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More strange dreams last night. They were so random that there really wasn't much of a theme or plot to them. In one part of the dream I was in a large building--it was a school, but it was enormous. I was with a bunch of kids, and we were being kind of rowdy and obnoxious. Something was wrong with the ladies' room, so people were taking turns going into the men's room. Well, I had been waiting and waiting, and when it was my turn, a boy zipped in front of me and ran in. I knew him in the dream, but I don't recall who it was now. Some tall and gangly kid. Anyhow, I said, "Ah, fuck it. I'm going in too." Now, this is not something I would say in real life to a kid. But in the dream, I was feeling kind of devil-may-care and flippant. Inside the bathroom there were long rows of stalls (like the ones in Somsen Hall at Winona State).
The bathroom was old and grubby, but not filthy. The stall walls were not very high--you couldn't see the person in another stall sitting on the potty, but you could see them from about the shoulders up.
Pavlo, one of my former students who was from Greece, was in this dream. Strangely some big, scary looking Russian dude who spoke with a barely comprehensible accent was looking for Pavlo. I don't know why, but it seemed important to keep the guy away from Pavlo.
I think that (in the dream) Pavlo was the son of rich and politically important people, and this Russian dude and his burly associates were going to kidnap Pavlo and hold him for ransom.
I recall that the Russian dude and his entourage arrived in a huge black car...it was not a limosine unless it was an archaic foreign limo.
There was a lot more to the dream, but these are the main parts of it that I remember.
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Mom had to babysit Cora and Caleb this morning as Kari had a workshop in New Richland for the paraprofessionals. Mom left the house before 7 am while I was still sleeping. I did rouse enough to hear her leave...but I went directly back to sleep again.
I got up around 9 am and went upstairs to take a bath. I was feeling really grubby and disgusting, and after the bath I felt quite wonderful. I was getting dressed when the phone rang and it was Lily calling to tell us that her biopsy (of the tumor on her pancreas) would be at about noon today. She wanted Phyllis's email address so they could keep her informed of what was going on.
I explained that mom was at Kari's and that we would be leaving shortly to go to Kim's to pick up the McDonald's stuff for her pre-school celebratory picnic.
I was only partially dressed when she called. Then I heard the garage door go up and the patter of little feet as Caleb and Cora raced to the stairs to come down and see me and my cats. They are polite enough to knock, and I hollered, "Just a minute!" as I was only partially clad. I would not want to permanently scar these children by such a sight!
Once I was decently clothed, I told them to come in, and they played with the cats as I put my shoes on.
We went directly to McDonalds as Kim had already called in the order. It came up to $62.17, I hope those parents appreciate all she does for those kids. Some of them are complete brats...but really, that is their parents fault too, for either overindulging them or pushing them away and ignoring them. The kids were very excited about their picnic. :D
Kevin, who had made such a stink about getting the food for her, was not around when we delivered their food. I suppose he was embarrassed, as well he should be!
Mom got happy meals for Cora and Caleb--and a fish sandwich for herself and a 6-piece chicken mcnuggets for me. They handed her two big cups, so she filled them with diet Coke for herself and me. Turns out that they should have been Sweet Teas for Kim and Lucas. LOL. Poor Kimbies.
Well, by the time we got stuff in order for Kim, Cora had finished her meal and Caleb had discovered that instead of giving him a plain cheeseburger with ONLY extra pickles, they had given him a cheeseburger with everything on it, including onions, which he hates.
Cora asked if we could go back to McDonalds and get ice cream cones, and I told her she would have to ask Grandma. LOL. I knew Grandma would deny her nothing. So, I ate my mc nuggets on the way back to McDonalds. We got Caleb a different happy meal, ice cream cones for me, mom, and Cora (Caleb declined), and, for a lark, two sweet teas for Kim. When we brought them back to her, I could not hear her, but I could clearly read her lips, "Oh, what did you guys do now?" Then, "You didn't have to do that."
But, the poor thing's life sucks hard enough with that asshole she is married to. The least we can do is bring her some sweet tea, since she loves it so much.
It made her smile. So it was well worth the extra trip.
When we got home, I sent Caleb down to the basement for my sewing box. We were going back to their house, and I did not want to be bored. We hung out there until Kari got back. Mojo, their new kitten sat with me for a while. He is truly the sweetest little kitten. I can see why Cora had such a fit about leaving him. I think I would have cried over him too. He didn't look too little when I saw him for the first time, but once I picked him up, I could tell he was as light as a feather, compared to my three mooses. He slept for a long time on Mom's lap and for a long time on Cora's lap.
He's this little orange kitten, but he has the loudest, most gravelly MEOW I've ever heard. My stewie is a big boy, but he has a little baby kitten voice still. Mojo sounds like an enormous old hobo cat who's spent half his life swilling white lightning. LOL.
When Kari got home, we chatted for a while as she snuggled little Mojito. Somehow, perhaps on tv, the subject of olives inspired me to comment on how hungry I was for olives. I was actually hinting to mom that perhaps we should order a pizza tonight. (Hint was completely not "got.")
After we left, Kari and the kids ran into Owatonna to get a few groceries. When they came back, they had brought me a jar of those giant, delicious cocktail olives. Mom and I ate a couple immediately. They were so good.
I had a little nap in my lair with the kitties cuddling with me. Mom snoozed upstairs until 7. Her cold seemed better earlier, but tonight, she was hacking and coughing again. I ventured upstairs at about 7:30 to get something to eat. Mom was eating chili left over from yesterday, but I decided to finish off my orange chicken left over from my "date" with DeAnn at Appleby's. It was a little soggy from sitting around in the fridge for so long, but it was still delicious.
Mom and I came downstairs after eating and watched the movie Twister. It is totally unrealistic, but I enjoy it anyhow. I finished the full skirted Valentine dress I was making for Chryssie. She looks awesome in it. I then started the OTHER Valentine dress in the same style which I had cut out for her. I got the cuffs on the sleeves, sewed the bodice and lining shoulder seams together AND got the bodice and lining about half sewn together. I sat up with mom until midnight as she had missed her soap opera today while we were in town and slept through the six o'clock showing of it.
The only other thing of significance that happened today was that Kari gave Mom a book Kim had lent to her. It's called Running Hot by Jayne Ann Krentz. I just looked through it a bit to see if it sounded interesting, started reading it, and like it. I will probably have it read by Saturday if nothing major comes up to distract me.
I barely got anything done in my room. I unwrapped some stuff that was in the laundry basket Kari carried down for me yesterday. I got my stemmed glassware out of it and put it in the downstairs kitchenette. I have to find a spot for the stuff in the cupboards. There are two tall stemmed glasses and four goblets that look like the kind you serve margueritas in.
Tomorrow I hope to deal with the rest of the stuff---or at least much of it. There is very little left in the porch now--but I need to deal what is in my room NOW before I mess with any of the rest of it. I also need to do laundry tomorrow or the next day as I have quite a bit pilling up again.
The bathroom was old and grubby, but not filthy. The stall walls were not very high--you couldn't see the person in another stall sitting on the potty, but you could see them from about the shoulders up.
Pavlo, one of my former students who was from Greece, was in this dream. Strangely some big, scary looking Russian dude who spoke with a barely comprehensible accent was looking for Pavlo. I don't know why, but it seemed important to keep the guy away from Pavlo.
I think that (in the dream) Pavlo was the son of rich and politically important people, and this Russian dude and his burly associates were going to kidnap Pavlo and hold him for ransom.
I recall that the Russian dude and his entourage arrived in a huge black car...it was not a limosine unless it was an archaic foreign limo.
There was a lot more to the dream, but these are the main parts of it that I remember.
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Mom had to babysit Cora and Caleb this morning as Kari had a workshop in New Richland for the paraprofessionals. Mom left the house before 7 am while I was still sleeping. I did rouse enough to hear her leave...but I went directly back to sleep again.
I got up around 9 am and went upstairs to take a bath. I was feeling really grubby and disgusting, and after the bath I felt quite wonderful. I was getting dressed when the phone rang and it was Lily calling to tell us that her biopsy (of the tumor on her pancreas) would be at about noon today. She wanted Phyllis's email address so they could keep her informed of what was going on.
I explained that mom was at Kari's and that we would be leaving shortly to go to Kim's to pick up the McDonald's stuff for her pre-school celebratory picnic.
I was only partially dressed when she called. Then I heard the garage door go up and the patter of little feet as Caleb and Cora raced to the stairs to come down and see me and my cats. They are polite enough to knock, and I hollered, "Just a minute!" as I was only partially clad. I would not want to permanently scar these children by such a sight!
Once I was decently clothed, I told them to come in, and they played with the cats as I put my shoes on.
We went directly to McDonalds as Kim had already called in the order. It came up to $62.17, I hope those parents appreciate all she does for those kids. Some of them are complete brats...but really, that is their parents fault too, for either overindulging them or pushing them away and ignoring them. The kids were very excited about their picnic. :D
Kevin, who had made such a stink about getting the food for her, was not around when we delivered their food. I suppose he was embarrassed, as well he should be!
Mom got happy meals for Cora and Caleb--and a fish sandwich for herself and a 6-piece chicken mcnuggets for me. They handed her two big cups, so she filled them with diet Coke for herself and me. Turns out that they should have been Sweet Teas for Kim and Lucas. LOL. Poor Kimbies.
Well, by the time we got stuff in order for Kim, Cora had finished her meal and Caleb had discovered that instead of giving him a plain cheeseburger with ONLY extra pickles, they had given him a cheeseburger with everything on it, including onions, which he hates.
Cora asked if we could go back to McDonalds and get ice cream cones, and I told her she would have to ask Grandma. LOL. I knew Grandma would deny her nothing. So, I ate my mc nuggets on the way back to McDonalds. We got Caleb a different happy meal, ice cream cones for me, mom, and Cora (Caleb declined), and, for a lark, two sweet teas for Kim. When we brought them back to her, I could not hear her, but I could clearly read her lips, "Oh, what did you guys do now?" Then, "You didn't have to do that."
But, the poor thing's life sucks hard enough with that asshole she is married to. The least we can do is bring her some sweet tea, since she loves it so much.
It made her smile. So it was well worth the extra trip.
When we got home, I sent Caleb down to the basement for my sewing box. We were going back to their house, and I did not want to be bored. We hung out there until Kari got back. Mojo, their new kitten sat with me for a while. He is truly the sweetest little kitten. I can see why Cora had such a fit about leaving him. I think I would have cried over him too. He didn't look too little when I saw him for the first time, but once I picked him up, I could tell he was as light as a feather, compared to my three mooses. He slept for a long time on Mom's lap and for a long time on Cora's lap.
He's this little orange kitten, but he has the loudest, most gravelly MEOW I've ever heard. My stewie is a big boy, but he has a little baby kitten voice still. Mojo sounds like an enormous old hobo cat who's spent half his life swilling white lightning. LOL.
When Kari got home, we chatted for a while as she snuggled little Mojito. Somehow, perhaps on tv, the subject of olives inspired me to comment on how hungry I was for olives. I was actually hinting to mom that perhaps we should order a pizza tonight. (Hint was completely not "got.")
After we left, Kari and the kids ran into Owatonna to get a few groceries. When they came back, they had brought me a jar of those giant, delicious cocktail olives. Mom and I ate a couple immediately. They were so good.
I had a little nap in my lair with the kitties cuddling with me. Mom snoozed upstairs until 7. Her cold seemed better earlier, but tonight, she was hacking and coughing again. I ventured upstairs at about 7:30 to get something to eat. Mom was eating chili left over from yesterday, but I decided to finish off my orange chicken left over from my "date" with DeAnn at Appleby's. It was a little soggy from sitting around in the fridge for so long, but it was still delicious.
Mom and I came downstairs after eating and watched the movie Twister. It is totally unrealistic, but I enjoy it anyhow. I finished the full skirted Valentine dress I was making for Chryssie. She looks awesome in it. I then started the OTHER Valentine dress in the same style which I had cut out for her. I got the cuffs on the sleeves, sewed the bodice and lining shoulder seams together AND got the bodice and lining about half sewn together. I sat up with mom until midnight as she had missed her soap opera today while we were in town and slept through the six o'clock showing of it.
The only other thing of significance that happened today was that Kari gave Mom a book Kim had lent to her. It's called Running Hot by Jayne Ann Krentz. I just looked through it a bit to see if it sounded interesting, started reading it, and like it. I will probably have it read by Saturday if nothing major comes up to distract me.
I barely got anything done in my room. I unwrapped some stuff that was in the laundry basket Kari carried down for me yesterday. I got my stemmed glassware out of it and put it in the downstairs kitchenette. I have to find a spot for the stuff in the cupboards. There are two tall stemmed glasses and four goblets that look like the kind you serve margueritas in.
Tomorrow I hope to deal with the rest of the stuff---or at least much of it. There is very little left in the porch now--but I need to deal what is in my room NOW before I mess with any of the rest of it. I also need to do laundry tomorrow or the next day as I have quite a bit pilling up again.
