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I have begun to notice a disturbing trend with my mother... she obsesses. 95% of the time, it is something about Loch that she is obsessing over. The other times, she is telling me OVER AND OVER AGAIN how to go about performing some task. I have noticed that my granny does this as well... maybe less often but more vehemently. (Only because I see her less, you can be sure.) Like I said, a disturbing trend with the Dunn women. Do I have this trait? I think so, and it is very scary. I find myself telling Barry how to do things that I KNOW he knows how to do. Behold! the curse of genetics, and...
 2.14.2001 LOCH'S CARPETING, or its dirty nature.
Today mom called and told me that she is very excited about getting to keep Loch next Monday. She also offered to bring along her carpet shampooing device. She said that she would do the carpet in Loch's room. She made sure I knew that she only had enough shampoo for one small room - Loch's room. I told her that the carpet was more worn than dirty, with the exception of a few Loch-poop stains. I told her she could bring it if she wanted. I won't complain if she wants to shampoo his room...
1.18.2001 LOCH'S CURTAINS, or lack thereof.
Today mom asked me (as she has in the past) when I was going to make some curtains for Loch's room. What follows is an approximation of the conversation:
- Janelle: Are you going to make some curtains for Loch's room?
- Ginger: Yes, eventually, but the blinds are ok for now.
- J: I want him to have some curtains. I'll help you buy the fabric.
- G: Mom, he can't leave anything alone. He's too young. The blinds are fine because we pull them up where he can't reach them.
- J: They're so old and dirty looking. I want him to get some curtains.
- G: I do too, but later.
- J: Ok, I'll help you out with it later. Just let me know when you want to make him some curtains.
And on we go. My mother knows my son well enough to understand that he is barely one step up from a chimpanzee. He wears the diapers, but is just a little bit less hairy. He mauls/chews/marrs anything he can get hold of. Chimp Marler would just swing from those curtains like some monkey on stimulants. But she wants him to have some curtains. I guess she has this fantasy world where Loch's room is all precious, with pristine, matching furniture all in blues and reds with coordinating bed-clothes and wonderfully colored walls. Reality is that the furniture would be mauled/chewed/marred, the bed-clothes stained, and those wonderfully colored walls... courtesy of Crayola.
1.18.2001 A Rebuttal from Janelle on LOCH'S CURTAINS
I received the following email from mom shortly after I alerted her to the new Janelle's Obsessions page that reads as follows:
- o.k. so i obsess with loch having curtains. I know he doesn't care, I just thought he should have something colorful to look at when he looked at the walls. Curtains and clothes from the Gap and any other frilly stuff are not important. The most important thing to do for Loch is to hold and kiss and love him every opportunity that you have. One day he will be too old to hold on your lap but always in your heart. Love MOM
Ain't it sweet?
page last updated 2.28.2001
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