My Easy Life


This is my block. Today my sweetheart, Cathy, and I went to the doctor to have our blood test, so we can get married. It is right next door. For those of you that don't know it, I'm a lesbian. That means in Massachusetts, I can get married next month. Cathy and I have been together 5 years now and we own our co-op apartment together, so we think a civil marriage will provide us with useful benefits and protections.

Everyone at the health center was nice and kind of excited about the whole thing. I was wearing my Red Sox hat so we talked about the Sox a lot. The phlebotomist had Manny Ramirez' picture up on the wall, but she was very mad at him. She said he made some negative comments to the press. He said the Yankees are a better team than the Sox. That's likely to get him days of bad press here in Boston where we take the Red Sox pretty seriously. I'd say he can go play for that Yankees if that's how he feels, but he's so good at hitting, I wouldn't want that to happen.

Anyway, there's supposed to be a game right now against Tampa Bay, but it's raining. The ballpark is around the corner, but we usually just listen to the games on the radio. Tickets are pretty expensive.

After the blood test, I went around the corner to the used record store and bought a couple 8-tracks. They were 99 cents each. I got Al Hirt - Raw Sugar/Sweet Sauce/Banana Pudd'n and a Springboard compilation tape called You Light Up My Life and Other Great Songs, sealed.I imagine it'll be a lousy studio band playing instrumentals. The songs are I Write the Songs, After the Lovin', I Honestly Love You, My Heart Belongs to Me, How Deep is Your Love, Fascination, Don't it Make My Brown Eyes Blue, Nobody Does It Better and , of course, You Light Up my Life. Nowhere does it say the words 'original artists'. Even though most of those songs are prime candidates for my worst songs list, I'll probably like it. It seems apropos, in honor of my forthcoming marriage. And it has nice 70s cover art. Al Hirt is missing the back label, so I don't know what songs are on it.



Cathy and me.