Hello to all of you I haven't left howdys to in a while. :)
California is burning. Not a little but a whole heck of a lot. They're calling it "Super Katrina" referring to the homeless and damaged property. I have to say they've sure handled this disaster better than those in Louisiana. As of earlier today there were only 2 dead. Almost a million people evacuated, and only 2 fatalities. That in itself is amazing. The shelters are full, they have very ordered and well stocked shelters for their citizens.
I keep being amazed. California folks are different too in the way they're handling themselves on the interviews with the news anchors, I'll be damned... inevery single interview I've seen, they're smiling. They're standing there in robes, nightclothes, borrowed clothes, just.. smiling. Very polite, very greatful to have gotten out safely.. and so far not one of them have been crying or hysterical.
I'm sure there've been, there has to be some out there who can't cope very well, doesn't there? Maybe you all have seen them, but I haven't. I was watching last night, supposing that by being in a state which is full of cameras and movie stars, maybe that's second nature to them, no matter what, if you see a camera, flash those pearly whites! I admire them.
God bless you all, my heart goes out to you.
I was watching television, just flipping through channels, couldn't sleep last night... found The Twilight Zone on the SciFi channel. "The Midnight Sun". I saw that episode when I was young, and it was still just as creepy. The planet was moving closer and closer to the sun, everyone was frying, there was no food, not much water, ugh... what a thought.
Constantine was on FX, but I didn't watch it. I caught it too late, I hate watching movies from the middle. Someone hard to watch a movie with, is Mom. I dont think she's sat through more than 3 movies in her entire life. She gets so bored with them. Lisa, she has good taste in movies. We can watch them together for hours. Good horror movies - Bonnie too. Dippy though runs, he can't like those. He cries at love stories too. "The Notebook" tore him all to pieces. I liked that one, so did Mom. It was one of the three I know she watched in her life. She liked "Dragonfly" too, as did I. Dad was into action thrillers. Bruce Willis was "the man". Dad had a soft side too though, he liked romance and war. He was in heaven when they came out with "Pearl Harbor" several years back. That held his number one favorite spot for years, until just more recently he took a shine to "The Guardian". I liked all of those movies.
Still, it's about time they come out with some new spooky movies for Halloween. I'm getting tired of seeing all of these over and over again.
Maegan has taken to calling Mikyla "Mommy". She's been doing it for a few days now, and the more she does it, the more she's learning that if she does call Mikyla "Mommy" the things that Mik wouldn't normally let her have or do, suddenly are accessable to her. Mikyla, as "Mommy" can't find the heart to tell Maegan "No!" or "Stop that!" Maegan is so smart. :)
Sarah and Roy are on the way in tonight, should be here in the morning to take care of some business, they're bringing the girls some yard equipment but after they take care of what they're taking care of they're heading straight back. It's iffy that they're going to stay and see the girls, so we're not telling the girls they're coming in. Sarah said that the area where they are is full of that staph infection and she doesn't want to risk giving it to the girls. I would rather she don't either. I don't want to have to explain to them why Sarah and Roy didn't stay. That MRSA business wont wash with them. Sarah and Roy don't want to explain either. As for "How did this get here?" of the yard toys. I'm not sure. I think the stork musta brought it. Reckon they'll go for that? Now that they're having this fire in California, I'm waiting to see if Sarah and Roy are going to head there to work. We'll see.
Joel spent the night with us last night. He was really good.. he stayed until about three this afternoon, finally he was ready to go home to play with Mommy and Tristan. He didn't get in trouble one time! Mallory was the instigator last night, she kept picking on him, but I kept catching her. Ha!
Tomorrow is "boot" day at school. All the kids have to wear boots, to say "Give Drugs the Boot!" We got them new winter boots for the occasion.
My camera battery wont charge anymore. It's been on the charger since last night, but when I went to take some pics of Tristan today it started blinking. I got about 20 shots out of the juice that was in it, but now it's just gone. Damned thing drives me nuts. I'll have to get another one now, I can't stand it without a camera. It's not the battery, it's something in the camera that wont let any batteries charge. Did the same thing about this time last year. But then it was still under warrantee. Hey, isn't that odd.. same problem, same time of year. Maybe it's allergic.
As I was lying there last night, trying to sleep, an old Jim Croce song floated through my memory..
If I could save Time in a bottle
The first thing that I'd like to do
Is to save every day
'Til Eternity passes away
Just to spend them with you
I was thinking really hard on those words. First, I thought, I'd give the days to Mom.. because she's the oldest of us and could use them more than the rest.. but then I thought, nah, she's wanting to go be with Dad, giving her that many extra days would be counter productive and she'd really hate that. Then who, who would I save all those days up for? Mikyla? No, she'll grow up, find a love, get married and want to spend her days with him.. she could have them if there's no "non transferable" clause, so she could spend them with Him, not me. But .. just in case, I'd hate to do that to her.
Who then. Not Dad. He's not here anymore to give them to. That's a technicality. Lisa? Maybe, I don't know though how she'd feel about spending an eternity of days with me. Sometimes we grate on each other's last nerve. That would be quite a bad experience after a few hundred years of days, I'm sure of it.
Stan? No, I couldn't do that to him either. He is a firm believer in heaven, and really wants to go. Who could I give those days to.. It occurred to me. It would be more perfect if I could give them to someone I didn't like. A punishment. *laughs* That'd be the best thing.
If I could make days last forever
If words could make wishes come true
I'd save every day like a treasure and then,
Again, I would spend them with you
Such sweet words, such tender sentiment. I just.. I can't think of a single soul I'd put through that, nor anyone I dislike enough to do it to either...
But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do
Once you find them
I've looked around enough to know
That you're the one I want to go
Through time with
Croce died so young, didn't he. He was sure right about the "there never seems to be enough time to do the things you wanna do once you find them..." part though, wasn't he?
If I had a box just for wishes
And dreams that had never come true
The box would be empty
Except for the memory
Of how they were answered by you
I really like that song. Don't you?
Something else I was obsessing about last night. Bush. He's pissin' me off. Again. He wants to start a freedom fund.. send it to the citizens of Cuba. Good God. And I bet I know what's going on behind those little bitty beady eyes of his. He's probably thinking we could take it out of Social Security funds. He's been itching to get at that money from the get go. Stuff that idea Bush, if you want to start a fund to help someone, we've got folks in California right now who could sure use it.
Too, I did want to address "Restless Leg Syndrom". Stan has this, and it's horrible. I saw a comedian, can't remember who it was, but he had me cracking up, mimicking folks who were just minding their business, doing their jobs, or whatever they were doing when suddenly interrupted by a bout of Restless Leg. That was so funny.
I do wonder where this malady came from. We really didn't hear of it when I was a kid, I never heard Mamaw or Papaw or any of the older aunts or uncles complain that their legs just wanted to do their own thing after the sun set. Kind of like an odd form of vampirism. Must be something in the air, or that wax they put on fruit. Something. Stan's is so bad I stopped sleeping with him years ago. He'd literally run in his sleep, the bottom of the sheets would be shredded in the morning. Literally to ribbons. So peculiar. He didn't have it one night, the next he did. Like..something possessed his legs. Aliens. That's it, they're coming to get us and what better way than to control us through our legs.. Look! It's Aliens! Run! And you can run, but you can't escape, because your legs just automatically take you straight to the Mother Ship.
Stan has another malady. RTS. For those of you who don't know what that is, it's Restless Toupee Syndrom. It will Not stay put no matter what he does. At night, it has a mind of its own. One time it'll be on the pillow beside him, the next it's on the floor, once it was stuck spang in the center of his back! The poor darling. Requip doesn't seem to help that. Maybe soon they'll come up with a pill to give him relief.
Oh I could go with this. It's just too easy.
This could be the reason so many men stray. It's not that they're immoral, or that they even want to. It could be as simple as having RPS. Restless Pecker Syndrom. Can you imagine trying to fight that without a pill? Poor guys.
Okay, I really do need to step away from that and move on. Forgive me if I offended anyone. I have a syndrom of my own, you realize... RIS (Restless Imagination Syndrom) It's a bitch too, let me tell ya.
I just really get tired of the Backyardagains (love it, just get tired of it from time to time) Ruby and Max - And God help me, sometimes I think if I have to watch Spongebob Squarepants one more time I'm going to go absolutely nuts. That's when the old SIR kicks in and I have no control of where my mind takes me to get away from those cartoons. And late night wake fests? I'm a lost cause. There hasn't been any studies done on folks like us that I know of. There's no help out there for me.. I'm sorry.
Right quick, while it's on my mind, have you ever really sat and watched Ruby and Max? Dang that author has little boys DOWN PAT! Give it a watch sometime and see if she doesn't!
I have to go. It's late. G'nite world.. rest well! Love you all.
Posted by juel at October 24, 2007 10:12 PM