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it is my birthday today tra la la.

grandma c sang to me on the phone last night with john and clarissa. grandma b called this morning to sing with grandpa. mom called. several emails of happy birthdays. and i opened my box and my card this morning on the phone with mr a, who was sweet on the phone as usual. sweet on me, too, i think.

very restless night. fell asleep in my dress and woke at midnight when jason was in the kitchen and i stumbled into pajamas, feeling blank and odd. in the eight o'clock hour, though, i enjoyed the porch and my view of the sky, as per usual. the chimneys and rooflines. my twilit kingdom. kept waking up, feeling like an adolescent christmas clock-watcher, and rolling back over because it was not time yet, it was not time yet. woke up precisely, eyes wide, the second before the phone rang. i know these things. in my blood, singing along by veins and nerve-endings the echo of the lines and wires on the street, intersections of energy and optics and racing across the sea came the phonecall. which i predicted perfectly.

the only mar to this morning: decided to satisfy my curiosity and finally let the scandisk scan its way through the c drive, which i usually exit out of. it took an entire hour. i read my plath. i was being so very very patient. and what did it do, when it finished? exited to a command line that gave me endless error messages. i am an illiterate dunce. so i rebooted and had to exit out of the scan as usual. stupid computer.

i will not think of it. i will think of the lovely day stretched out forward, clean and light and friendly and pure. and twenty-two. twenty-two. twenty-two today and forever.

Harlesden. willesden. leicester square.

Date: 2001-08-02 07:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] booshtukka.livejournal.com
my shoulder aches again. maybe you are my shoulder medicine.

"sweet on me, too, i think" - what does that mean?

brighton beach and beyond

Date: 2001-08-02 07:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aslant.livejournal.com
sweet on me--you like me. you have a crush on me. or more than that. i don't know. sweet on someone.

if i was there i could give you a back massage. i'm very good at them. a speciality.

hove and a house of 5.

Date: 2001-08-02 07:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] booshtukka.livejournal.com
well, yes. obviously. you know that. more than that.

a back massage would be perfect. especially as Rays attempt just made the problem worse.

Re: hove and a house of 5.

Date: 2001-08-02 08:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aslant.livejournal.com
back massages usually hurt a bit before they feel better. try this: if you have a tennis ball at home, lie on the floor and put the tennis ball on the spot that hurts, and roll around (gently) on it. the pressure should relieve some of the pain.

also try stretching it by holding onto a doorframe and pulling.

Re: hove and a house of 5.

Date: 2001-08-02 08:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] booshtukka.livejournal.com
no tennis ball, but I'll try the doorframe. I am very conscious of holding my left arm carefully and limp now - so that it doesn't hurt. I must look like it's dislocated.

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