I received a string of phone calls throughout the day yesterday calling to enquire as to the quality of my first date. Pleased, they seemed, at the positive report. Had it not gone well, I may have curled into a little ball and stayed in bed for six months. Conversely, I may have reverted to my younger days and gone in completely the opposite direction and attempted juggling three or four people at the same time. But, knowing that I would never have that same kind of energy, it’s just as well I had such a nice day.
One of the most interesting calls was from someone who had been reading my blog and was herself going out on her first date that very evening. She was nervous—and wanted to know how I managed to get through it without babbling, sputtering, tripping, or spilling beverages on my date. Then she asked why I had been nervous. When I said it was my first date in over 5 years, she went silent. “Oh My God! It’s my first date in over 12 years. I didn’t look at it that way. Argh!“ Glad I could make her feel better! Can’t wait to hear how hers went.
Talk about a sweet deal. I made a proposal to my little sister last night that we should combine forces for dinner meals this summer—she cooks a couple nights a week, I’ll clean, and we’ll split the groceries. She agreed—kinda—she was kind of swept along with my enthusiasm—but I will be dining yet again at her place tonight. Our attempt to put her free standing porch swing together failed—we don’t quite know why, but after 1.5 hours, we decided to quit, drink some wine and wait to finish it until Chris comes out to visit in July or until my sister gets her next Internet date. Men can be handy creatures, I hear. So, please raise your glass to patience and upper body strength!
Great day, all in all. Appreciated by my boss in a nicely tangible way, not buried under paperwork all day, heard my favorite old 70s song on the radio on the way home--I've been grooving to it for over 30 years--I am chair dancing to it as I write--I'm a very good chair dancer--(click on Song of the Day), and still haven't been able to make this smile go away.
Wouldn’t it be really cool if we had a President Obama? I’m thinking it might be very cool indeed. Maybe it’s time to have a leader that isn’t so experienced, corrupt, or beholden to the big money lobbyists and contributors that nothing FOR the people ever gets done. I don’t think they’ve had a chance to get to him yet—go for it and run!
As Americans, we can take enormous pride in the fact that courage has been inspired by our own struggle for freedom, by the tradition of democratic law secured by our forefathers and enshrined in our Constitution. It is a tradition that says all men are created equal under the law and that no one is above it. ~Barack Obama
Published on: Jun 20, 2006
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