Wednesday, October 27, 2010

busyness and randomness...

so today . . . i'm just writing to let you all know that i am still alive.

i haven't blogged in a week! but i'm not sick. i'm not hurt. i'm not sad or depressed or unfunny. i'm just busy.

we had a very busy weekend, and then we were out of town sunday night through tuesday for a retreat. (oddly, i was more tired when i got home from the retreat than i was before i went.) i've spent most of my available time continuing the search for glasses--both online and in stores. i think i've finally made a decision, but since i haven't actually paid for anything yet, i'm not absolutely sure that i am sure about my decision. we will see what happens in the next few days...

tuesday afternoon i got a flu shot. it was free--i guess my insurance company is hoping it will keep me from getting sick. i am hoping for that too. i am hoping i will NOT get the flu this year. or pneumonia. or have an asthma issue. again, we will have to wait and see...

this morning i had to go back to work after having two days off. my alarm went off, and i thought, "rats! back to work..." i wish i was one of those people whose eyes pop open immediately, and who leap out of bed in a happy mood (yes, i guess in the morning i wish i was rollie!) but instead i lay there thinking, "i can't get up and go to work today. i just can't. i can't get out of this warm bed. i can't get in the shower. i can't get dressed. i am just too tired. i can't go to work. not today. nope. today i think i just have to stay here in bed. today maybe i will just go back to sleep."

this is all a bluff, because i know that i am going to get up, get in the shower, get dressed, and go to work. i know that when the clock hits a certain time, i really have to roll out of bed. i know this, and yet i lay there pretending that i have a choice.

it isn't that i hate my job--i have a pretty good job. the problem is that i hate getting out of bed. i even hate getting up on saturdays! my bed is comfy cozy. i have a memory foam mattress pad and a fluffy comforter. i usually have a dog snuggied up against me, and reading material close by... and at 7:00 in the morning, it seems preferable to a room full of four and five year olds.

but i did finally get up and made it to school on time. it was a completely uneventful day--except for the appearance of sod on our newly renovated playground. actually, the new sod was the most exciting thing that happened today, until "angry birds" showed up...

angry birds is a shooting game. i got a notification that it was a free download today for android phones. i don't have an android phone, but rollie and diandra do. so i forwarded the email to them. i had no idea what the game was like, but it was free (and probably more fun than my flu shot!) rollie downloaded it, and then started playing it so i could see what it was like...

little birds jump into a slingshot, waiting for you to fling them toward different structures that house green pigs. they smack into the structure, causing differing amounts of damage, trying to flatten the pigs. of course, you get points and there are ever increasing levels of difficulty. but what i love, even more than the graphics, is the sound. the angry birds mutter angrily. when they smack into a structure, they say "ow." if the pigs survive, they laugh. i found it funny. especially because rollie was sitting next to me on the couch so i could see the game, but while he was trying to play, both dogs were trying to get into his lap. he was trying to ignore them and send tiny virtual birds smacking into pig-infested structures at the same time. milo would try to get close enough to his face to lick it. rollie would try to avoid milo. mia would creep closer to him, until she was draped completely across his lap. milo sat in my lap watching for an opportunity to reach his face. and rollie kept playing. through all that commotion... he cleared ten levels!

he finally went up to bed, but i am not so sure he went to sleep. my guess is that he is still avoiding dogs, and sending virtual birds flying through the air...

i, however, am going to shut down my computer for the night and head for my comfy, cozy bed. it is calling to me, and maybe if i get into it earlier, my morning conversation with myself will be a bit more positive. maybe. or maybe not...

1 comment:

mom said...

Bird game sounds intersting. Guess I should get some games on my phone. Hope is going well with the glasses.