Tuesday, May 8, 2018

We Persevere


This is the only picture I took today except for some really lousy pictures of a flower in my yard which I think is salvia but probably isn't. I swear- my mind is like a sieve filled with swiss cheese these days. Listen to this- I have a plant in a pot on my porch that I have been thinking was an avocado for forever and just today as I was watering my porch plants, I realized it was about to bloom and that it is, in fact, a gardenia.
I'm almost certain.
Here's another thing I did today- I unloaded my washing machine and put all the wet clothes in the dryer, closed the door to the dryer, closed the door to the washing machine and then started the washer. With nothing in it.
A little while later I was thinking, "Jeez. Did I start the dryer after I put the clothes in it?"
No. I started the washer.
What the hell?
The only way I can shop these days is with a list and a pen in my hand. I have to cross things off the list to absolutely make sure I've gotten everything. I saw a woman in the store the other day with her list on a clipboard.
What a great idea! I thought.
I must have a clipboard around here somewhere. And don't tell me to use my phone. Please. I need the pen/paper/writing/scratching off thing to make my old brain work. Otherwise I'd probably just be in the cracker aisle watching Rolling Stones videos having completely forgotten I was shopping if I tried to use my phone to keep my lists on. I'm as easily distracted as a kitten with ADD.
Oh well. It is what it is and it seemed like the universe was out to get me today as I was driving from Costco to Jason's Deli where Jessie and I went to have our salad bar lunches. First thing that happened was that as I took a right-hand turn a car stopped right in front of me as if the driver had decided to suddenly back up. This is a relatively large highway. After that driver got her shit together and I was praising myself for not running into her, a truck decided to make a left-hand turn (and I was in the left lane at that point) but only got himself partly through the place where you have to wait to make a turn which meant that again, I had to stop quickly and inappropriately AND the fucking crazy woman in an Infinity behind me who was right up my ass almost hit me when I had to stop.
When I finally safely made it to the restaurant and got out of my car, I said to Jessie, "What in hell was that all about?" She'd been behind me the whole time.
"Right?!" she said. It made me feel better that I had a witness. She said that she thought the woman who was trying to back up was probably stoned and just realized she'd missed the turn for the Kentucky Fried Chicken.
That made sense. We've all been there.

So we got our salad bars and August was a pistol but guess what? Little Guy wore his big boy underwear today and went through the whole outing without a problem. Of course we took him to the bathroom about five times but still...
I'm so proud of him.
"Big boy underwear are a lot more comfortable than diapers, aren't they?" I asked him.
He agreed that they were but didn't get that excited about it.
A woman at Costco asked him how he was doing and he said, "Pretty good," which is what he says, of course, and she thought that was the funniest, best thing she'd ever heard. She could not get over it. Truthfully, I'll be really sad when he stops using that particular phrase.
And Levon was a good boy although he has found his voice, as Jessie says, and when he gets upset he lets out a cry like a raptor which makes me laugh.

And that was my day pretty much except, oh yeah! I bought a pair of wireless headphones at Costco because I simply cannot buy another dongle nor do I ever want to say the word "dongle" again. And it's time to join the 21st century. So far I like them fine.

Another day, another walk, another trip to town, another lunch with some of my babies, and I did not die either on the walk or on the highway and so I guess I'd have to say that the day was pretty good, all things considered.

How was your day? Was it pretty good? I hope so.

Love...Ms. Moon

18 comments:

  1. your day sounds fun and good...... but I'm with you on *lists*. I still shop with a list written on paper...... that has been thoughtfully created over a period of a week or so....... forget the phone, the ipad, whatever. Paper, and scratching things off. That is my preferred method that has worked for 45 years! And LOVE the fact that your
    supposed avo turned into a gardenia. I mean...what could be more lovely than that?
    Susan M

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    1. There is something so satisfying about a list made on paper with a pen, isn't there?

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  2. I always have and always will use written shopping lists. Yesterday was my 'I must persevere' day. I got fresh green beans at one store, sat the bag in my purse in the cart to fill it, and when I picked up the bag, the bottom fell out and all the beans went in my purse! I had to empty my purse, then I did the walk of shame out of the store. Later, while at another store (Aldi this time) I decided to get the beans and when I got to the check out and put them on the belt, the damned bag broke and all the beans fell on the floor! I put on a brave face and picked another two pounds of stinking green beans up off the floor, and did my second walk of shame of the day.

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    1. Oh my Lord! I would have taken this as a sign that green beans were not on the menu for that night. Bless your heart!

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  3. Wireless headphones. It might be time.

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    1. It IS time. Do it. You will wonder why it took you so long. I promise.

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  4. The washing machine and dryer incident made my day.

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    1. I'm so glad. It just made me feel like a foolish idiot. Once again.

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  5. Oh, wireless headphones. Are they small like earbuds?

    I am a paper list and pen girl too. I use my phone to create the list as I think of things sometimes. But then I have to transfer it to paper before I go shopping.

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    1. These headphones have little loop things over the ears. I like that.

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    1. Heh-heh.
      Now I'm sort of craving some fried chicken.

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  7. I love that story about the washer and dryer. Hilarious! And I envy you the wireless headphones. I need to get a pair of those. I hate being wired to my phone and my earbuds are ancient.

    I could totally see mistaking a gardenia for an avocado, at least until the flowers appear!

    Sounds like a great day out with the family!

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    1. Yeah- hilarious until YOU do it and then it's like, "Uh... do I need to get a room on the memory unit?"
      God.
      Get you some wireless headphones. There will be no regrets. Trust me.

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  8. Also, Levon is growing into his little boyness so quickly! He's so curious about everything, so eager. Such a sweetheart.

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    1. He is! He's just a very awesome baby-child. And so easy to love.

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  9. Such great boys. Levon's starting to shine out to us more - I know he's been his own self to all of you since he arrived, but it's a little harder to tell through pictures :)

    I am worried about my own brain - I have so many weird fuzzy moments. I'm struggling with names this week, I have these lapses of uncertainty and fog, which clear and then I remember again. It's scary.

    More fatty acids needed!

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    1. Every time I see Levon he's matured a bit. It's amazing and it's scary and it's wonderful and it's sad. He is determined to be a boy kid!
      I hear you on the fuzzy moments. It IS scary. I take a lot of fish oil which my GP has me on for cholesterol. I don't know if it helps but it can't hurt. Right?

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