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Sunday, May 16, 2004
Keep Your Babies Home! Ok, I need to gripe. Last night, me and my best girl (now known as MBG) went to the movies to see Van Helsing. Keep in mind we went to the 9:15 show. The movie would have been 10 times before if there hadn't been a baby crying after the first 1/2 hour through the rest of the movie. I want to go on record and say my son is 6 years old and I NEVER brought him to the movies when he was younger. Especially not to a movie like Van Helsing. It wasn't scary but it did have scary creatures. Now this baby/little boy did walk because I saw him after about an hour of everyone in the theater yelling at the parents to get the damned kid out of there. Many questions come to my mind. 1-Why don't you get a sitter? (If you can't get a sitter - stay HOME!) 2-What is your baby doing out from 9-11 at night? 3-Why is your baby watching a movie that deals with vampires, werewolves and frankenstein's monster? do not for one second think I am mother of the year, but damn, use some common sense! Poor kid must have been bored out of his mind. When a child cries, there's usually a reason. Now I'm no expert, but what do you all think? I didn't pay $7 to go to the movies and hear a child cry through the whole thing. Now I know when I go see Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban with my son during the afternoon when it comes out there will be babies crying, kids talking, frustrated parents. That comes with the territory. My two cents :) Anyway, me and MBG complained at guest services and we got free passes for another movie. Woo-hoo! We're thinking Mean Girls. That just looks so cute. But we are planning to go to the late show just IN CASE! That works out for me anyway. I like to spend the majority of my weekends with DJ since I'm at work and he's at school all week. When I go out on Saturday, I don't usually go out until around 9. Then he's asleep while I'm out. It's going to be movie central coming up. DJ and I will be hitting the theatres to see Shrek 2, Harry Potter, Spider-Man 2 and Garfield. I'll probably be spacing them out every two weeks. The movies get expensive! It's great because the one theater around here charges $4 on Tuesdays for all their shows and you get a free small popcorn. Then I just have to buy a big juice for us to share. That was my night last night. MBG and I were thinking of hitting center city. If you all don't know, I live in Philly and MTV's The Real World is filming here right now. We heard they've been hanging alot on South Street. We are just so nosey :) It seems so exciting. I'm not sure which weekend we'll do that but it will be upcoming. I'd like to work it into a weekend where I can have money to get another piercing. I've been wanting to get my tongue pierced forever. Maybe I can get that done while we're down there. Ok, I need to gripe. Last night, me and my best girl (now known as MBG) went to the movies to see Van Helsing. Keep in mind we went to the 9:15 show. The movie would have been 10 times before if there hadn't been a baby crying after the first 1/2 hour through the rest of the movie. I want to go on record and say my son is 6 years old and I NEVER brought him to the movies when he was younger. Especially not to a movie like Van Helsing. It wasn't scary but it did have scary creatures. Now this baby/little boy did walk because I saw him after about an hour of everyone in the theater yelling at the parents to get the damned kid out of there. Many questions come to my mind. 1-Why don't you get a sitter? (If you can't get a sitter - stay HOME!) 2-What is your baby doing out from 9-11 at night? 3-Why is your baby watching a movie that deals with vampires, werewolves and frankenstein's monster? I do not for one second think I am mother of the year, but damn, use some common sense! Poor kid must have been bored out of his mind. When a child cries, there's usually a reason. Now I'm no expert, but what do you all think? I didn't pay $7 to go to the movies and hear a child cry through the whole thing. Now I know when I go see Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban with my son during the afternoon when it comes out there will be babies crying, kids talking, frustrated parents. That comes with the territory. My two cents :) Anyway, me and MBG complained at guest services and we got free passes for another movie. Woo-hoo! We're thinking Mean Girls. That just looks so cute. But we are planning to go to the late show just IN CASE! That works out for me anyway. I like to spend the majority of my weekends with DJ since I'm at work and he's at school all week. When I go out on Saturday, I don't usually go out until around 9. Then he's asleep while I'm out. It's going to be movie central coming up. DJ and I will be hitting the theatres to see Shrek 2, Harry Potter, Spider-Man 2 and Garfield. I'll probably be spacing them out every two weeks. The movies get expensive! It's great because the one theater around here charges $4 on Tuesdays for all their shows and you get a free small popcorn. Then I just have to buy a big juice for us to share. That was my night last night. MBG and I were thinking of hitting center city. If you all don't know, I live in Philly and MTV's The Real World is filming here right now. We heard they've been hanging alot on South Street. We are just so nosey :) It seems so exciting. I'm not sure which weekend we'll do that but it will be upcoming. I'd like to work it into a weekend where I can have money to get another piercing. I've been wanting to get my tongue pierced forever. Maybe I can get that done while we're down there. Friday, May 14, 2004
TGIF Baby! Wow, this was one helluva week. I'm so glad it's the weekend. I'm sitting here and, of course, there is nothing on TV. I have 80+ channels and nothing is on. How sad is that? Last night, DJ and I were just hanging out, killing time until it was time for him to go to bed. His biggest worry in life is whether or not he gets to watch a tape over the weekend :) He's been asking me all week if he can watch a tape tonight. I keep giving him my same answer, “If you're a good boy...”. Last night he was getting ready for bed and he says, “Mom, I'll give you a dollar if you let me watch a tape tomorrow night.” I started cracking up. I can't believe how he's wheeling and dealing. After I was done laughing, I told him we would see. I can see the wheels turning in his brain. Then he says, “Mom, how about I give you a hundred dollars? Can I watch a tape then?” I lost it. I was laughing so hard and he just keeps saying to me, “What's so funny?” Today when I picked him up from the bus stop, he asks me where we're going. I told him I'm not telling him. Of course he asks the whole ride, over and over and over and over again. I was going to take him to Hollywood Video so he could rent a movie. That's his new big thing. He has dozens of movies here, but my father got him his very own rental card and now he thinks he's “the man.” Of course he knows the way to Hollywood Video and he's getting all excited. “Oooh, are we going to Movie Hollywood, Mom? Ooooh, I know we are.” Of course I stop at Wawa first to throw him off the track :) I'm so evil lol. He rented some Mickey Mouse flick and I picked up Love Actually. Of course it wasn't as good as I thought it was going to be. I was just sitting here thinking about how Sweet Home Alabama was on tonight on cable and I decided to watch the movie I rented instead. I had wished I had watched Sweet Home Alabama again because it was a cute movie and I'm a big Reese fan. So I'm bummed because by now Sweet has ended and Love Actually was a let down. Then I realize I own Sweet Home Alabama on dvd. Go me! I'm a major movie buff. I swear I buy movies every week. This is the first week I've rented a movie in years. Hollywood has this big sale on their VHS and DVD's all the time. Last week I picked up Good Boy, The Order, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, and Gothika. I almost purchased more today but I really need to control myself :) Scott and Lucy: Thanks for the nice words. They are much appreciated! Thursday, May 13, 2004
I Attract All The Idiots I'm single right now. I've been single for about 5 months. I don't like being single but then again I don't like being in a relationship. So I figure I'll just chill out until I actually figure out what I want. Yes, this is leading somewhere:) I just moved into my apartment complex about 8 months ago. Many attractive men around here. I still have no clue whether or not they are single or not. I'm driving up one day to pick up my son from the bus stop. I stop because my trash falls off the trunk of the car (I put trash on top of my trunk to take to the dumpster). There's this man walking by and he's trying to talk to me. I'm thinking I'd like to stay and talk to you but I have to get my little boy. He asks for my number. Of course I give him the cell. Then he starts calling me. He doesn't have much to say. He just wants to hang out. I'm trying to explain to him that he can't come over to my house because I don't play that. I live in Philly. Crazy shit happens. I don't let any guy I don't know come over and hang out. Anyway, his cell is a PIECE OF CRAP. Either he can't hear me or I can't understand a word he's saying because of static. I tell him, “you're breaking up.“ He's telling me he's not. I finally agreed to let him come over and hang out on my steps one night. My son had alot of homework that night and it was getting late. I tried calling to tell him I had to reschedule. Someone else answered the phone. I left a message. Then I put my son to bed around 7. I wake up because my buzzer keeps sounding. I'm thinking who the heck is that??? Why don't they leave my buzzer alone? I finally go and answer and it's this guy. He's like can I come in? I'm like I'm sleeping. He said how about for like 5 minutes? Do I have stupid on my forehead. I said no and hung up the intercom. He kept ringing my damned doorbell. That was it for me. Btw, he was 2 hours late. And I never gave him my address. How did he know where I lived? I told him I was no longer interested. Blah blah blah. Of course he still called. He would call like 5x a day. Honestly. I don't even know this man. I'm not all that. lol. My point of this long, drawn out post was that he called me again today. My cell rang. I answered, “Hello.“ Caller says, “Hello“, I say, “Hello“, Caller says, “Hello“, I say, “HELLO“, Caller says, “Hello.“ I hung up. I realized the 2nd time he said hello it was him. Learn phone etiquette, get some manners. I don't have time for this. Does he think he's that special that I remembered his voice? Well, I did, but that's besides the point. That's only because he has an accent and most people would call my home number before my cell. Almost every guy I ever dated was an idiot. The last one wasn't too bad. I call him Mr. Big:) No, he's not the one I'll never forget or anything like that. My dad christened him that. Now it sticks. But all the rest.... Doesn't say much for my instincts. Hence, single status.
Wednesday, May 12, 2004
Work, Work, Work Work feels like it is taking up so much of my time recently. I have so many reports to get done, besides the other things that come up. I'm going crazy. I hate stopping when I'm in the middle of something to get something done. Let me tell you how it went. Last week a co-worker asked me to give her some information that I could access. I already a report designed containing just the specific information she needed. I told her I'd be happy to forward this to her. That wasn't good enough. She wanted me to TYPE IN 462 pieces of information into her spreadsheet. Not happening. I compromised. I took her spreadsheet, threw it in my database and let Access add my info. Sent her the “new” spreadsheet this morning. She emails me, telling me to move my information around on the spreadsheet. I compromised once. I'm not an AA nor am I her AA. No offense to AA's out there. I just have other things to do. email her instructions on how to cut and paste a column in Excel. Wait until you hear what she comes back with. She sends me an email stating that she knows how to do this. She said she asked me to create the report so she didn't have to (wtf???). I need the column moved. My parents don't talk to me like that. No one talks to me like that. No one should talk to anyone like that. I don't talk to my 6 year old son like that. Nope, not doing it. My co-worker in my department emailed her back and suggested she do it herself and if she has any problems with that, then contact our supervisor. Gotta love the job! Work, Work, Work Work feels like it is taking up so much of my time recently. I have so many reports to get done, besides the other things that come up. I'm going crazy. I hate stopping when I'm in the middle of something to get something done. Let me tell you how it went. Last week a co-worker asked me to give her some information that I could access. I already a report designed containing just the specific information she needed. I told her I'd be happy to forward this to her. That wasn't good enough. She wanted me to TYPE IN 462 pieces of information into her spreadsheet. Not happening. I compromised. I took her spreadsheet, threw it in my database and let Access add my info. Sent her the “new” spreadsheet this morning. She emails me, telling me to move my information around on the spreadsheet. I compromised once. I'm not an AA nor am I her AA. No offense to AA's out there. I just have other things to do. I email her instructions on how to cut and paste a column in Excel. Wait until you hear what she comes back with. She sends me an email stating that she knows how to do this. She said she asked me to create the report so she didn't have to (wtf???). I need the column moved. My parents don't talk to me like that. No one talks to me like that. No one should talk to anyone like that. I don't talk to my 6 year old son like that. Nope, not doing it. My co-worker in my department emailed her back and suggested she do it herself and if she has any problems with that, then contact our supervisor. Gotta love the job! Wednesday, May 05, 2004
Time Flies When You Are Havin Fun Work feels like it is taking up so much of my time recently. I have so many reports to get done, besides the other things that come up. I'm going crazy. I hate stopping when I'm in the middle of something to get something done. Let me tell you how it went. Last week a co-worker asked me to give her some information that I could access. I already a report designed containing just the specific information she needed. I told her I'd be happy to forward this to her. That wasn't good enough. She wanted me to TYPE IN 462 pieces of information into her spreadsheet. Not happening. I compromised. I took her spreadsheet, threw it in my database and let Access add my info. Sent her the “new” spreadsheet this morning. She emails me, telling me to move my information around on the spreadsheet. I compromised once. I'm not an AA nor am I her AA. No offense to AA's out there. I just have other things to do. I email her instructions on how to cut and paste a column in Excel. Wait until you hear what she comes back with. She sends me an email stating that she knows how to do this. She said she asked me to create the report so she didn't have to (wtf???). I need the column moved. My parents don't talk to me like that. No one talks to me like that. No one should talk to anyone like that. I don't talk to my 6 year old son like that. Nope, not doing it. My co-worker in my department emailed her back and suggested she do it herself and if she has any problems with that, then contact our supervisor. Gotta love the job! Time Flies When You're Having Fun I overslept today. That was my own fault. I was so tired when I came home last night. Yet I still stayed up to watch TV. I love reality TV. Especially reality TV that is shown on MTV. Yes, I'm 28 years old and I still watch “The Real World.”
After watching, my girl and I were talking on the phone about the episode and just about everything else under the sun. I should have known better than to call her back. Everytime we talk it's at least for an hour or longer. I still can't get over the fact that we've been friends over 10 years and we speak on the phone almost every day for all that time. Really, what do we talk about? I get to work late and I have so many projects due by Friday. Instead I'm sitting here surfing the net. Updating my blog. Not only are my projects due Friday, I leave today at 2, tomorrow at 2 and Friday at 1. My son is at home sick today. He's actually been sick since Monday. Strep throat and scarlet fever. Poor baby. I'm one of the lucky ones though. My son is definitely not a complainer. He's just scratching himself constantly. Hopefully I'll send him back to school on Friday. Just in time for a 1/2 day of school. My boss must love me! Heaven's Special Child Heaven's Special Child
Author presently unknown God Sent Me An Angel God Sent Me An Angel Patron Saint Patron Saint by Erma Bombeck Most women become mothers by accident, some by choice, a few by social pressures and a couple by habit. This year, nearly 100,000 women will become mothers of handicapped children. Did you ever wonder how mothers of handicapped children are chosen? Somehow I visualize God hovering over Earth selecting his instruments for propagation with great care and deliberation. As he observes, he instructs his angels to make notes in a giant ledger, "Armstrong, Beth - son; patron saint - Matthew. Forrest, Marjorie - daughter; patron saint - Cecilia. Rudledge, Carrie - twins; patron saint - give her Gerard. He's used to profanity." Finally, he passes a name to an angel and smiles, "Give her an autistic child." The angel is curious. "Why this one, God? She's so happy." "Exactly," says God. "Could I give an autistic child to a mother who does not know laughter? That would be cruel." "But has she the patience?" asks the angel. "I don't want her to have too much patience or she will drown in a sea of self pity and despair. Once the shock and resentment wear off, she'll handle it. I watched her today, she has that feeling of self and independence that is so rare and necessary in a mother. You see, the child I'm going to give her has his own world. She has to make it live in her world, and that's not going to be easy." "But Lord, I don't think she even believes in you." God smiles, "No matter, I can fix that. This one is perfect. She has just enough selfishness." The angel gasps, "Selfishness? Is that a virtue?" God nods, "If she can't separate herself from the child occasionally, she'll never survive. Yes, here is a woman whom I will bless with a child less than perfect. She doesn't realize it yet, but she is to be envied. She will never take for granted a 'spoken word'. She will never consider a 'step' ordinary. When her child says'Momma' for the first time, she will be present at a miracle and know it! I will permit her to see clearly the things I see... ignorance, cruelty, prejudice... and allow her to rise above them. She will never be alone. I will be at her side every minute of every day of her life, because she is doing my work as surely she is here by side." "And what about her patron saint?", asks the angel, pen poised in midair. God smiles, "A mirror will suffice."
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