Thursday, April 24, 2008

UpnDown

There is a very good chance that my family is fighting the urge to give me up for adoption... or perhaps less humanely, just dump me on the side of the road and hope I can't find my way back. The latter could be a distinct possibility, as I have the special ability to get lost anywhere, at any time. It's like a superpower, in reverse. If I could just get the switch to flip the other way, I'd be super-map-girl (GPS-woman?)! I would, of course, demand a cape emblazoned with the letters SMG! (Not to be confused with MSG.) However, barring any reversal of fortune in natural abilities, perhaps I should just work on keeping a low profile.

I'm stressed out. My moods are up, and down. Heck, I am even up and down. Case in point; Tuesday evening I literally almost passed out. I suspect the antihistamine I had taken, coupled with exhaustion. Whatever the case, I took the hint and was more appropriately unconscious in bed by no later than 8 p.m. This never happens. I'm a night owl. I have the inability to sleep any time before midnight, and that's early for me.

Other days I'm bouncing off the walls because something small happened. For example, today my graduation announcements showed up! I don't think I've ever been happier to see little sheets of tissue paper before.

In short, my family is ready to shoot me. Hopefully they can put up with me a few more weeks like this.

I just had to add this as well. This is my mother, gardening:



You know, the fact that I stink at gardening is starting to make a lot more sense.

7 comments:

Penelope said...

I am so relieved that I'm not the only one! I can get lost on a straight road with no exits!
Last Summer when Delmer visited I got lost taking him to see Stonehenge and even now all of my friends laugh at me because it is literally a straight road between there and my house!

Brian in Mpls said...

Wait you need a chainsaw to get rid of cactus?

Sizzle said...

Chainsaw gardening...now THAT is the kind of gardening I can get into.

Nat said...

Wow... I love your mom. She can use powertools.

Kind of feel bad for the cactus/cacti/cactuses.

Whit said...

Is that Tucson?

Kyra said...

Penelope - Hey, I've been there! I could easily get lost! Actually, I think my dad and I did.

Brian - I don't know, but I imagine it gave my mother a lot of satisfaction to hack it to pieces.

Sizzle - I'm going to have to try that one myself. :) I bet it works great out here too!

Nat - Don't feel bad, it got even. She had to go have her hand x-rayed to find all the needles that got embedded in the process.

Whit - Close! Phoenix.

John said...

"SMG" stands for Super Mega-hot Goddess. Didn't they learn you acronyms in that fancy college?