Dawn's Digression.
Monday, September 22, 2003
I don't think I have any more pictures from the party that are appropriate to put here. I've got a couple more of Melody looking really drunk, but I'm afraid she would disown me if I put them up.
Here's something exciting that I can't remember if I've shared. Oh yeah, I have. Nevermind.
Michele and I have tried to have a couple of disagreements, but we avert them. I try to just laugh it off and hug her. Unless I've really pissed her off, she usually reacts well to that. People in general just have to learn not to take themselves too seriously. I think we all do it sometimes.
This is a picture taken of us at the Japanese Gardens in March. I made the mistake of going back in BlogTime to make sure I hadn't posted this picture, and I ran into all that old Granny stuff. I didn't read much of it, because it would probably set me off, but what I read made me really sad. Every now and then I'll be driving to or from work, and just start crying. It sucks not to have grandparents. And then I think about my mom and aunts and uncle, who have no parents or grandparents. How sad is it that we all end up right there? My mother is immortal. And that is final. And then there are those folks that absolutely do NOT want kids. To me, that is scary. Who will be with you when you are old? Maybe my vision is skewed, but to me what matters in the end is who is there. To me, the measure of a life is the love that you leave behind. If you don't have a family, where is the love? Friends, sure. But in all honesty, most friends come and go. I know I have a least a couple of life-timers, but that's not the norm.
Did I tell you we changed the future offspring name from Emily to Megan? Emily is just too popular. I suppose I could check on Megan, too.
Michele makes me crazy. We're listening to Fisher yesterday, and she keeps saying, "What does that mean, though?" Example: "'Til the storms fill my eyes, and we touch the last time, I will love you..." She has to know exactly what that means. I know what it implies, but I don't know exactly what is meant by "storms fill my eyes". Why? Because I am horrible at symbolism. I don't get it. I do when I make the analogy myself, but otherwise it's really lost on me. And then she wants to know how the sun could possibly cry. Gee-whiz! Why can one not take a song as a whole and enjoy it for what it is as a piece of work and let it go at that? How can she say she likes IG? They are SO abstract sometimes! I think that she doesn't have a clue what my girls sing about. This is what I think.
Michele got her hair all fancied up this weekend. It looks good. I hate my hair.
Did I mention how fried my hair is? I know you think I'm way over-reacting. The truth is that I need to have about 3 inches cut off. No. Not going to do it. When I say every hair on my head is split, I'm afraid it's just about true. The last lady that highlighted my hair should have advised me against it when I asked her if it would damage my already dry hair. I'm kinda pissed at her. Not as pissed as I am at myself, though. I take responsibility. I just wish the lady had been more honest. I would have skipped the highlights had I known. I've been trying to grow this hair out for a couple of years now.
Here's something exciting that I can't remember if I've shared. Oh yeah, I have. Nevermind.
Michele and I have tried to have a couple of disagreements, but we avert them. I try to just laugh it off and hug her. Unless I've really pissed her off, she usually reacts well to that. People in general just have to learn not to take themselves too seriously. I think we all do it sometimes.
This is a picture taken of us at the Japanese Gardens in March. I made the mistake of going back in BlogTime to make sure I hadn't posted this picture, and I ran into all that old Granny stuff. I didn't read much of it, because it would probably set me off, but what I read made me really sad. Every now and then I'll be driving to or from work, and just start crying. It sucks not to have grandparents. And then I think about my mom and aunts and uncle, who have no parents or grandparents. How sad is it that we all end up right there? My mother is immortal. And that is final. And then there are those folks that absolutely do NOT want kids. To me, that is scary. Who will be with you when you are old? Maybe my vision is skewed, but to me what matters in the end is who is there. To me, the measure of a life is the love that you leave behind. If you don't have a family, where is the love? Friends, sure. But in all honesty, most friends come and go. I know I have a least a couple of life-timers, but that's not the norm.
Did I tell you we changed the future offspring name from Emily to Megan? Emily is just too popular. I suppose I could check on Megan, too.
Michele makes me crazy. We're listening to Fisher yesterday, and she keeps saying, "What does that mean, though?" Example: "'Til the storms fill my eyes, and we touch the last time, I will love you..." She has to know exactly what that means. I know what it implies, but I don't know exactly what is meant by "storms fill my eyes". Why? Because I am horrible at symbolism. I don't get it. I do when I make the analogy myself, but otherwise it's really lost on me. And then she wants to know how the sun could possibly cry. Gee-whiz! Why can one not take a song as a whole and enjoy it for what it is as a piece of work and let it go at that? How can she say she likes IG? They are SO abstract sometimes! I think that she doesn't have a clue what my girls sing about. This is what I think.
Michele got her hair all fancied up this weekend. It looks good. I hate my hair.
Did I mention how fried my hair is? I know you think I'm way over-reacting. The truth is that I need to have about 3 inches cut off. No. Not going to do it. When I say every hair on my head is split, I'm afraid it's just about true. The last lady that highlighted my hair should have advised me against it when I asked her if it would damage my already dry hair. I'm kinda pissed at her. Not as pissed as I am at myself, though. I take responsibility. I just wish the lady had been more honest. I would have skipped the highlights had I known. I've been trying to grow this hair out for a couple of years now.
Dawn, 12:30 PM
