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My Life Thus Far
I've Discovered My Music
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I apologize for not having very interesting entries
lately, but what can I say? Nothing juicy has been
happening. I look back at some of my earlier entries and I
wonder how I handled all the drama that was going on day
after day. I suppose that old adage "God" never gives you
more than you can handle has some merit to it, even if I'm
not entirely buying into the whole God thing. But, that's
another entry. This one is about today.
We got a little snow last night. Nothing major, just an
inch (maybe less), but it was enough to delay Annie's
school by an hour, so I got to sleep in. That was lovely.
Who doesn't like an extra hour in bed? I laid there
debating with myself over whether or not I wanted to go to
the gym. I had the time, but not the motivation. I'm that
weird type of perfectionist that doesn't want to do
anything if I can't do it perfectly and since I'm waiting
for Snookums to leave so I can get back into my weight
loss mode, I didn't want to go, but I'm glad I made
myself.
I parked my puffy behind on a stationary bike in the
fitness loft and watched the Price Is Right as I zoned
out. I didn't really pay too much attention to the lady on
the treadmill across from me, until she answered one of
the questions on the game show "Finding Nemo". When
someone blurts that out in the middle of perfect silence,
you tend to notice them. So, from that point on, she made
conversation. Turns out I'd seen her before. I'd insulted
her poor posture in her heels yesterday, while Gen and I
stood in line at the Commissary. Remember her Gen? The one
in the white coat? Well, we're acquaintances now. Turns
out both of our husbands are on the Stennis, she's got two
children also. 4 years old and 10 months old. We also used
to go to Bryman at the same time. Me as a student, her as
an extern coordinator. Once she said that, I knew where I
remembered her from. I saw her lots of times when I went
up to the office the last couple of months I was in
school. I just never talked to her. It's a small world.
So, we exchanged numbers and agreed to keep in touch. I'm
pretty bad about that, but I'll try. My schedule has
opened up a ton now that holidays are over (I only work 8
hours next week). I'm both happy and sad about that, since
I do love my job, but I love time off, too.
After the gym, I went to the Exchange to kill some time.
Snookums didn't get off from work until 1pm and Kiki's
evaluation at Holly Ridge wasn't until 2:30pm, so I
shopped. I ended up buying a whole new line of shampoo,
conditioner and styling products. Freeman mango-papaya
moisturizing line. It smells so luscious, I just had to
give it a try. I'm liking it so far. My hair is fragrant,
soft, under control, but not crunchy. All things I like my
styling products to do for me.
I also picked up the CD I've been wanting for awhile.
Corrine Bailey Rae. It's good. At this point, I'm only
liking two songs on the whole CD, but as with John Legend,
I'm sure that will change with time. I did come to an
epiphany today...I've discovered my music. SOUL. I LOVE,
LOVE, LOVE soul music. Doesn't matter who sings it. But,
that smooth, slow, deeply emotional feeling soul music has
speaks to me. John Legend, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu,
Corrine Bailey Rae, Hil St. Soul. All of them are amazing
talents not really heard much in the mainstream, but I
love them. So, now when someone asks me "what kind of
music do you like"? I can say "soul". What a realization...
Kiki's evaluation went well. She ended up only needing two
of the experts instead of all three. They worked with her
on her adaptive ability (eating, dressing, interacting
with others) and her expressive communication (talking,
duh). She did borderline in adaptive ability, enough that
they think she'll catch up on her own, but she failed
miserably in expressive communication. She should be using
a minimum of 50 words and making word pairs at this point,
but she doesn't even have one word. They don't
consider "mama", "dada" or "uh oh" as real words, because
they are just sounds. So, on the 24th I go back and
they'll present me with a plan of action. Basically
outlining what they think she needs to have done and we'll
take it from there. I opted for home visits, which means
that instead of working with her at daycare, they'll come
to our home once a week and teach her at home and they'll
teach me how to work with her the rest of the time. I
wanted to be a part of it, instead of just doing it at
daycare. I'm sure my work will understand my desire to be
a part of Kiki's development. I'm her mother and like it
or not, I'm the most important influence on her she'll
ever have. I want to help her.
We went to the Chinese Buffet as a family for dinner,
which was a nice enough idea, I thought, until we came out
of the restaurant and everything was covered in a layer of
snow. Washingtonians have no idea how to drive in anything
other than rain. Sunshine, snow, hail, anything other than
rain confuses them. So, it took us an hour and a half to
drive the 15 miles home. Rediculous. Thankfully, I wasn't
on E like I usually am. I'm terrible about putting gas in
my gas guzzling boat. I'm always running out. I only like
going to the gas station once a week. But, I've got a
twice a week gas tank! Anyhow, we're home safe now and
Snookums is praying for more snow, so he can call in
tomorrow and avoid duty. We'll see how well that goes
over!
Okay, I have to go now. Snookums wants milk and cookies in
bed. Like I need to eat anything in bed, but I'm not in
the mood for sex, so I'll eat cookies with him. Ciao.
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