What an amazing day.
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charlz_lynnI have had the most incredible day, but I have to start with my really difficult last night.
Okay, so, on to today.
I woke up late this morning, and had breakfast with my family. Bacon and eggs and scalloped potatoes out of a box that were deliciously trashy. Then my mom and I took her girlfriend's boat (that she built out of plywood) out on a pond. We paddled to an island where we were going to go camping (but didn't) and back again. It was perfect weather and I'm totally sun burnt.
Next i came home to my mix cd from the Brutal Stranger in the mail, and I laid in the hammock and listened to it. It was sunny. Perfect. Perfect perfect perfect.
Ali - my cousin Mike's girlfriend - and I went down to the pier to wait in line for the whalewatching boat so we could secure our place in the nose of the ship. I'm so glad we did, because this particular trip ended up being spectacular. We saw anywhere from 50-100 dolphins and from 36-45 humpback whales and 8 or 9 finback whales. The guy talking over the speakers kept saying that this is not what one expects when going on a whalewatch. We were so spoiled by them. A serious show. I feel high from it. There were times when I saw 6 spouts at once off in the distance ahead of us. It was beyond incredible. Here's a link to my myspace photos, cause I'm posting a lot on there and I haven't gotten around to getting myself anything like a flickr account yet.
Eek! I love the whales SO much!
I know it's silly, but go look!!
xoxox
My grandpa -- my Nana's second husband -- had a stroke and a heart attack last night. The neighbor was doing CPR on him for 10 minutes before the ambulance came, but he was gone for at least three minutes before Don, the neighbor, got there. It's unclear as to whether or not he;s going to pull through. I keep coming back to the simple feling that I'm so grateful to be here with my family and not in Portland by myself with no blood around me. You all know I don't limit 'family' to blood, but... This is the first big scary thing like this to happen in our close family. Shit man.
So, I'm the one that took that call. Then about 20 minutes later, I was on the internet, and I got an email from the sperm bank asking me how I'm going to support myself and a baby. Expressing concern. Demanding an explanation. I should have expected this. And some deep deep part of me did. But I'm SO ANGRY about it. To use a few of someone else's perfect words for this.... They wouldn't ask some status-seeking checked-out middle-class straight woman who's planning on medicating her kids when they're five and she can't deal with them how she'll be able to cope emotionally.
I get it. And it pisses me the fuck off.
So, I'm the one that took that call. Then about 20 minutes later, I was on the internet, and I got an email from the sperm bank asking me how I'm going to support myself and a baby. Expressing concern. Demanding an explanation. I should have expected this. And some deep deep part of me did. But I'm SO ANGRY about it. To use a few of someone else's perfect words for this.... They wouldn't ask some status-seeking checked-out middle-class straight woman who's planning on medicating her kids when they're five and she can't deal with them how she'll be able to cope emotionally.
I get it. And it pisses me the fuck off.
Okay, so, on to today.
I woke up late this morning, and had breakfast with my family. Bacon and eggs and scalloped potatoes out of a box that were deliciously trashy. Then my mom and I took her girlfriend's boat (that she built out of plywood) out on a pond. We paddled to an island where we were going to go camping (but didn't) and back again. It was perfect weather and I'm totally sun burnt.
Next i came home to my mix cd from the Brutal Stranger in the mail, and I laid in the hammock and listened to it. It was sunny. Perfect. Perfect perfect perfect.
Ali - my cousin Mike's girlfriend - and I went down to the pier to wait in line for the whalewatching boat so we could secure our place in the nose of the ship. I'm so glad we did, because this particular trip ended up being spectacular. We saw anywhere from 50-100 dolphins and from 36-45 humpback whales and 8 or 9 finback whales. The guy talking over the speakers kept saying that this is not what one expects when going on a whalewatch. We were so spoiled by them. A serious show. I feel high from it. There were times when I saw 6 spouts at once off in the distance ahead of us. It was beyond incredible. Here's a link to my myspace photos, cause I'm posting a lot on there and I haven't gotten around to getting myself anything like a flickr account yet.
Eek! I love the whales SO much!
I know it's silly, but go look!!
xoxox
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Date: 2008-04-24 05:55 am (UTC)and, excuse me, but the sperm bank who you are PAYING to provide a service is demanding an explanation? can they refuse you based on some fucked up criteria. wow, i'm pissed for you.
and omg, NOT SILLY. i am so jealous. what an amazing experience.
xoxo