i'm writing this right now for a couple of reasons. 1) i wanted to complain about my ailments, 2) what else could one possibly do when they've woken up early in the morning only to find that the mother they are supposed to be taking to work doesn't actually need a lift, and 3) because i got told i should write more on my blog and that made me feel like i should write more on my blog. so here goes:
1) damn ears!! the night before i went away last week i had the most horrible ear ache/cold/all that jazz. and the staff took me to the doctor which was so nice of them, and we found out that i had 2 middle ear infections and got me on antibiotics. antibiotics are always fun. you can tell people, "i'm on antibiotics!". but after a week of them, my silly ears are being very painful again and it's driving me pistachios (note: "driving me pistachios" is a novelty replacement for "driving me nuts"....i like it). ah. i feel better already. the sad truth seems to be that complaining about sickness makes you feel better about it.
2) self-explanatory. but really, i'm quiet aware that there's lots and lots of things to do when you wake up early in the morning to find that the mother that you were supposed to be taking to work doesn't actually need a lift. i could be eating more breakfast. i like breakfast. it's probably my favourite meal of the day. and even though i don't usually have anything fancy (cereal & toast & fruit juice), exciting breakfasts are loads of fun (pancakes, fruit salad, muffins etc). although, i don't like the whole bacon & eggs & sausages thing in the morning. it's so wrong. it doesn't work. meat at breakfast just doesn't do it for me.
what else could i be doing? i could be reading this marvellous book my sister lent me about the marriages of all these fairly well-known christian women. it's hilarious. or i could be working on all the choreography i'm supposed to be doing, though i don't think my body is awake enough for that just yet. or i could be watching a movie. i could be watching oklahoma!! oh i love oklahoma. i love rogers & hammerstein. i love andrew lloyd-webber. i love them all. and they love me. no, only kidding. they haven't met me yet! but seriously - i just don't see how musicals can be resisted. they are the epitomy of the irresistable. who can possibly resist a bunch of colourful characters living out their lives on stage, finding themselves in delightful circumstances where breaking out into song is perfectly acceptable. it's a beautiful thing.
3) this one's a bit sad isn't it. i got told to write, so i did. it's all about peer pressure these days. though only in my early days of blogging, i'm already picking up the 'we blog, this is how you blog, blog like this or you're just not cricket' vibe. well guess what!! i'm not going to yield to it!! (ha - "yield" - funny word) i'm going to blog whatever i like, whenever i like, however i like. so THERE!! i am woman. hear me roar. man i hate that song; it's such an embarrassment to females everywhere. the very fact that somebody had to write a song that included hyper-self-esteem-inflicting lyrics like that just proves that there was a weakness there to begin with. if we were quite comfortable and confident as women in the first place, happily roaring to our hearts content as we sat by the fire with our embroidery, then a song wouldn't have to be written. it's an attempt to create a sense of power, rather than an expression of power. and creating a sense of power seems to imply that there is a dangerous weakness that needs to be appeased. that's just my humble early-morning opinion....please don't read into it!!
"we come together making chance into starlight" - jeff buckley. i haven't quite decided what this lyric means for me, but there's something so beautifully abstract about it that i just had to write it down.