Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Hmmm

Today I got up in the morning, took Daisy to school, went to a Pilates class, came home, prepared for teaching and showered, drove to school, walked a mile to my office hours and class (this involved climbing to the top floor of the building on Lone Mountain), held office hours and class, conferenced with students after class, walked a mile back to my car, drove to the gym, did an intensive cardio thing followed by weightlifting, and went home.

I was feeling great-- like, on drugs great. But suddenly, I feel tired.

Dialogues with Daisy

Daisy: I made a valentine for Nathaniel today. I think it made him VERY happy.

Me: How nice! Did he also make one for you?

Daisy: In a word, no.

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Also today, Daisy asked me if she could check my mouth. Why? "Because once, Marcella's mother grew FANGS and the dentist had to pull them out!" And, "Marcella is NOT pulling my leg."

Marcella also told Daisy she once drank a cup of blood and liked it.

Dream

Last night I dreamed that Mark suggested, as a money-saving measure, that we should sneak into people's houses and steal their partially used bars of soap. You know, the little slivers that most people throw away prior to opening a fresh bar. Mark felt this was pretty wasteful and that we could subsist for years on these soap slivers and hence save money on the purchase of soap. In the dream we lived in the Appalachians and we were wandering around peering into the ramshackle homes of very wild-looking, hillybillyish men, and Mark would point out their used soap and suggest stealing it.

The other thing I remember is the very rude thing I said to him in response to his suggestion: "Do you want to hear first why that's stupid, or first why it's crazy?"

We HAD been talking about the need to save money that evening.....