This morning I spotted this interesting creature on the arm of a teak chair out on the deck.
I spotted it because I was putting a shirt on the back of the chair to dry.
The dryer didn't want to turn on this morning. Nor did it want to turn on tonight. Okay, so be that way - see if I care.
(Okay, so I've been without a working dryer for 15 hours and I'm already cranky and yet I still plan to live in an Airstream while my home is being built and go to a laundromat? What have I been thinking??)
Pete's helping me pick up the Airstream tomorrow at 8 am.
There will be a point soon when there's no turning back. I was talking to the lab today about that moment when they start to demolish my current home. When I walk away and walk into the Airstream for the first time for the night.
I'm guessing that will be an odd first night.
I'd better keep the good martini glasses out for the Airstream.
The Ancient Wonder Beagle has been funky today. All day.
The lab is in various stages of preparing posters for our student research open house on Friday. Everyone is busy.
I left the lab at 3:15 this afternoon and rushed across the James Island Connector to downtown and the IMAX theatre. I met Jeff for the 4 pm show of...the latest Harry Potter flick. I snuck in red raspberries, and Jeff had gotten there early, and bought popcorn...and got great seats.
The last 15 minutes or so of the film was in 3-D.
The average age in the theatre was ~12.
It was a blast.
I want a wand.
I wish I had spotted these in my bald cypresses today.
Or tomorrow. Or next year. Or ever.
The dryer repair guy is scheduled to show up on Saturday. How I handle these dryerless days might reflect my ability to adapt to Airstream Life. I dare say that I have a ways to go...
(If I had a wand I could repair the dryer myself).
Pam: I love airstreams although I can't say I have ever lived in one! Will you post a picture of your new home? The airstream that is! Just saw Harry Potter but not in 3D and I am with you on the wand although I would use it on the dementors which seem to be everywhere these days. I think the airstream might be like extended camping...in a somewhat comfortable setting. Another adventure and if you think of it as your cocoon then you will emerge a butterfly! What could be better than that!
Posted by: layanee | 19 July 2007 at 08:16 AM
Re the orchid: Have you seen Adaptation or, for that matter, read The Orchid Thief? The film, at least, shows ghost orchids.
As for watching your house be demolished: think Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Hoist a (full) martini glass to the wrecking crew.
Posted by: John B. | 19 July 2007 at 09:10 AM
Layanee: It's a bit daunting right now, as I go through the process of packing up my house and thinking about what I will take with me in the Airstream (which is more like what will FIT in the Airstream). Yes, it'll be like extended camping - and I'm sure that it will be something that I look back on and laugh..and laugh more...
John B.: I loved Adaptation - and also read The Orchid Thief. There was a scene in the movie, where Meryl Streep was having a dinner party and was listening to everyone at the table -- and she became overwhelmed by the trivialness of her/their lives - and (from my interpretation), the overall lack of passion in their existences. That scene has always stuck with me.
Posted by: Pam | 21 July 2007 at 05:18 PM