May 13, 2010
Before he left for work this evening Randy had thrown in a load of laundry. The last thing I remember him saying about it was that the washer was finishing up. I told him I would switch everything over to the dryer when it was ready.
A little while later I went out to the cabin but heard the machine going in the laundry room. I waited awhile longer.
Finally, I went back out again and the machine was silent. To my surprise the washer was empty, the dryer full, everything done. I thought:
Wow. We had an intruder and he switched the clothes for me, psyching me out, letting me know that he was here by doing the laundry for me.
Then I saw that the door was still locked.
Clever intruder.
Realizing that someone that intelligent was going to get me if he really wanted to, I shrugged it off and went back to watch television.
(Yeah, Randy did it himself earlier. But my version was more interesting.)
Categories: Random Thoughts.
May 13, 2010
Categories: Creativity Expressed.
May 10, 2010
When I was a kid, “Punch Buggy” occurred when a VW Beetle went by. According to recent commercials, however, it seems that any VW meets the “Punch Buggy” requirement. This leaves me to wonder:
How many people have been injured accompanied by the triumphant cry, “Punch Buggy Black!” when I drove by?
Categories: Random Thoughts.
May 9, 2010
I dreamed I was in a soap commercial. I was in the garage with my sister (fake) when our mother came in and told my sister why she should use the soap; our mother ignored me. I finally got mad and interrupted the commercial, lecturing her on the damage she was doing to the family dynamic by favoring one sister while ignoring the other. Also, I had just as much need for soap as my sister.
I’ve obviously been studying too hard. And I must have needed a shower.
Categories: College Life, Random Thoughts.
May 8, 2010
I can barely talk.
My husband is smiling.
You don’t suppose there’s a connection, do you?
Categories: Random Thoughts.
May 7, 2010
First and foremost, a giant shout out to Jandy!! She was able to provide me with my missing blog posts. The comments are gone, but that’s ok. I know what you said, that you were loving or obnoxious as the circumstances and your personalities permitted. 
Jandy, you’re awesome!
As for me, my semester is officially over. All that’s left to do is await my grades. I am in no way in danger of failing. Highlights of the semester:
- Take Back the Night event: Organized by my Victimology class, this was the first ever at my college, which is odd because it’s a women’s college. It was highly successful. I took the stage and shared my story, which seemed to open the flood gates. Spent most of the rest of the evening talking to young women about their own experiences. It was powerful and exhausting, and totally worthwhile.
- I was inducted into Psi Chi, the International Honor Society of Psychology.
- I had surgery mid-semester, which threw me off. I got over it.
- In the last couple of weeks I had to turn in 4 papers, give 2 presentations, and take finals. I’m very ready for school to be over for the summer. The papers were: The Effects of Animal-Assisted Therapy on Quality of Life, The Differences in Sleep and Dream Patterns between Conservatives and Liberals, a 9-page discussion of Alice Sebold’s book, Lucky (had to address certain key issues), and Life and Society in Mecca during Muhammad’s Life. I had to present my research on the Animal-Assisted Therapy and Meccan Society to those respective classes.
- Apply for graduation in December, collect the degree audit required for this, register for Fall classes, get advisor to sign off on it all.
My summer break has begun, as I said, and thanks to Randy I have a cold. I live on the couch with Puffs Plus kleenex always within reach. I’d love to sleep but the coughing has begun. I’m getting about an hour at a time here and there. At least I no longer have to get up at 5 AM! Instead I am indulging myself with a Buffy the Vampire Slayer marathon, and some recreational reading. Beyond that, I don’t know what I’m doing this summer. I’m sure you’ll know when I do. And if I don’t do anything, you’ll know that too. Either way, you’re stuck with my thoughts.
Good luck with that.
Categories: College Life, Random Thoughts.
May 3, 2010
Had database issues (you’ll need to reset your feeds for my blog if you haven’t already) and have lost a couple of months worth of posts/comments. This is why you should back up your files often. On the positive side, school was so busy that I didn’t actually lose much. So I guess that’s the positive side of being so stressed from school that I couldn’t think straight half the time.
There’s a silver lining to everything if you only look hard enough.
Proper post to come soon.
Categories: Random Thoughts.
April 8, 2010
By now you might be wondering if my last post was prophetic.
It wasn’t.
I’m right here. Underneath the piles of books and papers. If anyone is going to do me in, it is my professors. And they will do it even more slowly and torturously than a serial killer. They probably enjoy it more, too. There is a positive side to this, of course. As many papers as they assign, they have to grade.
It’s probably the equivalent of choosing where to bury the bodies…
Categories: Random Thoughts.
April 1, 2010
I was thinking [insert joke here if you must] on the way home: Do you ever wonder how many near misses you’ve had with death?
I’m not talking about the things you know about, like car accidents, etc. I’m talking about the sort of thing you see in movies, where somebody behind the scenes saves the school/town/city/state/country/world/whatever without any of us being the wiser. Perhaps you crossed paths with a serial killer and caught his/her eye, but by some random chance you were saved and never even knew how close you came to dying. Or maybe a coworker (or their ex) was about to wig out and go on a killing spree, but then saw a cute and fuzzy bunny on the way to buy a gun, thereby diffusing the situation as the would-be perpetrator skips happily home with a new pet. Or dinner.
Are you wondering now?
Categories: Random Thoughts.
March 25, 2010
First off, I hate wearing jeans.
Well, I hate wearing anything that isn’t lounge wear right now. Anything that pushes into my belly becomes increasingly uncomfortable as the day goes on. Of course, this could work to my advantage when it comes time to drive home; the pain will keep me awake. With less than 3 hrs. last night, and less than 9 combined the two nights before, I’m barely functioning. Oh how sweet my slumber will be tonight!
Got near perfect grades on those papers I wrote post-surgery while zoned out on percocets. Apparently not even being drugged can keep me down. I’m an awfully smart person, but this is balanced out by my total lack of sense. And my brain hurts. I don’t mean I have a headache; I mean my brain feels like it’s on overload. I need someone to Hoover out the cobwebs and reboot my synapses, Please and Thank-You.
I’m really hungry, too, and hours away from a meal. My last class of the day is about to begin, but as soon as I get out I’m going home and grabbing a bite to eat. Assuming I don’t attack the first thing I see in the meantime out of desperation. Aren’t you glad you’re reading this from a safe, virtual distance?
I don’t know. There are other things to tell you but I think they’ll keep until the next time. I guess they’re even less important than the drivel I’ve just shared here. Imagine that.
Categories: Random Thoughts.
