Eugene O`neill`s New London

Eugene and his wife Carlotta

I was looking for a nice picture of the Monte Cristo Cottage for the top of the blog when I stumbled upon this list.

Touring Eugene O`Neill`s New London

It shows places and streets that he frequented with old pictures and tidbits about my city. If you did not figure out already, the title of my blog is a riff of one of his plays, A Long days journey into night. And the picture of the house is the Monte Cristo cottage which was his childhood home.

I used to live in a building next to and I was right above the Dutch`s Tavern (the Oak). My Mom lived in the Mohican hotel. We go to Ocean beach every summer on a weekly basis. Chelsea works at the Public Library. And I have seen or know of all the other places on the list.
Thought I would share a bit of my city with you. Now I am going to go back and read some more.

One more day and counting...

Eugene O`Neill (1888-1953)

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  I wanted to start off with an explanation of the title of my blog and that picture. That is not my house.
I wish! That is Monte Cristo, the childhood home of the American Playwright Eugene O`Neill. His play Long Days Journey into Night was based on things that happened in that house. You can read his biography online. The statue above is a model of him as a child. I have looked at that house while driving by probably a million times in my lifetime. My first ratty apartment was above the bar he used to get soused in, The Dutch. It seems weird but it is like I have a connection to him. Not because I am writing and I think I have a connection that way. My ideas are not that lofty..LOL No, I have always just been attracted to that house. Even as a child. So for some reason, this was what I named the blog. Everybody up to speed? Okay!
   Tomorrow is the start of my life changing. It is good that it is tomorrow because I got my period today. Heidi does NOT do any form of exercise on the first day of her period, PERIOD. hehehe This girl is counting down the days until menopause. I have had heavy periods all of my life, since the age of 11. I am so done! My Oldest wants me to try a Diva Cup but I am not going to go into that today. Maybe if I ever get one, I will discuss it. How about that? I mentioned chocolate yesterday, I bought some at the store when I went to get some supplies for dinner (Twix), and today is it. I do not get PMS, I get chocolatesss. If I get a craving for chocolate, you can start laying bets down that I will be searching for the Maxis  within 24 hours. Okay..Enough of this bloody mary crap.
  I am planning on taking a walk tomorrow morning. I like to walk in the mornings because I am not in  much pain yet and I have energy. I am going to walk the easy peasy lemon squeezy mile that we used to walk when I first started out after surgery. I am not ready for the hills. I will take a picture of those hills for you in the future so you will know what I am bitching about.  I would like Fred to walk with me but we will see how that goes. Sometimes he is too tired to do it (he works 2nd shift). The walk is good for a few reasons. It is in my neighborhood, it is mostly flat with a few easy slopes, it goes into areas with much traffic, and there is a killer part at the end so it makes me feel like I accomplished something. I wanted to share two more links with you today. They are places that I found when I started walking. The first one is LiveStrong. This site will give you lots of tips on exercise, food intake, and all around good health. The other site is Walkjogrun and it helped me so much. You can go on the upper right hand side of the screen to create your own route in your own city or town. I was able to know how far I was walking and I was able to map out walks by how far I wanted to go. It is a really good tool.
 Okay..Heidi just checked weather.com and it is going to rain all day today and in the morning tomorrow. I should have looked at that shit before I opened my mouth, huh? Rain ain`t a thing. I am not made of sugar so I will be fine.