to the June 15-21, 1998 episode of
"As the Rose Wilts"
| Monday June 15, 1998 |
Today was a pretty lousy day - woke up sick and spent most of the day feeling wiped out. I also felt guilty taking a day off, since I had just taken a day off last Friday. Oh, and did I mention it was RAINING??? Yup, all weekend, and all day on Monday. Had hardly any food in the house, but there was no WAY I was going out in that slop! The cats had food, that's the most important thing:) |
| Tuesday June 16, 1998 |
Went back to work today, and had hardly any time to write. Although, I DID finally get this part of my site designed, up and running! Now, if I can remember to *write* here every day, that will be a miracle! You gotta love this background though - it's soooo appropriate for 'the continuing saga of our heroine', isn't it? This background almost reminds me of the "Perils of Pauline", and heroines being tied to railroad tracks, etc. And, it has roses, so what more could I ask for?:) |
| Wednesday June 17, 1998 |
Of course, what would a week of "As the Rose Wilts" be, without Weekly World News headlines? This week's headlines include: Taco dog look-alike flushed down toilet! He splashes down in septic tank - & lives! (No offense, but I don't think I'd want him after a romp in the sewage!) Elves & Fairies were not the same thing centuries ago! (Ummmm....okay, whatever you say.) Couple has shootout during marriage counseling, cops say! Car Crash Jolts Dead Driver Back to Life! The impact of the second vehicle jump-started his heart, says paramedic! Woman in hot water over sexy cucumbers. (Supposedly because they were of improper and illicit shape - is there any such thing as a proper cucumber shape?) Gals go ga-ga over the smell of Good & Plenty candies & cucumbers! (After seeing the previous headline, I can understand the cucumber part, but Good & Plenty???) 500-year-old mummified kids popping up in Peru! (Boy, does this conjure up some interesting visuals!) The Ghost of Elvis Got Me Off Drugs! (Well, if I was stoned and saw the ghost of Elvis, I think I'd give up drugs, too!) 2,000 year-old scrolls prove...Jesus Is Buried in Japan! (I'm not even gonna GO there!) |
| Thursday June 18, 1998 |
There really hasn't been anything much worth writing about today. On the whole, it's been a pretty boring day. There haven't even been any weirdos on the subway worth writing about. I could, however, get on my soapbox about knapsacks on crowded subway trains, but I think I'll spare everyone and save it for a day when I can really do it justice:) My exciting plans for the evening include cleaning my apartment - yippee! Actually, I wouldn't do it any cleaning at all tonight, but my mom is going to stop over while I'm in CA to keep an eye on my cats. Even though she has seen first-hand what my room was like as a teenager (trust me, it was BAD), the least I can do is make the place presentable before I leave in another week or so. Going away is sooo much work - I need to get keys made for my mom, go shopping for warm-weather clothes, stock up on cat food and litter, clean my place, etc. etc. etc. I think I'm going to need a vacation to rest up from my vacation!:) |
| Friday June 19, 1998 |
Okay...I wrote a really long entry for today, saved the html file and the text, and then my computer crashed! I can't find either file on my hard drive, so, until I find them, you'll have to take my word for it that it was a pretty funny entry. |
| Saturday June 20, 1998 |
Today I went to a 'thank-you' cookout for all of the members/volunteers of V.F.W. Post 885, which is the Post I'm involved with. They had some pretty good food, although the hamburgers kind of stuck to my ribs for about 6 hours. I'm not sure which was more fun - the actually cookout which was held upstairs, or the post-cookout party that took place downstairs in the bar later on! Since it was hot outside, a lot of the guys wore shorts. Now, no offense to any of my friends, but some of these legs really shouldn't be shown to the rest of the world! I'm talking some seriously ugly gams here! One of the guys has since earned the nickname Walnut Legs, because his legs are so bumpy and lumpy. We had scawny legs, fat legs, way-too-white legs, wrinkly legs and hairy legs. It was a veritable leg-fest! Since I had my camera handy, I started taking pictures. Then, I got the bright idea to take pictures of some of the legs being exposed. You read right - the legs, and just the legs. I'm going to put together a posterboard full of them entitled The Legs of 885, and see who can match the legs to the person they belong to! The folks at the photo place are going to think that either I'm a really bad photographer who doesn't know how to get people's faces in the picture, or that I have a leg fetish or something. |
| Sunday June 21, 1998 |
Today was Father's Day, and I spent it with my mom, dad, younger sister, and my new niece. I got to hold my niece for a while, and words just can't describe the feeling of holding her and just looking at her. She is precious and adorable, and I am normally not big on holding babies. I guess it's different because this is my niece, but whenever I hold her, I don't want to let her go.
I bought my father a sappy card, and gave him some money to take on their Atlantic City trip that's coming up. My sister made these terrific chicken cutlets, and I ate WAY too much! When I got home and checked my e-mail, I found out that my website had been chosen to receive an award by The Abuse Intervention Committee in GeoCities. That was a really pleasant surprise, and I can't wait to get my graphic to put on my Child Abuse & Domestic Violence page. |
Tune in next week, for the next episode of... As the Rose Wilts |
