The mouse ran up the clock

Current mood: sympathetic

This blog comes to you from Cincinnati, where I am currently spending a little time with my grandparents.

I unfortunately have thus far failed at my one goal of getting them to share stories. I feel intrusive when I talk (they live a quiet life) so I try to just be a smiling, warm, and quiet presence while I'm here.

I know that time speeds up as we pass through our lives. What I'm learning now is that for some, like my grandparents, the experience of time becomes even more bizarre as more time must be spent on doing things which used to take no time at all. I watch my grandparents as they exhaust themselves simply walking from point A to point B. They insist on doing things for me instead of allowing me to do things for them, and I wonder if it isn't in some subcouncious way, an attempt on their part to feel like they are using their time well.

I'll be back home by end of day tomorrow. My time on this trip is already zooming by.

Hold it right there Copper!

Current mood: impressed

Also my doctor prescribed copper bracelets for my tendonitis. So yesterday I went to Home Depot and marched straight back to the electrical stuff.

Found a guy to help me and said "This is going to sound weird, but I need some thick copper cable or wire, that is still flexible enough that I can bend it around my wrist."

He looked at me blankly.

I then said, "Doctor's orders," and smiled.

After this less than slightly better explanation he said, "That does sound weird" and then clipped me off two fine one foot sections of copper. My new copper accessories look pretty sweet if you ask me. Also the pain has significantly improved. Weird!!

Subliminilality

Current mood: awake

The singing rabbit commercial for skittles... isn't funny. It's sad. Poor abandoned dude in the rain.

I went back to work today. I've been taking time off on account of my tendonitis. Tomorrow the physical therapists will have their way with me and I couldn't be more delighted. Also, I'm not training for the triathlon over the summer. I still want to do it, but decided to wait for the winter when the running and biking conditions are a little friendlier here in Texas. I did buy a pair of running shoes yesterday, oddly enough my knee bugged me all day today....I haven't gone running yet. As if just having running shoes in the house could cause a bum knee. I've decided it's psychosomatic, so I'm planning on getting up early for a speed walk tomorrow.

I'm currently watching that episode of the Simpsons where the perfectly manicured dude recruits Bart, and three others to be in a boy band so that the brainwashed youth will want to enlist in the army. Featured NSYNC with a very cute and young Timberlake (isn't he just dreamy?!?!). Surely it's no coincidence that it's airing on the same channel as the crazy two-hour American Idol extravaganza. TV. Funny. Ha ha.