Posted by Willow on February 8, 2002, at 11:35:42
In reply to Is Willow still here? (sniff,sniff), posted by kazoo on February 8, 2002, at 2:16:24
I'm always here, you know that, wondering if I'm a bona-fide adult yet. I have memories of a night of drinking with my best girl buddy, walking down one of our busiest streets in the wee morning hours during a down pour. I must have hit middle age because now I can't recall where we were going and I'm not quite sure if I trust my memory as to where we were coming from. I'll have to ask her!
Speaking of memories: Granny's gin, lime juice, and crushed ice, hot summer day (you know the type where the heat makes a woman's skin glow.) Now I wish Sar was around to hear this.
I've never been a drinker, enjoying the buzz of life better than any fermented fruit could offer, but this still summer afternoon I had an unnatural glow going and would you believe I ran out of lime. Into the car, (it was actually a pick-up, long before they became the craze, I could tell you stories about the attachment I formed for this vehicle, but as they say that's another story,)into the truck, follow the gravel road twisting beside the lake to the nearest town. A sleeper of a town it was, right out of a Stephen King novel, without even a dog limping around. Of course, there were no real limes to be found, but I was content with my lime in a plastic bottle.
I throw my plastic lime on the seat, pop in my latest cassette (Michael Jackson before his fettishes became public, since then the tape got eaten and was never replaced) and head for the gin bottle. Deep in thought, or just enjoying the moment, a 90 degree turn came without much planning on my part. Around the corner I went, flying at 80-90km/h. Have you ever driven on gravel roads freshly plowed? Something like driving on ice.
(I'll finish my story later. Which will get to the point about cute little bad boys. I'm in a touch of pain this week, four letter word. So I'm off to take some meds. Hopefully I'll be back before your next excursion into the babble rooms.)
Blubbering Willow
ps don't use your sleeve to wipe a runny nose. easier to throw out a kleenex.
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