Don’t you love it when you have one of those days where you get so much done without ever feeling stressed and at the end of the evening you just feel perfectly content? I had one of those today and da-ammmmn it feels good! I did the food shopping (where I found many bargains), the cleaning, packaged up some gifts and other things I need to mail and got them ready, made some appointments, began organising a baby shower for my dear friend Lisa, looked for houses online, filled a prescription for Paul, went to a playgroup with Amelia, sent some emails and wrote another story for Londonist.
After that, I got Amelia to bed, cooked dinner, hung up two loads of laundry, cleaned my bedroom, did the dishes and updated my personal website with new pictures and video clips of my baby girl so that family and friends in the States can keep up with her progress.
Right at 10pm, I sat down with a vodka tonic to watch Desperate Housewives. I realized that if I’d been wearing pearls with a sweater set today and baked a cake, you could’ve mistaken me for Bree Van De Kamp/Hodge. Instead, I had one a baggy blue shirt encrusted with a bit of snot on the shoulder (Amelia just loves to bury her head there when she’s got the sniffles), jeans, and not a matching accessory in sight. Ah, well. I’d rather have this life than be worrying all the time if my husband might bash my head in and remove all of my teeth in the middle of the night. I know Paul is way too lazy for that. Who would clean up the mess and get rid of the body?
Speaking of Desperate Housewives, can I just say how much I love Lynette? She is my favorite character. I love that she flashed an old man just to get a liquor license. And what a great comeback when Tom barred her from attending his pizza place’s grand opening and then acted all disappointed when she turned him down for sex — “You barred me from your opening…” Great stuff. If I was a bit like one of the characters it would have to be her. Who are you most like? I know we’ve got some closet Brees and Gabbys up in here!
And this, just because it’s funny. I thoroughly enjoy seeing former 80s pop stars looking ridiculous.
March 15, 2007 at 12:12 am
may i just say that i can’t see DICK that’s new on your website. i will go drink alone, ala Bree, instead. – andrea
March 15, 2007 at 7:17 am
Whoops! It didn’t publish correctly overnight. Will fix that today and have it up again this afternoon.
March 16, 2007 at 3:53 pm
i’d have to say my personality most resembles lynette’s. in terms of man luck, i’m much more like susan (in the way she always has a knack for mucking things up and making bad decisions). as for the drinking thing – i enjoy a bottle, er, glass of wine as much as bree van de kamp!