Sorry to be late again! At least I'm posting this morning, so a little bit better than the last Saturday Six! Haha.
- Sunday was my youngest nephew, Camerin’s,
third birthday. Oh, how time
flies! Three years ago, I was an 18
year old who had just finished her first year of college, holding a
newborn baby in my arms who was cute as can be. Now, that baby is my youngest nephew who
runs around and takes my hand saying “I want to show you something,”
leading me through wherever we are, even if he doesn’t know exactly what
it is that he wants to show me.
He’s also the little ham, that on my graduation day from college,
after the commencement ceremony, went into my arms and didn’t want to let
go. Truth be told, kid may make me
want to yank out my hair sometimes, or to pour myself an extra large glass
of liquor or wine, but we’re tight.
Anyone fucks with my boy, just as if anyone were to fuck with my
nieces and other nephew, they’ve got me to deal with. Camerin lights up my world and is often
the main one who brings me the most smiles, and the warmest of feelings anymore. Wow…still trying to get over that he’s
three now.
- Tuesday,
I watched Camerin while my mama went and did errands, because my dad was
out of town for this week. He
didn’t want to do anything all day but stare out the window at the
tractors in the field across the road.
Yes, I live in the country, so tractors, trucks, and fields are a
huge thing in my daily life. I
don’t know how I did it, but I managed to get him away from the window and
into the kitchen long enough to eat a peanut butter sandwich and get
washed off. My patience may have
been worn by the end of the night, but I’ve learned through him over time,
that small defeats with children are big ones in the long run. Granted, I’m still worried after three
years to fall asleep when I’m the only one taking care of him, paranoid that
if something goes wrong I’ll be too tried or something to leap into
action. So, even though I almost fell asleep with him when I laid him down
to his nap, I dragged my butt out of the bed and listened as I watched a
little bit of Grimm.
- Wednesday
night, I went over to my friend Jamie’s house and we spent most of
Thursday together. It was nice that
we got to do that, just two friends instead of having to make it a group
thing like most friends seem to make things these days. Been friends since…I believe the eighth
grade, ups and downs included, but still, we are friends. It’s great to be blessed with having
friends from my high school days or in my hometown still, because I don’t
know how I would survive living in my hometown full-time again without any
of them. We ran some errands, which
included laughter from small things.
She even took me out to Buffalo,
which is a rare case for me. Last
time I went out to Buffalo
was over a year ago with my friend Dani to shop for things for her wedding
last year. Jamie lived in Buffalo as a kid, so
it was awesome to get the chance to be shown her old side of the
tracks. I love hearing old stories
from friends and good people, even more so when I have a setting to view.
We went to the mall, and *gasp* I gave up my Victoria’s Secret virginity. I’ve been in the store before, yes, and have used Love Spell body products on occasion when I was a little younger, but for the first time, I bought something there. And wowza, the material feels great against my skin. I went clearance of course, no offense, nice stuff there, but you think I’m paying fifty bucks for a bra, you’re loco. We also went to a gourmet chef store and another one that has things you can fill your living quarters with; if it weren’t for me being unemployed for now, and running out of storage space…I would have been buying things at both these stores for my future place. I was enraptured by some of the objects. I mean, hello, there was a stand that had the old time film reel inside of it, and canvases with beautiful pictures. And awesome cookware. I also took her into a store full of Swarovski beauties. She had never heard of them, and I said that it’s amazing, and some of the best crystal, and even though it’s expensive, it’s way cheaper than diamonds. If I were of the mind to do it, I probably could have stayed in that store just staring at the amazing glitz and dazzle of the jewelry in there.
Later on, we got a bite at the Olive Garden (breadsticks, nom). And by the way, just because I seem to not be full of life or something, doesn’t mean I’m not enjoying myself. I wasn’t bored one second like she worried, I was just mellow and calm, and for a nice while, not stressing.
- Friday
night, we had a small laugh in my sister’s car, where I told Camerin that
he was precious sometimes, and he responded, “yeah.” Ma’s response was “and a little
conceited, too!” Laughter ensued.
- I know
I’m late with this post, yet again, but yesterday I was with my sister
Ashley and Camerin all day, helping prepare things for the party
today. I shelled and chopped eggs,
minced celery, poured things into the bowl to be mixed for salads, peeled
and cut potatoes (had to keep stopping, because gripping the knife caused
a lot of pain in my wrist and lots of shaking). Things may take a while, but even with
pain, I keep going. I also helped
with the cake, which, in a way, was fun.
We made the inside tie-dyed, which was interesting to do. Ashley and I split the cake mixture into
four bowls and she added the food coloring as I used the mixer. After the colors were done, we took
turns on which side of the cake pan we were going to be, so that we could
get the colors all over, and then marbled the colors. I will admit, the cake looks pretty
sick.
- The thing, that is the most simplest of things that made me happy about this past week however, was sleep. I got it. I managed in at least a half hour nap in Ashley’s car during errand running yesterday… and last night, I WENT TO BED EARLY! It’s fantastic. Insomnia got the short end of the stick for the first time in months, and I got to be asleep by ten o’clock last night. Oh heavens bless sleep!
~Count your blessings, and whether things are bad or you’re
doing well, find something good and hold on!
Much love!
~*~Alyse~*~
