Stress du Jour
Our ISP connection was down for over 24 hours. We survived that without going into any berzerker rages which is a very good sign.
Saw the new Willie Wonka, and no Christopher Walkin would not in any way have been a better candidate than Depp for the part.
Picked up the processed negatives of a few rolls of color film I'd dropped off a while back. Then the Guy had to drive because I just couldn't stop weeping over the images on the one roll. I felt like a schmuck not being able to maintain my composure, but I guess it's natural. I'm still such a mom. I miss my daughter, and I miss being part of a 'normal family' with her. I wouldn't ever want to go back in time and relive all the shit that went down, but it comes back to me unexpectedly in strange ways...like picking up a roll of film with images I'd forgotten I'd taken on it. A recipe for instant flash-back.
I'm in the process of removing the wall-to-wall carpetting in the house 'cause it's just so much easier to keep a bare floor clean. It's a little wierd fixing up a place that we're immenantly leaving, but it keeps me out of trouble, and on a moment-to-moment basis makes the staying more bearable.
I'm on the fence, still, about starting the apartment hunt in earnest. I think I'll see how our NY excursion works out business-wise.
Gammera now has a bigger better set-up which is easier to maintain. I finally got up the nerve, last night, to look when they Guy put in a feeder fish and Gammera ripped into it the way only a snapper can. It was intense, and I don't want to see it again if I don't have to.
I'm really looking forward to calling and talking to Munchkin tomarrow afternoon. She should be back from the unattainable Persephonie-like status the Chester County court system has relegated her to on an alternating time-type arrangement. I'm really not looking forward to the grilling my Mom will give me before she puts my daughter on the phone. As moms go, she's cool, but she's still a mom and therefore seemingly neurotic, and it's contageous if not properly contained.
The Guy and I are going on a shoot this afternoon, so I now will do laundry so we both have something clean and decent to wear.
*insert continuing unwritten subtext here and all other locations when indicated*