Dec 09 2002
jammy from the block
i woke up at 3 a.m. today with that stupid j.lo song “jenny from the block” in my head.grr.
i think i’ve heard it, like, once.
anyway, let’s see…. my day in a nutshell: (ok, not a nutshell. a blog. deal.)
1. checked my e-mail and saw that i have been checked in with again. at least he’s not dead.
2. more morning. realized that i am leaving to go to new york in 2 days. panic attack. read the piece i planned to perform. more panic attack. gah.
3. even more morning. went to work. timesheet day. why am i always late on timesheet day? why why why? my power steering is making the dying cow noise again. i just put power steering fluid in the damn car about a week and a half ago. this is ridiculous.
4. lunch. pleasant. except i had another new york panic attack.
5. afternoon. stacy and i put up the christmas tree in city hall. we are holiday decoratin’ fools. it was fun.
6. home. panic attack. poem about panic attack, which somehow made me feel better about life. decided to read the poem in new york, instead of the other thing. i finally feel okay about things.
7. laundry.
8. christmas compilation album creation. damn, this cd kicks ass. billie holiday, louis armstrong, ray charles, stevie wonder, frank sinatra… yeah. it’s good stuff.
9. button-sewing. the middle button on my coat has been missing for oh, a year and a half now. tonight i finally decided to sew a replacement button on. and talented me… the needle got hard to pull when i was knotting the thread at the end of the sewing task, and i thought (intelligently) “oh, i’ll just pull the needle with my teeth.” so the needle slipped from between my teeth and stabbed me in the lip. it still hurts.
10. update the blog. and then i will go fold laundry. ok, who am i kidding? i will throw the laundry in the laundry basket that’s at the foot of my bed, then i will read lolita and go to sleep.
i love it when i have a plan.
