what to do...

i am relieved. the neighbors seem to be alive, afterall. i know i saw them moving in the weekend of the last hurricane, but since then i have not once glimpsed them. over the months, flyers rolled up and stuck in between the frame and doorknob, stacked up and then blew away. a plate of cookies wrapped in saran wrap sat ignored for the better part of last week. (i was not tempted because i had made a batch of my own chocolate chip cookies that same week.) today, though, the cookies and the latest flyers were gone.

so, i am relieved.

today i read some of the yearbook, my arms and legs in a perpetual state of gooseflesh. i made some pancakes and packed my lunch for tomorrow. i stared out my glass doors, i vaccumed. i did laundry, i packed a few things. i stood, wondering what to do next. i curled my hair for the fun of it, i put on a lot of mascara. i put away the puzzle - sorry deb, i have failed you - i thought about work tomorrow and whether i could get away with wearing jeans. i drank some water and also some milk. i listened to my cds, fiona, dc, etc. i tried to nap and then remembered how i have trouble sleeping at night and instead laid there and listened.

now, i brush out the curls and bjork is playing.
i havent decided on the jeans thing or not.