I’m about to reveal something I usually keep hidden from most of the people I know… even my close friends. But as I’ve grown older, I’ve grown more confident in myself and I tend to care less and less what people think about me, even when it comes to things I’ve found embarrassing in the past.
I love “The Golden Girls.” I always have. I’ve watched them since they were in primetime, and was thrilled when Lifetime began running them — gees — decades ago. I even have the first 5 season on DVD.
I rarely watch TV anymore… but an episode of the Golden Girls is a guilty pleasure, and I’ts aboput the only show I will turn on when Luke is in the room (we don’t want Luke to watch TV).
So yesterday was a real thrill when I got to tag along on an interview with Rue McClanahan. For those of you who don’t watch the show, she played the very vivacious and oversexed Blanche. She just wrote a book about her life and was in town for her book signing. She’s also doing a show tomorrow at Zach Scott Theater, before flying off to Phoenix on her next stop in the book tour.
I just sat there and listened as she talked about her life. I was enthralled, and I wanted to here more and more. When Tyler, who was interviewing her, asked me is I had any quesions… I was stumped. I had no idea what to ask. Things I want to know tend to be a little personal, which are completely inappropriate questions for strangers.
But, wow, how cool was that? And she even signed the first season DVD set I have from the show. I won’t have that opportunity again… I’m so glad I went.
Yesterday was a crazy day. In addition to the Rue interview, I had a TSP meeting and I had to fit in all my duties from work. I think I was at the station all of 3 hours yesterday. I hardly got to see Luke at all, and I missed him so much. I feel bad, because I tend to try and make that time up on the weekends, and the little guy barely gets any naps. He puts up with me, thankfully. I don’t know what we’re doing today. I was thinking about checking out Eeyore’s Birthday down at Pease Park, but I hate riding the shuttle. I remember when you didn’t have to ride a shuttle bus.
Man, I’m getting old if I’m saying stuff like that.
I’m so embarrassed that I’ve let my blog lapse for a month now… things have been so crazy. I used to be able to wake up at 5 a.m. and have an hour to myself to catch up on the computer, but that didn’t last long. Luke’s on to me. He started waking up earlier and earlier. Now he’s waking me up at 5 on those mornings aIl I really want to do is sleep.
Luke started crawling March 16. Since then it’s been a whirlwind of trying to keep gates up and rearranging items on shelves and such. He’s crawling all over the house. I think it’s pretty pucky when he can become absorbed in one thing for any stretch of time right now, before he moves onto the next thing. His favorites are to pull the plastics out of the cabinet and pull all the paper out of the recycling bag we keep in the kitchen. The paper I police, so he doesn’t try to put too much in his mouth. The plastics are fine, but Andy and I have to be vigilent about washing them before they go back in the cupboard. See, we have these dogs, and no matter how much you sweep, their hairs are EVERYWHERE, which Andy and I both discovered one day when the food we heated up at work had little hairs in the dish. Ewwwww!
I’m not any closer to reading a book than I was a month ago. Well, okay, I read The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe to Luke, and now I’ve been reading to him from Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Books. Wow — really good. Even Andy commented on how well written that one is. One story, about a hermit, moved me to tears this morning. I felt like a moron trying to read to Luke and getting all choked up.
I have all my material that I needed for my belt level in Kung Fu. If all goes well, my plan is to test for 1st degree brown by the end of May or June. That should give me a head start so I have extra time to learn and review for my black belt test before the grandmaster in February. I’m very excited and have been going to the extra conditioning classes so I can build up my strength and stamina. I feel like I’m in the best shape I’ve ever been in, especially in my upper body, which has always been weak.
I’m swimming tonight and tomorrow, so I better pack my bag. It’s been a couple of weeks and I definetely need time in the pool.