I Could Write a Book

    Hello All,

    It’s been a while since I’ve written anything. May is just mayhem every year. Things are piling up, coming to an end or just beginning. I’ve had plenty of those this month. 

    I think I’ll start with T: T finished 4th grade with flying colors. All A’s and one B. He maintained A/B Honor Roll for the entire year and had A conduct for the entire year. He was voted best "book report presentor" which is just wonderful for me. He doesn’t mind talking in front of others and he knows his books when he reads them. T played basketball this year and finally got aggressive. Thank goodness considering he is going to be one tall kid. He’s currently playing baseball and it is what I call "bamboo shoot torture". I have no idea why he is doing this other than his dad is trying to live through his kids but that’s a whole ‘nother blog. Oh, T is going off this summer for his first ever "away camp". He’s excited and nervous and I am hoping that it helps mature him a bit.

    Then there’s G: G passed 1st grade with brillant colors. Straight A’s. A’s for the entire year and for conduct. He’s the little golden boy at school and the girls just love him. He is going to have no trouble getting dates one day. He played basketball for the first time ever and they stuck him on the wrong team. He never made a basket the entire season except for the "free throws" at half time. We were proud that he tried as hard as he did. He’s in baseball right now and absolutely hates it. I think that’s a lack of confidence and not really a dislike for the game. The last 2 games he has actually hit the ball and in the last game he scored a run. I cried. 

    Last but not least is J: J finished Kindergarden with a bang. She was the wildest dancer in her graduation performance and had everyone laughing. She is reading already. Shocked me like crazy the first time she read something to me. I had no idea she could even read. She did "Daisies" this year and has really enjoyed it. Can’t say that I made any close friends with the other moms. Maybe I should get involved more, eh ? J’s dance recital was this past weekend and she did the best she’s ever done. She had no fear on stage and was so excited. She truly knew the dance, too.  I was worried mid-year on how she was going to do academically, but I have no fears now. She blossomed these last couple of months.

    Me: I finally made it back to tennis and pilates. I’ve got a headache at this very moment from playing in the heat today. Yay for sunshine. I’ve got a new position on the board for Jr League. Sometimes, I really wonder why I continue to stay on. I’m doing a lot of reading right now. Spending a lot of time at the pool - one at the gym and in my backyard. It is so nice having a pool. Can’t say the house gets cleaned a lot because we seem to be staying outside all the time now. This is one of the reasons why I haven’t blogged lately.  I finally feel as if I’m to a point in my life where I can move forward and decide what I really want to do/be when I’m completely grown up. Life is real good right now. Other than my complaining about my body shape and weight everything is good.

   Here’s to a wonderful summer. I feel like the kids and I really started ours today out in the sun, sliding down the waterslides. Had a blast. I hope your summer is just as wonderful as mine.

    41 years old and I’m still experiencing "firsts" in my life. Go me. Today my "first" was pilates. My new exercise love. While you’re doing the class it doesn’t seem to be "too hard", but oh my goodness, a couple hours later and my thighs were screaming. I am so happy. I feel so much better mentally when I’m exercising. It makes me a better person all around not just healthier.

    Want to know how badly my thighs are screaming ? Bad enough that I went on a walk just to loosen my legs up. I’d say I got a pretty good workout. Have I mentioned how much happier I am when I’m exercising ? I feel like I lose a part of me when I’m not doing something to focus on me and dang, this summer "me" went completely out the window. Well, other than reading. Oh, and other than no meetings. I’m making up for that now, though.

    How wrong is it to take aleve on your first day of exercising ? Man, I’m getting old. I’m going to cardio tennis tomorrow morning and at this rate I’m not sure if I will be able to run after the balls. The tennis pro is going to have a field day with me tomorrow. I’m gearing up for the Aussie accent saying "what the helllllllllll was that ? " LOL.

    School starts Friday. God bless school. For the children I mean. I’m 90% sure I’m taking this semester off of school. It will give me the time I need to make those big decisions. ackk. ackk.

Peace out, all. Don’t forget to tell the one(s) you love ~I love you~. If this blog is never updated again you will know I had a heart attack during tennis tomorrow. I’m afraid my heart might go into shock from exercising two days in a row.  

    I love books. I think most people who know me know that tidbit of info about me. For Christmas this year, I received absolutely zero books as gifts. That bothered me. I can’t remember a single Christmas where I didn’t get at least one book. So, to remedy that, I went and bought myself 4 books today and used a gift card to pay for part of it, so now technically, I received a book (or books) for Christmas 2007.

    Just chalk it up to my weirdness.  

    Alright dangit, I’ve finally decided that I want to be a writer when I grow up. Can I write very well ? Heck No. You all know that . Well, if you read my blog you know I can’t really write. sighs.

    Want to know what is frustrating me tonight ? I’m trying to post a comment to another blog and for the flipping life of me I can not figure out how. Now, how in the world am I going to be a writer when I grow up if I can’t even figure out how to post a comment ?

    Have any idea how long it took me to figure out how to post pictures to my blog ? LOL. Go look at the first date of a normal picture and that will tell you. Look for the first "you tube" video and I bet you can figure out how long it took me to get one of those on here. But, the most important thing to realize about me - I didn’t give up.

    So, when I grow up, I’m becoming a writer. I might be 90. I might be in the nursing home (yes, my kids have permission. I don’t want their lives to revolve around taking care of me), but I will be a writer. Mark my words !!!!

    A tisket, a tasket, a trip turnover basket. I am no longer going to Spain. That trip was totally scraped today. Am I upset ? Not in the least. Where am I going now ? Austria and Prague. Am I excited ? Yes. Why ? Because of Franz Kafka.

    I am a pretty avid reader. I’m definitely a biblioholic. For those of you who have no idea what a biblioholic is, it means one who is a lover of their books. Some people can read a book and give it away or turn it in for a fraction off their new book. I can NOT do that. A book holds way too many memories for me. In the majority of my books, I write when I start reading it, when I finished it, where I was and who gave it to me if I didn’t purchase it for myself. I think the greatest gift anyone can give me is a book. When people ask me "what do you want for so and so?" I always tell them to buy me their favorite book and for them to sign it.

   Do I have that many books in my house right now ? No. Why ? Well, Hurricane Katrina is to thank for me losing my books this last time. I’ve replaced a lot of them. I’ve had friends give me copies that they knew I loved. They will come back. It is fun getting them all over again.

   Back to my trip and Kafka. In Prague, a place I’ve never been, I might be staying in a hotel across the street from where Kafka lived and wrote. Do you hear the pitter-patter of my heartbeat ? Do you know that I got beyond excited when I found out that tidbit ? Does that make me completely weird ? Want to know what one of my souvenoirs will be from Prague ? I will buy a copy of The Metamorphosis there. That will be a highlight of my trip. I think I’ve loved Kafka because of his style of writing. The famed "German" style. Yet another reason to be proud of my German heritage.

   For some reason, I feel very relieved not to be going to Spain. I do not know why. I just didn’t feel comfortable with it. I keep trying to figure out why I feel so comfortable going to Austria and Prague. Maybe it is because I will be flying into Austria and staying in Vienna for the first two nights. This will be my 4th time in Vienna. (I was there once when T was two years old and he lost his favorite lovey. His Elmo. I had to go out shopping to find something that he would sleep with while there. He picked up this little stuffed, fleece lamb and to this day it sleeps on the end of his bed.)  I will take a train from Austria - thank the good lord it is not a sleeper train - and ride to Prague. I’m very comfortable with all of that. Again, I’m thinking it is because it is something that I am already used to. Ah, the control freak in me just keeps raising its ugly head.

   I’m very excited about this trip. Instead of short-sleeved shirts and capris I’m trading them for long-sleeved shirts and pants with a jacket. The high is supposed to be 60 while there. It is going to be so nice. A break from the heat here.

   So, this week I’m off to a little opera, Mozart, Kafka, castles and rum balls (chocolate). I am truly looking forward to it.
 

What more could a girl want all in the same night ? Well, maybe some chocolate would do. Sushi would be heavenly.  I could think of a couple other things to add to the list, but I’ll keep this child-friendly.

So, I’m off to see Hairspray and then if I stay awake long enough - I will be in line to get my Harry Potter book !! Woohoo. For once, I’m glad it’s Friday. It’s actually been a very nice day. I haven’t left the house yet and I was pretty productive. Go me on the organizing. I’m still going strong.

I hope you all have a wonderful Friday singing and reading. This has got to be one of the best Fridays of the year !

Peace out, Muggles.