Nearly Done

·     Today’s headline from my work lunch hour: Woman loses popularity points with co-workers when she openly admits she prefers the taste of black licorice. June, a spunky and well-liked receptionist at a local office received a shocking number of frowns and sour faces when asked at lunch today, “what is your favorite kind of treat?” June's response? “Black licorice.”

·     I think I set myself apart from the other natural foods store shoppers today when the lady in front of me gasped at the price of her $34/lb powdered cheddar and I suggested she snort it.

·     If I am Juliet and "Saturday Morning" is my Romeo, then housework is Daddy Capulet - keeping us apart. But tomorrow I shall steal away with Romeo's slightly uglier brother, "Sunday Morning", and make-out with him and maybe let him feel me up a little.

·     Me: "Sweet! Toys R Us recalled that broken pogo stick I bought you for Christmas!" Heartbroken Son: "So, it's true? There's no Santa?" whoops.

·     For me, the day after a bad mood is like a day after heavy drinking. The damage is done, now it’s best to just wait and see who takes you as you are.

·     if my boys learn anything from watching Footloose tonight, I hope it's: you CAN work out your frustration by dancing through a warehouse...kick, punch, jazz run from your pain.

·    Stolen poetry from my little hippie church this morning:

"Even after all this time
The sun never says to the earth,
'You owe Me.'
...
Look what happens with
A love like that,
It lights the Whole Sky" ~Hafiz (a Persian poet from the 1300s)

·         Watching Saturday Night Fever: The original Jersey Shore minus douche factor plus disco! Sweet.

·     Am I the only parent whose kids still have Halloween candy in March? I'm not talking about the shitty 1 cent jawbreakers, I mean they still have Twix, Starburst, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups! Anyone else?

·     "Is this one of those movies where they set out to find the treasure but the REAL treasure just ends up being friendship? Because I HATE those kinds of movies" ~my son before pressing play for Wayne's World.

·         "It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it" ~ Lena Horne

·     Started the day off grumpy with how I was woken up (quiet, dry, unafraid). Then I see what's going on in Japan/Hawaii...I'm such a baby. Strength to those involved.

·     The questionnaire before giving blood forces me to notice my boring life: never been to Mexico, never shot-up illegal drugs, never (not even once) had sex with an African. Ho hum.