I said that S was going to turn me into a kitchen angel instead of a witch but I think he is the angel having gotten me back in the kitchen to cook at all. Last night, we prepared tikka and grape raita and dal that I am still thinking about this morning it was so tasty – you can’t get Indian food like that here in New Orleans – only place is at Chez Sandy – yum.
Mom and I have made a date to get together for brunch on Saturday mornings at 10AM. Today was our first day and we went to Elizabeth’s in the Bywater. Mom had Eggs Elizabeth and I had the Eggs Aubergine – the food is yummy good and we toasted wth a mimosa our first brunch in our new schedule.
She looked surprisingly good – just a beautiful woman – but the osteoporosis has her slumped and she walks like she has cut glass in her shoes. Her eyes have that filmy look that a fish gets when out of water for too long. But still they are green and her skin is soft and smooth – no age showing on it at all – just the slowness, the greying of her hair in her part (overdue for color obviously) and a little bit of a shake to her hands to give her age away.
Big grand opening today for Robert’s (pronounced Row-bears) Supermarket in Lakeview – two plus years after Katrina and this is a big sign of life for a battered neighborhood. Soul Rebels were playing outside to greet the crowds. I saw Ham and Teresa on their way there, Teresa was fixing her makeup – Ham said, “Everyone who’s anyone will be there.”
You have to be here to understand – Robert’s reopening in Lakeview – Woo Hoo!
My daily affirmation – got to love this one:
November 10, 2007
I release judgment and my need to fix anyone.
This morning I slept in late much to the chagrin of the doggies. But I knew I was going to give them more time and more patience than I had all week so I let them pace and scratch and make whimpering noises. I dreamt of two men, one who I desired and one who desired me. We were in the same apartment and the one I desired was aloof and at one point was naked, laying back on a chair much like he was posing for Cosmo girl or some cheesy rag. The other man engaged me in conversation and kept making me laugh. I woke up smiling.
Then I took Loca out for a long walk through the park. The Fall Crescent City Classic was going on and I was suddenly aware of runners everywhere having forgotten the race was today. I would have signed up if I’d known I was running again.
The park seemed alive and full of spirit. The day had a slight feeling of cool air left to it. The sun was bright but I had my 45 SPF on and a wide brimmed hat. Loca was such a good girl today – obeying her commands with little effort. She still crouches down by the footbridge – she’s developed a phobia having crossed it right after surgery and her stomach not quite right yet.
When we returned, Arlene had her nose pressed against the glass of the front door – she doesn’t know where she wants to lie down and she knows she doesn’t want to walk with us (I drag her on her walk in the morning, forcing her against her will to get some cardio exercise). She misses hanging on the couch with S – she doesn’t get that kind of quality time from me – just scritches here and there, but not real touching time. Note to self – give her this, she needs it.
The other night when a friend came by I was steeped in work and I told her, I have about an hour and then need to get back up to work. I set up the hour glass on the counter and she laughed. And when I wasn’t looking she would shake the hour glass and then the evening went on like that – her silliness, my seriousness. I remained distracted. Today, for some uncanny reason, my horoscope yet again speaks to me directly:
Taurus
Have you been focusing too hard on your career? Obsessing over getting to the next rung of the corporate ladder? Worrying about what will happen at your next review? Thinking too much about what your boss thinks about you will only leave you too stressed to do your job. Today you need to take the pressure off of yourself. Just focus your energy on doing a good job and everything else will fall into place. Let the quality of your work speak for itself.
Tonight we started off deciding to meet here at the LaLa and then it happened – there was champagne and there was Turkish music and soon there were Turkish people and we were all dancing and loving life and someone said that LaLa stood for positive energy and we danced inside then we danced outside and we grooved to a beat that is as old as the Ottoman Empire and I don’t know what it is about Turkey and their music and their people and their language and food but I’m so down with that. Next stop Istanbul – I need to go back TODAY.
This week has been an assembly line of work – do this, then this, then that, and omg, I forgot about this, that and this, then this, then that – and today is TGIF or let me put it with more emphasis it is TGIFF – because the assembly line stops here – I’m done, stick a fork in me.
You quote dead people: Here’s another one from Gomez:
Wagner’s music is better than it sounds–Twain ( I believe)
“The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen all at once”
Albert Einstein
S sent that quote and I really like it but why does it feel like things are happening all at once? Am I in a timeless warp?