The Queen's Rambles

Still feeling super blarghy. I have a major sore throat, but I don’t think it is strep. I can eat and swallow. Had a very brief fever last night, but nothing today. I managed to take a three hour nap this afternoon, which was much needed. Elsa also took a three hour nap, so I am guessing we will be up till midnight tonight. She mostly doesn’t nap these days, which is kind of nice because it gives Mike and I our evenings together.

I really need a haircut, a brow wax, a pedicure, and an afternoon at the movies. I think haircut has to take priority. My stupid period started, so the brow was will have to wait a week. It’s amazing what horomones do to the body–I have learned that periods and brow waxing don’t mix.

I am tired of looking at our Christmas portraits. I want something summery and fun! But I don’t like Elsa’s current haircut and I don’t have any outfits that I love on the kids, so I don’t really want portraits. But I do. But I don’t.

I refuse to cut Elsa’s bangs myself because I know I will screw it up, but even the stylists screw it up because Elsa jerks out of the way milliseconds before the snip.

I am so restless right now! I want to run a hundred miles, but I don’t want to move. I realize that doesn’t make any sense.

Also, I am soaking wet and need to change clothes. I went out to water my new grass and Elsa joined me. It is so damned hot here that the water coming out of the hose was warmish, so I don’t mind her spraying me down.

My neighbor finally had her baby, but I haven’t seen him. She went in to be induced on Sunday and came home yesterday (Friday) so I don’t know what the heck was going on. Her husband’s ex-wife, an old Chinese lady, has been here taking care of the girls. Strange situation!

They had a beautiful bouquet of blue hydrangeas, my very favorite flower, delivered the other day. The delivery guy didn’t want to leave it on the porch, so left it with me. I didn’t want to deliver it! I did, of course, but it was so beautiful I wanted to keep it.

I would love to rip out all the rhododendrons in front of our house (they only bloom for about two weeks) and plant some hydrangeas. We have enough pine needles to make the soil very acidic (acidic soil=blue, alkaline=pink). Too bad I don’t have a tractor type thing to pull out the bushes or any practical gardening know-how.

I am missing my 20 year HS reunion this weekend. I am not sad about this at all, but I can’t believe it has been 20 years! I’m looking at pictures and thinking how happy I am to not be around a bunch of fake drunkards. I escaped that life, hallelujah! I don’t know how I managed to turn into a normal, productive member of society. As much as I harp on Christianity for being hypocritical, my church really did save me when I was a kid. My mom dropped me off every Sunday and encouraged me to attend youth events, retreats, camps and all that. It was the only stability I had in my life and they really took care of me.

Ok, guess it is time to get Erik in bed. Have to read a couple of chapters of the completely awful Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. Ugh. Now I remember why I am not a Roald Dahl fan.