August 20, 2008

Bad Night at Chez Pkin

It was a long night.  For me, fortunately, I get to sleep at any time during the day I choose, not so for Pkin which is one of the reasons I'm sitting in the living room now while I'm prefer to be in bed, "watching" TV getting quality post dawn sleep.  Another option would be the computer room, aka third den, aka third bedroom only there's no bed in there nor is there any way to significantly raise one's legs while typing. 

About last night, it started well enough, but with our life patterns all shot to hell, it's just been difficult to have a regular sleep patttern.  Pkin's been coming to bed around 10 or so, we watch the Olympics but he already knows who the major winners are and what are the unique circumstances around the events, being it's been hours since the competition or the race or the exhibit.  Then I get to see a bit of Friends, the life-force of my being.  And then it's sleepytime for me.  I was asleep by midnight but had a spasm that shot pain into or out of (more of that later) my right foot, the one with three Frankenstein recently repaired hammer toes.  I made Pkin bring me ice packs.  Then he couldn't sleep.  I'd already taken a sleeping pill and was out of it quite soon after.  I woke up suddenly by a barking dog and that was another trouble at 5:30 AM.  Long story is being a Good Samaritan to stray dogs is freaking hard.  Then I had to powder my nose and the rest, as they say, is history. 

So I read the rest of Those Who Save Us.  Good, I wouldn't recommend you buy it.  I read emails, not too many, I've never had lots of friends but the ones I have are great ones.  Now I blog as the Gwnyth Paltrow Emma discovers her love for the vastly older Mr. Knightly.  (Remind me to check spelling later.) 

Things to do to pass the day will include:  loooking up recent articles on appropriate business casual styles, the spellings of fictional characters and Oscar-winning actresses, and finding new blogs to read.  I'm scraping the Sue-Takes-A-Shower Idea that sounded so good yesterday, in the light of last night and it being Wednesday (mid-way through the week and still far from "dressing-comes-off" Friday) it just seems too much work for sitting in one's home. 

I am such a "va-ga-moon-da".  It's want my mother calls someone who likes to not be at home.  Pkin loves the home life.  He would be happy never going farther than the gun store.  It's a misguided irony that his job has him travelling all over LA and more, and mine is basically confined to one building in the Valley (must be pronouced very flatly.)  This recovery is driving me crazy.  Do you know you can get a wheel chair online for under $100 and have it delivered to your home?  I can't drive, but I could wheel myself around a bit. 

As I picture myself wheeling around Costco, I'm considering not even getting out of my jammies today.  It's going to be a long day.

Ok, back to feeling pain.  I feel more pressure, as I've said, except for the few times when I hit my toes or step wrong.  I think I can feel the two steel pins in my Right second and third toes but it's just my overactive imagination.  I feel more real pain (but is it?) at my 2nd toe Left foot.  The one farthest from any surgery.  It can't be hurting because nothing happened there.  So why do I feel it?  Pain rebounds.  My gosh, the amazing-ness of the human body never seems to let me down. 

Let me try, sleepytime take nine (or so)!  Please send your support vibes to Pkin.  He'll need them.

August 19, 2008

What Color is Your Mind?

NOTE: Thank you Lunisea!  The image on the site shows a pretty purple cerebellum, it doesn't translate to this blog -- but now it does.  You don't need to image it!


Your Mind is Purple
Of all the mind types, yours is the most idealistic.
You tend to think wild, amazing thoughts. Your dreams and fantasies are intense.
Your thoughts are creative, inventive, and without boundaries.

You tend to spend a lot of time thinking of fictional people and places - or a very different life for yourself.

Interesting Things to Do

If you get to see The Wendy Williams Show, do, once.  You might learn how to keep your thighs shut with your legs crossed in the miniest of minis.  Another thing I've experienced is reading Redbook page by page.  There is going to an online Jones New York shopping site soon.  I'm hoping to win a shopping spree and spend it all the first day the site goes up.  I'm also recommending that Jones get a better server.  Now I'm watching a 1933 Barbara Stanwyck movie that I've never seen before; I thought I'd seen them all.  It's even got Father Knows Best in it.

To get me to my place in front of the TV, I've taken a sponge bath.  It was rather amazing and a bit shameful how quickly the water in the sink got dirty.  It reminds of a Friends episode where Monica praises the virtues of tub baths to which Chandler responds, something to the effect, "Stew in your own filth."  Tomorrow I'm going to persuade Pkin to wrap my feet in plastic and stand me up in the shower.  If this were an x-rated site, I would consider showing you.

I think the biggest imposition of my recovery has been on the kitties.  They are unable to sleep their usual uninterrupted 10 hours a day.  I think their hair is falling out because of the stress, or maybe it's just because they are kitties.  I've been watching my hair - it's approaching the really needing color phase.  We shall see.  Mom's here!

August 18, 2008

What Kind of Lover Are You?

Your result for The What Kind of Lover are You? Test...

Great Catch

You are a fantastically great catch. You are nice enough, confident, clean and super-sexy. Lots of people want to get their hands on you so the hard part about being you is trying to choose a partner worthy enough for you.

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