The Invisible Handy Wipe

My front porch is almost finished being set up for the summer. We need a small table for drinks … but otherwise, we’re ready to go.

Here we are:

You also can see all my baby plants in their new pots:

Basil:

Mint:

Rosemary:

Oregano:

Tarragon:

Tomatoes:

My friend Mary gave me the tomato plants and Maeve gave me the mint. It is a great feeling to have plants from friends surrounding me on the porch. I’m so excited to watch them grow and relax in this space!

Have you ever been so mentally exhausted that all you can do is sit and cry? If you stop crying, then your brain starts trying to work again and that is the last thing you want it to do? So you just keep trying to cry and trying your hardest to sit still?

Well, that’s pretty close to my current state. The last four months I’ve been writing and researching and managing and writing and writing and writing, and it is fair to say that I’m exhausted. I’m not actually crying, but it really sounds attractive.

That’s all. I don’t have enough energy to write things not job-related.

Him: Now, wait a minute. Tell me about this List of Five.
Me: There was an episode of Friends where everyone talked about their list of five celebrities they could have an affair with and their spouse or girlfriend or whatever couldn’t get upset with them. So, if your wife had George Clooney on her list and George decided he wanted to have an affair with her, you’d have to say it was okay because he was on her List of Five.
Him: Oh, okay. I get it. So who is on your List?
Me: Tom Petty, John Laroquette, …
Him: Wait, wait, wait a minute! Tom Petty?! John Laroquette?!
Me: Well, yeah. The way I see it is that if I’m going to have an imaginary List, I should at least have people on it who might want to sleep with me.
Him: [silence]
Me: Do you want me to finish naming the people on my List?
Him: No, no. NO. No.

I needed this today, so I thought I’d pass it along to you:

http://internet-pets.blogspot.com/2008/05/mothers-love.html

Today is one of my dearest friend’s birthday and in a short while I will be heading to her birthday party to celebrate with her. I love birthdays and enjoy having the excuse to celebrate. Happy birthday, Kara!

On a sort of related aging note, I spent this afternoon at the eye doctor’s office. I hadn’t been to the eye doctor since 2002, and I knew that it was time for me to head in for an appointment. As expected, my eye sight isn’t anywhere close to what it used to be. I’ve been wearing reading glasses since high school, but now I’m at the point where I should be wearing glasses full time. I don’t know exactly why, but it made me feel old. Gone are the days of 20/20 distance vision. Farewell, smooth skin on the bridge of my nose. Hello, adulthood. Blech.