Metal Meredith

Celebrating the only way I know how, with clips from Pirates of Penzance!

Can’t beat Rex Smith and Kevin Kline to put a smile on your face....

1. Henry is talking on his phone and it is making me laugh.

2. I think he is speaking Dutch.

3. Virginia’s Pro-breastfeeding commercials make me angry.

4. Someone complimented me on my car yesterday and I found myself gushing.

5. Someone complimented Henry on his shoes the other day and I did the same thing.

6. Apparently, I get off on people recognizing my good decisions.

7. I keep wondering how my Dad’s house is.

8. Vivienne won’t stay in bed in the morning, even though we bought her an $80 clock to help her know when it is time to wake up.

9. It makes Phil and I really grumpy in the morning.

10. Vivienne and Henry played and laughed a lot this morning, which turned my mood around quickly.

11. I have a list of things to do and I know once they are done the knot in my stomach will go away (and it has been there for about a year). 

My friend Lisa had brought this to our message board and we are having a great time with it. It is amazing what you can learn from people by just asking them to jot down 11 sentences about their day, what they are thinking, what is going on, etc.

I am adopting it here, so I can just pop on and say something without the pressure of making a coherent, introspective post.

So here we go, 11 things:

1. It is about to rain and I am enjoying listening to all of the birds get excited about it.

2. I went to get the mail and they were all singing and making so much noise.

3. A Blue Jay was digging in our leaf-filled gutter, spewing leaves down onto the deck.

4. Henry is taking a late nap and I am enjoying the quiet.

5. I am so happy to have my computer back, I can’t explain it in words.

6. Isn’t it sad that I love a machine this much?

7. I bet this is how people feel about their TVs when they watch sports.

8. Anthem feels the need to charge me $1000+ for the removal of Vivienne’s tonsils when we pay $700 a month for the pleasure of their ‘coverage’.

9. Health Insurance harshes my mellow.

10. I am more nervous about hailing a cab in New York City more than leaving my baby for the first time.

11. I need to post some recent photos on here.

My less-than-a-year-old HP had a small stroke and needed some mothering in the way of a new motherboard. I have been muddling through using Phil’s Mac Powerbook for about a week. Luckily, my notebook will be arriving before 1030am tomorrow morning.

I have had to pack a lot of things into the past week. I knew that as soon as my computer arrives, I will be as good as worthless. I have a lot of stuff to check up on, to upload and forward when that things gets back to me.

Please send a little positive juju my way tomorrow, so that when I go to boot up, all of my stuff is still where I left it.