TwitterNov 08 2009
Saturday, Sunday . . .
Ok. So where was I yesterday!! 
Well, good question. Glad you asked.
Saturday, was a super day. I spent it largely with my Sarah. I don’t get to see a lot of her due to her schedule. Wait! I’m just realizing when I introduced her on the Halloween post I completely forgot to give a little bio. 
Well, Sarah is my ballerina/dancer. (Picture taken Halloween night, need to get a better one) She has loved to dance since she was teeny tiny. She had books, and a video and she “practiced” all the time. We moved so much, lived in the country a lot, and had so many other ones to handle that I wasn’t able to get her into dance till she was… How old was she? Have to think… 8, maybe 9. When I put her in her first class the teacher was blown away at her skill and leaped her up several levels. All that “practice” really paid off. And in a real way. What we want and strive for as people/humans we can create. She was on point in no time and totally excited. When she hit seventh grade she was excepted into the The Alabama School of Fine Arts after auditioning with 150 other girls from around the state. Now dance is a part of her daily curriculum. School for her starts at 8:00 ends at 4:30. The days there are longer because the kids do their academics and their… their… oh nuts there’s a word for this annnddd it’s gone. It’s used to represent what they’re there for: dance, art, math, science, drama, music. The 4:30 time slot is for everyone but the dance department, is always there till 6:30-7:30-8 depending on upcoming performances. Then the half hour drive home, homework, and a busy social life. So I don’t see much of her.
Yesterday however we went to brunch and then shopping before and after a movie. She needs a pair of shoes for homecoming dance. Then to the Dollar Theater see: “My One and Only”. Terrific movie. We both loved it. I was totally lost in the dream! And I completely related to the woman in the movie. Rent this movie! FUN! Before we ended our time together we sat and talked for a long while outside her house. Wonderful.
Then I took Dan and Cal back with me to my place and we snuggled up together on the couch and watched Beverly Hills Chihuahua. I wasn’t so sure what I was going to think of this movie. I went through every single one of my On Demand Movie channels and every single listed movie in search of something else, anything else. But I was out voted. And them’s the rules ’round here. Thankfully it was cute. I liked it. However, and this was the why behind no post yesterday. I fell asleep right at the last probably 15-20 minutes. When I woke I was too zonked. I crawled into bed and told the boys, “It’s 11:20 you need to go to bed too.” So lights went out. And I slept till 9:30!
Sunday:
I have to admit that a lot of work didn’t get done today either. It’s been a laid back, sleepy day. Dan took off to, you guessed it be with his friends. Cal and I watched Fly Away Home then I worked a little, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, with Jim Carrey. I fell asleep through most of The Grinch. :/
Had a real test to my mother’s patience today. I let my kids use my laptop when they’re here. Typically they have it on this: picture to left. Well today Dan had it on his lap. Then it switched to Caleb’s. Well, twice, not once, twice it hit the floor. Grrrrrrrr. I started to get upset. Just started. And stopped, spoke as nicely as I could muster and on the second, took some deep breaths and made a new rule, “The laptop is to be on the “desk” at all times. Not excuses. No exceptions.” I’ve really been working on not flipping out or getting angry and I’m finally getting there in major ways. I amazed myself. I mean, that was my lap top. And I have to say I feel good about it. I have nothing to regret and my son didn’t experience me slicing him into pieces and making him feel small over something that I myself could have done.
Night all, love ya,
Theresa Jane
-who is sleepy and going to read for a bit and then lights out!
