Sorry, I missed you guys last week, but there was this thing looming. Something I’ve been fretting over for years now and I was distracted.
I’m sure I’m not the only one breathing a huge sigh of relief. I’m sure I’m not the only one who has recently taken the deepest breath they’ve taken in four years.
Tomorrow, you guys, in the U.S., our future comes down to tomorrow.
Please vote.
Anyway, so I told you guys about Baby sister and my mom leaving the stuffed Halloween cat on our porch last week. Well, yesterday, I got this picture of them.
Holy shit, I love them so much. Best Halloween picture ever.
I also told you guys about performing standup virtually.
The standup was a lot of fun, weird though, because you are just talking to yourself.
I could see myself on the monitor, telling me jokes.
I could see the few times I stumbled slightly in real time! So that was cool.
I had a good time and I loved watching the other performers. I can’t share the link because it’s limited to attendees, but it was only two minutes.
I can recreate 2 minutes.
I will do that later this week and post it. I really meant to do it on Sunday, but Sunday demanded nothing but slug like behavior. Randy and I did take a walk with my mom and sister. I was pretty much done after that.
Anyway, I didn’t want today to pass without letting you all know how much you mean to me and how much I hope that we have good news tomorrow.
Either way, we’ll still be here and that is something.
My mom and I (and assorted others) have been taking weekend walks. We needed it. It’s good to spend actual time with Martha.
Sure, the election could be really bad, but as long as we are here, we’re going to find ways to laugh.
I’m totally with Martha on this. We might as well.
Laughing is almost always better than crying. Almost.
We’re days away, you guys.
No matter how this plays out, it’s going to be stressful. There isn’t anything we can do about this. Bad shit will happen. We just have to watch out for each other and hope for the best possible outcome.
Okay, so it is stressful now. For those of us isolating, it’s fucking weird. It just is. I mean, we’re fine. But it’s still fucking weird.
We’ve been mostly isolated for 8 months now. We don’t visit and we don’t have visitors. It’s just not a thing.
So, yesterday, I open the front door, and I see this.
I stared at it for a minute, then called for Randy and Joey to come and see. They wanted to know what I was talking about.
Randy and Joey and I stared through the storm door at the stuffed Halloween cat and discussed the possibilities.
Randy: Is this a political message or something?
Me: Well if it is, it’s a targeted message. I can’t imagine any local candidate with thousands of those stuffed cats. That doesn’t seem reasonable at all.
Joey: Yeah, this is freaky. There’s a note in the bucket.
I went out and got the note and this is what the note said.
I called my sister and asked if they left anything on our porch. She said “Maaaaaybe. Mom wrote the note.”
I told her it was the best Halloween trick ever but actually did freak us out a bit.
What I’m trying to figure out now, is who to pass this along to and how we could pull it off.
Our Halloween will consist of attending the virtual Erma Bombeck Writer’s Workshop. I was selected to perform stand up again which is so exciting. It’s virtual and two minutes, so you know, super easy. I’m not terribly nervous, but have no idea how it will turn out. I’m sure I’ll tell you all about it next week.
We’re also celebrating with The Madison’s on their new single release, The Universe Inside.
Also, the Bass Player was in a band called Bone Simple. This single, Conspiracy, is being released.