Feeling Captainish, and not a bit like Blinching

[linaewen]

For a very short time this weekend, I was free of the burden of being in charge of the cooking next week.  Due to the fact that my helper can't come to help, they had arranged to have the current cook stay on and do it, with me as her helper.   There was much rejoicing (on my part).  However, I just got a call this morning that I am back in charge, but with a different helper -- who could run the whole show on her own, she is that good, so I am content.  I like her a lot, so we are going to have fun together, even if I am "in charge."  And the guy who does the shopping only needs a short list of things to get ahead of time, so that takes some pressure off as well.

Speaking of pressure, while we were away this weekend, the apartment complex supervisor sent around a memo that they will be doing inspections on Wednesday -- for maintenance checks, testing the smoke detectors, and for checking for overall apartment cleanliness.

*small eek*

Not that our apartment is a foul Orc lair or anything, but it does need some work in a couple of spots.  So, along with all the other projects I need to complete before we fly out to New Jersey on Friday morning is Cleaning the Apartment and Finding a Place for Everything and putting it there.

A few days ago, we got a suitcase via UPS that DH had asked a friend to bring from Pakistan.  It was full of books and not much else, but they were special books, and I have a few more of my things now.  One of those things is a book called The Pooh Dictionary, by A. R. Melrose, which undertakes to define all the terms used in Winnie the Pooh, in authentic Pooh language.  It is, naturally, quite hilarious.  Here are a few examples:

Blinch, verb:  to hesitate, quaver and quiver, or generally show a little bit of nervousness.  Not to blinch is to go as boldly as any Very Small Animal can, which isn't much but is usually enough.

O gallant Piglet {PIGLET}!  Ho!
Did Piglet Tremble?  Did he blinch?
No, No, he sturggled inch by inch
Through LETTERS ONLY, as I know
Because I saw him go.
[The House at Pooh Corner]

• See Also: PLUCK; and READY FOR ANYTHING

Captainish, adjective:  Describes that indefinable quality of leadership that is grandly impractical, but you don't know in quite what way.  You do know, however, that no matter how Captainish a Captain may be, a Captain is a Captain, and you are not.

It was going to be one of Rabbit's busy days.   As soon as he woke up he felt important, as if everything depended upon him.  It was just the day for Organizing Something, or for Writing a Notice Signed Rabbit, or for Seeing What Everybody Else Thought About It... It was a Captainish sort of day, when everybody said, "Yes, Rabbit" and "No, Rabbit," and waited until he had told them.
[The House at Pooh Corner]

• See Also:  ORGANDIZED, TO BE; and SEEING WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE THOUGHT ABOUT IT.

May you meet your day with Captainishness and not Blinching, my dears!

Comments

[shirebound]

Mondays usually make me blinch, but I'll try to be as brave as Piglet!

:D

[fafojoy.livejournal.com]

Not blinching this morning! Of course, I am the captain of this ship, though perhaps a bit captainish indeed. :D

[(Anonymous)]

These are adorable!! I love it! I'm not particularly Captianish, but I'd like to learn to be a little more so. And I'm not sure if I'm blinching about that race I'm thinking of doing or not. I don't think so, particularly as I have plans to do something a bit more ambitious now. We'll see. Thanks for sharing these great little tidbits. ~~ Ladyhawk Baggins

[captinskywalker.livejournal.com]

Here's to a Captainish day for us both, and not a scrap of Blinching!

((((Lin)))) Sounds like a wonderful book. :-)

[kimbys-place.livejournal.com]

If blinching includes melting from the heat, then I'm definitely blinching. But as soon as I get into some nice A/C, I'll definitely be Captainish! ((hugs))

[accioboytoy.livejournal.com]

My dear Lin, any relatively small space with two boys is the equivalent of an Orc Lair...you should see my living space. No really...if you can see living space, I commend you. I think there is a carpet, I think its pale grey, but I haven't seen it in days, so can't really recall. =D

[siradaono.livejournal.com]

Can I just be really mean here for a moment?

Chapter
Shelobs Lair

What's that smell?

You must go in

Now that I'm here I dont want to

Go in or go back


hee hee

[estellye.livejournal.com]

*giggles like mad*

My mother and I used to read Milne to each other out loud (as adults) and we would get laughing so hard we would both be crying and my father would just stare at us like we had totally lost our minds, which of course we had.

One of my favorite books is Milne's autobiography which is out of print. There was a copy in my college library, though and I loved it so much I contacted an out of print bookseller to find me a copy! This was pre-internet so it was something of a hassle (but well worth it) and I only paid about what it would cost retail.

It sounds like your Project has just become an adventure! That is excellent news. I am sure you will have a wonderful time being chief cook, just be sure to recruit someone else to be the bottlewasher. ;)

(((((Lin)))))

[lothithil.livejournal.com]

I love Pooh! He is my Taoist master!

[samarra.livejournal.com]

I'm definitely blinching this week.

*loves you and hopes you are feeling captainish!*

[lin4gondor.livejournal.com]

(((You)))

I'm sorry you are blinching. Thinking of you and hoping for a change that will help you feel better, if not actually Captainish.

I saw you deleted your wadearturo journal -- was that just housecleaning, or was that part of your blinching week?

*more strengthening hugs*