Reading the paper backwards, as I always do, I first mistook a view of an email message from Alex and Max for some hoky virus warning. Duh, it was an announcement from prince Willem Alexander and princess Maxima, that they're pregnant and into the second trimester. Another Royal Birthday in January! Hurrah!
Tonight I got to do some crisis cleaning. Not in the usual sense of the word (last-minute, highly stressed cleaning), but cleaning in a crisis. I was abking some muffins for my birthday, and while the first batch was happily sitting in the oven, I washed my hands in the kitchen sink...
Errr, the water isn't supposed to sound like that gurgling through the drain. I opened the cupboard underneath the sink, and yup, the pipes had come loose again (last time was the morning of my bachelorette party). Thank goodness I had plenty of towels at hand, so I just emptied the cupboard, cleared up all the water (and wiped the inside of the cupboard with some soap, for good measure) and put everything back again. Huzzay!
I just dropped off some books at the library. They weren't library books, but books that had been sitting on my bookshelves in misery, because they weren't being read, and if they were honest with themselves, they knew there was little chance that they were going to be read. Luckily, my local library is having a book sale, and they were happy to take my books and put them on the sale table.
Music in my head: I'm dreaming of a white Christmas/I would die for you.
Other than yesterday, I've got about half these songs playing in my head. Still, Chirstmas? It's near 30C out, and so humid that even if you weren't sweating like mad you'd arrive anywhere dripping wet. Yugh. And where did Prince come from? Hmmm, maybe that's because my own prince charming isn't here, or maybe it's just that it has been playing on the radio a lot - which is weird enough in itself.
Music in my head:
You tic toc you don't stop/I'm a hazard to myself, don't wanna be my friend no more, wanna be somebody else.
It's been playing in my head all day, and it's driving me bananas. Not in the least because those are the only lines I know from those songs. And I really really don't like the first one. The second I like occasionally, just not all day.
And so are supergirls. And Elven Princesses and Heroic Bibliophiles.
LAYER ONE:
name: Jane
birthdate: 20 June 1976
birthplace: E, Netherlands
current location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
eye color: hasel
hair color: medium brown
height: 163 cm or therabouts
righty or lefty: both!
zodiac sign: Gemini
Chinese sign: dragon :D
LAYER TWO:
your heritage: two southern parents. when my father lets his hair and beard grow long, he looks like he's from India. My mother looks almost Keltic (red, red, red). I've been told I look like I'm from any southern European country that takes the fancy of the person telling me.
the shoes you wore today: Nike Pegasus running shoes
your fears: inadequacy
your perfect pizza: lots of veggies and cheese, bit'o'tuna
goal you'd like to achieve: peace, happiness and inner harmony... Though right now I'd settle for the current project being delivered on time
LAYER THREE:
your most overused phrase in an online messenger: *right*
your thoughts first waking up: "What day is it? Must be Tuesday" (completely independant of the actual day, that goes without saying)
your best physical feature: I'm perfect, all of me
your bedtime: whenever I get around to it, the night before a weekday I try for "before 9:30" and normally end up with "around 11"
your most missed memory: happiness
LAYER FOUR:
pepsi or coke: pepsi. has to be max.
mcdonald's or burger king: Burger King. Flame grilled just tastes better. Although McD has more variety in salads.
single or group dates: never been on a "group date", whatever that is
adidas or nike: both
lipton ice tea or nestea: I make my own ice tea, thank you very much. bubbles and artificial flavourings give me headaches
chocolate or vanilla: both, duh! alright, chocolate
cappuccino or coffee: Morning Glow (bit of strong espresso, lots of warm milk, some honey)
LAYER FIVE:
smoke: no
cuss: bitch!
sing: preferably when I'm alone (out of compassion with the rest of the world)
take a shower everyday: definitely
have a crush(es): bah
do you think you've been in love: yes
want to go to college: been there, done that (and graduated, phew)
liked high school: uhuh!
want to get married: already am
believe in yourself: some of the time
get motion sickness: rarely
think you're attractive: on good days
think you're a health freak: again, on good days. no wait, that's on bad days when I still manage to eat healthy.
get along with your parent(s): sort of
like thunderstorms: Oh, yes!
play an instrument: used to
LAYER SIX:
in the past month...
drank alcohol: yes
smoked: no
done a drug: no!
gone to the mall: yes, we've got a lovely new mall in town
eaten an entire box of oreos: not oreos
eaten sushi: no
been on stage: no
been dumped: no
gone skating: no
made homemade cookies: not in the past month
gone skinny dipping: not in the past month (do you have any idea how cold the water is in Norway this early in the summer?)
dyed your hair: not in the past month
stolen anything: no
LAYER SEVEN:
ever...
played a game that required removal of clothing: no
been trashed or extremely intoxicated: yes
been caught "doing something": doing what? I don't think so.
been called a tease: yes
gotten beaten up: no
changed who you were to fit in: no. I never fit in, and most of the time I'm cool with that. That's not true of course (I mean, I do fit in, but that's another layer, really)
LAYER EIGHT:
age you hope to be married: before I'm thirty. check!
numbers and names of children: either zero or two. Do you think my mother calls me Jane?
describe your dream wedding: big smashing red bus, lovely castle, pancakes, lots of flowers, light flavours, close friends and relatives. oh, right, that WAS my wedding! nah-nah-nananah! (smug married, me?)
how do you want to die: with dignity
where (did) you want to go to college: Rotterdam
what do you want to be when you grow up: I'm still trying to figure that one out
what country would you most like to visit: all of them
LAYER NINE:
in a boy...
best eye color: grey
best hair color: dark
short or long hair: short!
height: taller than me, but not too tall (being 'petite' myself)
best weight: slender, and muscly enough to carry the groceries, though not so muscly that it looks like he's got no brains. brains are really the most sexy part of a mans anatomy. well, either that, or heart, or smile.
best articles of clothing: his Dockers
best first date location: somewhere it's possible to talk
LAYER TEN:
number of drugs taken illegally: one (grass)
number of people you could trust with my life: few
number of cds that you own: lots
number of piercings: two (one in each ear)
number of tattoos: none
number of times my name has appeared in the newspaper: big zero
number of scars on my body: not counting the stretch marks: 2
number of things in my past that I regret: one (not having money for a taxi that night). all the other stuff has brought me where I am today. okay, maybe one other thing (chickening out of med-school before applying).
The doctor had some good news and some bad news re my knees for me today.
The good news is, there's nothing seriously wrong with my knees.
The bad news is, there's nothing seriously wrong with my knees.
The deeper meaning of the good news is, there's no need for surgery or whatnot.
The deeper meaning of the bad news is, there's seriously nothing that can be done to speed up recovery in any way. Yeah, continue with the fysio therapy to infinity and beyond. I've already used up all the ft my employer provides, and my insurance only covers 18 treatments. Hopefully, that's per year. Just to prove my luck, it's probably per injury. Sigh.
Bono: No more! ... No more! ... Wipe these tears away!
intersperced with
Mick Jagger: (na na na - can't make out the words) ... I'm out of tears!
Hm.
Well, it beats the bitch, bitch bitch bitch (melody of Inspector Gadget, varied over the course of the day with other totally irrelevant melodies) we had yesterday.
Often times we're like tea bags, we don't know how strong we are till we get in Hot Water.
Tawni's Thought for Today:
"Courage is Grace Under Pressure"
---------Ernest Hemingway
Often times we're like tea bags, we don't know how strong we are till we get in Hot Water.
Continue to take your baby steps toward your goals.
That's how we are all successful, one baby step at a time.
TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT! I find it really helps me when I get in a rut. I'll drive a different way to run my errands, take a route I haven't taken before.
Buy different foods at the grocery store. Anything to create some variety in my life. I think we all are guilty from time to time and we get bored with our routine.
So, SHAKE it up a little!
1. How many times have you truly been in love?
That I thought at the time: dozens. Well, at least three. That I still think now: one. Ask me again in fifty years, and who knows.
2. What was/is so great about the person you love(d) the most?
Humor, passion, strength, playful, vulnerable, and compatible.
3. What qualities should a significant other have?
See 2.
4. Have you ever broken someone's heart?
Sure. Though no one's jumped of a bridge over me, yet. As far as I know.
5. If there was one thing you could teach people about love, what would it be?
It's a lot easier than the pessimists think, and a lot harder than the optimists think. And it's the greatest thing.
Can you keep perfectly still for half an hour, lying in a big, noisy tube?
I can!
My reward: I get to wait another 10 days for the results of the scan. What oh what did they find? That my bones move around independant of my muscles when you point a strong magnet at them? Cause that's what it felt like.