I must get back to my writing. It gives me a sense of accomplishment when I can actually get pen to paper (so to speak) and now that I am unemployed (after giveing Huge Corporation the best 10 years of my life) I need that sense of accomplishment.
I will try my best not to do the "depression/manic swing" type of posts any more.
Welcome back me
:-)
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
De-escalation of the BIG NEWS
Okay. I am down off my, "OH MY GOSH I'M GONNA BE A NEW GRANNY" high.
I have been properly put in my place by a gentle reminder that, "No. You will probably NOT be keeping him at your house every week".
I know. I understand. It is going to be tough with this one though.
I have been properly put in my place by a gentle reminder that, "No. You will probably NOT be keeping him at your house every week".
I know. I understand. It is going to be tough with this one though.
Monday, January 17, 2011
BIG News
Today, I received some HUGE news! I am so excited I can barely get to sleep. My daughter is preggo.....again!!!
She has three daughters, ages 15, 14 and 8 and now we have another little on the way.
With the first two, I didn't work and they would stay with me for several days at a time several times a month. That was so wonderful. When the last one was born I was working and after being at work 9 hours every day and being just plain old wiped out, I didn't have the energy to have her over even on weekends. I am looking forward to creating that bond with this one.
Welcome little one; and HURRY!!! Granny loves you.
She has three daughters, ages 15, 14 and 8 and now we have another little on the way.
With the first two, I didn't work and they would stay with me for several days at a time several times a month. That was so wonderful. When the last one was born I was working and after being at work 9 hours every day and being just plain old wiped out, I didn't have the energy to have her over even on weekends. I am looking forward to creating that bond with this one.
Welcome little one; and HURRY!!! Granny loves you.
Saturday, January 01, 2011
New Year or 50 Years?
As this old year has come to an end, my mind has driven into overdrive. I hate it when I do this.
We live in an area that has 3 major universities within a 50 mile radius. There is one particular grocery store I go to that always has a lot of college students shopping there. Tonight was no different.
As I saw one after the other going down the isles, I began thinking about the world I missed out on. I wondered what it would have been like to go to college. What my dorm room would have looked like, or would I have lived off campus in an apartment. What kind of friends I would have made. What kind of grades I could have maintained. Would I have been a partier; or settled in with just a close friend or two.
Then, I thought about where I would be career wise had I got an education. Would I be in medicine? Would it be human or animal? Would I have married or chosen to remain single.
Finally, I began thinking about the mistakes I have made in my life. Where I’d be if I had shown more self-control in some areas. How many people would not have been hurt by my actions?
Maybe it isn’t just the new year coming quickly upon me. Maybe it is the fact I am 50. Fifty sounds so ancient to me. It sounds like I should be further in my life. Have more to show for 50 years I have been here. Be happier, more content, instead of looking back over the mistakes I have made and where I’d be had I not made them.
I love everyone in my life. I would not have traded my loved ones for anything, so this is not a slam against anyone. Some of them I would not have had I not taken the roads I took.
I just can’t help but think though. Should there not be more out there to show for 50 years?
We live in an area that has 3 major universities within a 50 mile radius. There is one particular grocery store I go to that always has a lot of college students shopping there. Tonight was no different.
As I saw one after the other going down the isles, I began thinking about the world I missed out on. I wondered what it would have been like to go to college. What my dorm room would have looked like, or would I have lived off campus in an apartment. What kind of friends I would have made. What kind of grades I could have maintained. Would I have been a partier; or settled in with just a close friend or two.
Then, I thought about where I would be career wise had I got an education. Would I be in medicine? Would it be human or animal? Would I have married or chosen to remain single.
Finally, I began thinking about the mistakes I have made in my life. Where I’d be if I had shown more self-control in some areas. How many people would not have been hurt by my actions?
Maybe it isn’t just the new year coming quickly upon me. Maybe it is the fact I am 50. Fifty sounds so ancient to me. It sounds like I should be further in my life. Have more to show for 50 years I have been here. Be happier, more content, instead of looking back over the mistakes I have made and where I’d be had I not made them.
I love everyone in my life. I would not have traded my loved ones for anything, so this is not a slam against anyone. Some of them I would not have had I not taken the roads I took.
I just can’t help but think though. Should there not be more out there to show for 50 years?
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