Goodwill @ MindSay

Howdy, howdy all

Well my apartment has running water but still no power but no worries because I am still welcome at my friends place and he hass all the amenities I am lacking. The water was on and we could thankfully flush the toilets but couldnt really shower properly til yesterday. So last night I took a nice, hot QUICK (gotta be considerate of others of course) shower and let me just say that I feel really good. So many people dont have the luxury of even a cold shower or a working toilet so I feel really thankful for my friends and their willingness to share and invite people into their home.

 

Thanks to everyone who wished us all well. I had the opportunity to clean out my refrigerator and EWWWWW gross. I mean I got a bunch of the frozen stuff out before it thawed so that was cool but the fruits and such did not fair so well. Oops was I whining just now...Nope but let me say that if someone wants to talk about how they are fairing in this situation then I would never presume to diminish their suffering. With so many random acts of misfortune we should all be mindful of the fact that some things are beyond our control and I hope that we all remember to think of others (not me necessarily because like I said I am pretty much good news) but Torridgirl and Myclette have been without power since last Thursday and Myclette is still dealing with no water or power and Torridgirl has no power still. If I were them I would be WHINING like a little baby but NEITHER of them is and both are still extending the supplies that they have to neighbors who might have less, how's that for whining...

There are countless folks doing the same and more for their neighbors (hell someone is helping me by HOUSING and FEEDING me right now).

Peace and Love y'all

Goddess Bless...

Forgive all typos, I am flying through this because someone is kind enough to let me use their internet connection and computer...

     I don't think I've ever had a real friend. Maybe in elementary school, before a person is aware of what it is to be a friend. When you are naturally just a friend. You like somebody because you do. You are intensely loyal to them because you are. Because you laugh and play together. Because you yell and fight together. Because you want good things for them because you do. Because you are jealous of them for nothing and happy for them for nothing. Because that is what you do. Maybe in elementary school. Maybe not.

 

     I don't think I've ever had a real thought. Maybe by accident, before a person is aware of what thinking is. When you naturally have original thoughts because there was nothing to make them unoriginal. Before your relatives squeeze their thoughts into your head. Before your "friends" force their style and mannerisms onto your own. Don't get me started on the newsteacherscartoonspriestscomicbooksdoctorsbooksneighbors counselorstextbooksTVbabysittersdinosaurspastorsnewspapers

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greekmythology and naked women. Actually, dinosaurs are still pretty awesome. I miss my own thoughts. I think.

 

     I don't think I've ever really wanted anything more than real friends and real thoughts. They have always been elusive for me. I  have the vague impression that I know what they are, and maybe I was even  well acquainted with them at some point, but now they are strangely mixed and diluted with every other foggy memory in my little brain. They are not real. My little brain. If I was privileged to meet one or even, God forbid both, what would I do with them. I'm positive I would not appreciate them, because I would already be thinking about something else I imagine to be lacking. I would be fully immersed in a different fantasy. I would even be irritated by my real friend or real thought. They would quickly become an unbearable and disgusting inconvenience and I would wish more than anything to be without them. Of course until they were irretrievably  gone and then I would miss them terribly. Maybe I think not.

This afternoon, I went to goodwill...I was looking for a blazer to wear up to NC for the conference. I found a BRAND New blazer and skirt... and as I turned there was a purply colored jacket. I hate that the clothes are set up by color not by sizes..that annoys me so I normally have no patience for browsing. I looked at it, size 14. I was like.. oh hell no, that wont fit me!  Its that purple that changes color with the light.. my mom has a car like that.

Something made me try it on. It fits. Well.. ok.. so its a tad snug with all the buttons done up. But after all, I am losing weight.. its nice and now I have a nice jacket to wear, rather than denim or fleece!

Then as I was walking by a rack, I saw cammoflage. My husband was bow hunting today with a friend. I know these pants are very expensive... and then the lady next to me, says..oh..here is the matching shirt. BRAND new.  When I gave them to hubby, you would have thought it was christmas. Apparently he went to Bass Pro today ( shopping? ut oh!) and he was looking at them, and said he considered them too pricey but really wanted them.

Nice.  Oh.. then I walked by a bunch of office chairs. I bought one..my chair at home at the computer is all rickety and too big. This chair is not on wheels, and is smaller.  When I got it home, I decided, that it would look good with my dinette table instead of the green metal chairs I do have that came with the set *highly uncomfortable*... so when hubz got home, I sent him back over to get 2 more..he said there were only 5 left, now only 3. We got the best. They are all almost as good as new.. one I will have to clean the fabric up just a bit... and  a little fabreeze. There ya go.

HOWEVER... dawn did a big boo boo. I was pushing the chair back from the computer to say something to hubz, and next thing you know ass over teakettle, and I tipped over all the way backwards and my head hit the wheel of the original office chair! Ouch is right. I laid there stunned for a second...then a little panic flashed thru me as I assessed my back.. thinking ....oh.. NO!  Back was fine, but the peircing pain in my head wasnt so fine. I ended up with a HUGE goose egg on the side of my head!  A little ice and bemoaning my clumsiness and I am just fine. Doh me. And poetrychallenge has given us the topic of GRACE this time. Obviously that is not in my list of descriptive words!

Love and Laughter,
Dawn

On the north shore of lake Ponchartrain, a countless number of people with pick-up trucks are helping their fellow citizens cutting down trees and dispensing water to the neediest.  While all the attention is on the Superdome, the looters and the Convention center, let's not forget we have true heroes out there who stand in the darkness of the media.

Good news, another very good friend is well, as well as his family.