Ten things on a Saturday night...
...after being a single parent for a week, teaching seminary, and working. Oh yeah, and in the middle of planning for a wedding.
1. I like eggplant only as a color. There is a lot of the color eggplant going on in my head right now since that is the color Kate wants (along with silver) as a decorative theme for this wedding of hers.
2. I will never ever ever eat eggplant ever. I don't like tomatoes either, but I will eat chili, spaghetti sauce, ketchup and the occasional slice on a Wendy's single with no cheese. If ketchup, chili, or spaghetti sauce were made with eggplant, I would not eat them.
3. Ever.
4. The TV is on in my room. I am not in my room. I am wasting electricity. Mom used to charge us a nickel every time she walked into the basement room I shared with my sister and the light was left on and we weren't in the room. I'd be destitute if mother did that now at my house. Not only do I leave lights on when I leave a room, sometimes even when I leave the house.
5. Nope. Still don't like eggplant the vegetable. Even the sight of it makes me slightly nauseous and triggers a low-grade anxiety attack.
6. I really need to get started on sewing Hayley's bridesmaid dress. In order to get going on that, I have knitted several dishcloths. Avoidance is my middle name.
7. Not really. Avoidance is my coping mechanism.
8. Geez, between avoidance, anxiety, and nausea triggered by the sight of something, I sound like I'm teetering on the edge of the basket. But not so. I can handle life. In my own way.
9. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the smell of a freshly laundered quilt.
10. The bathroom has been painted and the ceiling shows barely a trace of a former skylight.
Now to bed. Jim won't be home from his Cali trip until after midnight. He will probably wake me up to say hello. It will be good to have him back. I nearly died from doing the dishes all week.
Not really.
But almost.
1. I like eggplant only as a color. There is a lot of the color eggplant going on in my head right now since that is the color Kate wants (along with silver) as a decorative theme for this wedding of hers.
2. I will never ever ever eat eggplant ever. I don't like tomatoes either, but I will eat chili, spaghetti sauce, ketchup and the occasional slice on a Wendy's single with no cheese. If ketchup, chili, or spaghetti sauce were made with eggplant, I would not eat them.
3. Ever.
4. The TV is on in my room. I am not in my room. I am wasting electricity. Mom used to charge us a nickel every time she walked into the basement room I shared with my sister and the light was left on and we weren't in the room. I'd be destitute if mother did that now at my house. Not only do I leave lights on when I leave a room, sometimes even when I leave the house.
5. Nope. Still don't like eggplant the vegetable. Even the sight of it makes me slightly nauseous and triggers a low-grade anxiety attack.
6. I really need to get started on sewing Hayley's bridesmaid dress. In order to get going on that, I have knitted several dishcloths. Avoidance is my middle name.
7. Not really. Avoidance is my coping mechanism.
8. Geez, between avoidance, anxiety, and nausea triggered by the sight of something, I sound like I'm teetering on the edge of the basket. But not so. I can handle life. In my own way.
9. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the smell of a freshly laundered quilt.
10. The bathroom has been painted and the ceiling shows barely a trace of a former skylight.
Now to bed. Jim won't be home from his Cali trip until after midnight. He will probably wake me up to say hello. It will be good to have him back. I nearly died from doing the dishes all week.
Not really.
But almost.
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2. Avoidance is also my middle name. Mom must have really liked the name to use it twice.
3. I did dishes all week, too, and it nearly killed me.
4. Looking forward to a wedding!!