I started to get in a funk this week. The pandemic. Trump. Just the weight of it all taking a toll, and I say that as someone who has it pretty damn easy. Do you suppose there’s a sleeping pill I can take tonight and wake up Jan. 20?
My remedy was to make another donation to the food bank and just get on with life. The whole simple pleasures thing. One good laugh, and I’m OK. Thankfully, Dale delivered.
He came back from a run and said there was a pizza box by someone’s trash with leftover pizza hanging out the side. He said it was kind of gross smashed up on the street and missing a couple of bites, but then he added, “You know, it still looked good.”
I don’t know. I find it highly amusing to think pizza still looks good even when it’s essentially road kill. Fortunately, I have a personal pizza chef. Tonight’s is what we call Punishment Pizza. Shrimp, goat cheese, Kalamata olives, basil and habanero peppers.
Other highlights from the week:
- Finished watching River on Amazon Prime. Wow. Part moody cop drama and part otherworldly romance. Oh, and there’s an old disco song you will never get out of your brain. I’ve re-watched the last episode several times just for the dance scene with Stellan Skarsgård and Nicola Walker.
- Validated my hypothesis that pumpkin cheesecake is good for breakfast. And then I tested it again just to be sure.
- Splurged on another pair of “yoga” pants. At 65, I need some structure. My favorites are the Headlands Hybrid Cargo Tight from Athleta. At $108, they are not cheap, but these pants are durable, comfortable, versatile and flattering.
- For a brief moment, I missed the feeling of being good at my job. Then I remembered the executive who had a temper tantrum when the company began to promote work-life balance. He said work was life and didn’t require balance. I realized I’m actually pretty good at retirement.
- Decided to hoard my woodburning art creations as some sort of primitive documentation that I was here. Like etchings from the pandemic cave.
- Cut my hair using the patented pigtail technique. I don’t think I’m losing abnormal amounts of hair, but I cleaned the bathroom today, and it’s like King Kong shaved in there. I have entertained the idea of buzzing it all off.
First things first. I have in the past buzzed my hair, and I’d say be careful there. I have a TON of hair, thick, coarse, wiry, and it grows fast. So when I had a spinal fusion and had to wear a collar for six weeks, I handed scissors to my then-boyfriend and said, cut it off. I had it in my head that it would grow back quickly. Um, no. It was not a great look for me, and it took forever to grow back. I’m not sorry that I did it, but I wouldn’t do it again. Just sayin. (Although my current lack of haircut does make me look at my scissors longingly.) I loved River and could watch it again and again. I picked up a pair of Athleta pants last year and love them! So worth the $$$.
I will most likely NOT buzz my hair. I do need a good haircut, but I’ll keep doing it myself until the vaccine kicks in.
When you get more of your woodburning pieces done, I think they might look cool on a wall incorporated together like a colorful hardwood floor.
We used to have a neighbor who would yell at her dog when he got in the street, “get back here, do ya wanna be road pizza?” They moved but we still treasure the phrase, “road pizza.”
Ooh, dog as road pizza — not a good image.
I like your idea about how to hang the art. I will experiment laying them out on the floor to see how it looks. Thanks for a great idea!
Thanks for the reminder on cutting my hair. I was just thinking the other day that it was getting to be time for another DIY haircut:) I like Bobi’s suggestion for your wood burning art.
I am so looking forward to the day I can get a real haircut!