Through a glass dorkly

My mom’s still not feeling so great, but she does seem slightly better than yesterday and the day before. Hopefully whatever this bug is, it will be out of her system before too much longer. And, I hope, without passing through anyone else’s system (i.e., without making me or my father as sick).

I spent the morning waiting around for my car’s windshield to be replaced. I got to the repair place around 8 o’clock this morning, and I returned home around 11. In between that, I just hung out in their waiting room. Thankfully, I had my iPad along with me, but I can definitely see why people leave their cars and come back for them later. And if the shop wasn’t closed for the weekend at 5 o’clock on Friday, I’d have considered doing that too.

Anyway, it was a long but not terrible morning. I got to listen to a few horror stories by one of the guys who works there, who apparently also works as a mechanic for the highway patrol. It makes you cold, he told one of the other customers, seeing all those dead bodies. The customer, who had apparently once been an EMT, said he knew exactly what he meant.

At 11, I came home to take the dog out and check on my mom. Then I caught a train into Manhattan and worked a half day.

Exciting stuff, I know.

Random 10 2-11-11

Last week. This week:

  1. “Minus” by Beck, almost guessed by Kim
    Frogs! Frogs! Frogs!
  2. “Travelin’ Band” by Creedence Clearwater Revival, guessed by Clayton
    Someone got excited, had to call the state militia
  3. “It Was You” by the Pierces
    There’s always something more to learn even if you just want to quit
  4. “Go Places” by the New Pornographers
    Yes a heart will always go one step too far
  5. “Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow” by Rosanne Cash (orig. Carter Family)
    And perhaps he will weep for me
  6. “I Don’t Like Mondays” by Tori Amos (orig. the Boomtown Rats), guessed by Kim
    She’s gonna make them stay at home
  7. “Revolution” by the Beatles, guessed by Eric B.
    We all wanna change the world
  8. “I Grieve” by Peter Gabriel
    The news that truly shocks is the empty empty page
  9. “City” by Sara Bareilles
    It’s clear this conversation ain’t doing a thing
  10. “Walking Far from Home” by Iron & Wine
    I saw blood and a bit of it was mine

As always, good luck!