well, on wednesday I'd made plans with giggledad and my stepmom to visit them today at 11:30am. i was supposed to bring my laptop over there (they don't *gasp* have a computer) my stepmom wants to buy a SmartCar™ and the only way you can put a deposit down and reserve one is online.
Also, I figured that this would be a good time to show giggledad what i do for a living... he's never wanted a computer in the house and just said "you do something on the machine. that's all i need to know"
anyway... i had my alarm set for 8am to wake up (i was up till about 4am actually reading through my old diaries from when I was 14 thru 19... i'll get to those in a minute)
so giggledad rings me at 7:30am this morning and tells me that he and karen (stepmom) didn't get to bed till 4am and they need to rest today and so the lunch and computer thing are postponed.
so i'm concerned... it's not like they were out gallivanting till 4am. they don't drink.
so i ask what's wrong.
he says "well... we had a couple of big hamburgers around 6:30 last night and i think we just had too much beef and it kept us awake"
what are they? the princess and the pea? only this time the pea is the cheeseburger that's keeping them awake? *sheesh*
anyway, i told him that the burger kept him awake because he's not used to eating at all hours and should go on the training regiment that am on. McDonald's Quarter Pounders at any hour of the day. Keeps the tummy on it's toes.
so, i'm not going over there today. probably next week. although, i've gotta take gigglemom to the pulmonary doc on tuesday (thanks for the emails and the comments about her, she's still pretty damned tired. and this morning she was writing a list out of who she'll give little portions of her ashes to.. that was at 7:30am as well.
so on one hand i've got the guy who a cheeseburger caused insomnia and on the other i've got Breathy Magee who is coming to terms with reality... of course, she was writing out the list a few minutes after she'd gone out for a cigarette.
okay. anyhoooooo... 'nuff about the 'rents.
what i've concluded from reading my teenage diaries is that i pretty much had a crush on anything that moved back then. seriously, from what i gather, if some boy smiled at me, *BAM* i was in love.
Thankfully, I've become more selective in the past 20-25 years. Takes a little bit for me to become smitten (of course, when I do nowadays, i fall elbow over arse --- but that hadn't happened for a few years about anyone.....) ... whereas back in H.S. boys were like shiny objects and I was sporting puberty ADD and i didn't write this in my diary then, but, i'm pretty sure i threw my neck out more than once looking at guys and falling in like. ridiculous.
so, yeah, i was up way too late. whoever that girl was that wrote those diaries was annoying as bejeezuz. I'm amazed that gigglemom didn't take me out behind the shed and shoot me to end the constant blathering.
Here's an excerpt:
"[*Name Withheld to Protect the Innocent*] threw a cookie at me today at lunch!!! I think he smiled at me when he did so. *sigh* Isn't he the best!!?"
seriously? I'm getting wailed in the head with baked goods and I'm thinking that it's awesome. *shaking my head*
I remember that day, too. I remember having cookie crumbs in my hair and being all happy about it.
Man. Jackass (I am talking about myself.)
Well, since I'm not heading to giggledad's, I'm gonna go drop some laundry off at the fluff and fold fella and then mail a couple of things.
Whatchoosayin'?? (4 yapped)
Don't feel too bad about your days as a starry eyed girl always in love, I have a daughter who just turned 12 and although she doesn't seem to have that issue (not dispayed to me anyway) a couple of her friends that all but live with us do. I actually find a lot of humor in it because I, being the self proclaimed "bitch-mom", never pass up an opportunity to tease them about it or anything else that happens to present itself. No one has to worry that I am scarring these kids for life though because even they will tell you that the only kids I don't pick on are the ones I don't like. :-) Ahhhhh to be young and perpetually in love, lol.
Posted by Denise | July 11, 2008 12:23 PM
Tell your mom not to get a smartcar. It's a little clunker! If she wants something small, suggest another mini :)
In all honesty, the boy was probably just trying to wing you with the cookie, using his awkward unwieldy teenage arms.
Posted by Sean | July 12, 2008 3:35 AM
Must be our birthday or some weird stuff... I was ALWAYS going to marry the next guy who looked at me, winked at me or dated me longer then 2 weeks.
Posted by Susan | July 12, 2008 10:46 PM
Mom of a 17 year old that just met Jason Castro... They are SO getting married :)
Posted by laura | July 13, 2008 11:56 AM