Mayshane’s Place

the summer is two thirds over and I haven’t done anything I thought I’d do! There’s the sky lite to repair and the bathroom ceiling to re drywall and the yard to clean and the garage to straigthen…etc. In my defense, the weather has been brutal. Work, actual work has been hard, and the heat has been oppressive. I get home and I’m totally wiped out. all I usually manage to do is eat and go to bed. And it all doesn’t make any difference anyway because no one cares if the house is clean but me.
My niece, Julie, is biking across the northern half of the country. She was in St. Paul, Minnesota the day after the bridge collasped. In her blog she said she wanted to come home one day…that she missed her dog and her sisters, but she talked herself out of quiting. Good for her! Personally I wouldn’t have lasted the first day. I like my creature comforts too much.
My brother’s high school friend, John Stebla, is visiting. He and Mike drove to Indiana for the class of 62’s reunion. Mike called this morning and says they will probably be coming home early because there isn’t anything to do there. Obviously he misses his computer and his creature comforts, too. I’m looking forward to spending some time with John when they return. John and I used to date when I was in high school. We went to a winter dance together and as I remember we had a good time. I don’t remember if he was much of a dancer though. Probably not. Nobody I have ever dated was much of a dancer except for Fred Woolf who I danced with when I was in seven grade. Now he was smooth. Unfortunately he moved away the next year and we never danced again. I actually think of him often though I couldn’t describe what he looked like if my life depended upon it.
The latest Harry Potter movie was awesome. Unfortunately I wanted more in regards to the last book. Of course Snape had to die…but I think Rowlands chickened out by killing Fred. He was not really what I considered a big character in the seven books, now was he. I think killing Dobby was kind of sleazy, too. But I was glad Kreacher’s change of heart and attitude was great. What happened to the sword? What plan does Harry come up with to keep it from the goblin after the fact? Why does Hogwart’s have to go back to having the same four houses? Why can’t all the students be united, what’s with these divisions, anyhow? Now that the dark lord is dead aren’t we sure that Slithering House will produce yet another evil wizard? Maybe scorpius! I want a thestral, by the way.

Posted on August 5th, 2007 by MJ
Filed under: General