I can never remember the word camellia either, so it too is often referred to as Chlamydia. Magnus’ Latin class, I’ve chosen to call it by another, easier to remember noun – Chlamydia. I can never think of the word clematis so, like a good student of Ms. I always smile big at the sight or sound of the first hummingbirds that return to our clematis vines each season. At least as I’m driving down DeKalb Avenue, swerving like I’ve had two too many as I dodge potholes, sink holes and drunks, they won’t be able to prove I’m one of the latter.Ĭheers to me making it at least to my birthday! 24 sober September days would be a true accomplishment, no? So, let’s just see if I can make it to my birthday. Yeah, yeah, that last one might have something to do with the two 17 pound cats that joined our family a month ago and were given free range of the whole house, including the queen-sized bed, three weeks ago. And finally, I’m not sleeping any better. I don’t and never did understand where lupini beans come from. What hasn’t happened? I’ve not lost any weight. The books I’ve read focus on an alcoholic father (the Glass Castle), wine trees and wine canals (The Martian Chronicles) and a cat whisperer who used to be a druggie (Cat Daddy). TV shows and commercials all seem to mention booze and of course PBS just had to be running a three part series on Prohibition this month. What else have I noticed? References to alcohol are everywhere. But on a side note, I might just get my toenails painted gray (very nicely done Michelle!). Okay, true, that last one had nothing to do with being sober. Crew shoes Michelle is wearing or what Oscar de la Renta dress Ann is sporting, I’m still voting for Obama. And most importantly, I’ve decided I don’t care what J. Work seems less stressful despite the number of times I’ve heard the statement “end of the ‘physical’ year”. The cats have been combed once a day and the boxes have been scooped twice a day. So you’re probably wondering how I’m doing since in the last 13 days, there have been several desert-parched weekends and multiple dryer-than-Sauvignon Blanc holidays including Labor day, Newspaper Carrier day, Cheese Pizza day, and Read a Book day, to name just a few? Well, the house is pretty much spotless. Any obscure, but socially, culturally or spiritually important holidays such as Groundhog’s day, Multiple Personality Day, National Tortilla Chip day and the Dragon-Con parade. Lee’s birthday, (don’t scoff, when in the south, do as the southerners!), and finallyħ. All government holidays including Confederate Memorial Holiday and Robert E. All Christian, Jewish and Pagan holidays such as Christmas and Easter, Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah, and Solstices, Equinoxes and moon day eves,Ħ. Anytime I take trips with my family (and I don’t mean the acid type),ĥ. Anytime my family or Doc B’s family visits us,Ĥ. Anytime I visit my family or Doc B’s family,ģ. So let me spell it out - by “holiday” I mean:Ģ. And by holidays, I of course mean it in the British sense of the word which includes vacations. By weekends, I mean Friday, Saturday and Sunday. when we could open the bottle of white (that, by the way, has now been chilling in the fridge for 14 days, since of course we didn’t know we’d be doing this sober gig 14 days ago!).Ĭontrary to popular belief, there are only two times I drink: weekends and holidays. The moment when I’d normally be breaking the blow-dried seal on a frosty growler of some hoppy brew or, more likely, asking Doc. What on Earth, Mars and Venus was I thinking? This was the burning question as I sat on the screened porch this past weekend, bathed and relaxed after a hard day of working in the yard. Believe it or not, we are now boozeless for almost two weeks. In honor of the 46th anniversary of Star Trek, “Captain’s Log: Stardate 13 days sober”. Furthermore, crazy ideas shouldn’t even be whispered when they sound something like “what if we didn’t drink any alcohol during the month of September?” And when you’re talking to a person who will be on a silent meditation retreat for ten days of the month anyway, you might as well not even open your mouth because the answer will no doubt be "let's do it!" A crazy idea should never be voiced, particularly when it’s 2:00 in the morning.
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