2004-04-05

When I was walking for exercise, I would walk by that trailer every day, and I’d wonder about the people who lived there. I’d stare at the trailer, trying to see in the windows (which were always covered), and each time the guy who lived there drove away (I’m 99.9% sure he was a cabdriver) I’d try to catch a glimpse of him. That trailer seemed like the last stand against the Yuppieville Madison is becoming, and I always liked seeing it sitting there, rough but proud. Several months ago I happened to be driving by, and saw that the trailer was being torn down. Apparently the people who owned the trailer had sold it and gone looking for greener pastures. It makes me a little sad each time I drive by it – and I drive by it a LOT – because it always interested me. The trailer was in rough shape, but it wasn’t a cookie-cutter subdivision house. You don’t drive by houses in a subdivision and wonder about the people who live there – well, I don’t, I guess I can’t speak for you. It makes me sad to think of the people who lived there living in a subdivision. Maybe they took the money they got and moved to Florida, and are living in another trailer. I hope wherever they are, they’re happy. And I hope they got an assload of money for that plot of land.

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That whole time-change thing always screws me up for three or four days afterward. I woke up this morning and it was just getting light out, and I thought “Oh, with the time change, that means it’s not the time it usually is when it’s getting light out… It’s probably only, like, 4:20!” I looked at the clock and it was 6:21. Duh. I was thinking it would start to get light outside earlier instead of later. I also spend the first few days after we’ve changed the clocks thinking “It’s 9:00, but it’s REALLY 8:00…” It’s mighty cool to have it light outside until 7:30 though, that’s for sure. Even if it IS FUCKING COLD OUT THERE GAHHHHHHHH! (Yeah, yeah, cry you a river. I know. Bite me.)
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9 thoughts on “2004-04-05”

  1. Guess I didn’t need the notify today. (BTW I have not had any trouble getting them)
    I was just checking on my journals since I have been too busy to check them since Thursday and tadah you had updated!
    I am the same way looking at places and wondering about the people who live in them. I do that on trips too when I am bored and see certain houses or families out in their yards. Good to know I am not the only one. Hee!

  2. I do the time change thing to, looking at the clock and knowing it is really a different time. Drives me up the walls sometimes. I also look at places and wonder about them 🙂

  3. The time change ALWAYS messes me up. It’s only an hour…how is it possible to create such havoc on my life and biorhythms for a measely hour?

  4. I’m THIS close to jumping on the next transatlantic flight. I want to catnap Spanky. That has to be the cutest kitty ever.
    (Don’t worry, I can’t afford a ticket to the US. Not at the moment…)

  5. DUDE! I saw you were reading ‘The President’s Daughter’ and I LOVED that book! And was never able to find the sequels, so gave up years ago. Thanks for reminding me!
    Now if I can just get my credit card out of that block of ice, Amazon will enjoy a resurrection of my past buying sprees…

  6. I just checked and your weather forecast looks almost identical to ours. Sure it’s chilly at night because we haven’t gotten to the place yet where it won’t be. It won’t be long either until we’re griping about how hot it is! 🙁

  7. Sorry if a million people have already asked you this (you know, or one or two at least), but how come you don’t have a new Bitchypoo banner for April?

  8. Lauren – because my email crashed a few months ago and I lost all the logos everyone had created for me. I keep forgetting to call for new ones – if I remember, I’ll do that later today!

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