if you saw a funky woman getting her groove on while delivering newspapers on ordinance street this evening – that was me. i hadn't delivered papers since 1993, but the feel of the newspapers lifting the mailbox lid was so familiar it was as though i did it every day. isaac's in newfoundland so i did his route for him. a man at the very first house i delivered to yelled at me, but other than that it was smooth sailing. i found it rather ironic seeing as i'm a big advocate against getting crappy free newspapers, but i suppose we all have our price-tags. or friends in need of a favour.
i'm getting super psyched about the girls camping trip this weekend. every things coming together nicely.
i identified today that i often feel a form of energy coursing thru my body. that energy is panic or urgency, like there's something else i need to/should be doing. i hate it. i'm going to try to learn to expel it from my being. the only time i don't feel that way is when i'm on vacation. it's the only time that i don't feel pressure like that i should be calling so-and-so, or doing such-and-such. one year when i was at fair havens with my family, i slept for the first 3 days straight because i was so exhausted. this year i'm not going away, i'm staying home. but i still need time away from people, to have the freedom i need to sleep, vegge, and relax without guilt. so let me warn you now, you will not be able to contact me during my week of holiday. just pretend as though i've left town – i'm away. but that's not until the first week of august, so you have plenty of time before i'm indisposed.
seems like every chance i take
brings me ever closer to being far away.
3 comments:
did the man yell at you because you weren't isaac or did he just have some issues on his own?
I dreamt of you last night. We went to a wedding together. You drove a convertible. (see my subconscious isn't good about guessing what kind of cars people get) When you got out of the car I hugged you and you were taller than me. This surprised me (at how much taller you were)! Though I think you ARE taller than me, so I'm not sure why I was so surprised.
aphra, that's hilarious. i don't think i've ever even been in a convertable. how tall are you? i'm 5"5'
no, the man yelled at me because they "don't take the hertiage". but he wasn't on the list of "do not deliver" and he didn't have a "no newspapers" sign so how was i supposed to know?!?! he didn't even have the second-rate "no flyers" sign. word to the wise: newspaper carriers are very literal (or at least are instructed to be) and will ignore a "no flyers please" sign unless it also says "no free newspapers" as well.
Yes, I'm 5' 1" ish, so shorter by a few inches!
That man needs to destress- what thing to get upset about!
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