Okay, there is something I did not mention. The hub and I went out to dinner by ourselves Wednesday night. You know, since the agoraphobia took a vacation. :-) He claims it has been more than a year since we went out to dinner without the kids. He's probably right. Anyway, I was doing fine, no problems, then I got triggered by some rocks in the landscape at the restaurant on the way in. Well, it didn't wreck things. We still had a good time. But for some reason those damned rocks have kept popping back into my head and I don't know for sure what they go to or exactly why I am afraid of them. Not for sure. And then Sunday night I was afraid to go shopping. *sigh* I went anyway. But first I did something kind of odd. I drove back across town (I finally have my own car back from the body shop, too!). I went back to that restaurant and... I swiped one of those rocks. I'm not sure why, but that is what I did and then I felt a little more okay. I felt like I HAD to do it and like I had 'handled' something somehow. I don't know exactly what this is about, but after that I was able to go out and take care of the shopping.
And...
Is it the OCD, or is this Legitimate?
You know that god-awful oil spill out in the Gulf of Mexico (right here next to us?)? Well, I have to eat out of that freakin' gulf. And I get extremely paranoid when I think there might be something wrong with my food. So... I bought a ton of my favorite shit that I can't do without that was frozen or canned before the spill. The hub is gonna shit when he wakes up and sees the freezer and the cupboard. Let's just hope he doesn't hassle me the way he did when I wanted to modify the engine on the Merc to get better gas mileage. Anyhoo, I have LOTS of frozen seafood. The hub is allergic, but I sure ain't. I would starve to death without fish. Now I'm freaking out about hurricane season. What are we gonna do when hurricanes rain oil all over our farms and contaminate our drinking water? I'm very worried about water and soil contamination. This sucks. Seems to me that the oil companies lied to the United States government when they said they were prepared for a worst case scenario. You know who's going to foot the bill for this shit, right? That's right. All of us. The government will make the oil companies pay for the clean up and they will double the price of gas. Looks like my engine will soon be burning some hydrogen whether the hub likes it or not. This will still cost me, because I might have to modify the water treatment system here at the house, too. As soon as I figure a way to get benzine out of water... then I'll get right on that.
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Hey, if you figure out a way to modify the engine that isn't entirely out of line price-wise, I would sure love to know about it!
ReplyDeleteI know that the oil spill is going to devastate the shrimp and oyster beds down there and that is a damn crying shame. I voted for Obama and for the most part I've stood in defense of him but right now I want to kick him, and me for voting for him. I was appalled when he signed the go-ahead for that damn drilling.
Don't know what is sold in America, but around here you can have LPG: Its cheaper, has not so much energy in it as benzine but produces less pollution when burnt. SLowly the E85-gasoline is coming on, where 15 % is alcohol. But I do not like it too much, some of that alcohol is made from eatable plants - and to produce alcohol to burn it from wheat is plainly wrong in my eyes.
ReplyDeleteHeaven knows where the oily mud will fall down when heavy storms throw it around. In the Bretagne it was the Amoco Cadiz ... years later the goddamn saurian shit was to be found on the beaches, took the local industries years to recover.
As you know, not a lot of "seafood" where I live! The oil spill was actually a topic (off-topic) on a conference call I was on first thing this morning. But as you know I have colleagues in FL.
ReplyDeleteI am interested about the rock thing...let me know what you "figure out" about that.
XO ~ Grace