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My Life Thus Far
2007-05-31 05:33:34 (UTC)

Fight Night

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I'm coming down off a serious adrenaline rush at the
moment. I'd forgotten how good those can feel! All of a
sudden my end-of-the-day fatigue has given way and I could
run a marathon! I won't, but I could if I wanted to! I got
into an altercation with my upstairs neighbors, whom I've
never liked, but hadn't given me a reason to say anything.
Tonight, I was sitting on my back patio, smoking. I don't
smoke often, but when I do, I don't tolerate any slack for
it. My body, my choice, my prerogative. MY PATIO. Well, I
guess he didn't like that the smoke was coming in his
patio door, so he came out, leaned over the railing and
said "Could you stop blowing that smoke into my door"! For
some reason, this just set me off. I charged through my
apartment, out the front door, took the stairs three at a
time and commenced to ream him through his screen door. I
tried to be civil at first. I apologize for bothering him,
but I can't control the direction the wind blows. I mean,
it's not like I scaled the building and blew in his
window. The wind will go where it pleases. That wasn't
enough for him. He told me I didn't have any right smoking
on MY PATIO if it bothered HIM. That's pretty much what
set me off. So, we went back and forth. I said I could
smoke wherever I damn well pleased. He said he was going
to tell the homeowners association about it. I told him to
tell the homeowners association to kiss my ass. My
landlady is the only person I'm accountable to and she's
never missed a check. In fact, her parting instructions as
he handed us the key was to ignore the cranky bastards. He
told me to smoke somewhere else. I told him to get his
cranky old ass back in his RV and go back to wherever the
hell he came from. Then, I slammed my front door as hard
as possible in the hopes that I'd knock a couple of his
pictures down. I didn't. Damn, maybe I should have tried
again.

Even after all that went down, overall I still feel like
today was a good day. Kiki's preschool class had a little
class party this morning. We had snacks and played some
games. I contemplated not going because I didn't want to
interact with the other parents, but I did it for Kiki. It
turned out to be okay.

I didn't have to work until 1pm this afternoon (a welcome
change from the constant 9am shifts I've been working), so
I took a 2 mile walk on the Clearcreek Trail in
Silverdale. I love the trails that wind through Silverdale
(through protected areas around Clearcreek, a salmon
stream). They're even some pretty vistas where you can see
the Olympic Mountains. You'd never guess you were in the
middle of a city.

After that, I met Gen for coffee for the first time in
what felt like a million years. Gen had coffee. I had tea.
I'm still trying to stick with my plan. Even though it can
be challenging at times to get in all 6 meals and not
ingest too much salt or refined foods. I'm busy. Getting
fresh vegetables, fruit and lean protein isn't as easy as
one would think when time is of the essence. I need to get
better about bringing food with me.

Work went by quickly. Because the weather was so lovely
today, not may people ventured into the mall, so it was
quiet. Basically, all us girls just chit-chatted while
straightening panty tables. The atmosphere was relaxed and
easy-going. I like days like that. A 4 hour shift was a
lovely break after the many weeks of 9 hour days.

I'd love to write a novel, but I have to be up in 7 hours.
I've got 2 doctor's appointments back-to-back first thing
(Dr. Martin and then cellulitis follow-up) and I might
have to work at 11am (I've got an on-call), if not, then
1:30. I'm shooting for 1:30. I'd love another walk through
Clearcreek. Ciao.




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