I have been running around lately like a chicken with its head cut off.

*I had already written like 2 paragraphs of how when I lived with my grandparents, we lived next to a small chicken farm and I went into depth explaining how The Man would snap the chickens necks but I felt that might be a little too out there....maybe another day*

*My dad is still in the hospital. Last night he was in better spirits but today, he's grouchy again. I'm going to go sit with him while Jalil is in practice. Still no word what is going on with him...they ran some blood labs on him and they keep bandying around the words 'inflammation in the blood'. Doesn't matter who asks you pretty much get 'we'll know more tomorrow'. His color was better last night...he's about my complexion but the other night his face was very red and darker shades of brown around the edges.

*Walgreens has Revlon lipstick on sale...buy one get one free. I am a lipstick whore. Doesnt matter if I have a 105 degree temp...I will have my lipstick on. Well really lipstick, chapstick and lipgloss...anything that goes on the lips...I will buy it. But I really love it when Revlon has sales. I stock up big time.

*The other morning when I left for work, my flock of birds are up in the air. Yes I always feel like flocks of birds are signs from God....When I see them I feel peaceful and happy. I rememer being young laying in the yard, looking up in the sky and watching the birds float back and forth. Of course my brother would tell me that one was going to poop on me but it wouldnt take my joy. When I see flocks...I just feel good again. I even smile for no reason. I feel like its His way of saying 'quit pushing so hard...rest easy'. Of course that means that He does it JUST for me...yeah...thats it.

*While processing paperwork I came across the city 'El Segundo'...had me rockin' in my seat...*sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhh* memories.

ahhhhhhhhhhhh the sounds of silence....I love it. things in a nutshell (as if I'm not random ENOUGH)

My dad's been in the hospital since Sunday. When I left him tonight he was complaining about having ANOTHER needle poked into him to check his glucose. I actually feel sorry for the nurse's....

I actually forgot about Valentine's Day...what woman forgets about Valentines Day??? The same woman who got the wrong date for her boyfriends birthday and had nerve to get mad at him for making a big deal, that's who....

i am starting to love hot pink...

jalil's teacher called and said that he needed a new ID card but he told her that he couldnt ask me for it because it would cost money....

i had to muzzle Miyagi at the vet....my heart actually broke

Miyagi wieghs 105 pounds....

i really dont like steak as much as i thought i did...its over rated...

you can have fun chaperoning two 15 year olds on a date....

i love the relationship i have with my ex....

i dont understand the relationship i have with my ex....

having a man rub my feet is not as bad as i thought it would be....

a cat will NOT stop peeing no matter what happens....

there is power in the ....i'll let you fill in the blank....

okoye's principal called about okoye walking away from the bus driver and he KNEW that had to be wrong because that is NOT like Okoye so Okoye MUST have had his earphones in and did not hear the bus driver trying to talk to him....ummm yeah....if you say so....

i am LOVING get back into walking again....

Phone convo with Jalil this afternoon

Ring ring ring (except its very muted and ‘stuttery’ because Miyagi chewed my new phone up and I have yet to call it in to get another phone. Yes I am one of those people who has insurance on their phones and glasses)

Me: hello
Jalil: hello
Me: hello (a lil louder)
Jalil: hello
Me: HELLO! (louder)
Jalil: hello
Me: Jalil, you KNOW I cant hear you very well!!!
Jalil:
Me: ARE YOU AT HOME!!!??? (yes…loudly)
Jalil: what kind of question is that???? didn’t you see the number??

Damn.

Me: okay you get a pass THIS time but if you ever talk like that to me again….

After I hung up I cracked up

There is a lot of humidity in the air today. Which means two of two things…its gonna rain. You are probably saying ummmm ‘yeah Jakki…that would be correct’….That is NOT my main thing…the other one of two things is SPRING IS IN THE AIR! I don’t care what anyone says. That is how I see it. I’m kind of glad that its going to rain. My car so needs a wash. We had a basketball weekend and I kept expecting to come out to my car to the words ‘wash me!’ written in the dirt and dust. Yeah…its pretty bad.
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Basketball weekend…. Jalil won his first medal!!!! They came in 3rd place and he was upset because they lost…very upset. I’ve got to help him with dealing with those pressure packed things. It was such a tense moment. Well let me back up….the night before the team they would have played in the finals…a couple boys from the opposing team tried to trash talk to Jalil. I kind of went back and forth on talking to the Coach about it but I let it go and talked to Jalil about how players do that. His dad talked to him about it being a mind game and that’s how other teams let you know that think you are a worthy opponent. He said ‘if they didn’t think you was a threat they wouldn’t even come to you with that isht…’ I wouldn’t have used those words but …well maybe I would.

Anyway….Sunday a couple of Jalil’s team mates got the same kind of trash talk treatment so one of the other parents went to the Coach with it. From jump the game was physical and intense. The boy that mouthed off to Jalil was guarding him and the whole first half they pushed and prodded each other. Jalil even smacked him although he didn’t mean to I gave him a high five (hey…I aint gonna lie to you. He didn’t know what the high five was for but I knew and that’s all that mattered). When we got possession the boy literally had one elbow in Jalil’s back/rib and Jalil was using his booty to push the boy off of him and finally the ref called a tech on the other boy. He pulled them aside and asked them what was up, they were good players but if they kept it up he would eject them. By the end of the 4th quarter with only a minute and some seconds left in the game the score was 40 to 38, them. Jalil had been put on the bench because he had 4 fouls but Coach brought him in during that last minute or so of the game but they trapped Jalil at every point so he could not put up the 3. Jalil took it sooooooo personal. He let the team down. Coach needed him. He wanted a gold. These are the things he said on the way home. I tried not to correct him or minimize what he was saying when he was talking because I know he needed to express it but later on, when he hung his medal up and he was smiling and laughing with Okoye I hugged him from behind and told him how proud I was of him. Not just because of basketball but he has GROWN so much since he has been on this team.

I had a conference with his education team Friday night and they raved on him. He’s getting an A in language arts which is…wow…amazing. A B+ in Science and Math, and a C in Social Studies. He’s raising his hand in class and even when he’s wrong it doesn’t stop him from trying again. He’s leading groups in classes. Able to stand up and recite. Just a lot of great things. He still has issues with taping his pencil, leg or making odd noises at wrong times but they recognize it for what it is, pressure, and they work with him on it.
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Anyone watch the Grammy’s? The cutest song for me was the one by Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift. I don’t know what the name of it was but they sang about being 15 years old. Jennifer Hudson…wow. I love me some Jennifer Hudson. Sugarland’s song, Stay, made me very sad. And wtf was MIA thinking??? She is a very pretty girl! You couldn’t tell it with the bubblebee/cow custom she had on. Good gravy I so could teach Justin Timberlake a few things…Okoye made me a CD and one of the songs on the CD was the song that T I and Timberlake performed. I didn’t care for the performance too much…the ending of it yeah, was good but it seemed to drag.
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Miyagi does not like moon's... He is outside right now howling HOWLING...I'm sure I am getting cussed out right about now for all the commotion he is causing. At least I HOPE its the moon he's howling at and not some crazy man....

Kim gave me an award the other day and yes…I’m just now getting to it.

The Premio Dardos Award



"This award acknowledges the values that every Blogger displays in their effort to transmit cultural, ethical, literary, and personal values with each message they write. Awards like this have been created with the intention of promoting community among Bloggers. It's away to show appreciation and gratitude for work that adds value to the Web."

I likin’ the sound of this…LOL. Here is my list

Jodi
ShutterSisters
Lisa
Kim
Jasmine
Chookoolonks
Gina
betternow

A Bit East
Lovebabz
Adrienne
Patrice

GREAT blogs people...rather it be photography, their words, their creations...whatever...I get soooooooo much out of them rather they know it or not...

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I’m still trying to Jodi’s thingy in my side bar but I can never get it to flash or to link….sometimes I can be very computer illiterate. In trying to do that I deleted other things so I need to get thing back in order.
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I am so disgusted. Some one PLEASE tell me WHY orange juice cost a fortune?? We usually keep orange juice in the house but since we’ve all been sick I’ve had to buy more more often. The other day I stopped in the store JUST for orange juice, just a couple jugs, 2 galloons…almost 8 freakin’ bucks for orange juice! urgh
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Oh my people my people…just went outside for a walk and I am in heaven! Sun is shinning, birds are chirping…I’m lovin’ it! Hell, I think I might be able to conquer the world today.
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On a somber note….Ava Rae’s grandmother (on the dad’s side) passed away Thursday night after a very difficult fight with leukemia. Hold your loved ones very close to you…NOTHING is ever promised so everything is a gift to you no matter what. I can NOT even begin to imagine not having my parents around me…really, all my loved ones period.

stay @ peace

Superbowl was a dud for me. I spent Sunday pretty much in bed and sent the boys over to watch it with their dad. Did not feel good but since I had money riding on it…I TRIED to watch it. Lawrence was for the Steelers 42-24…I was for Kurt Warner, I mean the Cardinals 24-19. I was in it for Jennifer (shame on you that criticized her lip synch)…shamed at my self for Bruce watching me sleep through half time ( I LUVED those tight jeans he wore in Dancing In The Dark) and chuckled at a couple commercial’s but pretty much slept. I had my cell, house phone, remote in the bed with me and my other chil’ren laying on the floor and I was good. Except….I feel asleep thinking I had won 20 bucks only to find out, when my boys came home that I lost. That mess is crazy…
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My household is a germ infested household. All of us have been sick. Started with Okoye’s sore throat on Wednesday, Jalil’s stuffy nose on Friday and my congestion on Sunday. We’ve all been irritable but especially the boys. If one BREATHS the other one things it’s a personal attack on them. Last night they got into it and I about made a new doorway with Okoye’s head but I finally got them to retreat to separate corners. But this morning, as I was leaving I ran into the trash truck a few blocks up and I realized it was early so I called and told Okoye to tell Jalil soon as he got out of the shower to take the trash out. When I called back to talk to Jalil I asked him if he got the bin out on time and he said that Okoye had already done it. That was his apology to Jalil. I swear they act like a married couple sometimes.
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Do you find yourself celebrating odd dates? Well maybe not celebrating but remembering the anniversary dates of odd things. The date you got your first job in your career choice. First time you had sex. The first time you had kinky sex. That kind of thing. Yesterday was the wedding anniversary of my marriage that ended in divorce. WHY WHY do I keep track of that kind of thing? I think I would have been fine with remembering it if my ex hadn’t of called to make sure I was okay….ummm wtf?
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I’ve been saying ‘wtf’ a lot lately. I need to stop. But can I be blamed if there are lots of ‘wtf’ moments that need that designation??

This is for people who tell me (or you, or you over there or even YES you) that being sad during the winter months is a mind game and that its all in your head.....

wtf ever.....

Which would you prefer


today....winter 02/01/09




or would prefer





Summmer 06/20/08
Yeah...keep telling me its all in my head.......