You two deserve having each other's hands to hold all day long.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking about heading to the mountains too. It is too hot here. I wonder what the weather is at Black Mountain?
ReplyDeleteAahh, "the open road, the dusty highways"! (Wind in the Willows -- now that could be another good book to take along on your trip.)
ReplyDeleteSo glad you and Monsieur Moon are off on a cool sweetheart adventure. That is a fabulous birthday gift. I will be holding a picture of the two of you in my heart, Mr Moon at the wheel and you by his side, reading out loud with your mermaid sparkle eyes. Happy Days!
Keeses. N2
How grand. Hold that man's hand, and order extra bacon for me.
ReplyDeleteOh, I hope you have a wonderful time!
ReplyDeletedeb- Thanks, honey.
ReplyDeleteDTG- Waffle House!
HoneyLuna- We do, don't we?
Jo- Okay.
Ms. Bastard-Beloved- You are really loved.
Rebecca- I doubt we'll get that far.
Syd- Where is Black Mountain?
N2- Wind In The Willows is one of my very most favorite books ever.
Nancy C- I will!
Jill- Thank-you. I hope so too.
Have fun on your birthday(tomorrow)! I love NPR! I'm going to check out Paul thorn as soon as I get home today. Hooray for new music!
ReplyDeleteJudah- He's a southern charmer.
ReplyDeleteYou can tell it so well, woman. And that is a fine plan. Some sweetheart time. That is the best idea for a birthday.
ReplyDeletehas it really been a year since you celebrated in meh-hee-ko?
ReplyDeleteimpossible. seems like the blink of an eye, and yet my entire universe has shifted since then.
as a matter of fact, those reprised posts you scheduled for our enjoyment while you honeymooned(my opinion) helped me survive the beginning (and darkest) part of the transmogrification.
perhaps this doesn't sound like a happy birthday wish, but it is. oh, yes!
here's hoping the next year is as full as the last,full of friends (old and new), revelations, resoluytions, growth, while ever pushing toward truth and light.
xo
I heard that Paul Thorn interview and thought he was one soulful brother.
ReplyDeleteMwa- I think so too.
ReplyDeleteAdrienne- Oh! I am so glad to hear from you! I thought I had done or said something to offend you! Thank you for those memories, that birthday wish. You know you are always in my heart and I am always wishing you the very, sweetest best and yes, always movement towards the light and truth.
Juancho- I think the dude is. I like his music.
Well, I'm just glad that I got on today so that I could wish you a Happy Birthday!
ReplyDeletebirthday adventures are my FAVORITE KIND.
ReplyDeletei hope you two love birds have the most fabulous time.
this is the perfect plan!
ReplyDeleteI'd like a pic of the hat and sparkly stuff.