"Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection, the lovers, the dreamers, and me." ~Kermit the Frog

Letters sent to: BJ in Mass, MN in Czech Rep.; 3 first letters to India, Italy, Scotland - 9 more letters to write. _smirk_

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Sawyer and I bought tickets to see Mary Poppins on Broadway in June. We'll be seeing it on June 2nd. I'm so excited! I love Broadway, and I love Mary Poppins. I think I'm going to ask for Broadway tickets every year for Christmas! There are so many shows I want to see (The Lion King, Wicked, Spam-A-Lot, Jesus Christ Superstar, etc. [some of those aren't on Broadway, or haven't been in a while]. I also want to see The Phantom of the Opera again.) Squeeee!



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I haven't heard from Dr. Pulm yet. My appointment last Thursday was a cluster___. I went in at 3PM for a PFT, and then after that I was supposed to meet with Dr. Pulm to review the results. The nurse took me to Dr. Pulm first and then he took me to the PFT lab, who was busy, so he came to get me again, and so on. I suppose I should call him today to find out what the results were. Dr. Pulm wants me to do a sleep study to check for Sleep Apnea. I agree that I most likely have it, but I really hope that I can "get away with" just needing an mouth guard type thing. I have to figure out when I can do the Sleep Study so I can get it over with. I'm really not looking forward to it.

Next Wednesday I got to see Dr. ENT again. I am looking forward to that appointment. Dr. Pulm said that Dr. ENT is a good guy, so I trust that he'll get my sinuses figured out. (I mentioned this in my last post, so I don't want to keep harping on it.)

I haven't taken any allergy medicine in a few weeks, and I don't notice any difference. I'm not going to bother spending the money on the allergy medicine since it doesn't help. Allergy meds aren't cheap, and I have plenty of other medicines to take every day, so I'm not sad. _smirk_

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I'm watching Deadliest Catch and Cpt. Jonathan just rescued a man overboard. _Oh_My_God!_ I'm in Season 2 now, and every time there is a man overboard I get choked up. I mean - damn - men die so easily in the Bering Sea, and it's just so scary. I've seen this episode before so I know they saved the guy, but my breath always catches in my throat when I hear "MAN OVERBOARD!" I don't eat Alaskan Crab, but I want to just to support the fisherman that risk their lives to catch them. I'd love to meet the guys from Deadliest Catch. Cpt. Johnathan, Cpt. Andy, Cpt. Sig, and Cpt. Phil (Rest in Peace), Edgar Hansen (Deck Boss on the NorthWestern), Matt Bradley (Deck Hand on the NorthWestern), and Mike Fourtner are my favorites. I'd love to be on a crab boat as a photographer.

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 I got the following email from Sawyer a few minutes ago:

The owner of the DeLorean Motor Company really needs to learn his movie quotes. They are releasing a new electric version:

"DeLorean say the DMC-EV achieves zero to 60mph in about five seconds and has a top speed of 120mph.
"What happens when the car hits 88mph?" I ask Mr Wynne, a reference to the speed at which the Back to the Future DeLorean had to reach to begin time travelling.
"Ah! That's a feature we're saving for the future owners, you'll have to wait and see," he quips."

COME ON! The correct answer is "You're gonna see some serious shit!" HOW CAN THAT NOT BE YOUR STANDARD ANSWER WHEN EVERYONE ASKS THAT QUESTION!?

Sawyer is a big fan of the Back to the Future movies, and DeLoreans, and he would know the answer to the 88mph question in his sleep. He actually bought one of the Back to the Future movies on laser disc. I'd say he's a Back to the Future nerd - I should have bought him something from the movies when they did the auction of memorabilia last year.

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This weekend Sawyer and I were outside working drainage in our future patio / fire pit site on Saturday (I have the bruises to prove it!), and our neighbor MJ came over. MJ is a nice guy, but he gives me the raging squinks. I can't figure out a way to say this without sounding like a judgemental bitch but I get the "pedo" vibe from him. I have a few cases that back up my theory, but I won't post them here. He said "I see you're not working on kids yet." OMFG - that AGAIN!? (We've had this discussion with him before.) I try to not bring up Child-Freedom, or Reproductive Rights with people in the older generations, because I'm sure he's just being friendly and chatty, and in his mind (and too many others) kids is the next step for us. Nice home, degree for the husband, living comfortably...what's next on the agenda for _most_ people? KIDS! I hate his curiousity on this subject for a few reasons:

1. Why the hell is it his business?
2. What if we were trying for kids but are struggling?
3. What if I was barren or Sawyer impotent?
4. Why the hell is it his business?
5. What if we had a child but lost it?
6. WHY THE HELL IS IT HIS BUSINESS?!

I told Sawyer the last time MJ asked that the next time he asks I was going to burst into tears and run in the house and let Sawyer explain however he wants. Instead I stared at him slack-jawed for a minuted with the above questions racing through my head. This time I said "We're not _kid_people_." And Sawyer followed up with "We have our cats." I finally found the answer I'm using next time: "We'll have kids when the house is paid off." That's (at best) 20 years from now. I'll be 49 - too old for kids!

Back to the "pedo" thing from above - when MJ asks about us having kids I get the raging squinks because I'm terrified of what he'd _do_ to/with our kids. I told Sawyer about my feelings, and told him that _if_ we ever have kids - MJ is NOT going to be around them alone. They will NOT be allowed in his house or shed or YARD without Saywer or myself there. I just don't trust him. (I have looked at the pedo website and checked our neighborhood - we're clear - MJ's not on the list. In fact - our area is pretty clear but all that means is that they haven't been caught.) 

(Also - I don't call someone a pedo without significant thought, and without carefully checking their reactions around kids. I don't call strangers pedophiles, and I don't make snap judgements that someone _looks_ like a pedophile. I do, however, call creepy panelled vans with creepy drivers "kiddie toucher vans". I know it's not right, and I shouldn't make that assumption, but I'd rather be cautious than dead.)

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On Saturday Sawyer and I went to the mall (for Auntie Anne's pretzels). We went into Barnes & Noble where I found The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest in paperback, and the newest Sookie Stackhouse Novel (Dead Reckoning). I squeeed out loud when I found out that Dead Reckoning was out. I wasn't expecting it until May. I am about a quarter of the way through it. Sookie Stackhouse Novels are my guilty crack. _smirk_ What can I say? I have a thing for vampire books. I know I should be buying books for Absalom (my Kindle) but I like to have series in the same book style. I did buy a book for Absalom last week - Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. _smirk_ I TOLD you they're a guilty pleasure.

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That's all for this installment of Alice's Boring Life. :)