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February 21, 2003
Friday!
In spite of only working three days this week, I'm tired. I intend to go to bed soon. In fact, I am already more than half-asleep, so if this all makes no sense, I apologize...
I had Monday off for the holiday, and my workplace was closed Tuesday, because of the horrid weather. I was floored -- they haven't closed at all in the 5+ years I have worked there. I woke up at 5 on Tuesday morning, and looked out the window at the wasteland of snow, and couldn't fall asleep again until I called the emergency number to see if we would be open. I had to listen to the message three times before I believed it. So, I had a lovely four-day weekend, which I spent shovelling (and discovering muscles I didn't know I had, whoch still hurt. Yes, I am out of shape. Shut up.) and knitting a scarf for Lee, and watching daytime TV. It was heaven.
And now a Friday Five:
1. What is your most prized material possession?
Hmmm. Probably my photo album, which has a lot of pictures from my infancy up through highy school, and the cameo my grandma gave me. The cameo was part of a larger necklace my grandpa got in Italy during World War 2; they took it apart and had each cameo set in silver -- one for each granddaughter. I wore mine at my wedding. My mom now has it for safekeeping.
2. What item, that you currently own, have you had the longest?
A very small mustard-yellow teddy bear. My parents gave it to me right after I was born. It's on my bed right now.
3. Are you a packrat?
Oh, yeah. I never throw anything away. This is why my house is a mess.
4. Do you prefer a spic-and-span clean house? Or is some clutter necessary to avoid the appearance of a museum?
I can't be bothered to keep the house museum-clean. It's cluttered, and I need a good vacuum, but it's not filthy, and I'm comfortable.
5. Do the rooms in your house have a theme? Or is it a mixture of knick-knacks here and there?
Theme? Is clutter a theme? If not, then no, I have no themes. The bathroom has a rubber duck shower curtain and bathmat, but other than that, it's a mix of clutter.
Posted by Mary Ellen at February 21, 2003 11:40 PM