Posted by
Caroline on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 1:17:21 PM
Since I escaped from the government cube farm a few weeks ago to prepare for my move to Texas, life has been anything but dull. It started off with a knee injury and a trip to Urgent Care. Maybe a torn miniscus, maybe not. In the meantime, my doc recommended shoes with better arches, which means I got to go buy expensive shoes! Yay! Nothing warms a girl's heart more than being told to go buy expensive shoes. :-) And water exercise at the Y (which displays the motto "Eliminating Racism and Empowering Women" on their building) in which I am the youngest by a good 20 years!
Then a few days later, as I was walking down the street, I was attacked by an insane ranting homeless woman who shoved me into the street towards traffic. Once I managed to get back on the sidewalk she contiued shoving and pushing and screaming "Ho" at me as I tried to get away. Nice. Can someone please get this woman some proper medication? I couldn't run because of my knee and was forced to call 911 and cower behind a large utility box while waiting for the police. I have no idea what set her off, but it may have been the yelling match she got into with another woman who regularly sits on the side of the road yelling at everyone and everything, whom my brother refers to as "Old Yeller". I was apparently the last in a string of attacks that day. She was eventually picked up by the police.
Last week, my sister and brother in law came to visit. I indulged in some political correctness and hired my male neighbor to come clean my house (because of my knee). It's funny, he and his wife are quite liberal but he cleans houses so he can be a stay at home dad. One of my brothers (whose identity will be protected here lest he lose some manliness points) states this is ok, because he has to hire girls to kill bugs for him. His girlfriend graciously does this for free, though.
A few highlights from last week. The 4th of July was also my brother in law's b-day. And he is a Texan, how much more American can you get? We watched the same fireworks show that we grew up watching. The little mountain they shoot them off of didn't even catch fire this year, also an annual event around here. One year, there was The Great Flaming Debris Incident, in which my brothers and their friend discovered that watching fireworks from right below the launch site really wasn't all that cool. It was hot, flaming hot....
On Friday night, we went out to the Redlands Bowl, to watch Celtic Spring, a family of Irish fiddlers and dancers. Mom and Dad play back up band, while the kids fiddle and dance (at the same time!). They are truly truly amazing. If you ever have the chance, go see them! I first saw them on "America's Got Talent" last summer. They are even better in person and it will warm your heart to know that there are families like that. :-)
All this has been in between trying to get ready for our (2 sisters and I) move to Texas. I have been getting rid of stuff like crazy and have probably filled a landfill all by myself by now. I discovered we had a Microwave Pressure Cooker , which both my sisters declared wasn't theirs, because the words "pressure" and "microwave" should never be used together in the same appliance. Likewise the Speed Peeler, anything involving open blades and electricity is probably also a bad idea. It's garage sale time around here.