Friday means leftovers

Petey is dozing on my desktop. I love the way he tucks his nose under his paw, which reminds me of the way I pull my flannel sheets and red fleece blanket across my lips at night, my pillow angled just so, and Petey curled against me and the darkness, purring us both to a happy place.

We had five glorious, sunny days in a row, which makes today’s cloud cover seem especially dim and heavy. The cherry blossoms, though, are so many kinds of perfect: from their five-petal shape to their pale pink color to the brown leaves that frame them to their intoxicating scent, I can’t get enough. I’m wearing my brown and pink suede sneakers in their honor today.

My heart is fluttering this morning, sporadically beating against my chest like a moth against the light. Not good.

My raspberry colored Woolrich sweater is so cozy, but the berry scented candle burning on the kitchen table is nauseatingly sweet. The air smells like Jell-O, and the only thing I like about this candle is that my little Grrrl bought it for me with her own money for my birthday, which makes it sweet in a whole other way.

She also bought me a stuffed Eeyore because she knows I relate to the one and only depressed character in the Hundred Acre Wood. And she bought me a Heffalump, because if you have Eeyorish tendencies, you really need a smiling, purple elephant on your dresser.

Happy Weekend.

March 16, 2007

Copyright 2007 Veronica McCabe Deschambault and V-Grrrl in the Middle. All rights reserved.

Comments

[J]

Happy Friday! I love Eeyore, and I wish it would rain here in dry California. Sigh.

[Ortizzle]

Brown and pink suede sneakers. I think I would probably really like those.

Was it your birthday yesterday?!

[V-Grrrl]

The birthday was back in January...

[Jill]

I was an Eeyore sweatshirt given to me by my husband, because I so identify with that character, lol.

[furiousBall]

Flannel sheets on the lips? AHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Just kiddin, happy Friday at you.

[wordgirl]

I had an editor whom we lovingly referred to as Eeyore. Sadly, I never supplied him with a Heffalump to balance it out.

[Nance]

I had a student last year who we all called Eeyore. That is, until we read Catcher in the Rye. Then, we all started calling him Holden.

[amber]

Now you have me worried for your heart, funny-grrl. Take it easy-pleasey, okay?

:)

[V-Grrrl]

Nance--Conceal your disappointment; I've never read Catcher in the Rye.

I even bought it a few years ago and tried to read it and, and, and--I just didn't give a damn about Holden.

However, I did like the movie The Good Girl with Jen Aniston and Jake Gylenhaal. Jake's character assumes the name Holden because of his affinity to the book.

Amber--The heart's OK. It's behaved all winter and now it's starting to make its presence known again. Maybe it's just spring fever!

[Mary-LUE]

Thanks for sharing some little details about the weather, what you are wearing, what you are smelling... It makes me feel like I am there!

Happy Weekend to you and I hope your heart behaves this weekend!

[Nance]

--Heavy Sigh--

V. You did not care about Holden because I DID NOT TEACH YOU THAT BOOK.

And I love "The Good Girl" with Jennifer Aniston. It's a perfect sendup of Holden's character.

I am sad that you didn't move on through Catcher. There is so much there; however, I forgive you. I love teaching that novel to my sophomore honors kids and my regular juniors. For some kids, it is a life-changing book. And it is the #1 most often stolen book from our school's library.