11:43 p.m. - Thursday, Aug. 14, 2003
Light Up My Life
Today the electricity is out for most of the north-eastern part of the United States. I haven't heard the complete story on the news yet. I didn't turn on the tv until this evening and when I did I got caught up in a movie showing on Lifetime. So all I know at this time is that the electricity effecting several north-eastern states is completely out due to something about a grid in Niagra Falls or that's what I think was said on the car radio when I first heard about it.
I know those poor people are in misery. Most Americans are spoiled by our central air or at least air conditioners. The heat this year is unbearable setting records for many cities even in England. But the electricity bein' out causes even more problems. That means not only no working cooling systems but also no computers, tvs, dvd players, etc. I can't imagine what people will do with themselves without electricity for hours. There's always sex--but in this heat??? Hahahaha. And if the grid isn't fixed before the mornin' then there will probably be no work because the computer systems will be out unless the companies have their own power generator I guess.
I'm tired tonight. I didn't sleep well last night. The sleepin' pills didn't work properly and even though I felt drowsy, I didn't fall to sleep until sometime after 3am, the last time I looked at the clock. Then around 9am the telephone began to ring. The phone in the bedroom doesn't work right now so I would have to go into the other room to answer the phone and then it would probably be a wrong number after all of that. So I decided to let the phone ring. Most people only let a phone ring five or six times then they figure no one's home or possibly even still asleep. So I counted the rings, expectin' to go back to sleep after the xixth ring brought blessed silence once again. No such luck. The phone rang on into 15 rings before I drug myself up and prepared to go into the other room. I thought that surely with that many rings somethin' was terribly wrong. My imagination began to guess that on the other end of the never-endin' ring was a person who would tell me that someone in the family had had a heart attack or been in a car accident. The persistant rings continued.
When I looked at the Caller ID I didn't recognize the name displayed. Yep, wrong number and was I ever about to give the person calling a piece of my mind. But it wasn't a wrong number. It was a friend from church who moved away but who still invites herself over to my home on a regular basis of once every few months. She was calling from a different phone. I wanted to bite her head off, but I held my temper.
ME: (sleepy soundin', perturbed voice) "Helloooo????"
MARY: (pleasant voice) "Hi, how's everything?" (no introduction as though I should recognize the voice after not hearing from her for months)
ME: "Who is this?"
MARY: "It's Mary!" (as if to say, you dummy!) "Did I wake you up?"
ME: "Well, yes, kind of. I didn't sleep well last night."
MARY: (lyin' up a storm) "Oh, I'm sorry," (no, she wasn't).
ME: "Mary, yes, how're you?"
MARY: "Fine. I'm missin' you, girl...(here it comes). I miss all the good fun we have when we visit and I would love to see you again. I wondered if I could come by?"
ME: (thinking: when? today?) "Uh....(still soundin' sleepy) I have some places to go today...."
MARY: "I thought maybe Saturday. I keep thinkin' about that pie you make that tastes so good."
ME: "Ummm...(trying to think what I had to do this week) Sunday would be good."
MARY: "Oh, ok. Sunday then."
ME: "Ok. Sunday... But, Mary, if you don't mind, would you call me first before you come over to make sure that I'm awake. I don't sleep well any more and I don't usually get up this early." (Mary's an early riser and I remember her arrivals before were about 9am just like her calls.)
Later in the day I considered callin' her back and cancellin' the visit. I have not been feelin' like entertainin' lately with all that's been goin' on. First the possum problems, then the repair work, the cripplin' bout of physical therapy, the leg pain, etc. I really don't need or want to entertain right now. I just want to rest and try to feel better and stop feelin' stressed.
Ordinarily I would enjoy havin' Mary over to visit, but this year has been hard for me. And I have had people in my home nearly every day in the past month whether I felt like it or not. I am just plain tired. I need to rest. I want to feel better. I'm also not eatin' properly and that doesn't help. I feel too bad to cook, so I open cans and heat in the microwave whatever is quick and handy.
But I know in my heart that I will enjoy Mary's visit. She is always so happy and enjoys my company and I like hers. I just hope that I will feel decent by Sunday. Maybe if I rest up really good tomorrow and Saturday I will feel like my normal self again by Sunday. I hope so. I hate feelin' bad. I want to feel happy and rested again.
This weekend, my friend, D, will be movin' twenty miles from his home to attend college and there will be a goin' away party for him tomorrow. Bless D's heart. I know he is excited about bein' on his own but he will miss his family and friends so much. And they will miss him even more. D will be studyin' for his Masters in Business this year. Everyone who knows D loves him and we are all so proud of him. Now he will be away from his family and friends he grew up with. His father posted a message on D's message board today to express his pride in the man D has grown to be. It's not often that one finds such a wonderful person as D. He's rare in this world today. He has high morals and high plans for his life. He will be workin' with his father in their family-owned business and D told me once that he and his father are makin' plans to expand the company in the future. D is hopin' that he will have the opportunity to bring in work from Europe. So stay tuned.
Sunday evenin's I have been watchin' the series on HBO called "Project Green Light". It's a reality show (kind of) begun by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. It's been on for two television seasons now. Each year unknown writers and directors are allowed to present their scripts and samples of their work via computer to the PGL web site. Then at the end of the contest a winner is chosen by Matt, Ben and other executives of Miramax Studios (see "Good Will Hunting"). They give an unknown writer and director the chance to make a low budget movie and the hope is that another GWH will happen for someone.
I had been wonderin' why every time Matt was shown on PGL he was wearin' a black ski cap, which, to me, seemed a little odd and made me wonder why. Today I found out why, hahaha.
MATT'S BALD!!!
Matt has shaved his head for a movie that he's makin' in Prague. Wow! A bald Matt Damon! I love bald men!!! Matt's just completed shooting "Stuck On You" and is workin' now in another movie with a third movie lined up for immediately after that. And sometime this year he will also begin filmin' the sequel to "The Bourne Identity". The man is very busy. I love it! The more movies, the more I can see him. Belle is so happy.
Last night Matt was in an episode of "Will and Grace". It was a repeat of an ealier episode. I got it on tape. Matt was so good. He played a straight man pretendin' to be gay so that he could get a free trip to Europe by singin' with a gay chorus. It was extremely funny! And Matt even sang part of a song in his own voice. He sounded wonderful!!! Go Matt!!!!
