I Won't Tell If You Don't

Cocaine Princess here.

I'm officially sick of oatmeal and I'm so bored inside the house. It's one thing to stay indoors voluntarily but to stay indoors against your will is another. I'm being held hostage by the chicken pox. A few of the pox are finally starting to crust over, not all but I'm getting there so until they do I'm still contagious.

I found the second week a lot easier than the first. I'm moving around more and I'm getting food down. The other day I asked 'A' again if she could make me a cheese omelet. She said no thinking it was still too heavy for me to eat. I responded by sticking out my tongue. 'I saw that,' she said. 'It was meant to be seen,' I replied. 'You think I'm being mean?' she asked. 'Mean and controlling,' I added. 'You won't let me go outside and now you're controlling what I can and can't eat.' 'It's for your own good,' she said back. How I long to see the outdoors even if it means coming face to face with the hideous creature and Scooby. 'Maybe I'm at the stage where I'm able to keep food down. How will I know if I don't try?' I questioned. 'Alright, you have a point. I'll make you a plain omelet,' she then said. 'Could I have some toast with it please? I asked. 'Yes.' 'And a hash brown?' 'Yes.' Two positive responses so I thought I'd give it a try and ask, 'can I eat it out on the patio?' 'No.' 'Can I stick my head out the window for a second?' 'No.' My sister refuses to give up her role as a prison guard

To past my time I've been watching a lot of movies. You know how you sometimes buy a bunch of DVDs and never get a chance to watch them because you don't have the time? Well all I have is time. Some of the movies/TV shows I watched:

Eastern Promises
I Am Legend

Doomsday
Disturbia- great thriller. Shia La Beouf's character is under house arrest which is how I feel. I take that back. People under house arrest are allowed so many meters outside their house.

Who's Your Caddy? A funny movie and I'm a fan of Big Boi.

Saving Grace- the entire first season.

Keeping Up Appearances- the entire collection

30 Rock- the first season

Corner Gas- seasons 2-4. Depending on where you live you may not know this show. It's a comedy and one of my favorite shows next to 30 Rock.
Hostel 2- this movie was in the pile, my sister bought it. I hadn't seen part 1 so I watched the first part and oh my god what a sick and twisted film. And what was even more sicker, my desire to watch the sequel. Definitely not a movie for the faint at heart.

Not that I can enjoy it being stuck inside, the weather has been hot and dry. Due to excessive lawn watering and the prolonged heatwave the town I live in issued a mandatory outdoor watering ban. The ban prohibits residents from watering lawns, washing their cars in their driveway and filling their pools. The mayor even went as far asking residents to keep an eye on houses where water might be in use and to call the special hot line number if they see someone using water. In other words be a spy.

During the day by-law enforcement officers were patrolling neighborhoods in their trucks with a loud speaker on top reminding everyone they must comply with the ban. Residents aren't pleased. Everyone's garden is dried and burnt. All of our shrubs and plants are next to dead and there are large yellow patches all over the lawn. Many residents are getting estimates on the costs on having their lawns repaired, shrubs removed and replanting new ones, and are sounding off by writing letters to our local paper indicating they plan to send the bill to City Hall. The person who ignited this idea is the publisher/owner of our newspaper. Some people call him a loud mouth because he's always complaining about something. Last year the town provided every house with two new fancy recycling bins, one for paper and the other to put empty cans and bottles. He complained saying it was a waste of the tax payer's money when residents themselves could have easily bought plain looking bins from the Dollar Store and none of the bins the town provided needed the town's name in fancy script lettering. He always manages to find something to complain to City Hall about and then will write about it and publish it on the front page of his own newspaper.

Several residents are not complying with the ban and I can't say I blame them. In the middle of the night they've been turning on their sprinklers. An individual on my street noticed the by-law enforcers don't make night rounds. And even if they did everyone's property is surrounded by a high fence. 'It's not like they're going to get on a ladder and peak in,' he said. So all the neighbors made a pact, I won't tell if you don't. I'm not going to lie, my sister was one of them.

A few nights ago I was in my bedroom watching through the window. It was quite entertaining. I was eating a deep and delicious chocolate cake. I wasn't so much eating it as I was scraping the icing off with the fork. Anyways, like vampires emerging from their nests everyone came out and turned on their sprinklers trying to bring their gardens back to life. My neighbors children were running through the sprinklers with the nanny watching to one side. What they were doing up past 11pm, I don't know. Many were filling their pools while their sprinklers were on at the same time. This went on for several days. A few of our plants came back to life while the others took a turn for the worst.

You know how I wrote 'the by-law enforcers don't make night rounds.' Well they did one night.

To Be Continued......

XOXOXOXO,
Cocaine Princess