I had big plans for today. You know, it is not often that Monday comes and you don't have to work (today's the festivity of Santiago, the Saint Patron of Spain). I wanted to take advantage of it, specially because it was also my first day back eating after a ten-day lemon & maple syrup cleansing diet.
But... Alas! By noon I was already lying in my couch with the tv on. To be honest, I wasn't even paying attention. I was changing channels like crazy (wasn't that the title of a "Supernatural" episode...?) until I came across Gale Harold and I couldn't resist, I had to stop and really watch. I hadn't seen the show before, but I guess I got there at the right time. Supposedly, he was describing the things he liked about the girl he was with (not before pointing out that she was "like an advertisement for a male's midlife crisis"...!! Gee!!) and I thought to myself: "I wouldn't mind being described like that", but of course that only happens on a tv show (besides I'm not a blonde and I'm not in my twenties anymore... I'm about to start my very own midlife crisis, for crying out loud!!). You would think I'd write the words down, wouldn't you? Well, of course I would! Here it is:
"You are a fascinating, occasionally maddening woman. You have a quicksilver mind and a gigantic heart. You love your friends to a fault and despise injustice with a white-hot intensity. You resist authority, not because you're an anarchist, but because you're a leader by nature. You refuse to be bullied, and will not allow me to win an argument if you know you're right. And you're not afraid to laugh at yourself...".
Shortly after, the show was over. I started day-dreaming for a while and now I just decided to sit down, listen to some Billy Joel and write a few lines even if it's just to show a couple of people and myself that I'm still alive. Now more that ever I have to let those around me (or far away) know that "when the going gets tough, the tough get going".
