So to catch everyone up on the past few days… First I forgot to say in my previous post….. I SO totally love my husband! He created Star bucks JUST FOR ME and my white hot chocolate! Yep, he did! It was all my Chris Honey – He built Star bucks with me in mind -well hell? Where’s all the money then?Okay so maybe he didn’t build Star bucks but at least he broke down and walked into one and found out they sold White hot Chocolate. YUM! Chris got off the plane the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and bought me a white hot chocolate. We went out shopping on Wednesday and I got another white hot chocolate and I believe before he left for Chicago, I had a total of four white hot chocolates. Yummmm Hmmmm! He is so my hero! I love my Chris Honey….oh yeah, I had another one Wednesday oh and ummm yesterday.
Okay… now lets get serious here.
News flash folks…. I’m FAT! Oh my god, I had no idea! I went in for my pre-op appointment and the doctor walks into the room and says (without saying hello first), “You know, the main reason you are having these issues is due to your weight. Have you ever tried Weight Watchers?” GRRRR! I am so tired of hearing this crap. Yeah, weight watchers, Slim Fast, Nutri-System, Adkins, South Beach, Metabolic Research, Richard Simmons blah blah blah!So, I’m sitting there with this paper half jacket on (open in the front) that covers NOTHING and he sits down in his little chair and starts lecturing me on my weight. I really need to lose weight and these issues will go away. I pulled the bull-shit flag on him several times (yes I stood up for myself) but he just steamrolled right over me. He’s going to do the surgery and fix me up all nice and right but I’m going to continue to have these issues unless I lose a significant amount of weight. BITE ME JACKASS! I think I’m going to go through my old files and find my paperwork when I was 17 and 125 and had these same issues. I need to find a real doctor that will LISTEN to me. I went up to my old job today, had to drop off a bottle of wine for the boss for his birthday. A couple of my old friends were up there and we got to talking about my problems. I bitched for 30 minutes about this “stupid” doctor before I spouted out his name. One of my friends started cracking up and told me that not only was that her doctor but her mom’s and cousin’s as well. In fact, her mom had just gone in for surgery the night before I’d had my appointment. Small world. The two of them swore he was an awesome doctor and said it sounded like he was just exhausted from his rough night in surgery. I still say he’s a jackass! So, baring any type of sickness, I’m still scheduled for the 19th. The procedure should take less than 30 minutes and depending on how I handle the anesthesia (which is a 50/50 with me on how I handle it- I got a phone call today, they want me to come in next week to speak with the anesthesia guy to see if he thinks I can handle going under) I should be home by dinner time. Recovery is 24 hours so I should be up and running around Saturday afternoon. HOPEFULLY! He’s confident he won’t find anything “cancerous” but due to the damage he’s seen, he’s not ruling it out with out the testing. Oh Jolly! So, I’ve already cut out my damn soda’s and increased my water, I guess I need to start working on all the white stuff. Grrr! What will I do without my potatoes!
Becca tells me Wednesday night that Thursday they are doing a practice spelling B in her class. Thursday will be a Spelling B for each class, they’ll take one child from each class so Friday they will do a semi final Spelling B with all the kids from each team then Monday they’ll do the actual Spelling B for the entire 7th grade. She comes home yesterday and tells me that her teacher said those that wanted to participate could stand up and participate, those that didn’t want to could stay seated. Becca didn’t want to participate so she stayed sitting down until she realize she was the only one sitting. Under much protest, she stood up with her friends. She said the words were hard and it was funny watching the kids try to spell the words. She then looks me straight in the eye with this bland look on her face and said, “Mom, I was the last one standing and I didn’t even want to do the stupid thing.” It was hilarious. She sounded so pissed off. So, knowing Becca, she’ll go one of two ways today. Either she’ll purposely get herself out early in the game or she’ll work her butt off to be the last one standing again today. What a nut!
I called an old friend today, I haven’t heard from her in months, haven’t seen her in about a year. After going up to the old work place and talking to my friends, I got to thinking about her and thought I’d give her a ring. Heck, I didn’t even think the number I had was correct but when it went to voice mail, it was her voice. I did the usual, miss you, thinking about you, love you, maybe we can hang, but I’m not getting my hopes up. It’s one of those things we’re you just know you are in for a big disappointment but you try anyway. I’m such an idiot. I miss my mommy!
Becca is taking her SAT’s tomorrow and next weekend we’re doing more community service. We’re helping the Second Harvest Food Bank by boxing up food. That’s going to be four hours on our feet in a warehouse lifting heavy objects. I’m sure my stomach is going to just love that. Okay, cut the sarcasm. I’m actually looking forward to it. Helping out the community and watching my girls DOING for the community is just so awesome. We’ve got a great group of girls. I’m so proud of them.
Liz just called me, she wanted to bitch about her current but soon to be ex-boyfriend. Remember back in the days when all the white boys thought they were cool if they acted black? The “wanna-be’s?” Well, twenty years ago for us just caught up with Pennsylvania apparently. There are very few “colored folks” in Liz’s little town. I swear this place is a perfect setting for 1950. They don’t call them black they call them “colored”, it’s strange. Anyway, Liz’s school is 98% white. She has less than 10 black kids in her school. That being said… She was hanging out with two of her friends (who happen to be black) when her little boyfriend comes walking up talking like a fool – he started talking slang and spouting off with the “N” word like little white boys did back in our days when they tried to be something they weren’t. Like “Yo N what up? You be chilin?” Liz’s two friends tried to jump this idiot but Liz told them she’d handle it. She says, “other than the two people standing next to me, do you even KNOW anyone that’s black? Is there a reason you are acting so stupid and disrespectful to them AND me? Do you know how stupid you sound?” The boy then snaps back saying she doesn’t know what she’s talking about and “what’s it to you” Liz then replies that she has numerous black friends and doesn’t take kindly to idiots imitating them (poorly at that) The boys of course doesn’t believe her and her response is, “ Dude, I lived in Jacksonville for 12 years, umm we called it Jack and Kill. I KNOW the people you are trying to imitate and they’d kill you on the spot for being so disrespectful. Why don’t you start acting your age and be a little more mature, you’re embarrassing me and our race.” The two kids standing next to her quietly clapped while the boy stalked away. Guess that’s no longer a boyfriend huh? She’s amazing, that girl. She stands up for what’s right and I’m so proud of her. Of course, one of these days she’ll probably get her ass kicked but….Hopefully she’ll have back up for all her good deeds!!!
4 hours later….
Becca came home from school and let me know she tanked the spelling B. Her word was mayonnaise. She left out one of the n’s. Her response, “Who the hell says mayonnaise? It’s mayo! How did I know you pronounced it mayon-naise instead of mayonaise! Dumb people.” Just got to love that kid! I am proud though, she took an Algebra test today and made her first 100% A this year on a test in Algebra – most are D’s and F’s. And she took her Geography test today and got her first 100% A in that class for tests – again most were D’s or F’s. She passes the classwork, homework and notebook checks but give her a test and/or quiz and she tanks them. I guess my threat of no computer, TV or phone until the end of the year worked!! Now, we just need to work on that C average in Science… GRRRR! How the heck does she manage A B Honor Roll with those kinds of test grades… It’s beyond me!!!
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