8/16/12

The Horror, continued

It is eight o'clock in the morning. The teenagers either sleep or furtively keep to their rooms. Making nary a sound, I have stolen the one iPad with cellular Internet service.  A quick glance at Facebook reveals that many of my friends, blessedly, still wear the same earring size they wore in high school. Also, an adorable kitten has befriended a goldfish.

Oh, cruel world! To unfold such dramatic events when I have time traveled back to the wild and uncivilized 1990s.

Still, I am descended from the perseverant stock of raisin ranchers, military men, and drunkards. I will survive.  But-- quick--a door! To the closet!

11 comments:

Pasadena Adjacent said...

Well, in case you haven't heard, they're planning to run a freeway under my home instead of yours. Can I hide in your closet?

Desiree said...

Har. Up a dark river, without a paddle. And me having serious issues with the captcha. Wish I had something more witty and wise to write here.

Petrea Burchard said...

You are hilarious, Margaret.

About that freeway, it's going to ruin every home within miles, including the mayor's, and mine, and the Rose Bowl.

Actually it's not, because we're not going to let it happen.

Margaret said...

Back in the closet. PA, we can agree tha your plight is worse than mine, but I really think that that plan will never happen, and it would actually go right by house.

Susan Campisi said...

Margaret, you crack me up. That freeway through Dena - not so funny.

Jean Spitzer said...

The closet? That's just sad. And claustrophobic, unless you have a California Closet.

Alison said...

Hope it was a big closet and you haven't suffocated!
Alison xx

Petrea Burchard said...

Margaret, you must tell us why you're so confident the plan will never happen. I need a pick-me-up about this one.

Addey said...

Good luck with the hiding... and the negating of the freeway. Usually I'm trying to play possum on a Sunday morning so the 4-year-old thinks I'm still sleeping and I can read a few more pages before having to be Momma again...

Ms M said...

Margaret, you are so funny! Love it!
You could put a little pull-down table top in the closet, a folding chair; a mini-office/writing space.

Shell Sherree said...

I can't begin to imagine it. Be brave, Margaret, and godspeed.