Free Write

In honor of my cliched English Professor we shall start the day with a free write. "Siri, please set the timer to 15 minutes.

"15 minutes and counting."

make a list of things to do today if i have a list i am more likely to complete it though it is really cold out how did i write for fifteen minutes remeber the days of typing your research papers one mistake then you had to start the whole page over or trying to use carbon paper so you could get to copies for the price of one that never worked so wellI should go to the post office mail back the jacket and boots for Zuko the jacket was too small he really is an odd size medium is too small large is too big he is a special dog i think one day he is going to speak words he gets so excited when eileen comes home he dances and dances eileen is Zuko's girlfriend seriously how did we ever get by with a typewriter for my graduation gift mommie bought me new typewriter I don't remember the brand what was a typewriter brand the most common one I mean I can'trecall in high school I took atyping class my long narrow fingers fley across the typewriter at the end of each line you grabbed a lever and pushed it back to the beginning anybody remember those shucks now i will be thinking about that all day well better to think about that than to chase the thoughts racing in my head hard morning to get up and out and darkness comes early by seven it is pitch black when we turn the clocks back it will be dark before six that is crazy can't think can't think what amuses you the hiccups amuse me of course when someone else has them when i have them they are straight out annoying but to watch a grown adult hiccup hiccup hiccup that is funny you know that feeling when your leg falls asleep and you have to move it or slap it so it will wake up that burning in your leg this is what my body feels like in the morning my entire body has fallen asleep while i s;ept then to awaken it i must move and slap it my whole body on fire not such a great feeling oh shucks i forgot to get peanut butter yesterday i did buy eggs though think i will make some egg salad today if I have olives Mr. Johnson was taught typing I think he also taught business math that is the math for people who are not good in math math was the only subjects I didn't earn a regents in therefor it prevented me from earning a HS regents diploma geometry was mine enemy three times i took the class went to summer school had tutoring the last time i took the test my grade wa 64 always believed that teacher whomever graded my paper could have found one point somewhere so i could pass whatever score you earned on your regents you earned as your final grade for that class oh that "crazy" english teacher in high school she did not care for me one bit gave me a failing grade then i scored 98 on the regents English is my first language after all so i failed the class took the regents earned an A but that teacher was one unhappy camper amazing what teachers got away with back in the day having parties providing alcohol and drugs to teenagers hitting belittling demeaning these were the things people did with the shoot lost my train of thought easier and easier to do as you get old though i am not old i am well worn but not old when you are 13 30 seems like a really old person then your 29 and thirty is young turning 30 feels like over night your body changed very bizarre feeling i am in my fiftieth year of life i dont feel old i am just well worn i like that phrase i think i will keep it i could have soup for lunch or left over spaghetti and meatballs don't much care for the meatballs i like the flavor of meat in my food not the actual meat biting into a lot of meats is just wrong except turkey breast from a fresh roasted turkey i like it dry that texture and taste doesn not bother me wonder how many typos i have comitted and no spell check who knows who can understand I am reading a book "Just Fine" it is the story of a trained psychologist oh that fifteen minutes whent fast enjoy the ride