In addition to the typical To Do, I have lists of
things like, Things I Have to Remember to Teach My Kids about Life, Things
Not to Say to People When Their Life Implodes, and Songs I Want at My
Funeral (Come Sail Away, by Styx –
thanks for asking). Life is so much smoother when all your essentials are
organized and easy to access.
In my day to day, I balance the fine arts of raising
people and pushing rocks up a hill with an inordinate amount of time
scheduled in for reflection. I spend a lot of time itemizing limits and consequences, plotting out exciting new routes to take to and from
school, Googling things like, How to
politely tell people to mind their own business, and Is it normal for a seven year old boy to invent his own language, with
multi-syllabic words like ‘penisbuttcrackhead’, and going
gray in the face and the hair trying to keep things folded. I’ve spent years trying to perfect the art of distraction – mental gymnastics to turn
the mundane, repetitive, same thing every day, BORING, into something noble and
enlightened and fun. I think this is why
people make cake pops and why they want their lipstick and nail polish to have catchy
names – so that they don’t go crazy.
It is time to name my sink. I am compiling a list – so far
the only name on it is Wilson. I am
taking suggestions.
4 comments:
I feel like it might be a Georgina.
Georgina is very elegant - I'm thinking more along the lines of a 'pool boy'.
i'm not usually a list-maker much, at least not comparatively speaking. but i must say, this and your other blog posts,made me smile. so, what did you name your sink? does that improve your mood when you have to spend time there?
I named my sink Sisyphus, after the myth where he was sentenced to pushing a rock up a hill for eternity. I can't say that it has helped, but it has been a reminder to me that things go better when you bless them. I am looking for a new name - something more optimistic. Maybe 'Bubbles'.
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