i am in seattle right now. my older sister has lent me her bed, so kind. that means i have my own room, so lonely. our weiner dog tootsie is dependent on human body heat and is whining at the door to get out so that she can climb into mom and dad's memory foam, she is hardly a dog, rather a younger sister.
dad has been working 40 hour shifts and then sleeping 8 hours since Sunday night. they are calling this "snowmageddon". its kind of driving me crazy and making me have way too many bruce willis flashes in my head. the snow is almost up to our white picket fence, my family is one of few american familieis that actually has a white picket fence. the only time i can remember snow like this is when I was in the third grade and we had several days off school and then a major intersection near our house flooded because of all the aftermath drainage. everyone has had school off all week. that means at all hours someone is cooking in the kitchen, the dishwasher is constanlty full (and we rationalize against handwashing because it saves water) and i have coffee stomach (which leads to coffee bowels).
i feel underly productive. what is this drive in me to produce in order to feel legitamized to rest? perhaps the cold is seeping through the windows and numbing me.
i have read a lot of birth stories. a lot.
i just finished "baby catcher"-hilarious read.
then i started "spiritual midwifery", written by ina may gaskin, an iconic us midwife. they use words like "psychadelic", "telepathic" and "far out" to describe birth in her days. she gives good tips though for us up and coming midwives.
i am worried about this generation, our screen addiction. i feel shocked by it when i come home because internet and screens are way more accessible and cheap.
what is becoming of our next generation? socially awkward? visually impaired? bored by anything that's not "touchable"?
at TGIFriday's you can get an entree and a dessert or appetizer for $10. wow that is so cheap! at jack in the box you can get a medium fry, drink, 1/4 lb beef burger and 2 tacos for 4.29.
f.o.o.d.i.s.s.o.c.h.e.a.p.
my family made eggs benedict on sunday and biscuits and gravy today. so good. only the eggs benedict took about 3.5 hours from start to finish. i will blame that on the hash browns and the dirty dishwasher, not my lack of skill. other bummer was dad and pat missing it...then mom tried to recreate when they got home. she heated up the hollondaise sauce...in the microwave...oops, scrambled lemons?
most of my plans for the week were scattered and canceled. except for dinner with the Trimbles. I like families, a lot. especially this one.
