It happened again. I fell asleep with two socks on. I woke up with one sock.
What's that about?
These aren't big, loose socks. They're little tight bootie-like running socks. They fit like a glove. They don't come off easily.
And I'm not a wild sleeper. I'd be willing to bet I turn less then four times per sleep. When I'm out, I'm pretty much out.
So now I have to spend my brain energy thinking about how my sock goes from being on to being off without any apparent assistance from my hands.
THANK GOD!!
Thank god for distractions.
Earlier this week, I realized I had switched from Coke to Pepsi. Not quite sure when it really happened, really. I vaguely remember buying a Diet Pepsi or Pepsi One about six months ago when Diet Coke wasn't available. I vaguely remember thinking it wasn't as horrible as I thought it would be.
And then Pepsi kept going on sale. And forget it. Once it's on sale, I can learn to love it. I started buying three cartons of Pepsi One cans for 9.00 or two sets of Diet Pepsi bottles for 5.00...and pretty soon I was feeling a little bummed when it turned out that Coke was on sale instead.
And then I knew for sure.
It was last week.
I was in Subway getting lunch for the ladies in Bethesda. I was at the counter ready to pay. I needed a drink. I looked for the cold drink case.
And then everything became s-l-o-w motion.
I clearly remember turning around. I recall seeing the case and seeing bright colors at the top...brightly colored bottles of juice and Snapple.
My eyes scanned to the bottom of the case to find the soda. And there was Pepsi.
And I remember feeling really truly happy.
And that's when I knew that I had, indeed, made the switch.
So, who the hell cares?
Well, probably nobody. But I thought it was pretty thrilling. Even more, I was excited for just one more little thing that made my life fun and exciting.
For the next few days, I reveled in my new Pepsi love. I savored the taste of Pepsi One and Diet Pepsi - sodas I now purchased and drank purposefully. I spent way too much time wondering if Britney Spears was a Coke or Pepsi spokeperson. Wondering if I was somehow identifying with her if it did turn out that she was a Pepsi spokesperson. Maybe I was just a Britney wannabe underneath it all. A scary thought, but certainly not something I was unwilling to consider.
But mostly I thought about how wonderful it was that a bottle of soda could provide such happiness in my life.
And then I lost my sock again.
And I definitely had to obsess about that. There was a little lost sock just begging to be thought about.
And not just any sock. A breast cancer sock. It had a little pink breast cancer awareness bow on it - proceeds of the sale had gone to cancer research. It was a GOOD sock.
A while ago, a caller to Dr. Laura's radio show lamented about her obsession with a past abortion.
Dr. Laura queried "if you didn't have this to think or worry about, how would your life be WORSE?"
An odd question, but quite compelling....
After a lot of thought (and hearing the question asked a couple more times with the emphasis place on different syllables), the woman fessed up and admitted that she hated her marriage and husband and was having trouble admitting it or dealing with it.
MAN!! So, basically, if she stopped thinking about that abortion, she'd apparently have to face the reality of her crappy life.
Well, that's all I need to hear.
If you need me, I'll be here happily obsessing in blissful ignorance about my beloved Pepsi products and my little pink bow sock until some other meaningless absurdity comes along to busy my feeble mind.
