Week of April 15-21

[mrissa]

Two acceptances, four rejections.

The little monkey down the street is learning to ride her bicycle, and Ista does not approve. She likes monkeys with wheels. Wobbly monkeys with wheels who sometimes fall over? Not Okay. I convinced her not to bark about this, but she grumbles quietly and sometimes whines when the little one tips over. I suspect she feels that the big monkeys ought to be handling this better. (Push comes to shove, so do I: put a helmet on the kid.)

Every spring I go through a period of mild confusion when I no longer have to give the driveway wide berth and a lot of gas to get up it, when I open the door to get the paper or put the dog out and find that there is no cold out there to greet me. My hindbrain is thoroughly convinced that winter is the natural state of the world and everything else is an aberration.

Now: bread. Then: lunch. After that: short story. Later: symphony. There have been worse Saturdays.

Comments

[hypatia-j.livejournal.com]

Weather... I looked at the sky this morning and dressed in layers and warm socks. When I walked outside to go to lunch with family I discovered it was 73 degF out.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Yah, I did this several times each year at Gustavus. Happily, we have an indoor/outdoor thermometer in the laundry room that's pretty accurate, so I can check that before my shower. Today: dress and sandals, yay!

That's my problem

[suzanne.livejournal.com]

My hindbrain is thoroughly convinced that winter is the natural state of the world and everything else is an aberration.

I have the same problem, except I spent my childhood in the South, and the past 7 years in California. So there is some confusion about that.

I think I got calibrated incorrectly. Obviously we need to move somewhere cold.

Re: That's my problem

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I hear there are nice places like that....