I just gotta laugh - really being frustrated and/or annoyed just doesn't do any good, so laughing, it is my best option!!!
Waking up the morning was yet another adventure in living!!! There I am, all cuddled into my nice 600 thread count sheets, under my nice warm down comforter, snoozing peacefully....when, all of a sudden there is this odd yet certain sensation - someone is pulling a my big toe!!! I think what initially startled me was the fact that the pulling of the big toe was a 'prank' my father enjoyed pulling, which was closely followed by a booming "rise and shine"....Dad was so the morning person - for those of us who like a few minutes to cozy up to a new day, and if at all possible ingest some coffee as soon as possible - this awakening by Dad could be a rude one!!!! But this morning, my toe tug was closely followed by "ANCEE....oh ANCEE....you wake?!?!?!?!". Now, I wanted to say - 'I am now'....but really, what effect will this have on a two year old?!?!?!? And again, being awakened by that sweet voice isn't all bad - really, it's kind of nice.....but, if she could push up her alarm time a little, Aunt Pants wouldn't mind at all!!!!
So, being the self respecting person I am, I went to retrieve a cuppa joe....to be greeted by my all too perky sister (and trust me, she doesn't wake up that way!) telling me that the coffee, well, she didn't check it, and it was left over from yesterday. Ahhh....foiled again. So, I set about cleaning up the the kitchen sink sufficiently to satisfy me - I have this thing about stuff in the kitchen sink - and making a pot 'o coffee. So, I set about getting ready for the day and then went and got some coffee.
Like most people these days I started to sit down and check my e-mail; but, then remembered I hadn't made my bed yet - so I returned to the boudoir to make the bed. I grab the edge of the quilt and am met by a troubling sensation....wetness. ARGH............... Now, I know yesterday I detailed the human move in....but did I mention four cats are part of the deal....I didn't think so. Well, Pete, my sister's original cat, has a history of making his feelings known about situations he's not all together happy with...he expresses those feelings by depositing his various types of excrement in quite inappropriate places. Yesterday the deposit was on my 2 year old nieces' bed - today - it was me....ah....just frickin', frackin' perfect!!!! Pete, he's mad at the wrong person - I'm here to be his friend, doesn't he understand that....I know, he's a cat - he's an animal!!!! Ahhhhh................
Now, I know, you've got to be thinking - enough already.....well, not so!!!! Before putting the two year old down for a nap I gather up her peed upon down comforter to take to the dry cleaners, not five minutes from the house. Well, I get there and start walking though the door and TRIP over the threshold - in all my glory, and go sprawling headlong into the store, being pulled out of my flip flops, my handful of keys going one way, and the peed on comforter protecting me from smacking my face and probably smashing my glasses....the expensive pair!!!! The girl behind the counter peers over and says..."are you alright?" - ARE YOU KIDDING ME - of course I answered, "I'm fine", after all, I do have some pride! Tomorrow I should have some award winning bruises!
So it goes....just another day in the life of your average middle aged woman!
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
New Normal....
Have I mentioned before that I think 'normal' is way overrated, if it even exists?!?!?! Really, somebody tell me what 'normal' is and why it is so freakin' terrific!!!! In medicine 'normal' can't really be nailed down - there is always a 'range' of what normal is....normal - it's like trying to nail jello to the wall - lotsa luck!!!!
Yesterday was D-Day around here! My sister and her family officially 'moved in' - really except for sleeping and the adult contingent showering everyone had relocated here - I'm not exactly sure when that happened.....it just seems 'normal' now!!! So, the beds, and shoes, and clothes, and cosmetics, and medications, and......is here, and I know there has to be some more to come. So - there is now a new 'normal' here, and I'm great with it....but it will be an adjustment for everyone. Bless my sisters' heart - since she and her family moved in with Dad about 2.5 years ago I'm sure she feels like 'normal' isn't even part of the English language - that is something she has to be anxious to define when their house is done. My sister, she's one that likes some order in her chaos (I'm not finger pointing, I'm built the same way) - and for the last couple of years, order has been a pretty illusive commodity....so let the excavation and building begin!!!!
This morning I realized there was a whole new normal....I awoke to the sounds of a little baby doll stroller rolling across my hardwood floors and hearing my almost three year old niece say 'Ancy...you wake up????' Really, not such a terrible way to wake up, she had such a sweet little voice!
Living situations are changing...and the seasons are changing here in Indiana....my favorite season, fall time. The leaves are starting to turn - blazing red, sunset orange, speckled yellow - the corn is being picked, and where it is not picked are the corn sheaves ready to give up their bounty. Though we seem to be in the midst of Indian Summer, the air is drier and the nights are crisp and cool - ah....fall time.
So, yeah - it is affirmed once again - "normal" it is way overrated!
Yesterday was D-Day around here! My sister and her family officially 'moved in' - really except for sleeping and the adult contingent showering everyone had relocated here - I'm not exactly sure when that happened.....it just seems 'normal' now!!! So, the beds, and shoes, and clothes, and cosmetics, and medications, and......is here, and I know there has to be some more to come. So - there is now a new 'normal' here, and I'm great with it....but it will be an adjustment for everyone. Bless my sisters' heart - since she and her family moved in with Dad about 2.5 years ago I'm sure she feels like 'normal' isn't even part of the English language - that is something she has to be anxious to define when their house is done. My sister, she's one that likes some order in her chaos (I'm not finger pointing, I'm built the same way) - and for the last couple of years, order has been a pretty illusive commodity....so let the excavation and building begin!!!!
This morning I realized there was a whole new normal....I awoke to the sounds of a little baby doll stroller rolling across my hardwood floors and hearing my almost three year old niece say 'Ancy...you wake up????' Really, not such a terrible way to wake up, she had such a sweet little voice!
Living situations are changing...and the seasons are changing here in Indiana....my favorite season, fall time. The leaves are starting to turn - blazing red, sunset orange, speckled yellow - the corn is being picked, and where it is not picked are the corn sheaves ready to give up their bounty. Though we seem to be in the midst of Indian Summer, the air is drier and the nights are crisp and cool - ah....fall time.
So, yeah - it is affirmed once again - "normal" it is way overrated!
Sunday, October 05, 2008
The Trouble with Time...
When I was a kid, I would complain to my mother that time just dragged on - you had to wait 'forever' for the 'good things' in life and the 'bad things' seemed to last forever. Mom, in her own way would explain that my perception wasn't really right, and one day (in what seemed 'forever' away) it would seem like time went to fast.... My mother was so right - about this and most other things and life lessons that she taught me in my first 48 years of life. The days just seem to slip though my fingers - it feels like trying to hold onto air.
The eastern Europe trip was amazing and fabulous. I am definitely a 'cruise convert' - it IS the only way to vacation....there have never been so many people so interested in my happiness all of the time. There was the 'little' incident at the end of two days in St. Petersburg where the Russian mafia decided I was a perfect target and pick-pocketed my fanny pack and got my camera - so all of my pictures for the first half of my vacation are lost to some idiots in Russia....I showed them, I bought a new camera on-board the same night!!! I loved Estonia (Tallin) - it was a picturesque European city, like you would see in pictures and/or paintings....and I did some great shopping! Berlin was amazing - especially from a historical perspective - to walk though the Brandenburg Gate and lean up against the Berlin Wall and walk around Checkpoint Charlie - somehow it was really profound - as a woman who remembers the weekly air raid drills in grade school, it was really quite something.
Work on the house continues - actually I've almost decided it is never ending. Most of the outside work is done...well, not really - I'm getting new handrails for both the front and back steps, and a new rail around the perimeter of the front porch, that will happen in the next couple of weeks. I've picked the shingles and skylights I want for the roof - but that needs to wait for the reno on the attic to begin....and Friday I did select a contractor, so hopefully, that will start sooner rather than later. Next year I will get an awning for the front porch - continue with Scott's lawn care and the landscaping - and that will pretty well close the loop! Well....there is the matter of the driveway that is going to need attention eventually - yeah, it just never ends!!!
Health wise, I've been hanging in there - after the Europe trip I was a little out of commission for about a month - some kind of 'bug' got me, and it was wicked. The infusions every 28 days (there's that 28 day number....!!) are really kind of miraculous. This last month the last two weeks or so were more difficult that others, I'm not really sure why - but Wednesday was infusion day and I'm feeling pretty good now!
In September I became a Grandma again - this time a little boy! Next month I'm going to Texas to meet the little guy and spend some time with my girls!
The demo/construction next door is starting in earnest - and soon the Gunn gang will be moving in, as my two year old niece says, "aventure"!!!! Sometimes it's hard - as the screened in back porch fell to the ground....but, it is a wonderful thing for my sister and her family, and for the first time they will really be able to create their own home.
Soooo...time just keeps marching on - it can't be boxed up and saved for later - you gotta grab it while it's here!
The eastern Europe trip was amazing and fabulous. I am definitely a 'cruise convert' - it IS the only way to vacation....there have never been so many people so interested in my happiness all of the time. There was the 'little' incident at the end of two days in St. Petersburg where the Russian mafia decided I was a perfect target and pick-pocketed my fanny pack and got my camera - so all of my pictures for the first half of my vacation are lost to some idiots in Russia....I showed them, I bought a new camera on-board the same night!!! I loved Estonia (Tallin) - it was a picturesque European city, like you would see in pictures and/or paintings....and I did some great shopping! Berlin was amazing - especially from a historical perspective - to walk though the Brandenburg Gate and lean up against the Berlin Wall and walk around Checkpoint Charlie - somehow it was really profound - as a woman who remembers the weekly air raid drills in grade school, it was really quite something.
Work on the house continues - actually I've almost decided it is never ending. Most of the outside work is done...well, not really - I'm getting new handrails for both the front and back steps, and a new rail around the perimeter of the front porch, that will happen in the next couple of weeks. I've picked the shingles and skylights I want for the roof - but that needs to wait for the reno on the attic to begin....and Friday I did select a contractor, so hopefully, that will start sooner rather than later. Next year I will get an awning for the front porch - continue with Scott's lawn care and the landscaping - and that will pretty well close the loop! Well....there is the matter of the driveway that is going to need attention eventually - yeah, it just never ends!!!
Health wise, I've been hanging in there - after the Europe trip I was a little out of commission for about a month - some kind of 'bug' got me, and it was wicked. The infusions every 28 days (there's that 28 day number....!!) are really kind of miraculous. This last month the last two weeks or so were more difficult that others, I'm not really sure why - but Wednesday was infusion day and I'm feeling pretty good now!
In September I became a Grandma again - this time a little boy! Next month I'm going to Texas to meet the little guy and spend some time with my girls!
The demo/construction next door is starting in earnest - and soon the Gunn gang will be moving in, as my two year old niece says, "aventure"!!!! Sometimes it's hard - as the screened in back porch fell to the ground....but, it is a wonderful thing for my sister and her family, and for the first time they will really be able to create their own home.
Soooo...time just keeps marching on - it can't be boxed up and saved for later - you gotta grab it while it's here!
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