Fighting back the blues
Since this funk seems to want to settle in around me, I’m taking all measures to knock it back down. The foot doctor told me today that I need to have my foot operated on – I told him, well, it will have to wait because I have three races coming up and I’m going to run them. So after a half marathon in February, I will get the operation.
Then the LaLa – nobody has been there except Christian for the past two days. My contractor has three clients getting in their houses this week so everybody has been pulled into action there to make that happen. Meanwhile K called and said he is now not coming till Oct 9th instead of the 1st. A new carpenter recommended by C came by to see the house but he is tied up on another job and will call with his schedule in the next day or two.
Walking Arlene, I ran into H, and R, and then later my neighbors, the Ws. R is moving into his new house this weekend. Mr W said they will be in by Thanksgiving and when he described where they are, I said to myself – good grief, if they are already at the stage they are, I’m not getting in till after the first of the year. Depressing.
All day was fielding clients about Yahoo – and then two reports on radio and outdoor advertising that were on the call today. After a while I just wanted to beat my head against the wall.
But instead – I got my bike and went for a ride through City Park – I rode all up in there and the sky began to turn pink, and the gloaming seemed to calm things down, and a lot of people were out, walking, running, on bikes and along the bayou there were dog walkers of every ilk – I passed the LaLa on the way back and wanted to just sit on my porch and hang, but there is a trash heap right there and so I just rode back to the Can.
L, man of mystery, is on his way to Houston to give blood for his operation. He was almost to Lafayette and was thinking about food and I remembered that we always stopped in Beaux Bridge at Mulatte’s and got fried shrimp poboys – they are delicious – it’s all in the peanut oil and batter – they have it down to a science.
Hmmm, instead of fried shrimp, I ate steamed broccoli and then half a mango and now I am taking my detox tea and walking over to H&T’s for a little visit before bedtime.