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i woke up feeling awful this morning. my head was pounding. i have never been the recipient of so many headaches until this summer. maybe it's the heat and the lack of air conditioning i have here at home, or maybe it was from watching "THS: The Price of Fame" (Britney Spears). the poor girl...it's definitely not an uplifting story, that's for sure. i feel like i can't do anything but sleep the day away when i feel sick, so that's exactly what i did.
right now i'm reading "Water for Elephants" and i love it. the next book on my list of reads before the summer ends is "All the Pretty Horses" which sounds like something i would read in 4th grade, but it's not. my uncle sent it to me, which was so nice of him. it's by the same author as "The Road" (Cormac McCarthy). Everyone must read that, by the way. i had recommended "The Road" to my uncle, and when he finished he called me to discuss it! i loved it. anyway it turns out that since he and i both...enjoyed "The Road" (enjoyed is NOT the right word, but i can't think of anything else) he would send me "All the Pretty Horses." i'm looking forward to reading it!
yesterday my sister and megan came over. claire had to run a few errands, so megan was with with my mom and myself. we took her outside to walk around and look at our flowers. AND THEN. the horror. my neighbor from across the street comes running over wanting to meet megan. my mom and i walked to the end of the driveway and she said hello to megan and my mom and says to ME, "Oh! She's beautiful, Claire." Key word: CLAIRE. I'm Mary! I immediately froze, continued to smile, but had no idea what to do. of course, my mom was oblivious, holding megan and showing her off, which of course she has every right to because she's the grandma, but i needed someone to save me! so my neighbor is asking all of these questions about megan's walking, how old she is, etc. my mom was answering ALL of them even though my neighbor was looking right at me. after all according to her, i was the mother! just when i thought i couldn't have felt more awkward, megan looks at me smiling and pointing and my neighbor says, "Awww, is that mommy!?" oh my gosh, it was the worst! i didn't know what to do! so she and my mom start chatting it up again and i excuse myself by saying, "I'm just going to run inside to use the bathroom!" i bolted out of there. when i got inside, i spent the next 2 or 3 minutes looking outside the window like a peeping tom waiting for her to leave. SO, NOW, not only did i make claire look like a MUTE mother who doesn't know how to answer questions about her daughter, i made her look like a big creep-o if GOD FORBID my neighbor saw me looking out the window!
Oh and that's not the first time that has happened. my mom and i bumped into her a few years ago in CVS shortly after Claire had gotten married. And she congratulated who? Me.
i'm in the mood for raspberry iced tea.
right now i'm reading "Water for Elephants" and i love it. the next book on my list of reads before the summer ends is "All the Pretty Horses" which sounds like something i would read in 4th grade, but it's not. my uncle sent it to me, which was so nice of him. it's by the same author as "The Road" (Cormac McCarthy). Everyone must read that, by the way. i had recommended "The Road" to my uncle, and when he finished he called me to discuss it! i loved it. anyway it turns out that since he and i both...enjoyed "The Road" (enjoyed is NOT the right word, but i can't think of anything else) he would send me "All the Pretty Horses." i'm looking forward to reading it!
yesterday my sister and megan came over. claire had to run a few errands, so megan was with with my mom and myself. we took her outside to walk around and look at our flowers. AND THEN. the horror. my neighbor from across the street comes running over wanting to meet megan. my mom and i walked to the end of the driveway and she said hello to megan and my mom and says to ME, "Oh! She's beautiful, Claire." Key word: CLAIRE. I'm Mary! I immediately froze, continued to smile, but had no idea what to do. of course, my mom was oblivious, holding megan and showing her off, which of course she has every right to because she's the grandma, but i needed someone to save me! so my neighbor is asking all of these questions about megan's walking, how old she is, etc. my mom was answering ALL of them even though my neighbor was looking right at me. after all according to her, i was the mother! just when i thought i couldn't have felt more awkward, megan looks at me smiling and pointing and my neighbor says, "Awww, is that mommy!?" oh my gosh, it was the worst! i didn't know what to do! so she and my mom start chatting it up again and i excuse myself by saying, "I'm just going to run inside to use the bathroom!" i bolted out of there. when i got inside, i spent the next 2 or 3 minutes looking outside the window like a peeping tom waiting for her to leave. SO, NOW, not only did i make claire look like a MUTE mother who doesn't know how to answer questions about her daughter, i made her look like a big creep-o if GOD FORBID my neighbor saw me looking out the window!
Oh and that's not the first time that has happened. my mom and i bumped into her a few years ago in CVS shortly after Claire had gotten married. And she congratulated who? Me.
i'm in the mood for raspberry iced tea.