On the 7th
day of snow and two weeks without a Dr. Pepper (lent reasons), my mind was afflecked and strayed
from my usual writing activities. Of the
fourteen top Oscar movie nominations for 2013, how many can you find in the
story below. The list of the fourteen
movies appears at the bottom.
The other
night Jack’s friend, Judge Argo, called us to tell us he bought four tickets to
the Masters this spring, and asked us if we’d like to attend two of the
sessions with him. It was a skyfall
moment for the two of us. Of course, we’d
like to attend, but we’d rather he not bring Ted or Oscar. Hopefully, a flight out of Wichita to Atlanta
won’t be the impossible tasks that it can be with spring time weather in the
plains.
Golf has
been the amour of my life, so an opportunity to this event was monumental. In the past when other friends attended the
Masters leaving me behind to teach, I was left with a sinking feeling like the
miserables. Being depressed is not uncommon
for me. Ever since I was young and
attended Lincoln school, mother used to say, “There’s always a silver lining to
a dark cloud. Read the silver linings
playbook and learn about life.” Sometimes
I just chose to worry rather than act.
When I
worry about my “what if’s” in life, I often experience nightmares that run like
raging beasts of the southern wild, which is just what I did amidst the
blizzard the other night. I woke up screaming like a django unchained, with a dog licking my ear and whining, and my
husband shaking my shoulder at zero dark thirty in the morning. When we all calmed down from the fright, my
husband suggested we get up for a glass
of milk and piece of pie. By the numbers
Jack enjoys dark molasses pecan pie, and I like tart cherry pie.
“Let’s talk
about what worries you, “ Jack suggested.
“Money,
time, retirement life, what will we do, health, children,” I acclaimed.
He smiled, “Tell you what, I’ve been thinking
about these things , too. We both like
pie and other sweets, so let’s open a bakery.
We’ll call it Life of Pi and Sweets.
We’ll make it our retirement gift, then if the kids ever need a job they can
buy us out. What do you say?”
“That sounds delicious, but for
now, can we either go back to sleep or wake up from this dream?” I mumbled.
Movies: Amour, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild,
Django Unchained, Flight, Les Miserables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Silver Linings Playbook, Skyfall, The Impossible, the Master, The
Sessions, Zero Dark Thirty
