Mr. Man had a basketball game Friday night. He scored zip and I swear he just about cried. Mr. Man is a competitor and wants to excel, but his shooting was off, bless his heart. The coach was sympathetic and told him he played a good team game, which he did. The Absent Father showed up middle way thru the 3rd quarter. Bear in mind that the quarters are all of 5 minutes, with a 5 minute halftime. Not much game play, but plenty for 1st graders. So the A.F. enjoyed about 7 minutes of play, and I am being generous. Unbelievable. What else can a mom say.
It crossed my mind, a mere fleeting thought, of going out on the town. I did make myself presentable and felt like having a cocktail - so it would have been the perfect opportunity, but decided to go home and pack a few boxes and have a bottle of wine to myself. I enjoyed the whole thing, it was simply marvelous. I am not one of those that HAS to enjoy an adult beverage with anyone, I am not shy, I can do that alone. I even slept late, real late on Saturday morning. With about one million things to do, but opted to let the clock tick away till 10:57 - thinking I could not dare sleep till 11:00.
The Nephew had a friends spend the night, Gentry, who is a nice young man. We all got up and I made coffee and we sat out on the back porch and talked about THEIR night - which was much more entertaining than my own. But they still showed interest and asked - what gentlemen......they agreed to help me move some things today. So the big mission was to move the piano - which we had to recruit 2 more big burly boys for help. Where I was sitting, it wasn't a bad view, if you know what I mean. But I was nervous as a jackrabbit. Speaking of nervous:
Don't you like the segway - I just about had a nervous breakdown this week. I am a lucky, girl my doctor thinks I need help with anxiety and I had some medication. The drama between AT&T and Comcast just about sent me over the edge. The upshot is I am getting phone service with Comcast March 11th, because AT&T had to dig a trench under Walthall, under the sidewalk, and under the street for me to have service and "we are looking at a time frame of about 3 weeks". I responded that was impossible. I could have a damn ditch dug in one week - tops. Now understand that I have no business without a phone. I don't meet these contacts face to face, I talk to them on the phone and they fax orders and bills to me. I can't operate without a phone, it is the lifeblood of my business. My nervous breakdown came after 1 hour on the phone with AT&T and another 45 minutes with Comcast. This was just after spending 2 hours at our local drivers license bureau getting a replacement license since mine was stolen - again.
Holding on the phone is not my gig, furthermore it takes 15 minutes to talk to a real person, who is actually quite nice and you hate to be a real bitch. And I wasn't, oh no, I am much too nice for all that nonsense - I just prefer to have nervous breakdowns.
Saturday I spent at the condo cleaning up and wiping out shelves and moving and organizing the boxes I have already brought over. The dining room is set up along with about 1/10th of the kitchen. The piano and the buffet are in. There is still much more, but it will come.
My plans are to have a House Blessing for my close friends! I am excited about getting in. I have alot of stuff to get rid of - out with the old and in with the new. I am selling most of my stuff - taking some furniture. But I am having to scale down considerably!
I've been thinking about Alex, my 15 year old dachshund. He will be going to dog heaven very soon. He has been with me for so long I can hardly remember a time when I didn't have Alex. But I know it is for the best, and probably overdue, but it is hard. I will go and hold him like a baby, just like he likes for me to do. I have been buying his favorite canned food - Fillet Minion by Alpo. He only has 4 teeth, so he has to eat canned food.
I have been lazy again today, I have been happy, in my little bliss. I only packed 3 boxes and that was enough today...
It's a Wonderful Life, and other great and sundry things...
Peace!
I'm excited about your new home! I've been thinking about little Alex too. Let me know if you need help with that or need someone to go with you. Love you.
Posted by: sw | March 03, 2008 at 09:08 AM
Wow! Sounds like things are coming along.
Sorry Mr. Man didn't score. That's always a hard lesson to learn. m~
Posted by: Marye~ | March 03, 2008 at 09:59 AM
Well, you made me laugh and cry in the same blog. I love you and would love to help with anything. Still lenten season....still praying. Love you!
Posted by: Paige | March 03, 2008 at 08:33 PM
I could have a ditch dug in the morning. They have machines that do that very thing. You would think the phone company would own one or two of those machines for just such an occasion.
Posted by: Sid | March 07, 2008 at 03:30 AM
PLEASE POST ALREADY! I AM IN WITHDRAWL.
Posted by: aj | May 19, 2008 at 09:42 PM
D~ is everything okay? You haven't posted in forever. I'm hoping it's just because you're getting settled in your new place and Mr. Man is finishing up the school year.
Much love!
Posted by: Marye~ | May 20, 2008 at 07:47 AM