Little Washu

When did my life get so hectic? I’m one of those people who needs a good helping of “me time” - always have been. When I was a kid there weren’t any other kids in my neighborhood my age, so I spent a lot of time playing alone. Maybe that’s where it comes from? Even as a teenager, I rarely saw my school friends during the summer months, and I’ve never been one for talking on the telephone. As a teenager I would spend hours in my room with the door closed, reading or watching TV or working on crafts. Fortunately, my parents trusted me and never gave me a hard time about this. So even today, even though I’m more open than I once was, I still need to retreat to my cave now and then. It’s been so long since I’ve been in my cave I think there are cobwebs in it…

My brother was here most of the weekend, and that was fun, but it’s also tiring to have a house guest, no matter how low maintenance. Tonight my Japanese classes start again, and I haven’t reviewed, so I’m going to make an ass of myself. Tomorrow my friend Gerri is coming over so we can work on our book some more. I’ll fix dinner, some new, unidentified stuff from the Japanese market - food review on Thursday!

Oh, and Thursday I’m supposed to go to the lab. I SO do NOT want to go to the lab - I’m “this far” from telling H to take a flying leap. But, I think I’ve got it about worked out - he’s going to draft something and send it to me, and I’ll work on it at home, I hope. At least if I’m at home he’s not there bugging me, and I can get up and do something else for a while. We’ll see how that works out… But it’ll be a trade-off, because now I’ll probably have to go in on Monday. grrr…

Well, I went downstairs to visit with the family, but then my dad and my brother started talking politics, so I left before it turned into a shouting match. Those two do not see eye-to-eye on anything. Funny thing is, they probably vote the same, they just can’t seem to agree on anything. They’re both opinionated and obstinate. Well, I just realized that my brother is probably going to read this… oh well. You hear that Stephen?? You’re opinionated and obstinate! hehe

Okay, in all fairness, so am I.

In fact, lately I’ve been wondering if I’m not a closet libertarian… but let’s not go there because the last thing I want to see in this space is any political debate. Unless, of course, John Cusack runs for president, and then Bombensington and I can duke it out over which of us will be, ahem, “running his campaign”. LOL

I don’t hear any shouts or sounds of crashing furniture coming from downstairs… maybe I’ll give the family thing another try?