Was a good day, but a long one. Maegan not only shared her 24 hour virus with Mom, but I found out Dad was sick as a dog in the night as well. It hit me about 3 this morning -- egads, I thought it was impossible to get one virus along with another one. Fooled me. Anyway, I'm much better this evening, and I think I'm gonna be fine to go clean up the cemetery with the family tomorrow.
Poor Mom, I just have no sympathy for her when she's sick, I can't, never could. She's always been so strong, I know for a fact she has brass ovaries and she's always worn iron brassiers, she's strong - and for her to get weak with a sickness just always made me mad. *laughs* She understands what I mean, so don't think I'm heartless. She was on her porch yesterday looking like she was on death's door, she said, "Juel, I think I'm gonna die." I just scowled at her and said "Ah, just go lay down a while!" *coughs* She made me mad being sick and talkin' dying. She's better today, thank God! Dad is too. Now Lisa and Nick will get this and cry like babies.
Bonnie took a wild hair at me night before last and fired me from babysitting Joel.. but she changed her mind and called back to apologise this morning at 2:30. She woke me up, said she had me on her mind and wanted to say she was sorry for being so mean and hateful, she was having a bad day. I said hell Bonnie, that's the first time I ever got fired from a job I don't even get paid to do, that was wild! *laughs* I forgave the lil shit, but ohhh the guilt trips this one's good for! *warms hands with anticipation*
Sarah came and got Maegan and Mallory this evening, she said she's gonna keep them tonight, so I just have Joel and Mikyla right now. But.. Bonnie's off tonight, so she'll be here shortly to get Joel, that just leaves Mik.. who will be in school tomorrow so when we go to the cemetery, I'll be kid-free. Right now, Joel and Mikyla are in here with me watching "Chicken Little".
The weather here is starting to clear up. It was so nice out there today, the kids played in the yard all day. I didn't feel good though, so I didn't go camera crazy.. didn't even take it off the dock today. I'll have some pics to post tomorrow though, I'll take it with me to the graveyard.
Wednesday is Mik's last day of school.. she's been LIVING for Wednesday, that child hates school. She had an ear infection Thursday and Friday and missed, then her banquet for getting her trophy for being a Dance Kitten was on Saturday but she didn't feel like going.. wouldn't go, just refused.. she said she would just get her trophy today, and she was right. She got the cutest little trophy with her name and date on it. :) That was neat!
I got the neatest mail today, Tiffany if you still read here, thanks, I love the cemetery pictures! I'll have to find a scanner, I don't have one, but I loved those! Now I'm gonna have to go shopping for some very very peculiar socks! It tickled me to death to get that letter! Thanks Tiff! I wish I could catch you on yahoo or icq. I'm not usually on here until after midnight though, sometimes in mid-afternoon, but I think you and Gera are working then.
I talked to my aunt Brenda on the phone today. I got a kick out of what she told me about an alarm clock/calculator. It's never been set, never been used, but has been sitting on the dresser in her room and has been since they got it. She said she was watching a sad movie on tv, and couldn't sleep night before last, and James told her to get to bed but she just sat right on watching that movie, when she heard Brahm's lulliby being played. She said that it actually fit the theme of the movie she was watching, and thought at first that it was in the movie.. but then it kept playing. She said it was after 1 in the morning and she muted the tv to see if it would stop but it kept playing so she went to see what was playing the song. She collects music boxes so thought maybe it was one of them that had gone off... but it wasn't. It was that alarm clock. She said it wasn't set, so she jokingly said, "Okay Mom, if you want me to go to bed now, I will." and she said the music stopped. She got her butt in bed. *laughs* She said she thought maybe the clock was set so put it by her bed last night to see if it would go off again, but it didn't. Mamaw was letting her know to get her butt to sleep. Too funny, I know she laid there with eyes as big as eatin' plates after that clock did that. I know I would of been! *laughs* A Mom never goes away, Brenda!
Now a little about the kids. I'll go from littlest to biggest. Maegan.
She's just today started taking steps on her own, from the couch to the table, from the walker to the couch, just a few little steps, but she's finally bravening up enough to test out her legs. She's standing alone for longer and longer periods, looking at what she's holding in her hands, and she's starting to talk, just a little, but intentionally saying "Lyyyyla, and Maaaammy".. she has the sweetest little soft voice... it's adorable to hear her call for us. So far we're the only 2 she's calling for. Though she's been sick, she's still been all smiles and giggles. She has a temper though, I found that out the other day when I was mopping my kitchen floor.
I blocked off the steps to the den so she couldnt' go down them and then I got my bucket of pinesol and my rags and sat down to mop like that, so I could get it good and clean and dry it as I went. I gave her a cloth too so she could "hep" me and that was okay with her, but what she really wanted was that bucket of water. I kept moving it as she crawled along beside me trying to reach it and she literally got so angry and frustrated that she was gritting her gums. *laughs* She'd cry out her rage and then go after it again. She's gonna be a wild child.
Joel is getting tall, he's on a growth spurt and he just seems to be taller to me every day. He's losing his baby fat and starting to talk more plainly and lord you can tell he's a boy because he never stops making those noises. A ship's rudder, an airplane engine, mouth bubbles, chimpanzee noises.. the sounds never stop.. even while he sleeps. It could be maddening, but I think right about now, I'm already so nutty nothing else could reach me. *laughs* Boy Shelly, what you have to look forward to, twin boys. Double the sound effects. If you're not as crazy as a shit house rat now, you will be!
Mallory is doing very well, she's been seizure free for almost 2 months now. I do think she had one in her sleep because of how she acted the next day, lethargic, sleepy, cross, that was about a month ago, but we didn't see for sure so we're not counting it as a seizure. She's been looking bad though to me in the face, in her eyes for the past 2 days and she's not sleeping well.. thrashing and moaning again. I hate it when she does that. Maybe she'll sleep better tonight.
Speaking of Mal, she's here now, for the night. I have all three girls back because Sarah said they're going job hunting in the morning. I'll just have to load them up and take Mal and Maegan with me to the graveyard tomorrow.
Mikyla is the most stubborn, mule headed little girl I've ever known! *laughs* I have NO idea where she gets that from! If she doesn't want to do something, I doubt the sweet Lord Jesus could swoop down from Heaven and convince her to do it. It's a miracle we've got her through Kindergarten, she hates it. You tell her she can't do something, she'll break her neck to prove that she can. Her baby years are all gone. Look out world, here comes another 'opinionated' young woman! YOU GO MIKYLA!
Things in the news that caught my eye:
Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks thinks Bush doesn't deserve any respect whatsoever. *laughs* Say it. Mean it. Stand by it. For goodness sakes stop blowing whichever way the wind blows. Had you stood firm, you coulda looked back at yourself as a pace-setter instead of a fence straddler.
Dixie Chicks Natalie Maines
This is really neat, looky here!
7 Year Old Swims from Alcatraz Isle to San Francisco The lil guy did it in 47 minutes. Isn't that something else?!
An explosion at Darby Mine Number 1 in Harlan killed 5 miners a couple of days ago. 3 of them survived the explosion, but suffocated while trying to escape the mine.
Mining Deaths in Kentucky I didn't know any of these men, but my condolances to their families.
Okay, that's enough for tonight. I have to get up early in the morning. G'nite, World.
Posted by juel at May 22, 2006 10:52 PM