No, I am not in Australia, though that would be GREAT right now. I am sure their weather is much better than -14 degrees with a wind chill of -30. SO. MUCH. FUN. Listen to this one, it’s funny! (dripping sarcasm) I went to take a shower this morning & discovered we have NO hot water… as in, nothing came out. We have cold water, but not hot. I am worried now about yet another pipe bursting beneath our house. Anyhow, that was around 5:00 a.m. – fast forward to 7:00 a.m. & we are on time and on our way to school. I look at my phone & realise it only has 41% battery & I did not bring my charger. Yay. I drop Bek off at school, start my routine, look at my phone, and it is at 7%. SNAP, just like that. My phone has never acted like this before. I have great battery life… but not today.
So today is Monday. I am going backwards because I have entirely too much to catch up on. TODAY is Monday. Yesterday my daughter was supposed to have school (on MLKjr. Day – I will address this at a later date); it was also her birthday (yay!), but it was too cold, too slippery, and just TOO COLD to go to school. So we stayed home and did stuff. Actually we were lazy, losers yesterday… but I did give her two of her presents. They were leftovers from Christmas, and she knew it.
Now, I do not remember suddenly becoming Bi-Polar when I was going through puberty (I know, where did THAT come from???) but my kid has become this demonic angel. Whereas she has always had an attitude (duh, she is my kid), she now is two totally different people. Mornings are not good. I do not like mornings. I am waiting for the day she actually spits fire at me… because I really think that will happen soon. I came on this roller coaster tangent because she turned 11 yesterday… and WHOA, do we have hormones a flying in my house! I just do not remember the extremes… she goes from being an angel (and I really mean it), doing chores, helping around the house, even cooking dinner!, to this daughter of Lucifer, ready to bite my head off with her three inch fangs or scratch me to death with her talons.
Okay, I may be exaggerating.
Hm, no, no I am not exaggerating at all. However, I do not want you to think of Bek as Satan’s spawn, because she’s not that…..she is just…. well, you know. I also should not be calling my daughter these horrible things. I am bad. Someone slap me. Okay, don’t, that would hurt.
I am going backwards in telling, so sorry. The day we came home from Oklahoma (went there for the holidays), I knew I was getting sick the entire way home. I could feel it coming on. We arrived home at 3am, and both received surprises! My mom’s BIG Christmas/Birthday gift for Bek was to redo her entire room. She didn’t really have a decorating scheme before, except for One Direction and “messy, dirty, gross”. We discussed the “messy, dirty, gross” part because now her room is amazing! She wanted Paris, ma gave her Paris! A new twin bed, (she’s been wanting her bed from OK forever), and a futon for guests. New wall hangings, mostly the Eiffel Tower and such. I got her a new Jewelry Box (Paris), and a new treasure box in the same pattern. She also likes owls, so she got owl sheets, a couple stuffed owls, and owl shelf organizers.
I cannot describe it perfectly; let me just say though, at 3am, she was WIDE awake when she went in. I had told her that my ma was getting her something BIG for Christmas. My ma was in OK with us for a little bit & Bek asked me about it. I said, “Well, I guess she forgot it at home.” There was a HUGE red bow on her door… she had been dragging her feet, but when she saw that her eyes were wide open. She walked in… oh, new rugs too, (her carpet is totally destroyed by a number of activities that we shall not discuss now). Her mouth just fell open. I got it on video & it was awesome.
I told her I was tired & needed to go to sleep. That is when she & I saw the big blue ribbon on my door. (???) I was not expecting anything at all. I walked in my room to a new bed set; a beautiful dark blue/lighter blue mix, with a gorgeous pattern, and… the darkest curtains I had seen in a long while. They are wonderful! Deep, deep blue, nearly indigo (my fave colour & what she was going for), they block out nearly all of the light. I love them. You may wonder why I would want a completely dark room.. well, I have migraines. For those of you that have them, that’s all I need to say. For those of you who do not, the slightest light – the beginning of the sunrise, when it is just soft & pretty = yeah, that is full on ice picks in my brain making ice pick babies. I could go on, but I will spare you.
I promise I will come up with a regular posting schedule……at some point. Right now it is whenever I am not doing every other thing I have to do. My next post will be about our awesome vacation over winter break, with friends & family. However, right now I must get a refill (Yes, I am at Starbucks), go to the restroom, then go get cupcakes & Capri Suns for the class. yay. Obviously we didn’t get to celebrate her bday yesterday, so today it is. Woo-Hoo.
Going back to the title of this entry, it just seems as though I am underneath a few tons of something. Whether it be papers, laundry, bricks, I don’t know. So, hello from down under. I hope & pray that all is well with you. Happy New Year, by the way. 2016 – woot! The year we DO NOT have ONE single good (even mediocre) candidate for President. So excited for the next four years…okay,not really.
❤ ~Cecelia
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