Category: Words

Writing in bed

Not that it matters, I guess, but for some reason what came out when I started to write down a blog title was “Writing in bed.” I have no idea why. I have no idea what I am supposed to say about it.

That is what I often do, though. Writing in bed.

I start blogs everywhere. Football games. Work. The car. The movies. Bars. Concerts. The gym. A lot of times I do rough drafts at lunch, and continue them at my actual desk at home.

Finishing them seems to happen most often when I am in bed. Which is kind of bad. It’s not when I am at my most alert and intelligent.

Sometimes I am the one who is finished, so then there is no blog.

Because I am in bed.

Like now.

I have cold medicine on board. It’s after 10pm, I have had a good (but exhausting) weekend, and I don’t like anything I have rough drafted. That means I am doing the worst sort of scribbling. And for no reason. Nothing says I can’t just skip a day.

There are a couple of things I need to write about that are just not processed enough in my head to even start writing yet. There is a story I need to get out of my head.

I had all day to write, but my mind was too tired. I let it watch old movies instead of reading or writing. Tear jerkers, but I didn’t even cry. Much. So when the end of the day came, I had nothing written.

I got in bed.

I need to sleep.

I should sleep.

I don’t need to write.

I start to write anyway.

I should sleep.

I have someone I would love to talk to.

I should sleep.

I keep writing.

I do not pick up the phone.

I am going to sleep.

I put my tablet away.

Oregon gets the Stanford monkey off their back

Another fun day of football.

Our team won. It is always better when our team wins.

It was a particularly fun tailgater today. It is always good. This one was a little extra good. At one point, after I hugged what seemed like a hundred people in five minutes, someone said: “Wow. Everybody fucking loves you, and you know really fucking great people.” It is always flattering when everyone seems like they love me, even when it’s an illusion. A lot of people do love me, but not everybody. And, yes–I do know really fucking great people.

I unexpectedly got to see someone I don’t get to see often enough. A bonus.

Paddy tried to high five everyone in and around Autzen, and my cousins love him. How that high five quest ended up is a complicated story that is beyond my writing powers in my current feeble state.

At about 2pm on Friday, as I collapsed on my couch with a fever, I was seriously considering if I should do the smart thing and stay home on Saturday. I am at the part of being sick where I am tired. So tired. Physically, staying home and resting would probably have been the thing to do. But…but..I had cousins in town. Boise State fans. They could have driven down without me, but I wanted to see them seeing how great the party is at Autzen. I wanted to see the Ducks beat Stanford. I wanted to see all my people.

I didn’t want to miss the party.

Back at the home base, I’m exhausted. I feel like I was run over. My feet hurt. My chest hurts. The end of the night got very weird and I had to act like a Mean Mom, which I hated. I am writing this curled up in bed, with a big dose of Benadryl and codeine starting to kick in. I have a fever. I am having a time stringing words together.

Would I do it again?

Fuck yeah.

Ohmygosh, I have just realize that tonight is the night that the clocks get set back an hour. I have an extra hour to sleep before breakfast at 0900!

Life? It is great.

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Halloween

It was a very fun night with Tyler, Alex and Paddy.

We started out with a few beverages at the Paymaster. Ginger lemonade. It was medicinal.

As we left, I got to hold Wonder Woman’s detached head. And her phone. That doesn’t happen every night, so it was special. She was Lego Wonder Woman, which made it even more special. We saw Lego Waldo, too.

Then we walked over to the Moda Center to watch the Black Keys. And it did not rain on us.

There was excellent people watching before the show. We saw several more Waldos. Bert and Ernie. The Travelocity gnome. Several sexy whatevers. A banana. Maleficent. A lot of kitties. The Blues Brothers. Clark Kent sat right in front of us.

The show was great. I didn’t realize I knew that many Black Keys tunes! Thanks to Tyler and Alex for getting the tickets and inviting me.

After the show, walked back to NW to the car and saw a lot more interesting people. The Cat in the Hat accompanied by Thing1 and Thing2, several brides, a lion, a cow with an astronaut. I was sad I hadn’t done a costume. I love dressing up. Next year…

I was thankful for such warm, relatively dry weather. It was perfect for walking. It’s such a nice walk over the river..and I couldn’t have asked for better company.

Saturday, we move the group to Eugene for Oregon vs Stanford. For more fun and hijinks.

Go Duckies!

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