Monday, August 30, 2004
Granny's purse
I was having a hard day - “hormone intoxication,” I suppose, since nothing was really wrong - and I had to go to the mall. I don’t like the mall, but I had to go pick up wedding-related crap. It was raining like hell and when I got back to the front,...
Monday, August 23, 2004
Reluctant Grown-up
Scott: I just can’t believe all of the stuff you have for the nursery!Me: Yeah?Scott: Yeah! It’s like you’ve been just waiting to have a kid.Me (confused): What stuff are you talking about?Scott: You know, the Pez, the Powerpuff Girls stuff, the action...
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
Wedding, schmedding
They say that even the most unusual woman becomes a traditionalist where her wedding is involved. I am not so unusual, and I’d have been perfectly happy to go along and live my life with Scott without a huge wedding. Without even a small wedding. WITHOUT...
Thursday, August 12, 2004
Jesus Christ
I’m in the nursery on the phone with Penny. Scrabble has followed me in, and all of the toys, etc., for the nursery are in boxes and piles. I hear a rustling sound and turn to see Scrabble’s teeth firmly embedded in Buttercup’s head. Thank God it’s...
Chi Toy
Scrabble will chew anything. He chews socks, shoes, books, LOVES the telephone book, and has taken to chewing my hand when I let him. I try to distract him, but he also likes chewing my hair for example, when I do yoga. While I’m doing something that...
Sunday, August 08, 2004
The Reason He's Homeless
As I walk in the 15th Street Kroger, a highly aromatic older gentleman trots towards me.“‘Scuse me, ma’am. You got a dollar? Ma’am?”He’s clearly going to buy beer - no, seriously, you had to smell him - and, anyway, I don’t have a dollar. I go thruogh...
Wednesday, August 04, 2004
I need the ATF at the ATM
I hate going to the ATM at night, alone. But I owed Natalya $182 for my wedding dress, she needed it by tomorrow morning, and I had to take it to her. I got stuck on the phone with Scott’s mom for TWO AND A HALF HOURS, so it was 11:30 before I could...
