Friday, November 01, 2002

 

For months, the numbers 111 and 1111 have been haunting me. I see them everywhere. Four times a day, almost everyday, I look at the clock at those times. I don't do it on purpose. It just happens. I even tried changing my routine so I wouldn't see 11:11 and 1:11. Sometimes it helps; most of the time it doesn't. One day a few weeks ago, I forced myself to not look at the clock when I knew it was anywhere near those times. It was around 1:30 a.m. when I looked at the clock. I was pretty excited that I'd gone through an entire day without getting that freaky feeling I get when I see the numbers. So, I'm surfing channels on tv. Whatever game it was of the baseball play-offs had ended and now the good sitcom reruns were on. I stopped at "That 70s Show." There was a scene in Eric's bedroom that showed his digital alarm clock. You guessed it. 1:11. It's freaky I'm tellin' ya.. I should probably play those numbers in the lottery. I might. But for the next 10 days, until 11/11, I'm going to be even more freaked out. If nothing out of the ordinary happens on that day, the next day I'll play the lottery and see what happens.

Speaking of freaking out, I'm not really freaking out about NaNoWriMo this year. I'm surprised that I'm not freaking because I have absolutely no idea where this novel is going. I couldn't concentrate on it long enough to put together a good storyline. So, I guess I'll just see what happens. Right now I'm at 600 words, a little less than half of my daily goal. Not too shabby.

The big news is that I have yet another UTI. Pleasant, huh? I don't know what happened. I've been drinking water and cranberry juice like I'm supposed to. I think it was the caffeine the other day. I haven't been drinking anything caffeinated, but a couple of days ago I had 2 Diet Cokes and 2 cups of tea. I don't know if that would have anything to do with getting a UTI, but I have to blame something.

posted by Anne 11/01/2002 09:26:00 AM