"Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God, But only he who sees takes off his shoes, The rest sit 'round it and pluck blackberries."

- Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Things No One Needs to Know, Especially Not You

Yesterday, I learned that they don't get icicles here because it never gets warm enough for the snow to melt, until finally it melts, and then it's gone.

This was a tragic discovery.

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Sometimes (most times) I have absolutely NO idea what to do with M. Like when she randomly hits GQ with a train and then calls me a "Poopy, Poopy, Poopy" when I tell her that is a bad idea.

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On Sunday we had Stake Conference. I had a brain explosion and thought it started at 11:00 when it really started at 10:00.

Is it bad that I was relieved that I didn't have to guard against M hitting GQ with a train and calling me "Poopy, Poopy, Poopy" for two hours?

Because I definitely was.

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On Tuesday I had a mole removed from my arm, and then on the way home my entire arm fell asleep and I became a basketcase because things like this make me a basketcase - like when I get my blood taken during pregnancy, I totally have to take a sick day and watch movies all day afterward so that I can stop visualizing them pumping all my blood out of my body - and my mom told me - when I called her and told her my heart was probably going to go to sleep next, since obviously the medicine could move both ways in my body - that I needed to

"Get a grip."

Seriously.

And then, the medicine wore off and my arm came back to life, and it hurt where they cut the mole off, and I was honestly surprised, because I forgot that it would hurt, which is really intelligent of me.

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Aren't you wishing that the kids would wake up so I would stop rambling?

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Right now I have some whipped cream in my fridge, and nothing to put it on, so it is just going to waste.

This is also tragic.

Maybe I will just have to get a spoon and eat it by itself.

7 comments:

Donna said...

I hadn't heard that about icicles here. That really is a bummer. I'm getting increasingly nervous the more I hear about winter here.
I hope your arm is feeling better!

Heather - said...

I love your posts. Please don't ever stop writing. Oh, and when you publish a book, I'm totally going to buy it :)

Adam and Julia said...

You make me laugh when it comes to medicine! But I am glad that you're heart didn't stop too and that you "got a grip"

Laura said...

I can totally hear your mother saying, "Jamie Robyn, just get a grip" (the full name makes it way more powerful)
And the whipped cream - just eat it, with a spoon, and enjoy it.

Fowler family said...

Haha! I totally need to know these things. Cuz they make me smile :)

Fowler family said...

PS- I too hate it when my homemade whipped cream goes to waste in my fridge. I like to put it on a banana with a scoop of icecream, and then I feel fancy like I'm having a gourmet banana split!

The Sorensens said...

I've got frosting. Delicious Magnolia's Buttercream Frosting. Want to have a whipped cream and frosting party?