In which I channel Erma
Insane Girl, Just a thought March 18th, 2007Take a woman from my generation who actually enjoyed the writings of Erma Bombeck, and you get thoughts such as this from my mind at times…
Do you ever find yourself with chocolate in one hand at the end of a really bad day, and coffee in the other, and then speak to them saying something to the effect of, “I don’t know that I would be alive right now were it not for the two of you?”
Care to know what drives me crazy about coffee?
I hate that feeling of being really sleepy yet you just can’t fall asleep… the next thing you know you’re thinking that coffee sounds so comforting right now, you have that cup of coffee and your eyes and body fall asleep but your brain is still working away at how to fix everyones problems and put things the way they should be.
March 19th, 2007 at 11:50 am
I’ve never thought of coffee as comforting…
But I have had those days when I’m sleepy and I can’t sleep. I drink beer, LOL.
March 19th, 2007 at 12:09 pm
Angelika, it’s just one of those screwy things. When I was younger, coffee had a paradoxical effect on me and drinking a cup would actually put me to sleep… body AND mind. These days it just makes me wired and well, insomnia doesn’t always lead to rational choices. LOL
March 19th, 2007 at 11:42 pm
Erma Bombeck!! That’s a name I haven’t heard in years!! Yes, I read all of her books!! Oh my, surely that must reveal our age, or at least the decade we were born in! I can live without chocolate, but coffee? Never……….
March 20th, 2007 at 5:24 am
Welcome Michelle- For me it reveals that I was born in the wrong decade. My mother read all of her books while I was growing up as they were published. One day when my oldest two boys were probably about 2 & 3 she brought a the entire lot to me and said, “You’re going to need these more than I ever did.” That’s the thing about Erma, though. Her words of sarcastic humor with twinges of bittersweet truth of being a woman and a mother are timeless.