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[ Friday, August 09, 2002 ]
Cinderella or Single Again?
Today my family left to go to surfing school and other similar beachy fun....all three of them. They packed up the trusty Volvo and headed out. They are going to Southern California to spend two weeks in the surf and sun.
I feel very ambivalent about this trip and my emotions about the whole thing change as quickly as a wave travels through my brain. Here’s what it looks like (in no particular order):
Boo Hoo, I’m Cinderella
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. Despite the overwhelming envy I’ve received from other mothers, I feel so very left out.
. I have to stay home because I have two big projects due for work and another client. I hate being grown-up.
. I have to get up early every day to let the cat and dog out.
. Our families might think that something’s wrong .... not one of the couples on either side ever ever ever take separate “vacations”, but then, we are way different than the rest of them ....
. You see, I’m omnipotent. Since LC’s very first breath, just by virutue of my mere presence, I’ve had the power to prevent any sorrowful thing from ever happening to my family. What if I’m not there? Will catastrophe strike?
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Yahoo, I’m Single Again
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. I do not like the Southern California summer, not even a little bit. It is hot, it is smoggy, it is crowded and if you are really overdue for a hit of bad karma, you’ll have the joy of a local wildfire blowing smoke all over your activity. I don’t want to be there.
. I get to eat grown-up food and watch grown-up movies and do grown-up stuff ... things that none of the vacationers like to do, (yes that does include Leonard).
. I will be in charge of the remote controls ---- every single one of them. Plus .... I get to go to bed and read or watch TV whenever I want to. I can leave the light on for as long as I fancy! The bedroom will be MINE!
. I have been entertaining the most wonderful day dreams about what I can do during these two weeks .... I can finally make a trip to Europe and get back first with no one the wiser .... I can buy a new car that is exactly what I want .... I can paint the house a combination of colors that no one else in the family would even begin to consider. (remember I said they were day dreams)
. El Jay will help with the driving. There does not exist enough valium or tequila slammers to save me from that stress or make me like it.
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But, by far, the very best payoff of my left-behind status .... I am in a most excellent bargaining position for planning the location and activity of our next vacation!
Today’s Cool Link: Milko. Help Milko do her morning workout. She can choose to do aerobics, Tai Chi or a gym workout. Milko’s site is written in Swedish, but it doesn’t 
take a brain surgeon to figure out how to use it. After you make sure you have shockwave installed (Download the free Shockwave Player) you just click the ‘Starta’ button to get this...start, then once loaded, select fortsatt (continue). You now can select tabs to pick the particular ovning (exercise); the musik (you can figure that one out for yourself) and the röst which I think are Milko’s grunty sounds. The Tai Chi option uses effekt (output) instead of musik.
Drag and drop the various options into the appropriate row...you can only work on the row for the particular function you have tabbed. The ovning allows you to adjust the length of time you want to have Milko do that particular exercise. Once you have Milko’s routine set, click the play button and enjoy. If it’s not perfect, drag and drop whatever outta there and try again. It’s very cute and Milko is oh so talented. I like that in a bovine.
If you want to translate more of Milko’s site, then go Lexin Translation Services for assistance.