Thursday, June 30, 2011

One's detached assessment.

Moving forward, because, well, what other choice does one have?

One gets grumpy when one is promised oral sex and then one's partner suddenly feels too tired or too busy with edits or too wrapped up in cleaning one's disaster of an apartment.  One tries not to act like a guy about it (heeheehee), but one is kind of a guy about not getting one's due diligence down the delta.  So one is surly.

AND.  One actively opts not to remind one's husband that as an extra special reward for tribute paid downtown, that he was going to get to frolic in all three locales, even the exotic and forbidden. 

If he's too tired for oral, well then, he must be too tired for anal.  One pities a man who is so, so, very tired :(  Although one is not ignorant and one knows that had the back door been mentioned that suddenly the man would have marshalled his well of reserves and marched to the mountain, one does not always feel like bribing one's lover to eat out.

So dinner, desert and all of that was summarily skipped.  And one is on the irritable side, but one will get over it.  One wasn't precisely starved for love or anything, having been fingered and fucked into a stupefying oblivion the morning before at around 4am or so (apologies to the neighbors...wait, nope.lolz.).

One wonders why it seems like the more sex one gets the more one wants it?  One has noted that it isn't like quecnhing one's thirst with water, but more like scratching at poison ivy...it feels so good, but it is never enough, and it is a maddening sensation that must, must, must be satisfied again and again and again.  And only if you smother it and leave it the fuck alone does it finally abate and recede and eventually cease its incessant call.

One woke up this morning in the middle of a lurid sex fantasy and literally growled in frustration because one's partner was slumbering like a bear and not actually fucking her forty ways from sunday, as he had been in said dream.  One resented her husband, in that moment, for being human and not a fantasy and one feels slightly guilty about that.  But note that one didn't bother taking matters into her own hands, or mouth, to change her circumstances, but rather decided to pout, to get up and pee (a pressing imperative, I assure you), and then put clothes on and prattle on about frustration into this adorable little netbook.

One is aware that if one had really wanted teh secks, one could have simply taken advantage of one's husband by manually stimulating his half-slumbering form until his equipment was primed, and then taken what one wanted\needed\desired\craved.  One does this often, and one has this done to her on the regular.  The advantages of marriage\long term relationships is that this practice is not considered dubious or reprehensible, but welcome and permitted!  One wonders who wouldn't enjoy waking to some earnest oral stimulation or to some loving caresses...of the genitals...  One posits that such a one is probably too uptight to enjoy a proper bout of fucking anyhow, and all the sex in the world is wasted on them.  Or maybe, one supposes, they have some ailment that would preclude them from enjoying half-awake funtimez that would otherwise be most welcomed and passively allowed.

In conclusion!  One awoke, already in a mood because one had been forced to fall asleep all wound-up and un-licked, and un-plundered in any and all regions, so upon waking and realizing that a vigorous fuck was also not in the cards, summarily pouted and grumbled and got the fuck out of bed in a state of dudgeon.  Not high dudgeon, more like passive-agressively low dudgeon, if that is possible.

One is working through it, as we speak, and is getting ready to focus on the day ahead.

On the agenda:

~Playdate with Sister-in-law, and sister-in-spirit, and all their fabulous offspring!
       This promises to be most fun!

~Work. 
        Today is a cook-out day!  Which actually means the food is cooked outside but we must stay in the cafeteria and wait with grumpy, impatient elementary school campers whilst inept and surly middle schoolers screw up our table's order and do so with an attitude that suggests that they are better than camp cookouts and don't give a flying fuck if you get delivered a non-kosher hot dog or a non-vegetarian burger, and oops they forgot about the orange soada, will dr. pepper do instead because now they are all out of orange soda. And then the scavengers will beg and plead and needle for seconds, but we aren't allowed to give them seconds, until we are allowed and then they become ravenous, greedy little monsters fighting like jackals over half-burgers and dogs, and are there more chips too? please? pleeeeeeease?

~After dinner, a trip to Market Basket for vittles and supplies!
       My hope is that after the cookout I will be MORE tolerant of the bucket, instead of what is more likely: that I will be on my last nerve, irritated beyond measure, and likely to snap over the most trivial inconvenience or percieved slight and haul off an punch a geriatric right in the powder blue curls for looking at me crosseyed or pulling her carriage out in front without an 'excuse me'.

~Home.  To put away groceries, unwind, and prepare for my middle school interview. And, probably, for my husband to declare that now he is willing and able, but find me exhausted and unavailable.

Ta-Dah!





Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Captain Obvious

I'm unhappy.

I'm sure you hadn't noticed. lol.

But it is starting to really worry me, which is, of course, not a quick way to get happier. 

I'm deeply unhappy.  Unsettled.  unfulfilled.

And I feel this malaise.  This awful laziness about my own existence.  This sort of 'oh well' attitude that is really completely not the Beth Reardon we all know and love (or hate).  Who is this person?  This utterly 'meh' persona?

I used to want things, plan for things, dream ab out things, imahgine things.  Now?  Meh.

I used to feel passionately, feel strongly, feel deeply, feel honestly, FEEL.  Now?  Meh.

I used to have opinions, now I couldn't be bothered.  I used to get all fired up, now it's too much effort.  I used to crave and hunger and salivate and yearn and bleed for things.  Now. 

You get the picture.

As the teenagers say these days:  I'm over it.

That's how I feel.  I'm over it.  And the bad news is that I'm only 26, only at the beginning of whatever career I settle into, and I have like, 30-40 more years of working hard, working all the time, working for paychecks that go right to the creditors and bill collectors, working myself into nothingness at a job I'll most likely loathe, and when I'm old and bitter and have nothing to show for it?  I shudder to think.  I'm repulsed.  I revile tht person I see in the mirror 25-40 years down the line.  Honestly.

Aaron keeps advocating I live in the now.  That I enjoy the present and stop worrying about the future.  But when the future looks so grim and bleak, how am I even supposed to enjoy the now?  I swear, it's like living under a leaden storm cloud.

So I should probably see someone about this, right?  Yeah, I figured you'd say that.  I have a doctor's appointment later in the month.  We'll see what they say.

A friend just revamped her blog, and has decided to focus on her many swirling passions.  I applaud this and commend it.  And I envy her her many passions.  I can't feel so much as a spark lately.  I'm shutting down, slowly but surely. 

One thing I'm doing is packing away the theatre part of me.  I'm done with it now, and have to put it away, tuck it up in the attic in a chest somewhere.  And I'm folding up and packing away the writer too.  And I'm gunna go ahead and yardsale the rest.  The mother, the award winner, the difference-maker.  The entrepreneuer, the homemaker, the cinephile, the political enthusiast.  The wife, probably.  Because I'm not sure how long anyone can be expected to live with the glum side of an alavert commercial. 

And if the stuff doesn't sell at yard sale?  I'mma just burn it in a big ole bonfire, cuz I wouldn'te even give this stuff to charity, lol.


Tuesday, June 28, 2011

fuck

fuck blogging.

did it for more than a year and what did it get me?











I can't write anymore.  I don't know how it happened, or if there's a remedy, but I'm alllllll sorts of writer's blocked. 

So....

Fuck blogging, and fuck writing, and fuck dreams that don't come true.  wah.  fuck it all.  I'm so many varieties of fucked from so many angles right now that I really wouldn't mind if I suddenly ceased to be.

Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck.

And, oh yeah, fuck.

Andrea?  There's no such thing as too much swearing.  swearing is awesome.  It is fucking bananas awesome. 

Just, well, you know, a time and place for everything, right?

I have to interview for a middle school english teacher job on friday.  grateful for the interview?  um.  I guess?  But can you really imagine me teaching urban middleschoolers anything?  They're so goddamned distracted by sex and bodies that I really believe they should be given two years off to sort through their shit, because there is NO fucking book learning happening during those 2-3 years.  Maybe have them in a labor camp or something, make them useful, keep em safe and off the streets, but don't try to teach them anything, for heaven's sake!

Think I should lead with that on the interview?

yeah.  Me too.

I'm so fucking over trying to be something that I'm not; but it doesn't matter, because I haven't got another fucking choice.


Sunday, June 26, 2011

Z is one year old.  A fucking year!

I was around so many babies and toddlers yesterday that my biological clock went fucking haywire.  I feel like pulling a captain hook from speilberg's Hook, gathering up all the clocks in the world and breaking thoses sons of bitches!  Smashing them to pieces.  Obliterating them!

We're sitting around a patio table at Matt's graduation party--my first nephew ever graduated from high school this year, true story-- and my mother tells me that yet ANOTHER of my cousins is expecting, and then goes: so this means that each on of my siblings will be a grandparent again this year!

Except her, was, um, the implication.  Unless someone knows something I don't. 

I was confused for a sec, because I couldn't remember one of the people having another baby and my Aunt  was all: "What's that face? Are YOU pregnant?!"

"No" I say with haste and a touch of rage.  No, I'm not pregnant.  I'm not.  I am not having a baby. And I don't think I will.

But I thought making that decision would have made existing easier.  It has not.  It has made me feel pretty glum and useless.  I love hanging out with my neices and nephews.  My brother goes: "I don't know Beth, you look like a natural!"  I quickly deny this and hand the baby to someone else.  But the thing is, I am not half bad with the neices and nephews.  But that makes me an Aunt, you see, and not a mom...

Aaron was great with all the kids yesterday, both at Zoe's party and at Matt's.  He did magic tricks and played washerboard, and fed Zoe watermelon!  We drove home and I asked him:  "So, Mr. Waite, you were around alot of babies today.  How's that make you feel?"

"Like an uncle."  He responded immediately.  Then: "I think I'd be a really great, less-creepy version of Uncle Joey."  He did not follow this up with a woodchuck impersonation or a 'cit-it-out!', but I am inclined to agree; he's a pretty great uncle, and despite the beard he is, yes, less creepy than Dave Coolier.

I ask him if he wants to be a dad.  He is pretty 'meh' about it in that moment.  I am feeling meh about it too, so we drop that discussion and talk about houses.  How maybe someday soon we'll get to start looking at houses.  Soon is, of course, in reality more like 5 years away, though, right?

Sigh.

Whatever.

When Zoes is six years old, perhaps she can come to our HOUSE and play with our pets.  Maybe Aaron will build a treehouse to rival Punky Brewster's for our myriad neices and nephews...

BTWs, Zoe is the cutest fucking baby ever.  And so sweet and smiley and playful and awesome.  My othe neices are greta too, but jeez louise.  Zoe was a rockstar yesterday and she is most definately Awesomesauce!

Off to breakfast with mum.  Just see if I don't order chocolate chip pancakes.  Afterall, I'm not worrying about getting baby ready.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

last day. wrote a bunch of thank yous. gave a lot of hugs. still have to work tomorrow, just in a different place and in a different capacity!


Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Mz. Reardon's Opus?

Not quite back into the swing of blogging.

And not feeling very much like a writer.

Feeling like an applicant 24/7.

If I get this English teaching job it'll be like Mr. Holland's Opus.

Only at the end of my movie will be a bunch of alums reading trashy fiction aloud to the horror of all assembled.  Shocked faces and disgusted murmuring, and me, all misty and bittersweet smiled behind old lady glasses, nodding fondly and oblivious to the the swirling whispers of scandal!

I'm  no English teacher.

Who the fuck knows what I am. 

Not pregnant, I know that much today. Fun Fun, as always. 

On monday I sub for a gym teacher.  I plan on doing theatre games. 

Can I quit my life and go on unemployment while I train for a new life?  I told my sister today that I wish I could call it a day with this whole path I've taken, hit the 'reset' button on the console of life and go back to my last checkpoint. 

I would never, never, never, never choose to go into theatre.

Wow.

There.

You win, universe.

In the course of, like, a year an a half you have managed to turn a woman whose philosophy had been firmly in the 'every step on my journey has led me to the person I am today, and I don't believe in mistakes; only off-beat paths', into a deeply regretful individual.

I no longer feel that my choices were 'off beat' or 'valuable'.  I see now that they were ignorant, uninformed, ill-considered, and impractical. 

They say 'do what you love'.  Well folks, I swear I really did love theatre.  I loved it enough to drop everything, move to new york, stuff myself into a fucking leotard every day and humiliate myself on the regular because I believed in it.  Loved it.  Wanted it.  I loved it enough to damn all the odds, throw caution to the wind and all manner of other cliched go-get-em phrases!

And then I sort of only half-committed because I knew I also loved Aaron.  And wanted a family.  And didn't want to live in jersey.  So I came home.  And I looked at my options.  And I decided I really enjoyed teaching.  Maybe not LOVED teaching, but how many true loves can you expect to have in one lifetime?  I loved aaron, I loved theatre (but couldn't be with theatre-- its complicated), and so I decided that if I LIKE-liked teaching, that would be enough for a mature, mutually beneficial relationship.

Like communism, this sort of logic is inherently flawed.  Because two people who respect eachother, and get along, and have ok sex, and share the bills, well sure they can cohabit, sure they can make it work, but sooner or later they start looking at eachother and if the passion isn't there?  Well, then.  It just ain't gunna work.  Because without the undying love, all the mutual respect in the world just isn't going to get you through the really shitty, awful, gruelling, trying times.  And then you start to resent that person, even though it is your own damned fault for settling, for convincing yourself such an arrangement could ever work.

So now you've passed on the risky yet romantic opportunity to be with the love of your life, and you've exhausted your tolerance of living with second-best, you've probably had a steamy, torrid, impractical affair with someone (like writing-- jesus, what a flight of absolute fancy), and after all this you are probably emotionally drained, financially wrecked, creatively bankrupt, and shit outta luck.

Time is running out for the old biological clock, patience is running out for your creditors, it looks as though you'll never be a homeowner, and options?  Thin on the ground.

So tonight I say this:  I love Aaron.  He is my life.  My everything.  My rock.  My soulmate. 

If I gain nothing else in this life I will still count myself as most fortunate for having met him, having spent my life with him, and having him by my side through everything, always.

But even the best relationships, even the deepest and most passionate loves will feel the sapping, battering, miserable strain of failure pressing in from al sides.

So I'm openly praying now, to whatever, whomever, however, that I figure myself out ASAP.  Figure me out, figure out my purpose, and take that first fucking step toward the me I'm supposed to be.

I always imagined I'd be a mom.  Who knows?
I alays imagined I'd dies at thirty.  Could be.
I always imagined a modicum of success.  Survey says? ehhhhhhhn.
I always imagined great friends.  Yes, that heaven every day, yes.
I always imagined I'd be Aaron's wife.  Amen and haleluia, best thing I've ever done.
Thou, I must say I am not a great house wiffe!
I always imagined I'd do what I love. Other than doing Aaron on the regular?  Nope.
I always imagined I'd be happy.  The potential is there, but I lost the instructions somehow.
I always imagined I would travel.
I always imagined I would have soirees.
I always imagined I'd be mutli-talented.
I always imagined I'd be generous.
I always imagined I'd be graceful and smiling.
I always imagined I'd take care of my folks.
I always imagined it would all work out well.
I always imagined I'd be confident and kick-ass.
I always imagined I would be sassy and stunning.
I always imagined I would have leisure time!
I always imagined that I'd feel grown up.
I always imagined that I had something special.
I always imagined that I was on the brink of greatness.
I always imagined my success was inevitable.
I always imagined that this was all just a transitional step.
I always imagined I'd have two kids by now.
I always imagined that I could mutlitask skillfully.
I always imagined myself smiling alot more.
I always imagined I'd somehow be a size 10 (and stay that way!  without dieting or excessive excersize!)
I always imagined warmth.
I always imagined a garden.
I always imagined respect.
I always imagined peace.
I always imagined alot fewer setbacks.
I always imagined alot more agreement.
I always imagined I'd look back and laugh.
I always imagined I'd live without regrets.
I always imagined I'd suddenly be amazing at keeping the house clean!
I always imagined I'd sing them to sleep.
I always imagined watching him teach them to read, or tie their shoes, or about dinosaurs.
I always imagined halloweens.  And christmases.  And birthdays.  And snowdays.  And picnics.
I always imagined I'd be there by now.
I always imagined I'd really like Beth Reardon.

I always imagined I'd learn how to cook and that George Lucas would ask me to write and direct the next trilogy.

I always imagind I'd have the best answers when I finally sat down with James Lipton.

What sound or noise do you love?

Goodnight, folks.

Tomorrow is the last day of the regular school year.  And the day after that is the first day of my summer jobs.

I always imagined I wouldn't work too much or too strenuously, and that this would be absolutely no problem at all because I would be independently wealthy or something.


C'est la vie.

Monday, June 20, 2011

Interview

Ok.

So I had my first official interview for a job today.

It went... OK. 

I am not super duper confident, but neither am I totally pessimistic. 

It was a courtesy interview.  I just hope I made them CONSIDER me.

I want that second round interview, but won't get to hear till next week at the earliest. 

Last night I woke up at least every hour in a dead panic, sitting bolt-upright in bed with a ghasp, sure that I'd missed my alarm and that I wouln't get the chance to interview.

Now I have to live with these nerves for a week or more?!?  I am gunna be a wreck!



Thursday, June 16, 2011

Summer Reading; CF UPDATES!!!!!!!!!

Had such a pleasantly wonderful day today!  It was the last day of the most insufferable portion of my job; I had the afternoon off from work; I visited my dear, dear friends and had a fucking blast; got to indulge in my favorite coffee; recieved a generous, kind gift from a new friend and colleague; and made a healthy and tasty dinner (with some help from the Roche Bros. ready-to-go food...).

The gift I recieved was a mystery novel intended for summer reading, because SUMMER IS COMING (unlike in one of my new favorite shows where WINTER IS COMING)!!!!!

So, in the spirit of gifting reading materials for summer pleasure, I have plenty of new (or, rather, new-to-the-blog) Cedar Falls!!

For your reading pleasure:

Fucking Early -- takes place early in the morning after where we left off with The Dinner Epilogue. A G&M

Mr. & Mrs. Nolan Delaney-- we take a break from the Jonah Delaney clan for a bit and delve a little further into Nolan's life with these next vignettes.  This one is a sexy little throwaway, but I simply love it, it makes me feel giddy and sexy and makes me love these characters to pieces!

Love at First Sight-- Now go BACK IN TIME and see Nolan when he's first met the woman of his dreams.  See Also a younger Jonah and a toddler Viola.  It's like, you want it to be creepy, don't you?  Like, you're just waiting for something inappropriate to happen. lol.

Love at First Sight; Nolan--  See how Nolan Met Zahra!  Hearts hearts hearts.

Love at First Sight; Zahra-- Girl likes Boy.  Super fun!  I adore Zahra.  She is so sassy!

After the Eight Am-- Back to the present with a Maggie and Grey Scene.  The adjustment to married life ain't gunna be so easy for these two!

After the Eight AM; Vamanos-- Grey is trying, he really is, but...

Wedding Planning-- Some more Avalon... and some over-sharing! lol.

Happy Summer!  Lots more forthcoming, so get yourselves up-to-fucking-date!!




Wednesday, June 15, 2011

shhhh

Not going to make a come-back in any extraordinary way.  Just saying hello. 

Hi.


Had some blogger laryngitis there.

So gimme some time to ease back in?

I think I'll make a nice hefty June edition posting of Cedar Falls.  Stay tuned for that!


Tuesday, June 14, 2011

A sheepish hello.

Rusty.

Cobwebs and a fine layer of dust.

I may need to do some spring cleaning.

Of my life, my ambition, my blog, and my voice.

Stay tuned?