day 12 was a big day.  perhaps partly due to the fact that mercury is in retrograde, everything was all askew.  including my eyes - in a good way though.

you’ll not believe this.  i met with my "eye trainer" of sorts and we did some eye experiments.  taking sheets with words on them and putting them out at a distance.    the 1 inch letters were about 10 feet away from me.  at first, they looked blurry as usual.  so i was neither surprised nor disappointed.  it’s what i’ve experienced since i was 7.  she encouraged me to do some of the eye exercises i’ve learned.  in a few minutes, the letters came into focus.  and i rattled them off to her fast. 

oh my god!!!  it’s working!!!  once i get things into focus, if i blink for a second, they return to blurry and then i have to relax again into clarity.  very frustrating.  apparently over time, this will shift and i will be able to see clearly and blink at the same time.  physiological imperative i suppose.  in the meantime, i sit a little closer to my computer screen and take my glasses off as much as i can.  i’ve even lessened my prescription a bit (still within the legal limit for driving, don’t worry).  definitely a trip.  and very encouraging to watch the brain at work.

day 12′a bad skewed thing:  last night, on my way from rehearsal with rick and on my way to rehearse with adam and jeff for the hotel cafe show tonight, my clutch blew out!  i was talking on my cell phone and started saying, "oh my god.  my car.  it’s making a really bad noise."  the boy on the other end tried to talk me through a quick fix, but no go.  my stick shift was not going to get into gear under any circumstance!  thank god i was not on the freeway.  i pulled over and sat in the car for an hour while i waited for my dad and AAA. 

i had my guitar in the car with me, so i pulled it out and wrote a song.  it’s called "chase down" and i’m going to play it at tonight’s show.  i also made my self laugh periodically by reminding myself of a waiter in palm springs last weekend offering me a little bowl of chopped tomato, onion, cilantro and chili.  "would you like a side of pepe de mayo?" 

folks..he was serioius.  i was with my sister kathleen.  she loves malaprops so asked, "i’m sorry, what is this did you say?"  "pepe de mayo," he replied with a completely serious face.

"oh right!" she said.  "i love pepe de mayo."

for those of you in the midwest, pepe de mayo is actually called pico de gallo.

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