i finally got out of bed after lying there since four.  i groped around in the dark looking for my earplugs because both mollie and kevin were snoring, and then i finally broke down and turned on the light but all i found were THOUSANDS OF KLEENEXES under the head of the bed plus OH MY GOD SO MUCH DUST.  where are the earplugs?

but then they both stopped snoring anyway.  winnie was lying next to my head with his little paw on my hand which was so cute but i really really wanted to move my hand.  he finally moseyed down to the end of the bed and so there was no reason why i couldn’t just go back to sleep.

except for the being wide awake thing.

even though it’s now 5:18, there’s no light in the sky, which clearly shows how the days are getting shorter and shorter and before you know it WINTER WILL BE HERE.

except yesterday it was so hot that it might have well as been winter because whenever i went outside i almost passed out from the heat so i spent a lot of the afternoon inside in the cool.

will i ever get back to work on my scotland videos?

“and what about “gracetalk #5?” after making those videos for randy’s b’day i was inspired to start working on it but i have done NOTHING so far.

we bought a huge amount of daylilies at the daylily sale at washington park on sunday and THEY HAVE TO BE PLANTED TODAY.  amy bought some, too, and yesterday she told me that the daylillies would be fine, that i should pour a little water into each bag so the roots stay moist.

I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT DOING THAT.  so they’re all probably dead or dying.

as are the flowers outside which i looked out and saw that they were drooping sadly in the heat but of course then i FORGOT TO WATER THEM.

what was i doing all afternoon, sitting around smoking crack?

hmm, if i WAS sitting around smoking crack, would i remember?

you’d think i would but then again i’m lucky to remember my own name.

i did get five and a half hours of sleep already and i know there are some people who can manage on that.

maybe i could if i drank coffee.  the other day i had a half cup of kevin’s new chocolate coffee and it was delicious but afterwards i felt a little nauseous and lightheaded from the caffeine.

i guess i could try drinking more of it so i’d get used to it.

but then i’d be a COFFEE ADDICT.

that would be a good movie, about all the coffee addicts who have turned into zombies.  maybe zombies because they died because the world’s coffee supply disappeared.  or maybe they just all drank too much coffee and went way beyond being all zazzed and then they turned into zombies.

i cleaned the kitchen a little, but really, seriously, what’s the point of that?  i clean, it gets dirty again.  unless we switched to all biodegradable plates all the time, but they haven’t invented biodegradable cookware.  i guess i could start cooking everything in the microwave.  but it’s not really even the dishes so much it’s the NEVERENDING STACKS OF PAPER AND MAGAZINES AND CATALOGS.

winnie is trying to figure out how to get me to let him out already, damnit.  it’s too dark out there for you kitty.

i guess there is a little bit of light in the sky now.  but no boats.  probably because it’s supposed to rain, or it did rain.  i should have put the cover on the boat.  the front seats are covered with towels to keep the bugs off, but i know that in the past few days since the cover has been off, the other seats are all starting to crack and look like crap.

somebody keyed the side door of the car.

the plumbers who came to fix the burst hot water pipe last week are coming back today.  the pipe burst so kevin had to turn off the hot water – WHAT IF THAT HAPPENS AND HE’S NOT HERE?  WHERE THE HELL IS THE TURN-OFF PLACE FOR THE HOT WATER?  HOW DO I KNOW NOTHING AT ALL ABOUT EVERYTHING IN THE WHOLE HOUSE? – and i had to take a shower before a client came over, so i went to amy’s to shower.  luckily i wore a robe instead of just a towel because when i was walking back across the little stone steps, kevin’s friend garrick was on the front porch and TWO trucks of plumbers showed up.  since i was halfway across the stones i couldn’t have very well fled back to amy’s, so i just kept walking, pretending that i always sauntered around in my robe.

hopefully i’ll be fully clothed today when they show up.

some neighbors have posted signs that they’re having a BIG BIG GARAGE SALE this weekend, so we decided we’ll have one too, but we have done nothing to get ready for it.

nothing.

i’m not getting the tooth implant.  so i was lying there thinking about them grinding down my perfectly good teeth.

still no boats.

it is important that i get back to bed soon, before it’s suddenly so late that i’ll then end up sleeping really really late.  BECAUSE I HAVE MANY THINGS TO DO.

must plant the daylilies.

i guess i could start doing it now, except i don’t want to get out of my jammies plus i really don’t have the energy for digging a bunch of holes right now.

MUST SLEEP NOW SO I CAN PLANT IN A LITTLE WHILE.

winnie is meowing at me, so incredibly annoyed.

right now it’s 75 and feels like that, but by nine a.m. it’s supposed to feel like NINETY FOUR.  i must plant before then.  but i have to sleep for at least two and a half more hours and let’s say i get back to sleep by six…i could get up at 8:30, leap out of bed, throw on my clothes and start digging.  because by 11, it’s gonna feel like 102 and then it’s supposed to rain.

MUST COVER THE BOAT.

i can’t add any more new categories here on my list of categories.  this is extremely annoying to me.

i hear ducks quacking out there. HEY, WHERE’S MY FOOD? i think is what they’re saying.

i could go feed the ducks on the way down to covering the boat, then i could start digging the holes, and i could water the flowers.

BUT I REALLY JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO SLEEP.

gee, i’d get a lot done if i got up this early every day.  i could always take a nap later if i decide to stay up…

ok already,

wednesday morning grace.