Month: February 2003

– We got snow overnight…probably 2-3 inches. It was hard to tell by this morning because it was raining and had already started to melt some. Basically the world was covered with slush. I had to get out the snow blower because it was impossible to move easily with a shovel. Now I’m ready for a nap.

– The book signing is tonight, and I’m still not sure what to wear. I don’t think it’s formal formal, but I have a feeling I should wear a skirt. I don’t want to wear a skirt, but I will. I need to call my sister and find out if we’re going to drive over there together. Junior will stay with grandma and grandpa – he’s very excited about this.

– The article has been delayed, given yesterday’s events. Plenty of time for me on another day. I would have been surprised (and disappointed) if they thought my story was more important than that of the 7 astronauts.

– As I mentioned in a comment below, someone I know posted a message to one of the mailing lists I subscribe to (topfive.com contribs) that he was there when they found the helmet down in Tyler Texas. And he was there when they found body parts and the hearses arrived. I can’t think of anything I’d like less than to find something like that… For some reason it reminded me of when people found JFK Jr.’s luggage on the beach. Or the website that showed some of the items (papers) that had fluttered miles away from Ground Zero. As horrified as I am watching something like this unfold, it’s when they find this kind of stuff that puts a human face on it and horrifies me all the more. I had just assumed there would be nothing left of the seven, that at that height and that speed, well, that’s what I thought. I was wrong.

I just feel the need to point out the my son is listening to a Wiggles CD and he keeps replaying one song: it’s called “Rocket”

“We’re going for a trip out into space

Sitting here I’m just listening to the countdown

The numbers go from ten right down to one

hear the engines blast

We’re taking off at last

We’re leaving the Earth far behind.” (©2000 The Wiggles Touring Party)

Ugh. It’s a peppy happy song, as you would expect from a Wiggles song written for toddlers. I’m just kind of awed that of all the songs on the CD THIS is the one he’s playing over and over. I have not talked about what happened in Texas today. *sigh*

You know, if I felt at all attractive, having my picture taken for half an hour might be fun. There are people the camera loves, they look better on film than they do in real life. I’m not one of those people. So we can only hope that the photographer will be kind and pick something flattering from the 20 or 30 (or 40 or 50) shots she took. I mean ONE of them must be good, right?

Junior was supposed to be in the picture so people could focus on that cute little face and not mine, but he could NOT sit still, and then he decided he wanted to finish eating and watching television. Danged kid. Left me high and dry.

Okay, so it’s done. No more worrying about it. Maybe they won’t use the story. I forgot to mention to the reporter that the site was featured in a scholarly paper that was published in the Journal of the Mundane. That’s one of my favorite claims to fame to date. If I have to be mundane, I want to be textbook perfect at it.

Oh, and before I forget (as if I could) I am purposely not going to talk about the space shuttle Columbia right now. It’s a horrible, horrible tragedy, and I don’t think I need to add to the bandwidth on this one. My prayers are with the friends and families of those we lost today.