lazy head mazy
Thank you so much for the wonderful birthday wishes. It was a great day. Jason got me some new Twins gear (an awesome jersey, hooded sweatshirt and t-shirt) and then took me to Dave & Buster’s so he could decimate me in the basketball-shooting game. (I am the WORST at that game.) It was a fun time and it was so great to have the week off.
The weather has been perfect all week, too. It was 66 degrees on Monday, so I tossed my winter gear in the closet and can now wear tennis shoes instead of clompy boots outside. The poop swamp is gone and our yard is now contaminant-free. (For now.) There’s only a few stubborn ice remnants left, and I kindly help them out by stomping on them with my heels so they can disappear faster. GET OUT, WINTER.
A neighbor cat peed on our patio window last weekend, so I washed it (the window, not the cat, although I would love to get even with that window-peeing menace), and then washed the inside of the window, and you guys, seeing the sun stream in through crystal-clear glass healed my soul. I’m not kidding. We took the plastic off our windows and opened up doors and screens and it was heavenly. Just heavenly. I knew winter this year was really affecting me, but I didn’t realize how close to the end of my unravelled, unknotted rope I was.
Hey, do you want to hear about my stupid dream neurosis? I hate when people in my dreams don’t listen to me. Last night, I was with a group of people fighting off evil attackers in some post-apocalyptic world. We drove off the last of the evil-doers and started congratulating each other, when I turned around and there stood Eric Bogosian. And I was like, “What the hell is HE doing here?” And people were telling me, “It’s cool. He’s with us.” And I said, “NO. That is Eric Bogosian. He’s a bad guy.” And they said, “No, no, he’s a GOOD guy.” And so on. They wouldn’t listen to me, even when I insisted that Eric Bogosian is ALWAYS the bad guy, don’t they know ANYTHING? And sure enough, a hidden group of bad guys ambushed us, Eric Bogosian started laughing evilly and saying, “I double-crossed you,” and as I started fighting back I shrieked, “Why doesn’t anyone LISTEN to me?”
Man, even in my sleep I’m a whiner.
You guys listen to me, right? Right?
Hello?
I hate when people don’t listen to me PERIOD, dream or no. That’s probably why all of us have blogs. Heh.
Comment by Tessie — March 19, 2009 @ 10:10 am
It sounds like a GREAT birthday. Torsten is still asking me what I want for mine. I’m like, uh, we have a dog and we’re getting a house, plus we’re going to a hot springs. Isn’t that enough?
Comment by Jess — March 19, 2009 @ 10:28 am
OK, I probably shouldn’t even admit this, I don’t know who Eric Bogosian is.
Glad you had a great birthday. My husband and son use the selective listening method when I speak … and speak … and yell, and repeat – no wonder I am such a NAG!
Comment by Grimmie — March 19, 2009 @ 12:42 pm
Happy belated birthday! Glad you had such a nice day!
I had a dream the other night that my second toe split into 2 toes. When I woke up and thought about the dream, I looked down to check out my feet. Whew! Only 5 toes on each foot! That was a close one!
Comment by LA — March 19, 2009 @ 1:57 pm
I actually woke up from a dream the other day (can’t remember it now), sat up and said to my [snoring] husband, “What the HELL was THAT?”
Comment by Fiona Picklebottom — March 19, 2009 @ 2:18 pm
haha! i wish i remembered more of my dreams. although i’m sure people would piss me off in my dreams, too, which would be annoying. although! i did wake myself up LAUGHING the other night, which was weird.
Comment by Alice — March 19, 2009 @ 9:37 pm
Huh? Can you repeat that?
My worst nightmare is not being able to outrun the person or thing that’s chasing me. So horrible. HATE.
And we totally listen to you.
Comment by Whimsy — March 19, 2009 @ 9:49 pm
I’m with number 3. Who is that guy?
I love how you’re ‘helping the ice’ by stomping on it. I thought I was the only one.
Comment by amber — March 20, 2009 @ 9:05 am
D’oh! Happy belated birthday.
That cat needs to be reprimanded, I would have just been pissed.
Glad to hear spring is on the way in your neck of the woods too.
Comment by Penny — March 20, 2009 @ 9:39 am
That sounds like a terrific birthday! And Tess is probably right – that probably IS why we all have blogs.
Comment by Shelly — March 20, 2009 @ 11:11 am
Wait I thought we all had blogs because we have things to say that are of enormous value to the entire world!!
And Shauna you aren’t a whiner. You are just smarter than everyone else. That’s why you have a blog.
And also I do not know who Eric Bogo-whats-his-name is either.
Comment by Emily — March 20, 2009 @ 5:06 pm
I’m glad you got to go and get your butt kicked in a game on your birthday. Haha…sounds like something I would do. Also…I am laughing, imagining you giving that cat a bath hahaha.
Comment by sarah — March 20, 2009 @ 6:21 pm
It sounds like you had a great birthday! I haven’t been to D&B in a long time – that sounds like a hoot.
I would love to get spring stuff out, but we are preparing for a BLIZZARD and 10 inches of snow tomorrow. Good times!
Comment by Artemisia — March 22, 2009 @ 9:20 pm
If it’s warm for 12 seconds during the day, we turn off the heat and open all the doors and windows. Maybe it’s partly due to our overzealousness of cooking with garlic, olive oil and onions, and having no exhaust fan, but it feels great to get that new air in.
It’s coming. Soon.
Comment by Ellie — March 23, 2009 @ 7:30 am
but Eric Bogosian is a prosecutor on LAW and ORDER CI so he is now a good guy.
Comment by jessica — March 23, 2009 @ 9:46 am
I wish my dreams were half that entertaining!
Comment by Tink — March 23, 2009 @ 1:12 pm