I've got the Monday smiles

[stoney321]

But that's because I have my house back to some semblance of order. WHEW. Note about me: I do not thrive in chaos, be it laundry to be done, or piles of minutiae on every available surface. Gah.

We had a major thunderstorm roll over us today, first rainfall in several weeks (I don't want to hear it, New England. We've been in triple digits and coughing dust. And yes, we'll take your rain away from you, just send it on down here.) After being well over 100 degrees (that's 40 C for some of you) it's 72. Which, if I've done my calculations correctly, comes out to -26 C. Or thereabouts.

Yesterday we spent the day with #2's BFF's family (got that? ahaha) in their pool. I've never spent any time with them, and how pleasantly surprised was I to find me in someone's pool in the 'burbs talking about philosophy, religion, movies, art, books, and sky diving? They're sky divers and I about died. My goal in the next 3 years is to jump out of a plane, and they do it several times a year. BONUS. More awesome and completely random was one of their neighbors that kept pinging my spidey senses. I knew him by his first name, then someone mentioned his last name and I said, "First effing Lastname? What high school did you go to?"

Mine.

The crazy thing is that I've not seen ONE PERSON randomly since I graduated high school in 1990. (If you tell me you were born that year, I'll strangle you. I'm just saying.) And here, in the sticks of my little 'burb, in the clean-cut neighborhood in which I live, in this new friend's POOL, no less, is the bad boy artist from the grade ahead of me, lovely, nice, married, living here with a daughter my #2's age, and making a living as an artist . SMALL WORLD. So much fun talking to him - he was one of those cool guys I was nervous around. I was such a shy bird in school, and my older sister was Miss Popularity. I tutored most of her friends. Nerd alert!

Anyway, small world, very cool to meet up with someone, and even better to find that smart, fun, easy-going people actually exist in my conservative, church-going, red-leaning neighborhood. You just never know.

And now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go make an appointment to get my back checked out, because it's still in pain. Three weeks? Yeah, I'm thinking I've done more than just "pull a muscle." Ow.

[ETA] LOL! Where were these when I routinely had my lunch stolen at the office? GENIUS!

Comments

[mumsisdaughter]

Is your back pain from the day you were lifting compost? Have you been to the doctor?

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Yep. And Nope.

But I'm fixing that. It's not going away, so it's not just muscle strain. (Or it's really bad muscle strain that requires medical attention.) Argh.

[brunettepet.livejournal.com]

What a great day at the pool, and now I am oficially envious of your 72°. It was 108° over the weekend, and we're supposed to get a bit of a cold front this week - 97° or 98°...ummm, thanks?

Wow, I hope you didn't do anything major to your back.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

I'm freaking out about the 72! I put on a long sleeve shirt, even. (With shorts, lol.)

Man, me, too. I've never hurt my back before, so I don't have anything to gauge it by. I know that's it's not like passing a kidney stone or natural childbirth, so that's good... I think. :)

Pet peeve

[the-soul-of-wit.livejournal.com]

Nonplussed means baffled, not chill or relaxed or anything like that. Sorry to nitpick, but it's right up there with irregardless, for me ;-)

Re: Pet peeve

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

So they're plussed, then.

Just make sure you don't breathe with your mouth open near me, which is my pet peeve, or I'll have to toss a grape in while you're inhaling. ;)

Re: Pet peeve

[the-soul-of-wit.livejournal.com]

No worries, I hardly ever open my mouth to breathe....I do sniffle a lot, though, which bothers my coworkers. Always with the 'Do you have allergies? Are you sick?' SIGH.

[chrryblssmninja.livejournal.com]

yay for random meetings

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

I know, right? It makes the world cozier.

[chrryblssmninja.livejournal.com]

It makes the world cozier.
aww, you put that nicely. I'M STEALING IT

[sunnyd-lite.livejournal.com]

I just wanted to say we share a grad year! *grin*

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

That's because we're from the best generation! :D

[stephanierb.livejournal.com]

Small world.

I don't want to hear it, New England. We've been in triple digits and coughing dust. And yes, we'll take your rain away from you, just send it on down here.

Dude, I WILL TAKE IT. It would be nice to, you know, see the SUN at least once or twice this summer.

I'm sorry to hear you're still in pain. I hope the doctor visit helps.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

See, that's why y'all need to come visit US in the summer. We'll heat ya up so good you'll go back home and hope all of your rainfall makes mushrooms grown on your knees. :D

Thanks - me, too. I don't know how people with chronic pain do it.

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

Okay. 1990. So you're the same grade as my big sister.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Mustard or mayo on that knuckle sandwich?

[tidbit2008.livejournal.com]

We got a bit of rain over the weekend, too, finally cooled it down here to a nice 90 degrees... Gotta love being in the south this time of year, lol.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

It's STILL in the 70s here! This is unheard of. Mind, I'm not complaining. You know that tomorrow it'll get back up to 100 and the humidity will be at 95%. Feh.

But today is a day of WONDER and JOY. ;)

[tidbit2008.livejournal.com]

Lucky! And yeah, that really is unheard of. It's up to 95 today. May be a rainy weekend though and cool things down a little bit - a LITTLE bit, lol.

Enjoy it while it lasts :)

[jazzqueen.livejournal.com]

That was a dreadful thing to do, linking to Perpetual Kid. Now I want so many things I never even knew I lacked!

(Hee. But seriously. So much cool stuff!)

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

LOL, I spent an hour there, myself. It's so addictive!

[tabaqui]

*snickers madly*

I graduated high school in '85, bay-bee.
:)

And how very nice, to find people who can hold an interesting conversation! With a *pool*!

Always good.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

I've had a few folks friend me recently, and I see that they were born in my graduation year. HI, WOW I FEEL OLD.

And seriously!! A pool! And they're not religious! And they read! And they drink wine! I mean, you couldn't ask for more. :)

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

Your poor back! Yes, time to see a doctor.

I need an orange juice anti-theft device. Apparently a post it note saying "This is not communal property." is not enough.

[starrydynamo007.livejournal.com]

I could definitely use those lunch bags to ward off my roommates! Saw something today that I think you'll get a small kick out of: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PozJR1PQ2mw

And you had better get that back taken care of, lady! Your back gets worse, then all of your crap suddenly needs to be done! Call a doctor!

Also, too lucky with that rain. If you could just send a little over to the Middle Tennessee area, that would be amazing!

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

Small world indeed. :-) That is pretty cool! Hope your back feel better soon though. :-P

[anelith.livejournal.com]

Owie to your poor back! I hope the doc can fix you up quick, because back pain can make you miserable.

On the bright side, how great it is to have so much to like about this family! There are never guarantees about how much you'll get along with the parents of our kids' friends, as I'm sure you know. They sound like very cool people. And what a lovely coincidence to find this guy from high school. A new network of friends could be forming?

I am going to check out this hilarious website to see if I can get Ron a new lunchbox. He adores his rocketship lunchbox (soft-sided, shaped like a rocket, got it at Target years ago) but it's giving up the ghost. Got to see if I can replace it with something fun and cool. Anything named "Perpetual Kid" sounds promising.