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October 16, 2005

Gravity is the receiver on the hook

It's Sunday and the day after my birthday. Herself is asleep on the couch in the other room; Moo is slouched completely down in his chair in front of his computer, still in his pajamas. The house is almost completely quiet and outside the sun is dazzling the water. I think "go outside and enjoy the day," but I don't. I don't go down to the dock to bail the sailboat and sit in the sun, I don't take the paper out onto the deck to read, I don't take the dog for a walk, I don't sweep the front steps.

Instead I spend the afternoon hanging out in the house, the TV is on, the sun shines through the windows and I watch some old Six Feet Under episodes, drink champagne and talk to DrAR on the phone. For once I have no sad stories to tell him, Happy Birthday. In the late afternoon Moo and Herself and my friend D. and I go out for dinner at Macaroni Grill. We are all very hungry and the meal goes quickly. Happy and full, we drive home and past a church where an illuminated sign on the front lawn reads "I Cannot Come."

Well, I guess that is something people might want to pray over.

Posted by JudyLa at 10:00 PM | Comments (0)