Life Beyond Lupus

Well, it’s another Fourth of July here at the Cozy Cottage.

It’s 9:20 p.m. and I am sitting home with the fur babies while my guys are down at the beach watching everyone shoot off fire works.

Every time I look out the front window, I see more and more strangers marching down our road. The ones with the babies and wee little kids are heading back up away from the beach, and the families with the older kids are on their way down there as the sun finishes settling for the night.

Pretty soon the beer bikers, herds of teenagers and the scary who the h**l are those guys folks will be on their way traipsing past my front yard.

My Independence Day is being spent in the living room for now. I could use some independence from lupus, that’s for sure. I’ve been in bed rest mode today… just the fatigue, dizziness, and random brain fog that comes calling.

I wasn’t up to the two blocks walk down the road to the beach.  My boys are going to do sparklers with me when they get back.

I don’t even know why I am writing tonight.

I don’t have anything important to say.

I am happy to be right where I am in this moment. Tilly the Wonder Dog is sitting at my feet. Our kitties are also hanging close to me tonight. I’m watching the movie Independence Day for the umpteenth million time. Bill Pullman is just about ready to slip into his “Don Corleone” voice and poor Jeff Goldblum is going to be having his tantrums that some script writer thought was a really good idea. (It’s not…okay?)

Unfortunately, I missed Harvey Fierstein’s scenes. But, I’ll get to see what’s his face drive his plane straight up the alien’s spaceship…er…um… hole.

And, just one more thought here… how did those guys get their Mac computer compatible with the alien one?

Anyway…

I wish everyone a special holiday.

I really wish I could say this is a great year to celebrate America, but it’s not. Over 200 years ago, the founding fathers were fighting against imperialism…

And… well, now we have become what are ancestors loathed.

Probably a lot of people in the world wishing for independence from U.S.

Yes.

This is true.

My prayer is that our country will become known as the land of generosity, the land of open arms and open hearts.

We have a long way to go.

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• #1 Comment from jocaruan 
  7/6/08 4:34 PM | Permalink

  You always have something important to say......I just don't always listen
  love you - Josie