Musings of Me

What question do you wish you'd never asked.
Submitted by cha0tic.

I had a good one about two hours ago.  Hold on.  

Dad- what makes rain?  And that was a two week answer when I was five.

I am housesitting at a friend's house and they have a pool, which is convenient, since it is at least 111 degrees here.  So after work I have been jumping in the water.  Not alone, mind you.  Safety first.  I let their dog swim with my mom, then I have been swiming laps.  It's not the best space for laps, but since I have not done it in a long time, I decided to at least cool off and workout at the same time.  So here's a little background on me:

I swam when I was a child, and kicked butt.  I am a fish. 

I didn't swim, except for recreation from about 6- 14 years old.  Every now and then I would feel the urge to to do laps, and would give in, but nothing to serious.  I do, however, love the water and am obsessed with being in it. 

In highschool, I joined the swim team, and LOVED it.  I loved the feeling when I got into a race and just kept going.  I screwed up my shoulder pretty bad (it was from volleyball originally) and was fortunate enough to have a coach that let me kick in the pool while everyone else swam.  By the end of the season, I felt like I could swim in a tournament, and not to brag, because you know I'm not like that, I kicked butt yet again.  I really felt good about how I felt when my strokes felt perfect. 

I have swam off and on since then ( a whole seven years, I'm so old) and have never felt really confident or really calm.  Swimming for me, when I do it right is very calming, and a certain point is reached where my breath just comes naturally even though my face is in the water. And that enver happened- until yesterday!  I totally found it again! I was swimming and all of the sudden I was completely relaxed and smooth and enjoying the work and the pain and I am ready to get back in the pool.  Even better, I have been watching it too, since I love the Olympics.

That's my story for today. 

What's your best quality?

That's easy.  I have amazing hair.  Always have.  My friends hate me cause I never have to use hairspray, I don't ever have a bad hair day and I can cut it, color it, fix it, or leave it wet and it always looks good.

Ours has been closed forever!  And today we happened to drive by after it had only been opened for two hours!  Sweet Vanilla Dr. Pepper I love you.

I can't do one hundred and one things in one thousand days.  because I am so not a look to the future kind of person.  I always focus on the here and now.  But I've been thinking about it.  So that is progress.  So my one thing in ten days is to write a list of maybe one hundred and one things in one thousand days.  This way I have time to even consider it. 

Oh- here's some:

1. Get a car (on the boat right......now)

2. Graduate from grad school.

3.  Be a real librarian that can open the safe.

4. Get another piercing.

I know I can do those. 

I don't know why I don't write that much anymore.  It's not like I'm not never bored anymore.  I'm bored enough to find this to do.  But then maybe I don't want to do this when I'm bored.  I'm not really bored right now, I just thought I would write a little.  Hold on- my "WORLD ALMANAC" guy is here.

He only comes in and yells for this book.  But he doesn't speak clearly, so it took a couple Saturdays before I caught on. 

I am not taking classes this summer.  I didn't really want to take the one I need to with the lady that was teaching it.  She seems looney.  And I am so done with online looney.  That's where internet classes are difficult.  Because when it is a class in person you can leave and still understand where the person is going -maybe.  But online you depend on the information they are giving you.  It's all you have.  I will hopefully be taking two next semester since I found out I'm getting reimbursed for the last one.  So that will help.  It went up $300 a class.  That's so expensive!!  Hopefully my dear library colleague and friend Jonnica will take at least one with me.  That would be fun.  Then we have an excuse to do group projects together because we need to meet and discuss.

Work is okay- it's summer reading time!  They have lowered the adult levels to twenty being the most- which is sooooooooo low compared to last year's 40.  I don't really care, but it was changed at a meeting that my boss and I were both absent from.  And we do the summer reading stuff for adults, so  that's annoying.  Either way, I don't think i will be reaching my 80 this year.  I have gone from 50 to 60 to 75 so I was thinking 80.  But I am realistically looking at maybe 50 again.  So much going on every weekend. 

What am I reading?  Well, I'm listening to New Moon, or is it Eclipse?  The second one in the Twilight series.  I have both on my player so I get confused.  I do enjoy the books, but I don't see the craze behind them.  It's about vampires is all I guess.  What about if I wrote a book about a non magical teen?  Would it even get published?  I do have to say I don't like Edward as much as I like Jacob, but I get that Bella has to be with Edward.  Personally, I would be all about the werewolf thing.  SO much sexier.  And he sounds hotter (sounds because I'm doing audio book).  I am also reading a dumb book that I thought looked like a good pool read and it's not.  It doesn't have much meat to it.  I get excited to think there is something happening, but it kind of flops.  I don't like characters that are whiny or quiet when they are faced with troubles and trials.  Do soemthing about it stupid people.  It's called Little Pink Slips.  I still have to finish it though, because it is such an easy read.  And what else? I think that's it.

I have nothing else to say, I have to go finish hanging butterflies.  So thank you for reading. 

Today is my birthday.

3 DAYS!  AND I BOUGHT A CAR!  JUST HAVE TO SIGN FOR IT.  DON'T TELL ANYONE.  IT'S A SECRET.

seven days

Forgot I was going to countdown.  haven't even paid attention between all the comings and goings and gaduations and parties and movie nights and dinner nights.  I'm getting worn out.  I am trying to get all my birthday gifts now because I planned my boss' going away party for my birth day.  So I will still wear my pretty dress, but I will have to be paying attention to her, on my birthday.  And aynone who knows me, knows it's hard.  Even at Nicole's wedding I had to be sure to get compliments.  I need to go find some red beads and flip flops for my dress. 

8 Days til my Birthday.