Three Things that Make Me Go Hmmmmm?

Thing One: I found my first grey hair today.
Thing Two: I spent five minutes searching frantically for my (new) cell phone before realizing that I was, in fact, talking on it at the time.
Connected?I wonder.....
Thing Three: Current Object of My Affection (COMA for short) asked me to go see Brokeback Mountain on Tuesday. Am not sure whether I should be impressed that he is sensitive enough to want to see Brokeback Mountain or appalled because he claims he can't go unless there is a woman accompanying him.

Phones and Faith in Humanity

Last Thursday, I lost my cell phone. It was midnight and I'd consumed more Tanqueray and tonic than was strictly good for me, but even in my drunken stupor I knew that losing my phone was a bad thing. So I called my number and when a gentleman picked up, I demanded ,"Do you have my phone?And are you going to give it BACK?" and a weary but kind voice assured me that yes he did and yes he would and where would I like him to leave it?I apologized profusely for my rudeness, asked him to return it to the T station where I lost it, and went to sleep, secure in the knowledge that my phone was in good hands.
That was 6 days ago. I've been calling every day. No phone. Today I caved and paid a small fortune to replace it. But I'm still hoping. Hoping it'll get returned before my 14 day window to return phone #2 is up and that my hitherto untarnished faith in The Goodness of Random People who find Lost Stuff will be restored.

Spring!

Spring is here!

I was leaving the gym today and I was in a foul, foul mood and tired and crabby and cursing the world ...and then I got outside and the sun was out and it was 60 degrees and the air was soft and I was perfectly comfortable without my gloves and scarf and hat...and I swear, my heart, like the Grinch's, grew three sizes in two seconds. Makes you wonder...maybe people who live in California really are happier and not just deluded.

Lent is hard

This year for Lent I have given up celebrity gossip. I realized that some mornings I wake up and the first thought in my sleepy brain is "Did TomKat break up yet?And that is a big problem. Not that I don't have a million other bad habits I should give up for Lent (drinking, sugar, sloth, sloppiness)but celebrity gossip seemed manageable. But it's been hard to define the battle lines. If it's in a real newspaper I can read it...(it's news, after all) but clearly reading US or People at the gym is out (difficult, considering that reading US and People is half the reason why I go to the gym in the first place.)Can I make exceptions for special events like a dentisit's appointment?(what else is there to do in the waiting room?)

In any case, I hope that if something truly earthshaking like a second Britney-K-Fed offspring happens, someone will let me know. But I guess as a good Episcopalian I won't be able to listen.