Items of Concern

Hello Everyone: Unlike you, I have a life with very few concerns these days, all of which will change when I head back to work in 3.5 weeks. In the meantime, just to keep the blog going and because I know you care, here are my thoughts and deeds these days:

I am on a non-inflaming foods, low-fat nutrition plan. I have indeed given up Diet Coke and have cut down on coffee from 1 full cup to 1/2 cup per day. I'm ingesting as little salt and as few preservatives as possible. This morning, when we went out for breakfast, I ordered an omellette, asking that it be cooked in as little oil as possible. I substituted the hash brown/home fries portion of the show with fruit, and got, of course, melon. That green kind of melon. It was a very good breakfast, in spite of the green melon, which, in my opinion, is one of your more tasteless fruits. My clothes fit better already. My skin looks uninflamed. I am, however, dying for a cup of coffee, ready to inflame something any minute.

I am, once again, addicted to the Kathy Griffin show. I find her very funny, although am finding her swearing to be a little much and done too often. It takes the place of the "you know" in the language of so many of our young people. Kathy has a very funny set up for her show. Her mother, a recent widow, has moved into the big splashy house and we are all behind her because she's a hoot and won't iron for Kathy. Jessica, Kathy's assistant, lives in the house, has blonde hair now, can't stop laughing at Kathy, and has gone gay. Jessica has an assistant now who we don't know much about (not sure if she's a resident or not) except that her grandmother watches the home shopping channel. And there's John, who Kathy makes up terrible stuff about and who laughs at her all the time. They interviewed for a handyman and found one. It would be very funny if he moved in because there's nothing funnier and more ongoing than home fix-it projects. If the new handman won't move in, they should find a Jessica-type with a tool belt and a dysfunctional present or former partner. Kathy herself is dating and attending various D-list and A-list events, all of which KG makes hilarious. It's as though we're there, but we don't have to get dressed and go out.

I am also addicted to my new blackberry, which is keeping me organized. There's a game on it, too, which I play almost constantly. It's good for tracking and beefing up various cognitive skills.

Next weekend we will visit my brother Ken and my fabulous nephew, Garrett, in Oregon. Garrett excelled in school this past year and has just returned from a trip to the east coast. He loved Wash DC. Ken continues to work on his patio and to try to bring his new, very young dachsund, Fonzie, into line. Fonzie is trying very hard to be good, but aren't we all? I have included my brother Ken in my book. He belongs there, having lived in the housing project, which is the locale of the book. I will be wearing my Orvis Buzz Off cargo pants on the drive there and back. It's very hot in that part of Oregon in the summer so I'll take my Orvis linen pants and top, too.

Speaking of the book, I talked with my 81 year old friend who I have modelled the protagonist in my book on. She is letting me use her name as the protagonist. She was a wonderful friend to me two years ago when I helped my father through hospice. She was a great friend to my father, too, especially in the last couple of years of his life, when they talked every night over the phone. Awhile back, she ordered a CD on how to get your life together.

We're talking about the Marcumentary. Kathy has a long list of things to do and people to tape to pull that project together.

That's it for now!