I took my law firm mandated nap - and well it ran over a little... So when I woke up, I felt compelled to pur a glass of wine and hang out in my garden. Now here in cornfield country, a 20 foot tall tree is a BIG tree and since I planted away as soon as I moved in I a several BIG trees! LOL!
There is an infestation in my county that is threatening the largest of my BIG trees. They have chopped down several trees in my subdivision. I vaccinated my trees last weekend - hopefully the insecticide will work its way through my trees in time.
Since Sunday I (and my cats) have been inspecting my trees and have formed a stronger bond with these trees. (If only dating were this simple ) Then I decided that additional glasses of wine was in order as I walked between my trees (there are some on one side of the sidewalk and others in my backyard - so I have a tree lined sidewalk on one side of my house) - over and over again with my cats following me. I think my neighbors think I might be catwoman with my entourage of cats following me and always w/in 5-10 feet of me. And they probably think I might have lost it walking over and over again between my trees.
It was just so beautiful outside. And well my dream when I bought my house (in what has previously a cornfield) with no trees for miles) was to hear the sound of wind rustling through the leaves. And it was to lie on my back and gaze up at the sky through the leaves. Now 10 yeares later - my BIG trees are a dreem come true.
Then of course I decided that I really must pay for my ticket for my fundraiser. So I visited my neighbor - with my glass of wine. And she is as nuts as I am. She works full time and has twins - and well finally had a moment to sand and scrap her deck so she could paint it! You see her H is on a business trip - so she doesn't have to cook dinner so has time to redo the deck.
Being a former W that baked muffins for a H from scratch before in the morning and well no need to go into my nutty W days - well she clearly needed an intervention.
So we popped open a bottle of champagne, pulled out cheese and salami and crackers as I elaborated on my new found epiphany that life is too short to work. As we drank, I cared less and less that it was already tomorrow in Singapore and she decided that a sick day was in order. I decided that we needed to invade Singapore b/c well their time zone is inconvenient for patriotic Americans and there must be at least one Muslim hiding there to justify a war.
We are doing lunch tomorrow and I am taking all of Sunday off. The fundraiser has a daytime component where you can do a walking tour through these gardens. It is somewhat work related for her - these doctors are her clients... so she has to behave. But I on the other hand faint at the sight of blood and feel queasy when I write patents about medical devices - so I can let my hair down. I think I may be a flight attendant at this party... I love making up fake stories at parties where nothing matters.
I am always so well behaved. At work - always controlled. At professional seminars - I have fun but am mindful of not engaging in any behavior that might be "stereotypical woman." In my neighborhood - always making sure I don't send the wrong message to a H or that annoys a W. Sometimes it is so nice to just not have to worry about all that stuff.
Yes, I think I will be a flight attendant - Hooters Airlines based out of Rockford and am on leave b/c I need "augmentation" surgery to get to the next level in my job.
My girlfriends and I use to make up all sorts of stories when I worked at NASA b/c we weren't allowed to tell anyone what we did. Apparently the Soviets were just waiting for an opportunity to kidnap us and waterboard us b/c we knew too much about a resusable vehicle and the Soviets were behind. Whatever - it did encourage creativity - and really flight attendants get so many more dates than engineers.
Life is silly and wonderful. Did I mention I love the bubble in champagne - although one should never try to chug champagne out of a bottle - it bubbles up your nose! Discovered that kernel of wisdom at my law school graduation
) Then I decided that additional glasses of wine was in order as I walked between my trees (there are some on one side of the sidewalk and others in my backyard - so I have a tree lined sidewalk on one side of my house) - over and over again with my cats following me. I think my neighbors think I might be catwoman with my entourage of cats following me and always w/in 5-10 feet of me. And they probably think I might have lost it walking over and over again between my trees.
I decided that we needed to invade Singapore b/c well their time zone is inconvenient for patriotic Americans and there must be at least one Muslim hiding there to justify a war.
