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August 05, 2007

a little down with a lifetime to go

I got a new vacuum cleaner, one of the kind that has no bag but instead a clear plastic tube where the sucked up dirt goes. You can watch all the pet fur and sand and hair whirl around in the tube and be simultaneously horrified and impressed at how much crap you live with and walk around on every day, never thinking about it because it's hidden. Until it isn't.

So the last time I wrote here was in January, when I had a sunnier outlook on life. Right now I'd say I'm mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. A lot of things have happened since January; some of which I guess I'll get to if I keep writing. But not right now.

It's the winding-down part of summer. Back-to-school sales everywhere. The city is quiet; the calm before the storm. This year we have stayed home; work is crazy and I just couldn't get it together to plan anything more fabulous than going to the farmer's market on Sunday mornings--and even that we've only done twice. Considering arranging for pet care, packing up and driving to my sister's house just gives me a stomach-ache. And I seem to have spent all my getaway money on car repairs (since last fall: $5,000) and new phones for Herself and Moo (in one week: $380).

How I spent my summer vacation: Thought about going back on the antidepressants. So little effort required.

Posted by JudyLa at 06:00 AM | Comments (0)