Tue 27 Jul 2010
And the Word of the day is “TMOW”
Posted by Rana under Random Stuff
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My life has been replete with diplomatic challenges since I returned a phone call last week. It’s a long story, but lets just say:
(1) I have too many old women (TMOW) in my life.
(2) They all compete for me like buzzards after the last scrap of squirrel hide.
(3) They are all in danger of pushing me too far.
Now, of course, the bad thing about #3, is that if do lose my temper, I’m going to give them ammunition they can fire back at me – daily – for the remainder of their time in this mortal coil.
There really does come a time when you do things you don’t want to do and make compromises you never thought you’d make just because you don’t want to listen to it.
I’m just saying.
And unless you’ve lived with or been subject to the phone calls of an annoyed little old lady, terms like “babble,” “carp,” “harp” and . . . my personal favorite, “bitch” . . . just have not reached their full level of understanding in your vocabulary.
A planned visit to the Little Town in 16 days is either going to happen and go well, or happen and transcend a root canal without anesthesia.
I am slowly – with trepidation — starting to take the necessary steps to make this excursion happen. This morning I made an appointment for R. to get a haircut on Thursday – her first haircut in 15 months.
Are there words to describe how I dread this excursion? I warned the hairdresser, F. “No matter what she says, you cut her hair short the way it used to be. She’s gotten weird and cranky, but I can be weirder and crankier.” His gulp was audible.
Stay tuned. The next two weeks are going to make the Titanic look like a leaky rowboat.






