Premature Evacuation

I said evacuation!  Yeah.  No deal reached by midnight so I put on my parachute and jumped off the cliff and into the abyss.  No way was I going to wait to be pushed.  The abyss seemed oddly familiar to me.  I looked around and saw there were only about 14 of us.  Where was everyone?  I got a text the following day telling me that the fiscal cliff was averted at the last minute.  Well no...it was after the last minute, right?  What really shocked me was the fact that my phone worked in the abyss.  It rarely has signal.  We got busy climbing out and I was glad to have my little multi-tool with me.  Made it to the top and it was as if nothing had happened.

Saw Matt and Deb and the kids yesterday before they flew back home to Florida.  Mmmm.  Warmth.  Oh.  Did I tell you we broke a record set in 1878?  310 consecutive days of temps above 32 or 34 degrees.  That would be fine except that it means no snow.  It's January and STILL no snow?  Maybe it is the end of the world. 

A word on Maggie Mae.  She is about 7 1/2 months old.  We had to put our other lab down in July of 2010 or 2011.  And she was awesome!!!!!!  She belonged to my son and his wife.  They worked long hours and so we got her when she was about a year old.  Best dog ever.  Maggie is also very smart like Belle was.  I know Maggie is just a pup but I take it personally.  I have tried everything.  She sees me as a "playmate".  I have even tried the dominance thing where you tell them NO (when they do something bad) then get on top of them and push them into the floor.  Oh,....she thinks this is great fun.  I know she will grow out of it.  I know.  It's just that I can't be fighting depression and her at the same time.  I know she will grow up and be the one comforting me by licking the tears from my eyes.  But as for now......?  How'd you all like some dog stew?

And so it goes.  I was trying not to take a nap yesterday but then Chuck came to the door while I was out smoking, and pulled down his boxers and.....ARE YOU KIDDING ME?  He has never done this before.  I am the one who always hollers to him out the window and when he looks, I lift up my shirt.  So yeah.  I ended up taking a "nap."  Just woke up a couple hours ago having slept 8 hours.  It was 1 AM when I awoke.  I really don't think I can go back to sleep.  I want to go work up in our office-year end and all that-but it is right next to our bedroom and I don't want to wake Chuck up.  I could do laundry.  It's in the basement.  And in case anyone wants to know what I want next Christmas.....that would be a ranch house with a laundry room  RIGHT THERE!  No hauling clothes up and down 2 flights of stairs.  Don't need crown moulding or a viking oven or sub-zero fridge.  Hell, I'd even be OK with just an outhouse if I could have my laundry RIGHT THERE.

Guess I'd better get back to it here.  If I don't smoke those cigarettes, no one else will.  Peace.

This was Maggie Mae at 7 weeks old.  See how cute?  Should have gotten her teeth pulled right then and there!

6 hours and 37 minutes left to get the deal done.

Oh.  Did you think I was talking about the fiscal cliff?  Hell no.  I am not so stupid as to think things will ever get better for America.  My deal is with God.  Yeah.  I have given Him 'till midnight to fix me.  I can't do another year like this.  I am so very tired.  So yeah.  I....er wait.  You can't make deals with God.  That's not the way it works.  Well then I will just have to work hard at discovering what He has planned for me.  What my purpose is. 

I must admit I did have a pretty good day today.  Until I got sick of the dog biting me.  Sure I am yummy but really?  You have no idea.  I have never hated an animal.  EVER!  Bats, spiders-I held a tarantula-, birds, squirrels-fed them by hand-,mice, cats, wasps-I put the spray on mist for them when I am watering flowers and they appear,   But I just can't deal with Maggie.  I will give her 6-12 months and then-I told Chuck-he will have to decide between me or her.  I walk her.  I give her treats.  I play with her.  When I am getting ready in the morning and she comes up to the sink to watch, I splash water on my face, then hers.  I brush my hair, then hers.  And I can tell you this much.  Kindness does not work with her.  It doesn't work with people either.  Chuck was gone this morning and so I was able to get laundry done.  When I went to switch them to the dryer.....he was down there.  "There's raw meat on the dryer." he says.  Back upstairs I go.  He stopped and got ham and cream cheese so I could make ham roll-ups.  I go to make them, everything is on the counter and he "unintentionally" gets in my way to grab a beer and some snack..  So I went back outside to smoke.  Came in and was able to finish my laundry.  Started on the ham stuff, taking everything back out of the fridge and there he is again.  Feeding the dog.  I just left everything out and went back out to smoke.  By then I guess I'd had enough and those damn tears tried to get the best of me.  I didn't let them.  Finally came in and got the job done.

So Happy New Year to everyone.  I am prepared.  I know that things won't be better in 2013 but I do know that they will be different.. 

Guess we are possibly going to meet up with Chuck's son and family tomorrow.  Funny how his family can never make decisions.  We saw them Saturday.  Exchanged gift cards and money.  (stupid).  We also saw a movie.  Parental Guidance.  Was really good.  Billy Crystal and Bette Midler.  Can't go wrong there. 

Haven't seen or heard from my daughter except once in the last week or more.  Oh well.  I am sure I will hear from her when Jeremy goes back to work and the next dilemma comes up.  At least I have my son and his family.