Thursday, April 21, 2005
Fellatious Phallusies
The topic probably won't match the heading, but is that not the COOLEST way to start a blog article?
I got a plumber to my house today! My main bathroom tub faucet was beginning to pour water at a frightening rate. He came over, installed new stuff, stopped all leakage, got paid, shook my hand, patted my mutt, and said call when I was ready for the next repair job. Great guy. Great job. I tipped him $30. Cash.
I spent some time with Dad tonight, and he's healing nicely, hates being stuck in bed, and has discovered I'm right: he can't walk. So he went to Physical Therapy twice today, made it 4 steps the first session, six the second. Way to go, Dad!
But the crowning good thing of the day was a phone call from Sue. Now, there are two Sues. I went to high school with them. Both are physically stunning, always have been. Beautiful blue-eyed blondes. Both their maiden names began with H, so I can't call 'em Sue H and Sue H. Won't work. So, I'll call this one Sue F and the other one (in California) Sue Z.
Sue F found my name on some high school reunion website I'd subscribed to. Since they wouldn't forward email as part of their free service, she paid $9 just to get me an email. Then, of course, it turns out she's an AOLer, she lives just across the river from me, and she could have looked me up in the phone book. But she didn't know any of that.
We talked for 2 1/2 hours tonight. It was incredible. She had so much insight into me it just spooked me. We went over our timelines, got some things coordinated. About a week after we'd last gone out together, she met the man she later married, and has been with for 20+ years. But as much as we were then, the emotional connection between us as friends is still strong. I was very pleasantly surprised. I think about her often, I had no idea if she ever thought of me at all. Turns out the OTHER Sue has pushed her to find me, talk to me as well.
She told me that way back in Junior High school, she had first noticed me from reading the school paper, reading my articles. She is prepared to damage me if I don't get a book published soon. If this damn blog publishes instead of vanishes, I'll be 4 for 4 for the day. I'm going to cut it short. I have a new plan. I'll write the blog ahead of time, cutnpaste it in here, and perhaps avoid lockup and erasure of my less-than-timeless prose.
Y'all hang in there!
It was a wonderful conversation, we've agreed to meet for a long lazy lunch one day, and that we WILL stay in contact.
