I need a day.
Just one day, all to myself. With no work to do, and no husband or children about. Definitely no in-laws.
A rainy day would be nice. I could sleep a little late, make myself a good breakfast (french toast, probably, and a big pot of tea), and curl up in the comfortable chair with a book, the wedding ring quilt, and a couple of old movies. Dark Victory or Now, Voyager, and Rebecca. Maybe a chaser of Jane Eyre with Joan Fontaine and Orson Welles. Or The Haunting.
There would be plenty of snacks -- popcorn, or tortilla chips with salsa/cheese dip, and fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies. There would cigarettes and an ashtray right next to the chair. There would be a little nap somewhere (or maybe a big one), and a solitary dinner while watching the last movie. Maybe those weird sauteed sea legs enchiladas with Newburg sauce that I love. And a big piece of bakery cake.
Someone (no idea who, but someone silent and efficient and unseen except when necessary) would bring the food, refresh the tea, serve up a cold diet Pepsi. I wouldn't move -- I wouldn't have to.
Which elf do I call about this?
A rainy day would be nice. I could sleep a little late, make myself a good breakfast (french toast, probably, and a big pot of tea), and curl up in the comfortable chair with a book, the wedding ring quilt, and a couple of old movies. Dark Victory or Now, Voyager, and Rebecca. Maybe a chaser of Jane Eyre with Joan Fontaine and Orson Welles. Or The Haunting.
There would be plenty of snacks -- popcorn, or tortilla chips with salsa/cheese dip, and fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies. There would cigarettes and an ashtray right next to the chair. There would be a little nap somewhere (or maybe a big one), and a solitary dinner while watching the last movie. Maybe those weird sauteed sea legs enchiladas with Newburg sauce that I love. And a big piece of bakery cake.
Someone (no idea who, but someone silent and efficient and unseen except when necessary) would bring the food, refresh the tea, serve up a cold diet Pepsi. I wouldn't move -- I wouldn't have to.
Which elf do I call about this?