I slept until 3 p.m. today.Â? I don’t recommend it. I wasn’t hung over or anything, just comfortable and snuggled up with a black cat.Â? Now I’m just exhausted and not sure I’m going to sleep tonight.Â? Great one, Jen.
Update For the Sake of Updating
The “kill-all-the-bacteria-in-thy-body” antibiotics are making my sinus crap go away.Â? Well… that and the massive amount of Claritin I’ve shoved down my throat.Â? The downside of the antibiotics: they leave a nasty taste in my mouth which can only be killed by a can of Coke.Â? So much for giving up the soda.
I work Wednesday, Thursday, Friday this week, so… 2 days down and 1 to go.Â? I get to wear jeans tomorrow.Â? Woohoo!
Off I go to shower, wash my Crocs, and snuggle with the princess of panthers…
Protected: Restlessness
Oregon: The Good, the Bad, and the Emotional
OK… just got back from Oregon. In true ::Meditatio:: style, here’s my rundown of it all.
The Good
[+] Seeing parts of my family again that I haven’t seen in more than 15 years.
[+] Seeing some old neighbors again, especially since I’m essentially an adopted daughter. 🙂
[+] Meals with 12-20 family members.
[+] Banana coconut frappucinos every day.
[+] $tarbucks and breakfast in bed on Sunday. (Thanks Mommy!)
[+] Playing in the surf in Lincoln City.
[+] Bush Park in Salem (where my former neighbors retired to and where they are uber-involved in things).
[+] The C terminal at Sea-Tac.
[+] Playing in Ritner Creek with two very adorable little boys.
[+] “Desire of the Everlasting Hills” by Thomas Cahill. (Re-reading it for the first time in 6 years.)
[+] Family picture slideshows.
[+] Climbing over gates and through blackberry bushes to get to the house where my grandfather grew up.
[+] My brother’s reading of High Flight.
[+] Making it through “Let All Things Now Living” at the memorial service without crying.
[+] Blackberry green tea frappucinos from $tarbucks.
The Bad
[+] Being allergic to the entire state of Oregon.
[+] Wicked PMS.
[+] Grass pollen.
[+] Stupid meth makers who have forced states to require the signing over of one’s life to get a flipping box of Claritin.
[+] Prickliness of blackberry bushes.
The Emotional
[+] Saturday morning.
[+] Speaking about my grandfather and the letter I was putting in the tacklebox.Â? (My grandfather’s ashes were buried in his tackle box. Believe me, it was very fitting.)
[+] Listening to various family members speak on Saturday morning, especially my cousin’s kids.
[+] Sitting with crying family members.
[+] Watching planes take off and land at Sea-Tac this morning. (My grandfather was a pilot for the U.S. Navy and then for United Airlines for 30+ years.)
[+] The poem my cousin Sari wrote for the funeral service. (She couldn’t read it so it was placed in the tackle box.)
[+] Everyone taking a shovel full of dirt and placing it on the box.
[+] Saying good-bye to everyone yesterday.
On the Road
I’m at the Red Lion Airport Inn in Portland.Â? I’ve been in Oregon since Thursday for my grandfather’s burial service.Â? It’s been wonderful to see family and hang out but I’m really looking forward to getting home tomorrow and seeing my kitties.
Will post tomorrow once I’m home.Â? My mind is racing so I’ll probably have reflective schtuff to post.
Random Thoughts on Various Things
Here are random thoughts on things that are going on:
[+]The Constitutional amendment defining marriage as the Biblical model: Let’s see… hurricane season has started and I highly doubt the levies are fixed; we’re fighting a losing battle in Iraq; and gas companies are inflating prices. In other words… THERE ARE MORE PRESSING THINGS TO THINK ABOUT RATHER THAN THE SEX LIVES OF OTHER PEOPLE!!!!!!
[+]Bill O’Reilly on the slaughters at MalmÃ?dy: Bill, you’re an f-ing moron. You made the mistake, not once but TWICE and you dressed down a 4-star general in the process who actually KNEW something about which he was speaking.. The Americans WERE the victims, NOT the Germans. You CANNOT compare that to the atrocities at Abu Gharib or Hadith. WE were the ones who screwed up in those two cases.
/end snarkiness
If You’re Going to Lose, Lose Boldly.
So I did the Toole County 5K Dash for Health this morning.Â? I planned to just walk it because my asthma wasn’t going to let me run and besides, I have a sinus infection.Â? So… I walked it and came in… dead last.Â? The ambulance was following me.Â? My time was probably around an hour for finishing (especially since neither my lungs nor legs felt like working toward the end) but dangit I FINISHED!!!!!!!!
Everyone was cheering for me when I got to the finish line (which made me feel more and hey… free BBQ afterwards for participating and I won a shirt in the drawing.
I came home, checked to see if they needed any help at VBS, showered, checked email, and promptly COLLAPSED on the couch for 5 hours and slept.
My goal if I do it next year: finish in less time.Â? I’m not even going to pretend that I can run it, especially with all the freaking hills in Shelby.