2 posts tagged “the wonder years”

Good morning.  Last night was our 4th anniversary, but J had to work on his self-portrait for class, so I basically watched The Wonder Years and then went to bed.  I love that show, though.  It brings back so many memories.  Both from the show and because of the show.  Just remembering what the world seems like when you're a kid (including in high school)...how possible things seem and how your world is riding bikes and working on relationships.  At least, that was me.  All I really did in middle school was steal boyfriends, break up with boyfriends, fight with friends, make up with boyfriends, make up with friends.  It was a terrible toss up as to who I'd be speaking to from day to day! 

I don't miss the boyfriends at all (ha!), but I do miss my best friend who is in Japan for the summer and how we used to ride our bikes all over town and sometimes even on the outskirts of town when we told our parents we were at the library.  It was great.  I miss those summers of eating mulberries right from the tree on the way to the town pool where we'd inevitably spend 15 minutes in the changing room complaining about our supposed imperfections, giggling, and then finally emerging to have an even better time swimming and lying around in the sun on brightly coloured towls on hot cement.  Love that.  Miss that.  Would love to have a couple little girls of my own one day to re-live that type of stuff.  It is truly sacred.

Yesterday I found out the Counting Crows are playing in a city 40 minutes away from us and I wanna gooooo!  Even if Adam Duritz is my enemy because of all the bullitens he posts on myspace.  And even though their new music is lame.  I LOVE their older stuff and I still hold them as a great band and I wanna go!!!!!!!!!!  The other 2 bands they are playing with SUCK, though and I would not like to see them, but still.  I wanna go I wanna go I wanna go!  Tickets go on sale tomorrow.  I wonder if they are expensive.  If not, I'm there like Cher.  Hahaha!

Today at lunch I'm going to get my passport.  Well, apply for it, that is.  Therefore, I have more makeup on than usual because they take your picture.  You know.  I've got this cutesexy Audrey Hepburn thing going on today if I do say so myself!  Hahaha.  I have lemonade and nothing to do in the way of actual work.  That's okay, though.  I've got some stuff on hold that will probably come off of hold later on today.  Sigh.

1pm:  Will it truly rain all weekend?  The 10-day forecast calls for rain 6 days...so 60% of my time could possibly be spent feeling down as hell.  Ah, well.  That sort of mood is quite conducive to novel writing and that is what I intend to do for much of this weekend.  I've neglected my book for the entire week due to the unwarranted attention I was having to fend off and the subsequent worry it caused. 

Frankly, I'm still worried.  I'm hoping to forget all about it over the weekend, but when Monday comes round again, as it is prone to do, my heart will be racing all day as I wonder if El Stalko is going to show up in the office when I'm alone.  My father-in-law sent me an email today saying he believes the odds are in favour that the guy is just a creep and doesn't have any tendency towards violence.  I'm not so convinced, however.  I just wish this situation would resolve itself with as little effort as possible.  I'm really not one for confrontations.

11pm:  I talked to the Superintendent about El Stalko today.  I did it in a very casual way and told him it was just between us.  He told me that if he keeps bothering me to not be afraid to tell him.  He said he may not throw him off the job, but he can guarantee it won't happen again.  Well, I hope so.

I'm so glad it's the weekend now.  I love staying up late, watching silly movies and old reruns of The Wonder Years.  It's funny how Fred Savage's hair moves all the time in that show.  I totally enjoy that.  I also like the extra time to read before I go to sleep ((if my book isn't too scary)) and to spend hours writing, sitting in bed with the windows open.  Love that.  Sometimes I even stay up until 2am and then get up at 7:30am.  I don't require as much sleep as other people do, unless I'm sick.  In fact, if I sleep 8 or 9 hours at night I feel horrid the next day and am shaky-tired when I first wake up.

Not to sound Pollyannish, but I am also glad because my husband is almost done with finals.  He's applying to the professional graphic design program on Monday and then we will go to Dairy Queen and get one of those ice creams in the chocolate dipped waffle cone bowls.  This week I have only had chocolate once.  Can you believe it?!  I normally have chocolate at least every other day if not every single day.  I'm also down to way less soda than usual and we're not eating out anymore.  It saves money and it's just generally healthier.  I can't say I feel too much healthier at this time, but perhaps I will in the future if I keep it up.  My major complaint at the moment is that one of my teeth is starting to hurt.  No insurance, either.  I need to find a very good dentist that will give me the gas because I'm desperately afraid of dentists.  I don't know why. I just can't stand it, I've feared it since childhood.

Okay, I must go to bed now.  I'm more tired than usual after being awakened by a very annoying, twittering bird this morning around 5am.  And then at lunch there were 2 wild rabbits in the yard and they started to chase me, stopping every once in a while to have sex.  I'm not joking either!  These bunnies were literally hopping towards me, whereas most rabbits are afraid of people.  I couldn't believe it.  I was kind-of scared, too!  Ever see Pet Cemetary???  Hahaha!