July 19, 2013

I’m going to the country, but I am NOT going to eat me a lot of peaches. Ew, peaches.

By lucysfootball

This is not a post, but a quick fly-by to say hi, and also bye, because I am leaving for vacation tonight, and if all goes well, there will be connectivity in the mountains, but things can happen. Like, NO connectivity. So if a little more than a week goes by and there’s no action from me anywhere on the internet, either there was no phone coverage (possible) or I died on the way to vacation (also, I suppose, possible.) If that happens, I’ll find a way to alert you. Ghost writing. Have Dad post something in crabby all-caps here, like “MY DAUGHTER IS DEAD, YOU FEMALE TRUCK DRIVERS!”

Yes, Dad still thinks you're all female truck drivers. He said it again the other day. No, I still don't know why.

Yes, Dad still thinks you’re all female truck drivers. He said it again the other day. No, I still don’t know why.

But most likely, I’ll get there, all will be well, the phone will work fine, and I’ll be able to bring you all on vacation with me. Which will be nice. Because the last time I went, a couple of years ago, it was very sad. I don’t like being all cut off from the world. Anything could happen and how the hell would I know? Dad brings me the local paper but it’s all spelled wrong and the biggest news in that thing is usually “a bulding feel ovre on Mane Strete” or “BIG TRECTOR PULE TOMERROW!”

(I’m exaggerating. But only a little.)

ALSO, I’m totally doing a Twitter poll right now. On the radio tonight, the announcer was having some contest, and some woman named Sylvia won it. (Well, I don’t know if that was her name. I remember things oddly sometimes.) And he was all, “Sylvia just got her ticket punched, and she’s off to Vegas to see the I Heart Radio event!” And first I was like, “doesn’t that mean she got whacked?” and then I was like, “wait, maybe it means she GOT HER TICKET PUNCHED, if you know what I mean, wink wink nudge nudge, I always get my euphemisms mixed up.” So then I just got very confused. And also giggly. Was poor Sylvia going to be shipped to Vegas on ice and propped up in the audience like Bernie? Or did she get lucky, and then ALSO got to see the concert? Or did she have to put out in ORDER to see the concert? Twitter tells me (well, the two people that replied to my very scientific poll) that it means death. (And then a third person said first she thought it was sex, then she thought maybe it was literal ticket-punching.) So a., I apparently am looking for love in all the wrong ticket-punching, and b., poor Sylvia. Poor, poor Sylvia. Dead dead dead.

Per Urban Dictionary - Sylvia's a goner.

Per Urban Dictionary – Sylvia’s a goner.

SO (tangent, tangent, who’s got the tangent) most everything’s packed and ready to be piled in the car tomorrow. Dumbcat is not packed. I’ll let him be free-range Dumbcat for a bit longer. (I did clip his nails tonight. MAN, does he hate that. Whoo!)

He thought if he hid in the towel, I couldn't find him to clip his nails. Sadly for him, he was mistaken.

He thought if he hid in the towel, I couldn’t find him to clip his nails. Sadly for him, he was mistaken.

Send me good driving mojo and don’t-let-it-be-too-hot mojo and have-all-the-fun-on-vacation mojo, please! I would like all of those things.

If all is well, you will see many photos of:

  • Me meeting with Helper Mule! I’m sure this will be very exciting, after all the publicity I’ve given him.
  • Things you find at camp, like taxidermied moose heads and racist clown pottery! (Neither of these are euphemisms. They are actual things that exist.)
  • The groundhog who lives under the shop! (I don’t know if he’ll let me take his photo, but I’m hoping he does.)
  • THE NEPHEW! Well, you probably won’t see many photos of him, because creepers, but be assured there will be photos. I just got the news I may well be allowed to babysit him for a FULL DAY next week! My mind is already racing with possibilities. How many books can we read? What can we play? Can we watch Finding Nemo? Will he love Dumbcat? Will he take a nap or say NO NO NO? Can I still make him giggle and giggle when I say long words like “fruition?” (Tonight he was playing Boggle. Well, he was “playing” Boggle. He would say, “what word is this?” and Mom would say, “That is boosk.” And he would say, “I MADE BOOSK!” and laugh and laugh. It tickled me to no end that he was getting such a kick out of a word game.)
  • Dad and I having an adventure! (I still have no idea what we’re doing. I still suspect it’s eating food on a boat.)
  • Mom and I having an adventure! (We’re going to see A Streetcar Named Desire. Please please please let it be more “streetcar” and less “desire.” Mom reacts badly to sex onstage. Or in life. Or in nature. Or in the abstract. Or in art. Or hinted at. Or, hell. AT ALL. Gulp. But we had a choice – that or Doubt. The minute I said, “It’s about the Catholic Church, and a nun who accuses a priest of child molest…” “NO NO NO!” said my very religious mother. So Tennessee Williams and his sexy Stanley Kowalski it is. Wish us luck.)

It is time for bed in Amy-land, because I have to get up early to do some more packing. You’d think I was moving house, the number of bags of crap I’ve packed. But how will I know what movie/television series/book/project I want unless I bring them ALL, I ask you?

Have a lovely few days, and I will do my level best to bring you up-to-the-minute reporting from the cool, green, quiet, piney mountains, where I will recharge my dead batteries and have the best of times. I hope the cool front they’re predicting happens for all of you because it has been the hottest and we all need a break. Until later, my little chickadees!

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24 responses to “I’m going to the country, but I am NOT going to eat me a lot of peaches. Ew, peaches.”

  • Charleen
    July 19th, 2013 at 11:56 am

    I didn’t see your tweet until much later, so I didn’t bother responding, but my first thought was sex. Probably because I’ve never heard that phrase before, and usually in that case — like 9 times out of 10 — it’s a new euphemism for sex that everyone but me knows. (I’ve led a sheltered life.)

    Have fun on vacation! (You too, Dumbcat!)

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  • Samantha
    July 19th, 2013 at 12:06 pm

    Have so much fun on vacation! Sending all the good, happy vacation vibes! :)

    Also…do you really not like peaches? :(

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  • cynthiaw
    July 19th, 2013 at 12:24 pm

    Getting your ticket punched totally means getting whacked. Unless they were talking literally, like when the train dude punched an actual ticket that you had to travel on a train. I was going to say train conductor, but that doesn’t make sense because he should be driving the train and not punching your ticket right?

    So, what’s the train ticket-puncher dude called?

    And have an awesome vacation!

    P.S. I had the same reaction as your mom to Doubt, not because I’m especially religious but because – how depressing, no thanks.

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  • sj
    July 19th, 2013 at 12:41 pm

    DRIVE SAFELY! I would tell you to text me when you get there, but since my phone is smashed, just email me if you can. <3

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  • Andreas Heinakroon
    July 19th, 2013 at 1:49 pm

    I predict perfect driving weather for you: slightly overcast, no gusts of winds and neither torrential rainfall nor blazing heat. But even so, you be careful, you hear!

    (I, too, am taking off on a holiday of sorts. But where I’m going there’s no internet connectivity. At all. For 11 days. *voice fading, eyes glazing over* I’m sure I’ll be alright, though. Yes, it’ll be good for me. *pausing for a while, staring vacantly at an undefined in the distance, then continuing hesitantly* Yes…)

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    • lucysfootball
      July 19th, 2013 at 10:56 pm

      I don’t like to think of no you for 11 days. It makes me sad. You’re going to have so much email when you come back!

      I had the opposite of your prediction – heat, then thunder, lightning and hail, and now the power is out. Yay?!?! (Phone works, though!)

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  • aliceatwonderland
    July 19th, 2013 at 1:55 pm

    Oh, wow, that sounds like a visit to see my FIL. He works on a ranch, so there’s dirt, and cows, and horses, and dirt, and dogs, and dirt, and a pond with fish, and dirt. My allergies and I love it. I also love that it’s this long winding dirt road outside of a very small town to get there and that if I had to escape, I would never, ever find my way out. Also, they have no Internetz. I don’t understand this. Why, Amy, just why????

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  • elaine4queen
    July 19th, 2013 at 2:09 pm

    This is all very exciting. NO NO NO! and Helper Mule!

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  • becomingcliche
    July 19th, 2013 at 3:50 pm

    I hope you have more fun than you know what to do with! And hope Nephew enjoys Pigeon!

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  • mfennvt
    July 20th, 2013 at 8:00 am

    Sending all the mojo! I’m glad you arrived safely. Have an awesome time!

    And yep, another vote for ticket-punching meaning getting whacked. Unless it’s the literal punching of tickets, which… is that a thing that happens in Vegas?

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