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June 09, 2006
Friday Shuffle - The Summer Hater (on My Second Blogiversary )Edition
(Edited to note: I knew this was coming up, but didn't know the exact date. I just clicked on my archives and lo and behold, I made my first post two years ago today.)
Holy God, I hate summer.
It's gotten hot, fast, in St. Louis. I'm already sick of it. A few days ago I caught myself thinking with great love and wistfullness for that first crisp day in September. When I realized it's a good three months away, I cried.
I also hate talking about the weather. So let's talk about my sinuses. They hurt.
Know what else I hate? Talking about sinuses and allergies. If you live in the Midwest and it's summer, it's a given that your sinuses hurt. You're no different than anyone else. Quit whining about it. That's what I'm going to do.
Let's look at some good stuff, shall we?
Daycare begins again next week. I thought it was the week after. There has been much rejoicing in this house. Yeah, it sounds horrible to say I can't wait for my kid to be away from me one day a week. Trust me, the feeling's mutual. Clara Jane's been talking about school all week, asking when she gets to go back.
Not only am I glad to get a little break in 24/7 Toddlerama!, but I'm looking forward to getting busy with several pending writing projects that hold a great deal of promise. Cross those fingers for me, won't you?
I'm a little disappointed, though. During her daycare break, we were able to attend storytime at the library closest to our house. It's scheduled during her regular daycare time, which is unfortuante. We go to storytime at two other library branches, which have a pretty homogenous clientele. White, middle-class, reserved. Nobody says much to anyone. Not my neighborhood library. There were Hispanics. Bosnians. Blacks. Whites. I overheard at least three different languages in the hour we were there. And friendly! I've never had a storytime where I had conversations with that many moms. The Bosnian mom and I hit it off immediately. She was a writing teacher at a university before she immigrated. Now she does freelance Bosnian and Serbian-to-English translation. Who knew there were so many well-read, diverse, interesting people in my own backyard? Hallalujah, it's not all drunken hillbillies around here!
You know what else rocks? Lunch with a pal at a place where our kids are content to play while we talk. Even better? Add a dessert of chocolate-covered fresh raspberries. That only happens in June, People. Only in June.
I got a really cool invitation yesterday. Really, really cool. I can't give details, but suffice it to say that it's cool.
We're going swimming tomorrow. Clara Jane had her first foray into a public pool while we were in Frankenmuth. I didn't think she was that impressed with it, but she's been talking about it at length. Upon doing a little research, I learned that there's a new water park near us. I'm not a huge fan of swimming, but I have so many good pool-going memories from my childhood. I'm excited about starting some for my kid.
Skirts. I've decided that I only wear skirts. It's too hot for jeans. I don't do shorts. Crop pants usually reach my ankles, as my legs are short. Capris make me look like I suffer from a possible bone growth defect. As the temperatures started rising, I noticed that I kept dressing Clara Jane in skirts and dresses because they're cooler. So why not do the same for myself? Today I bought my fourth skirt in a month. I'm officially hooked. They hide the C-section damage, too.
Rummage sales. There are lots of rummage sales in the summer. Rummage sales I'll be attending tomorrow with one, maybe two friends. That's some good stuff right there.
Speaking of rummaging...
1. Wayfaring Stranger - Johnny Cash
2. For No One - The Beatles (Hey Dixie!)
3. You Don't Know Like I Know - Sam & Dave
4. Fairytale in the Supermarket - Raincoats
5. Turn a Square - The Shins
6. Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve (Hello Zoe!)
7. Pasties & a G-String (At the 2 o'Clock Club)- Tom Waits
8. Redemption - Johnny Cash
9. Moral Kiosk - REM
10. Farewell Ride - Beck
I love it when the shuffle 1) gives me two Johnny Cash songs, and 2) throws out songs that make me think of people I like.
Posted by Robin at June 9, 2006 03:01 PM
Comments
Ha! Short pants hit my feet too! Whereas normal pants are about a foot and a half too long. Note to retailers: Why do your pants only fit women on stilts? Please advise.
Good luck with your writing projects and sinuses!
Posted by: Moose at June 9, 2006 03:40 PM
If you'd throw Vanilla Ice in the iTunes mix, you'd TOTALLY think of me.
Posted by: Wendy at June 9, 2006 04:15 PM
Perfect shuffle and of course you've found happy, happy stuff even though it's hot and your sinuses hurt.
Let's hear it for skirts and lunches with friends, interesting mommies and daycare on the way!
Posted by: Dixie at June 9, 2006 05:56 PM
Oh...and happy blogiversary! You make me want to be a better writer on my own blog!
Posted by: Dixie at June 9, 2006 05:57 PM
I stopped wearing shorts and started on the skirt thing oh, three or four years ago. The breeze is better! Ha.
Posted by: XXX at June 9, 2006 07:32 PM
Two Johnny Cash songs and one of them is Wayfaring Stranger. I love that song -- I think I have it by Jack White, Emmylou Harris and several other people -- many versions of it. Great shuffle. Oh -- Lyle Lovett is coming here in August; I just found that out.
Posted by: Katya at June 10, 2006 09:49 AM
I want a skirt.
That black skirt you had on a couple weeks ago was ADORABLE.
Posted by: pkb at June 10, 2006 11:11 AM
A very fine Verve song indeed. From my neck of the woods too, in fact, I saw Richard Ashcroft supporting Coldplay at Christmas and he was the cat's pyjamas. My favourite is "Sonnet" though.
Posted by: Zoe at June 12, 2006 08:23 AM
