The past two days I have been pleasantly surprised. Yesterday after I said bye to Cullen and Gregory at the airport I went to get on the metro to go to work. I should have missed the train, but the driver saw me and asked which train I was looking for. I told him. He said it was his train and he reopened the doors. Thank you, metro train driver, for being so kind to me.
Today I was taking the bus to go to the gym. I wasn’t quite sure what stop to get off at. I also had to cross the street. The driver stopped near a crosswalk and then helped me make it safely across the street. Thank you, bus driver, for being so kind to me.
While I was on the bus today coming back from the gym I met a woman who is in Tae Kwan Du. She was kind to me and showed me where she practiced. I have been thinking for a while about taking classes. It is in walking distance from my home. Thank you, yellow belt bus commuter, for being so kind to me.
Each day I get on my computer and find I have comments on my blog. These comments make me feel that people care. The support I get from you guys makes my day better. Thank you, blogging friends, for being so kind to me.
In the world today so many people ignore each other and rarely lend a hand to give support. I just wanted to bring up the kindness I found.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Today’s the day
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Originally uploaded by smileahug.
I have been working at my job for three months. I have passed the probation period. Yea!!
This morning Gregory got up earlier than he would have liked and went with Daddy on an airplane to Florida. Pretty much all Cullen’s family live in Florida. I on the other hand have the whole house to myself. I think that I got a good deal. Granted the house is lonely and I haven’t been away from my sweet son for this long before. So far I am enjoying the freedom. I do enjoy my space. I love being a mom, but I haven’t had any time to be on my own since college. I am still a bit frustrated about the mess my husband left behind, but hey I only have to clean up after myself for this week. So, I am going to take a bath and then I am going to bed. You may think that is boring, but I think that is lovely. So I shall get ready to turn into a prune, bubbles away.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Six times in seven hours is a lot
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Originally uploaded by smileahug.
Gregory acts much better today but he has pooped six times. Hopefully this poop thing will take care of itself soon. Gregory has been eating today so that is a good sign. He asked to watch beep beeps cars Tee. Which translates to Mommy I want to watch cars the movie on TV. TV is pronounced Tee in Gregory language. I put it on for him and he fell asleep. I put him in bed and here I am blogging about my son’s poop. Now that is just lovely isn’t it.
Even if Gregory is acting and feeling much better the poop situation is not better and therefore I am going to have to stay home from work or Cullen is going to have to go into work late, or someone else has to come over and watch my sweet poop machine. Oh, the joys of motherhood. I also don’t want to leave Gregory for very long so I was unable to take a shower this morning. My reason for not leaving him is not that I think he is too sick to be left alone for ten minutes. Yes, I know that ten minutes makes for a quick shower but with my child I have learned how to take quick showers. In this delicate poop situation I am afraid that Gregory will decide to change his own diaper. Yes, I know you must be wondering why I think this. Gregory has several times before decided to change his own diaper. He does this and then puts on a pull-up. This is fine as long is the diaper is only pee but poop adds a whole new dimension to this situation. One more thing I know that if he knows when he needs to be changed it is time for potty training. Don’t push me. I just might go insane. The plan is to wait till Gregory is back from Florida.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Feeling a little better
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Originally uploaded by smileahug.
Gregory is feeling a bit better. I think you can probably tell from the pictures. My mom who lives in Idaho has internet access today. She wanted to see more pictures of him. So here is my busy boy. Oh, the pictures are of him playing on his climber with the slide in his room. This picture is of him with some sunflowers that Gregory is helping Daddy grow. Gregory still hasn’t eaten very much, but I guess even lack of food won’t stop him from moving. Hopefully tomorrow Gregory will eat and by Wednesday he is feeling completely better, because Daddy and Gregory are going to Florida.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
He is sick again, but yea! he told me he took a bath
Ever since I started work and Gregory has had to be in daycare he has gotten sick so frequently. I know it is something you should expect but I still hate it. In the two years that Gregory was not in day care he was only sick two or three times. Gregory has been grumbling a bunch and done quite a lot of wining. He is still quite adorable. When he feels bad he holds his arms in when I am holding him, instead of wrapping his arms around me. He has also been making some cute animal sounds and saying I cow, or I horse. For the past two days Gregory really hasn’t eaten anything except drinks like boost or ensure.
One first that happened today was when I sat Gregory on my lap and asked him what he did today he mumbled something about a bath. I asked Cullen if he gave Gregory a bath and he said he did. I was surprised. This was the first time Gregory actually told me something he did in the past. I guess it is just one more step toward growing up.
Well, overall today has been a little crappy. The morning was very stressful and that just carried over to the rest of my day. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. No, let me say tomorrow will be better. I can only deal with so much crap. Thank goodness I have my little grumbling sunshine even though he is sick. If tomorrow is too much I know he will take a nap with me. Naps are good. I didn’t mention my crap because I am trying to move on tonight and focus on the happy. I am so thankful for the happy stuff.
One first that happened today was when I sat Gregory on my lap and asked him what he did today he mumbled something about a bath. I asked Cullen if he gave Gregory a bath and he said he did. I was surprised. This was the first time Gregory actually told me something he did in the past. I guess it is just one more step toward growing up.
Well, overall today has been a little crappy. The morning was very stressful and that just carried over to the rest of my day. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. No, let me say tomorrow will be better. I can only deal with so much crap. Thank goodness I have my little grumbling sunshine even though he is sick. If tomorrow is too much I know he will take a nap with me. Naps are good. I didn’t mention my crap because I am trying to move on tonight and focus on the happy. I am so thankful for the happy stuff.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
A good start to a morning makes a fire not seem so bad
This morning as I was getting ready for work Cullen was getting Gregory ready for daycare. Gregory was dressed and ready to go. Cullen was going to walk Gregory over. Gregory came to me and gave me a big hug. I was in my bedroom. Then he ran off down the hall toward the front door. All of the sudden he stopped. He said “kiss”. Like he remembered that he forgot to kiss his mommy. He turned around and ran back into my arms and gave me two big kisses. Then he ran back down the hallway to the front door where Daddy took him to daycare.
After Cullen got back he drove me to the metro. The first part of my trip went great until I transferred to the orange line. It was a no go because there was an electrical fire a few stations away. This was frustrating. I then had to catch a bus to the stop I would usually get off at and then I had to catch a bus at that stop. I was thirty minutes late for work and frozen, due to the cold temperature. Luckily I didn’t have a massage scheduled at ten. During this whole mess I was happy. I think that had to do with my sweet son’s kiss. I know when he gets older he won’t want to kiss his mommy so I am just loving all the affection he is giving right now.
Gregory made up a song. I call it his happy song. Here are the words. You must sing them with your head moving from side to side like you are also dancing.
“Happy, Happy”
“Happy”
“Happy, Happy, Happy”
“Happy, Happy”
Now isn’t that a happy song. He will sing it whenever you ask.
After Cullen got back he drove me to the metro. The first part of my trip went great until I transferred to the orange line. It was a no go because there was an electrical fire a few stations away. This was frustrating. I then had to catch a bus to the stop I would usually get off at and then I had to catch a bus at that stop. I was thirty minutes late for work and frozen, due to the cold temperature. Luckily I didn’t have a massage scheduled at ten. During this whole mess I was happy. I think that had to do with my sweet son’s kiss. I know when he gets older he won’t want to kiss his mommy so I am just loving all the affection he is giving right now.
Gregory made up a song. I call it his happy song. Here are the words. You must sing them with your head moving from side to side like you are also dancing.
“Happy, Happy”
“Happy”
“Happy, Happy, Happy”
“Happy, Happy”
Now isn’t that a happy song. He will sing it whenever you ask.
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Cooking with onion
Way too much onion.
This morning Cullen was sweetly fixing breakfast. He was following a recipe, or should I say not following a recipe. Well, the recipe called for four eggs. Got that part right. Next came the onion 1 ½ onions. Cullen decides he is going to cut up one and a half cups of onions. He then dumps all the onion in with the egg. Hum… he wonders why there is more onion than egg. Is there something wrong? He rechecks the recipe. It calls for 1 ½ Tbsp onion, Oops. Cullen then picks out as much of the onion as he can. We add two more eggs to even out the onion left in the bowl. Then continue with the rest of the recipe. There is a big difference between a cup and a tablespoon. The food turned out very good. Thank you honey.
Many tears could have been saved if he had read correctly the first time.
I guess that is a mistake you have to cry through.
This morning Cullen was sweetly fixing breakfast. He was following a recipe, or should I say not following a recipe. Well, the recipe called for four eggs. Got that part right. Next came the onion 1 ½ onions. Cullen decides he is going to cut up one and a half cups of onions. He then dumps all the onion in with the egg. Hum… he wonders why there is more onion than egg. Is there something wrong? He rechecks the recipe. It calls for 1 ½ Tbsp onion, Oops. Cullen then picks out as much of the onion as he can. We add two more eggs to even out the onion left in the bowl. Then continue with the rest of the recipe. There is a big difference between a cup and a tablespoon. The food turned out very good. Thank you honey.
Many tears could have been saved if he had read correctly the first time.
I guess that is a mistake you have to cry through.
Friday, January 18, 2008
Transference of hangover
Last night I had three glasses of wine. I quite enjoyed myself. I was going to watch a movie, but I am a light weight and can’t handle very much alcohol. I went to bed instead. That is where I passed out and began to dream. In my dreams I must get mad at my husband because he told me I yelled at him in my sleep. I don’t remember this. Cullen said that his friends heard me. Cullen plays World of War craft on the computer and he has headphones where he can talk to all the people in his group. So they heard me yell in my sleep. During one of my loud comments in my sleep Cullen said that he hoped that I got a hangover. That is not a very nice thing to wish of anyone but I guess I deserved it for yelling at him so much in my sleep. Guess who ended up with a headache this morning. It wasn’t me. Cullen has had a bad headache all day. I think that will be the last time he wishes a hangover on me.
On a lovely note, I am very happy with my husband. Cullen cleaned the house yesterday. He did a very good job too. He even did some laundry. I walked in the door and I could smell a fresh pot of coffee. Lovely I tell you. Then he helped cook dinner. Which is when I decided I wanted some wine. Dinner was so good. Oh and by the way Cullen rarely drinks and had no alcohol last night. Just goes to show you that you shouldn’t wish pain on your spouse.
On a lovely note, I am very happy with my husband. Cullen cleaned the house yesterday. He did a very good job too. He even did some laundry. I walked in the door and I could smell a fresh pot of coffee. Lovely I tell you. Then he helped cook dinner. Which is when I decided I wanted some wine. Dinner was so good. Oh and by the way Cullen rarely drinks and had no alcohol last night. Just goes to show you that you shouldn’t wish pain on your spouse.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Butt washin
Teaching is a major part of parenting. It is not the easiest thing to do, but one of the things I wanted to be when I grew up was a teacher. So, you know those times that sort of hit you in the head. Why don’t I teach my kid that? I thought Gregory was old enough to learn how to wash his body. I put the hand wash cloth on his hand with some soap. Then I told him what to do. I had to show him a little bit but he caught on real quick. It was funny when I told him to wash his butt. He couldn’t quite figure out how to wash it, because he was sitting on it. He turned around. He tried lying on his belly. Finally he lifted up his bottom a little and got it. It was just so cute watching his mind work. Well, at least he has a clean bottom.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Guess what this is
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Originally uploaded by smileahug.
It is from out of the mind of a book and train lover. It is Gregory’s Book train. Daddy was doing dishes. Mommy was sitting at the table finishing her orange juice. Gregory who has lots of trains was making another out of books. I did not think anything of it until I heard Gregory go choo-choo and push the books across the table. I told Cullen to come look and he noticed that Gregory even had his little people on top of the books. I couldn’t see them because of my vision, but so cute! I just love my son’s imagination.
Gregory is so cheesy in this picture. He is even saying cheese. I just love it though.
Gregory calls camera’s cheese.
He also calls cheese cheese, but a camera is also cheese.
Monday, January 14, 2008
Hands Mommy hands wash
Gregory is a funny boy when it comes to getting his hands dirty. He is also particular about making a mess. He doesn’t care if toys are scattered throughout the house. He just doesn’t want to have food or other messy things on his hands. He will drop some yogurt on the table and say “oh no mess”. This makes him very concerned. He has to have it cleaned up that instant. He will stop eating until you clean it up or give him a napkin to clean it up himself. He likes doing it himself. Gregory has the same reaction when he gets his hands dirty. You just have to help him wash his hands and if you do not you risk him crying because he has dirty hands. We were at the playground about a week ago and Gregory fell down and got his hands muddy. This was a big problem. So, I took his hands and wiped them off and said all better. Then told him to wipe them off. He did and things were much better in his little world. Let me not leave out the importance of the trash can. If Gregory sees trash it must go in the trash can. It just must and he is the one who prefers to put it there. If he unfortunately can not put it in the trash himself he will accept mommy doing it. He for the most part is happy as long as there is no trash and no mess and he has very clean hands. Now I just need to get him to clean up after his Daddy.
Grocery Shopping Online
This morning my Groceries got delivered. I ordered groceries from Peapod. You go to their website and pick out what food you need. You pay for it online and they deliver. I paid less than five dollars for delivery because I got two dollars off. Then with my order today I got a book that said for my next four orders I get five dollars off. How great is that. Cullen works at a Grocery store and kept saying I will pick up the food from work, but he always would forget to pick things up. So, we wouldn’t have food in the house. It is hard for me to go buy food because it is hard carrying all those bags on a bus. Especially if the bags are heavy. I would also have to have someone help me shop, because I can’t read the food labels. Well, I finally told Cullen that I was ordering the food online and there was nothing he could do to stop me. I did and Cullen was pleased. He did not have to go to the store. He did not have to find the food at the store. He did not have to drive the food home. He did not have to carry the bags in the house. He did have to help me put the food away, because he should help. After all I did do the shopping. So, for now on I will be grocery shopping online. So, even though Cullen did not want me to grocery shop online he now loves it because he had to do almost nothing and there is food in the house. So, I will be placeing an order for next Monday.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
What are you Gregory?
Conversation with Gregory while being driven home from work by Daddy.
Mommy – Gregory are you a boy?
Gregory – (quiet)
Mommy – Are you a boy, Gregory?
Gregory – (quiet)
Mommy –Are you a girl?
Gregory – (quiet)
Mommy – Gregory are you a girl?
Gregory – I a baby
Mommy – You’re my baby.
Gregory – I a baby mommee. I a baby.
He is my sweet baby. Not so little anymore, but he still loves it when I take him in my arms and cradle him and smother him with kisses while telling him “you’re my baby, my sweet baby”.
Mommy – Gregory are you a boy?
Gregory – (quiet)
Mommy – Are you a boy, Gregory?
Gregory – (quiet)
Mommy –Are you a girl?
Gregory – (quiet)
Mommy – Gregory are you a girl?
Gregory – I a baby
Mommy – You’re my baby.
Gregory – I a baby mommee. I a baby.
He is my sweet baby. Not so little anymore, but he still loves it when I take him in my arms and cradle him and smother him with kisses while telling him “you’re my baby, my sweet baby”.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Getting the last word in
Today I told my work I would stay late for them. So, Cullen and Gregory came to pick me up from work. By the time I was off work I was very hungry so we decided to stop by the place that has a golden arch in front of it. We actually don’t eat out very much, but just the same my son has a good memory. As soon as we started driving up he said chicken nuggets about twenty times. Then we pulled up to the window. Cullen placed the order. Gregory reminded Daddy that he wanted chicken nuggets again. Or he could have been talking to the woman in the window. Then Cullen said thank you and started to drive to the other window to pick up the food. As soon as the car started moving Gregory hollers out “thank you, bye-bye”. Cullen and I then burst out laughing. It was so adorable. Gregory sure has his manners down. It was just so funny because he said it quite loud and quick so he was sure the woman who was going to get him his chicken nuggets heard him. I need these smile moments every day. They sure make life a little brighter.
Today I had a headache all day because of the weather change. It is raining and for some reason my head decides to let me know about the weather change with a headache. Well it is gone now. I did four massages today. I think four is a nice number. Five would be better but four is a good number. They all went quite well even though my head was pounding. I took a couple of naps in between the massages and that helped very much.
Mr. John the massage manager man put together a few products for me to take home and label in Braille. That will make it a bit easier for me. I am a little too tired tonight so I will have to do it tomorrow night. It is not very often when I run across people as accommodating as John. Starting even before my first day at work he was looking for ways to make things easier for me. I am just so grateful. The whole massage team has been wonderful to me. I just love where I work because of that.
Now to confess something from before I started my job. The man who looks for careers at my massage school got in contact with Ms. Gail and told her about me. I called her just because I thought I should call because the career guy went to the effort. So, I called and left a message. Gail called back and left me a message. I called her back and she called me back and I called her back and she called me back. Finally we got connected. It is not very often that an employer will do that. I took that as a sign that I should at least have an interview. At this point I did not want to get a job, but in the same thought I wanted a job. So during the interview I had hopeful feelings that I wouldn’t get the job and that I would. So, it was a win lose situation. I just did not want to leave my precious Gregory. Now that all is said and done I am sooooo happy I got my job as a massage therapist where I got it and when I got it. Now not only do I have the satisfaction of working in a profession which I love and making money, but Gregory really is happy with his caregivers. So, even though I feel like I don’t quite get enough of Gregory we have adjusted and are happy. Happiness is not an easy thing to come by in this crazy world, but we have it so I think something is going right.
So I must quote my last words of this post.
“Thank you, bye-bye” (Gregory, 01/10/2008)
Today I had a headache all day because of the weather change. It is raining and for some reason my head decides to let me know about the weather change with a headache. Well it is gone now. I did four massages today. I think four is a nice number. Five would be better but four is a good number. They all went quite well even though my head was pounding. I took a couple of naps in between the massages and that helped very much.
Mr. John the massage manager man put together a few products for me to take home and label in Braille. That will make it a bit easier for me. I am a little too tired tonight so I will have to do it tomorrow night. It is not very often when I run across people as accommodating as John. Starting even before my first day at work he was looking for ways to make things easier for me. I am just so grateful. The whole massage team has been wonderful to me. I just love where I work because of that.
Now to confess something from before I started my job. The man who looks for careers at my massage school got in contact with Ms. Gail and told her about me. I called her just because I thought I should call because the career guy went to the effort. So, I called and left a message. Gail called back and left me a message. I called her back and she called me back and I called her back and she called me back. Finally we got connected. It is not very often that an employer will do that. I took that as a sign that I should at least have an interview. At this point I did not want to get a job, but in the same thought I wanted a job. So during the interview I had hopeful feelings that I wouldn’t get the job and that I would. So, it was a win lose situation. I just did not want to leave my precious Gregory. Now that all is said and done I am sooooo happy I got my job as a massage therapist where I got it and when I got it. Now not only do I have the satisfaction of working in a profession which I love and making money, but Gregory really is happy with his caregivers. So, even though I feel like I don’t quite get enough of Gregory we have adjusted and are happy. Happiness is not an easy thing to come by in this crazy world, but we have it so I think something is going right.
So I must quote my last words of this post.
“Thank you, bye-bye” (Gregory, 01/10/2008)
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Smelling good after a bath
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Originally uploaded by smileahug.
Especially when you threw up and that is the whole reason for the bath.
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Coming home from work
I walk in the door.
Gregory is playing with the babysitter.
“Gregory” I say softly.
“Mommy Mommy!” Gregory squeals with delight as he comes running over to me with a huge hug.
What a wonderful welcome home.
Gregory is playing with the babysitter.
“Gregory” I say softly.
“Mommy Mommy!” Gregory squeals with delight as he comes running over to me with a huge hug.
What a wonderful welcome home.
Monday, January 07, 2008
All Aboard
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Originally uploaded by smileahug.
Today was so lovely. The sun was shining and it was warm enough to go without jackets. Cullen, Gregory and I headed out for a nice walk. It was just so beautiful. We dropped Gregory off at daycare for a few hours to go grocery shopping and then Daddy went off to work. I picked up Gregory and we headed back out and had fun at the playground and the pond near our house. We quacked at the ducks and honked at the geese. After saying bye to the ducks and geese Gregory and I went home to play trains. We had quite a track set up. We also had two trains running at the same time. GeoTrax has trains that run with a remote. I took one and Gregory had the other. It was a lot of fun. Then I went and got dinner ready and told Gregory to clean up. He did and very well too. I was very pleased with my little helper. Oh it was just so nice to have a warm day for a change. I am sure by the end of the week it will be freezing again. After all it is January and that means winter in my part of the world. Hope you had a lovely day too.
Sunday, January 06, 2008
Oh, the poor pitiful blind woman who is incapable of taking care of herself
Yes, as you all know I am blind. Well, not completely. I do have some vision, but just the same I am blind. This by definition to most people means that I am incapable of taking care of myself without tremendous assistance. I mentioned in my last post that my assistance is going down to Florida. Most days I feel as my assistance (husband) is not very helpful. He does help to keep me busy though with all the laundry and household messes he creates on a daily basis. As all you wives and mothers know what in the world would we do with out messes? My assistance is a good cook. So, that somewhat makes up for his mess creating, plus I love him. Lately Cullen has told people that he is going down to Florida with Gregory. This statement has made people concerned about the poor pitiful blind woman he lives with also known as his wife and after all he only married me because he felt sorry for this poor pitiful blind woman and wanted to take care of her. People have been asking where I will be staying, because poor pitiful blind women are not allowed a minute of alone time in their own home for fear they will starve or end up walking the streets naked. After all I only have made it to age 25 because I had someone with me 24/7. For goodness sake I should be locked up by now and the only reason I am not is because I found a man who could take care of me. Now excuse me while I gag.
I guess I need to clear this up for all the concerned people out there. I am blind which means I have trouble seeing things. My ears work. My arms and legs work. My brain works. I have a bachelor’s degree in Communication and Sociology and I went to Massage Therapy School. I passed my test and now have a full time job. Of course you only think they hired me because they felt sorry for me. If they did I bet they are glad now because I already have people requesting me for their massage. Or do you think they are doing that because they also feel sorry for me. The cheapest massage is $100 so they would have to feel very sorry for me indeed. Not to mention I am a mother of a two year old, but I am sure you are very surprised my reproductive system works too. Oh and isn’t it amazing that I am even allowed to have children. I know you think that blind people should be locked up and not allowed to have a family, but I do. Oh and I stayed home with my son for the first two years of his life and took very good care of him. I know it is selfish of me to want a child when I am blind and heaven forbid if he actually goes blind. It is a fate worse than death. Wouldn’t you want to die instead of be blind. I could see perfectly for the first 17 years of my life and then I started losing my vision. I am glad I am alive and not dead. My life is full of blessings even though I have terrible vision and walk around with a cane. My life just got a little more complicated when I went blind, but complications just make your life more interesting. So, when my husband and son go down to Florida I will not starve or walk the streets naked. I will sleep in the middle of the bed and eat whatever I want. I will even eat in bed if I want, but probably not because I don’t like bed crumbs. I will even go to work and make money. Then I will have a grand old time when my friend comes over at the end of the week. Once my husband and son come back I will be very happy to see them. I will be happy not because I needed someone to do everything for me, but because I love them and I know I will have missed them. I am not a poor pitiful blind woman. I am a strong successful woman who is also a wife, mother, and of course a blind person too.
Thank you all for listening to my rant.
I guess I need to clear this up for all the concerned people out there. I am blind which means I have trouble seeing things. My ears work. My arms and legs work. My brain works. I have a bachelor’s degree in Communication and Sociology and I went to Massage Therapy School. I passed my test and now have a full time job. Of course you only think they hired me because they felt sorry for me. If they did I bet they are glad now because I already have people requesting me for their massage. Or do you think they are doing that because they also feel sorry for me. The cheapest massage is $100 so they would have to feel very sorry for me indeed. Not to mention I am a mother of a two year old, but I am sure you are very surprised my reproductive system works too. Oh and isn’t it amazing that I am even allowed to have children. I know you think that blind people should be locked up and not allowed to have a family, but I do. Oh and I stayed home with my son for the first two years of his life and took very good care of him. I know it is selfish of me to want a child when I am blind and heaven forbid if he actually goes blind. It is a fate worse than death. Wouldn’t you want to die instead of be blind. I could see perfectly for the first 17 years of my life and then I started losing my vision. I am glad I am alive and not dead. My life is full of blessings even though I have terrible vision and walk around with a cane. My life just got a little more complicated when I went blind, but complications just make your life more interesting. So, when my husband and son go down to Florida I will not starve or walk the streets naked. I will sleep in the middle of the bed and eat whatever I want. I will even eat in bed if I want, but probably not because I don’t like bed crumbs. I will even go to work and make money. Then I will have a grand old time when my friend comes over at the end of the week. Once my husband and son come back I will be very happy to see them. I will be happy not because I needed someone to do everything for me, but because I love them and I know I will have missed them. I am not a poor pitiful blind woman. I am a strong successful woman who is also a wife, mother, and of course a blind person too.
Thank you all for listening to my rant.
Saturday, January 05, 2008
No baby cravings here
Thursday Cullen, Gregory and I went down to Charlottesville to see Cullen’s best friend, Shane, and his wife, Kristina, and their new son, William. William is as cute as ever. He is not even a month old yet. I brought the camera but forgetful as I have been lately I forgot to get a picture. If Shane wants a picture posted on here maybe I can get him to send me one to put up. For now you guys will have to trust me that William is very cute. I got to hold him for a long time. It is just so precious how when babies are so little they just curl up in your arms and sleep like angels. They sleep like angels when they are older too, but the new baby sleep is different than the big baby sleep. Both are equally as angelic but different. It is something holding a new little life in your arms. I can’t believe just two years ago I could do the same with my busy son. Well, to get back on track it was a very nice trip. I had not been down to Charlottesville in a while and it was nice to visit again. Cullen had fun messing around on video games or computers with Shane. Gregory ran around like a crazy child. I mean a two year old. I don’t think there is a need to differentiate between crazy and two year old, but just the same. I visited with Kristina and held her sweet baby. You know something I was very surprised, because I thought that I would get the I need another baby feelings, but I didn’t. What happened was I got the I am glad I will sleep through the night feelings. You see when I remember Gregory’s infanthood all I remember is how sweet he was and how I could hold him for hours and hours and not get tired of holding him. People always said I would want other people to hold him, but that did not happen until he was walking and if he was asleep I still wanted to hold him. My son never had the flat head syndrome because I never wanted to put him down. Through all these warm happy feelings I somehow remember how tired I was all the time. Part of the reason I loved to hold Gregory was that we took naps together all the time. Gregory was a great cuddling buddy. Now that I am working I wouldn’t be able to just hold another child for hours and hours and take naps because I was up all night with a sleepless child. I would miss all the things I loved so much when Gregory was an infant. I know at this point I would not be able to stay home with another child. We just need me to work for finances. I do quite love my job and don’t want to quit it. I think if I was at home full time right now I would be wanting another baby very much. I was a great stay at home mom. I am also a great working mom but I feel like I did better as a mom when I was at home full time. Gregory loves his daycare and learns new things. I love my job and I get breaks. So we both sort of win. I think I went to work right when I should have. If I do have another child I would want to work part time. I think that would make a great balance for me. I don’t think that another child thing will happen for at least three years. The blind momma thing is hard enough. I only have two ears and not enough hands as it is. Well getting back to William. He was so precious. Cullen was also very cute holding him. Cullen is funny when he holds infants. He is just a little awkward. He is this big guy holding this tiny baby. Memories, memories I shall move on.
On my trip to Charlottesville I also saw my friend Candy. We are friends from high school. She locked her keys in her car when she came to see me. Craziness as it is. We went to get some coffee. We talked and talked. I do enjoy seeing her. I keep in contact with very few people from high school and college. She is one of them. She knew me before I was blind. She does artsy things and she is very good. My dad got me a tattoo, when I was 16, on my right leg. Candy would draw in the middle of it. In fact she has her own business now making different cards and figurines. http://stores.ebay.com/Candy-Ink-Creations It is so nice when people do what they enjoy. So, It was nice seeing her.
I forgot to write about last Saturday. I went out with the Girls, Jenn and Stephanie! So much fun! We went to The Cheesecake Factory, Yum. We had too much to eat and too much to drink. Boy, did I feel good after that. I just had such a good time. The wine also made me sleep very well even if I did not get home until 1 am. I was fresh for work the next morning.
Oh yes one more thing. I am sending my husband and son to Florida to see his family. I am also not going. I will have this condo all to my self. I am actually quite looking forward to that. I am going to see if I can get one of my friends from College to come over for a little slumber party. A night of wine and chick flicks sounds like a blast to me, especially when there are no men in the house to spoil it.
Well, I am sure that is not all, but I am off tomorrow so I can blog more then. Smiles!!!
On my trip to Charlottesville I also saw my friend Candy. We are friends from high school. She locked her keys in her car when she came to see me. Craziness as it is. We went to get some coffee. We talked and talked. I do enjoy seeing her. I keep in contact with very few people from high school and college. She is one of them. She knew me before I was blind. She does artsy things and she is very good. My dad got me a tattoo, when I was 16, on my right leg. Candy would draw in the middle of it. In fact she has her own business now making different cards and figurines. http://stores.ebay.com/Candy-Ink-Creations It is so nice when people do what they enjoy. So, It was nice seeing her.
I forgot to write about last Saturday. I went out with the Girls, Jenn and Stephanie! So much fun! We went to The Cheesecake Factory, Yum. We had too much to eat and too much to drink. Boy, did I feel good after that. I just had such a good time. The wine also made me sleep very well even if I did not get home until 1 am. I was fresh for work the next morning.
Oh yes one more thing. I am sending my husband and son to Florida to see his family. I am also not going. I will have this condo all to my self. I am actually quite looking forward to that. I am going to see if I can get one of my friends from College to come over for a little slumber party. A night of wine and chick flicks sounds like a blast to me, especially when there are no men in the house to spoil it.
Well, I am sure that is not all, but I am off tomorrow so I can blog more then. Smiles!!!
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
I am tired and it is only the beginning of the year
Well, I have officially over done myself. I told work yes I can work my two days off if you give me two other days off. I have today and tomorrow off. This made me work seven days strait and not just any seven days, seven extremely busy days. I did 48 massages in seven days. I am about half alive. My body is done. Thank goodness I have the next two days off. Now I know not to do that again. Trying to recuperate today and tomorrow. But I am still keeping busy. I took down the Christmas tree today and put away all the decorations. Now all I need is to get the floor vacuumed and the kitchen squared away. I don’t vacuum because I break vacuums. I tend to vacuum up things like socks and other foreign items. This then clogs the vacuum and breaks the band that turns the turning thingies or does other damage. So Cullen will have to vacuum tomorrow morning. I will probably finish up the kitchen though.
New Year was fun. Cullen, Gregory, and I stayed up till midnight watching the ball drop on TV. The only problem was that Cullen only bought two Champaign glasses. Gregory was very upset. He wouldn’t toast us with his glass. I drank my Champaign then gave him the glass with juice in it. After he got the glass he said “cheers, cheers” and we clinked glasses. Then we put away some clothes that were in the dryer. Yes I know exciting thing to do when it just turned 2008. Finally we all went to bed.
New Year was fun. Cullen, Gregory, and I stayed up till midnight watching the ball drop on TV. The only problem was that Cullen only bought two Champaign glasses. Gregory was very upset. He wouldn’t toast us with his glass. I drank my Champaign then gave him the glass with juice in it. After he got the glass he said “cheers, cheers” and we clinked glasses. Then we put away some clothes that were in the dryer. Yes I know exciting thing to do when it just turned 2008. Finally we all went to bed.
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