Wow, just when you think life is going OK, you are enslaved by a sinus headache and low-grade nausea. What a miserable day. I kinda wish I could've stayed in bed all day, or just in a big chair, reading a book, maybe.
In my BK [before kids] days, I could've sat around all day. Not any more.
I ended up being a chauffeur. I took Mike to Sunday School. I took Mike, Alesia, and Colton to Target.
Target was interesting. Michael wanted new boxer shorts. He first chose a Medium package and I explained that a 30 inch waist is Small, in Men's Sizes. I stifled a giggle. Alesia chose a package of panties that were basically microscopic triangles of cloth and a lot of string. (I warned her NOT to show the package to Granny.) She also got some new tennis shoes, because she needs decent shoes to wear to school. She hates athletic-looking tennis shoes and will only wear Converse because they are fashionable.They were on sale, thank goodness.
I brought everyone home after that, and then took Alesia to her friend Katie's house.
While everyone ate a sandwich, I wrote a post for my other blog, Bad Date Stories, The Makeout King. I sent him a Friend request on Facebook. Let's see if he responds.. It's only been twenty years. LOL
Alesia texted a little while ago and asked me if she could eat dinner with Katie's family. I said fine, if they will bring you home. I don't like driving at night, particularly when I don't feel great.
Michael had to make a poster for a class called Decision Making. The poster has to focus on things he wants to have and what he wants to be, when he grows up. These are the pictures he cut out to represent those things: a chair [because it took up a lot of space on the poster, he said], the beach, an iPod touch, a bassett hound, a Rottweiler, a baseball, an airplane, a laptop, a tie decorated with pictures of stamps [he just liked how it looked, but allowed he might like to design ties one day], and a laughing Buddha, so he could have luck in the future.
He got everything glued down and realized he didn't have enough images. He let me print out images of a college diploma [yay, good goal!] and a globe. I asked about the globe.
"I want to travel the world," he said.
"You cannot go far away from yo mama, dude," I responded.
He grinned.
You can draw your own conclusions about all those things. I don't look for any great hidden meanings. We don't read too many magazines, so there was a limit on what he could find to cut out.
After much trolling of the internet, here are the quotes he decided to use on his poster:
Baseball is a fun game. It beats working for a living. ~Phil Linz
If you want your dreams to come true, don't over sleep. – Yiddish Proverb
It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich. – Alan Alda
Here are the quotes I liked but he didn't want to use:
A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.
Ogden Nash
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” John 13:34-35
Having children makes you no more a parent than having a piano makes you a pianist.
Michael Levine
I like quotes. I grew up with inspirational quotes on the fridge.
I am sharing the two photos below just for fun.
Know who this cutie pie is?!?
It's my brother Bruce! Wasn't he adorable?
It's probably a good thing he doesn't read my blog...
