By Wendy Pierman Mitzel ~
- I don’t have a large house by any means, but I am confident my house is large enough to this annoying flyto find somewhere else to haunt besides the room where I am working. That the fly might be attracted to me,personally, has crossed my mind. Since I am too lazy to get up to find a fly-swatter, I am randomly dousing it, mid-flight, with lotion spray on my bedside table. It doesn’t seem to be working, but it smells good in here anyway.
- Writing is hard.
- Coffee tastes good all day long.
- Because writing is hard, I spend a lot of time walking into the kitchen to get more coffee.
- Sometimes writing makes me jumpy. Or maybe it’s the coffee.
- My dog doesn’t do the laundry, even though I ask him to do so quite often.
- There is never enough bacon.
- There are always too many dirty dishes.
- I have a lot of kids. Who have a lot of shoes. A lot of big teenage boys shoes. There is, more often than not, a pair of sh
oes to trip over at any given time. - Pearl Jam still sounds good.
- Not so sure about Duran Duran.
- Every Fall, I am surprised by hayfever season even though I have spend my entire life suffering through hayfever season. It takes me a few days to discern the cause of my itchy eyes, sneezing and sniffling. I am a walking Allegra commercial without a clue.
- After the course of a day, the aforementioned fly has moved into the family room and taken up residence against a window screen. And I still don’t have the energy to whack him. Surely I will regret it when said fly buzzes me during the early morning hours. You all can say “I told you so.”
Hope you don’t mind a bit of fisking….
I don’t have a large house by any means, but I am confident my house is large enough to this annoying fly to find somewhere else to haunt besides the room where I am working. That the fly might be attracted to me,personally, has crossed my mind. Since I am too lazy to get up to find a fly-swatter, I am randomly dousing it, mid-flight, with lotion spray on my bedside table. It doesn’t seem to be working, but it smells good in here anyway.
–I find house flies sad, poor, short-lived creatures. House mosquitoes, however, induce a murderous rage.
Writing is hard.
–I find that starting writing is hard. Once I get momentum I can steamroll for hours.
Coffee tastes good all day long.
–I love coffee, but, sadly, it doesn’t love me back.
Because writing is hard, I spend a lot of time walking into the kitchen to get more coffee.
–Don’t forget the requisite bathroom breaks, and checking email, and…
Sometimes writing makes me jumpy. Or maybe it’s the coffee.
–Give me a slug from that wonderful mug/And I’ll cut a rug that’s snug in a jug. (Manhattan Transfer)
My dog doesn’t do the laundry, even though I ask him to do so quite often.
–Wash away the lovely, ripe smell of unclean laundry? What self-respecting canine would?
There is never enough bacon.
–The animal world’s answer to crack.
There are always too many dirty dishes.
–Now *here* is a job the dog CAN do, if you’re not picky about HOW they’re cleaned.
I have a lot of kids. Who have a lot of shoes. A lot of big teenage boys shoes. There is, more often than not, a pair of shoes to trip over at any given time.
–Is it me, or do boy feet grow disproportionately quickly compared to the rest of them?
Pearl Jam still sounds good.
–A woman of taste.
Not so sure about Duran Duran.
–Her name is Rio/And she dances on the sand….I’m with you on this one.
Every Fall, I am surprised by hayfever season even though I have spend my entire life suffering through hayfever season. It takes me a few days to discern the cause of my itchy eyes, sneezing and sniffling. I am a walking Allegra commercial without a clue.
–Winter can be uncomfortable, but at least there’s no pollen. Remember that when we’re freezing our patooties off.
After the course of a day, the aforementioned fly has moved into the family room and taken up residence against a window screen. And I still don’t have the energy to whack him. Surely I will regret it when said fly buzzes me during the early morning hours. You all can say “I told you so.”
–With all that coffee, you’ll probably be awake anyhow….