Month: September 2020

STILL Crazy!

I have a very vivid memory of being at a stoplight in Ford Road and Shaffer and on my way to my Parents’ house. I must have already had Sean but I guess I was going to pick him up. I was stopped and watched as a worker was drilling on the median I think.

My windows are rolled down and I looked over as I was opening my bottle of water. The man stopped for a moment and I almost gave him my water before I took a drink. Then, the light turned green and I drove away. I still feel bad about not giving that man my water! This song was playing on the radio as I contemplated giving that man my water:

So, last night, I started season 2 of, The Umbrella Academy and low and behold, this song made an appearance but it was it cover. And I think this is my FAVORITE cover so far! If it because ultimately, I, myself, I am STILL crazy!!!:

Mind Blown

I just saw episode 8 of season 1 of The Umbrella Academy late last night and I’m pretty mind blown! I’ve asked Sean about it but he will not tell me any information. I’ve written before that I am, “Slow Walking” this show so it will take some time and tonight I will watch episode 9 of season 1. I looked up this song on YouTube because I wanted to hear the guys who specifically saying this song in episode 7?:

After episode 8, I have SO many questions but I just have to watch the show…

My 9/11 Story

This morning, I turned the news on and the guest said that he feels old when he tells his children about what he was doing in 2001 today. He said that, “Everybody has a 9/11 story.” As I watched the news this morning, I began to cry. Today has always been somber for me since then and while I worked and we had our moment of silence to commemorate the lost souls when the planes hit.

My students were all too young or not even alive when that happened and one year, a student asked me what it was like. Of course I remembered what I was doing but took me a moment to gather my thoughts. I was speaking to children who had no idea about it so I didn’t want to say do much but I just said that I was in college and I was pregnant and yes I remember.

Just this morning, I afriended a former student of mine on Facebook. He is a man now and NOT skinny 12-year-old kid. That’s insane to me!

I’m especially sad today so I will share my full 9/11 story that I don’t have to truncate for children. I don’t think that I have shared the story and it’s entirety before…

I was in an auditorium in my psychology class at U of M-Dearborn when the first plane hit. Lights were off and we were taking notes from the projector. Class ended and I was headed to my second class of the day down the hall and there was lots of buzz in the hallway. I didn’t know what was going on.

Once I got to the next class, the woman who always sat to my left was explaining to me what what’s going on. Then this guy, another student in the class, entered into the doorway and exclaimed, “The second tower just fell!” The professor came into the room just after he did and the woman sitting next to me me began to bawl. She used to work in the second tower.

The prof looked at the woman and told us to find a TV on campus somewhere and that class was canceled. I left the building headed toward the library and I called my Mom. It was strange that time almost seemed to standstill and everything seems so surreal! I received a phone call from my son’s dad and my Mom decided to call my brothers.

Images of that day keep playing in my head on loop and even 19 years later, because I am in my house, I am crying on and off.

The Ultimate #TBT

Thursday has been my favorite day of the week for a really long time and I kind of like the whole #ThowbackThursday thing! I am recently changed over a lot of my pictures in my phone to my iCloud account. I was searching for a certain picture and I came across this gem:

This picture wasn’t the throwback picture I was looking for but it startled me a little bit. I think I was a junior in high school and I was still driving then. I used to love wearing my Doc Martens which I haven’t been able to in almost 2 decades. So I shared this one on Facebook but continued looking for the picture I wanted. I finally found it and posted it on Facebook as well. It is the ultimate #TBT:

This picture was a screenshot of a home video my cousinT shared on Facebook. My friend from high school sent the screenshot to me and I really like it! So, this #ThrowbackThursday I shared two pictures on Facebook. The picture of me and Sean was taken probably about three years later than the first picture I shared but I also commented that this picture has a soundtrack and I shared two songs that remind me of my life back then:

And I couldn’t share this song without sharing another one that reminded me of Sean being this young:

So, all day today, I have been thinking about my able-bodied self. I do have a tinge of sadness seeing these pictures and hearing these songs but I won’t dwell and then so much because it’s Thursday! And that IS my favorite day of the week!

22 and Driving

I’ve written about me, “Slow Walking” binging The Unbrella Academy a few days ago. Well, last night I watched episode four of season one. And in that episode, I heard a song that I hadn’t heard or thought of in forever!

I posted a video of that song on Facebook at 1:26 in the morning and wrote that I hadn’t heard nor thought of that song in 15 years:

Well, I misspoke earlier this morning about this song. It has been 16 years since I have heard or thought of this song. When it was receiving radio play, I was 22 and driving. I was also walking and intermittently using Canadian crutches. I kept them in my car in case I needed them.

This song has been in my head since last night before I fell asleep. It jas played in my head constantly and I’ve watched the video probably eight times so far. As I re-counted seeing the episode to Sean, I begin to cry. I think there are so many reasons that I can be crying regarding this song because that part of the episode was tough to see but my life is so different now! I saw another version of this song specifically about The Umbrella Academy and my tears have continued:

I know that I am late to the party but I also highly recommend this show like my brother and son recommended it to me. It’s so good and the soundtrack is nice as well!!!

#MyGirlL: “More Mature Than Her Years”

Leia had her ultrasound today. The doctor called my Mom and me while Sean was there. The veterinary hospital he took her to for her appointment is still doing curbside so he was in the car when the doctor called us. He called us before her ultrasound to get some background information from us. He told us that he would call us back after he was finished with the ultrasound.

After a while, he did call us back and said that everything is good with Leia. Upon hearing this, my Mom and I let out breaths at the same time. I never could have imagined that I would be so worried about a dog but Leia isn’t just a dog. She’s #MyGirlL.

This doctor also called Leia. “A sweetheart.” He told my No m that she is, “More mature than her years.” He didn’t really expound on that and we were just so happy to hear that she was okay. The veterinary tech called us a little later and my Mom asked her what that meant. This woman laughed and said that normally puppies Leia’s age squirm, bark, or howl. She said that Leia just laid there and let them do what they had to do.

He is sharing her ultrasound results with another doctor in the office and will get back to us in a week when all of the results from her bloodwork and fecal exam are back. So, it was nice to hear that everything is okay with her and she has been getting back to her normal happy and playful self.

“Slow Walk”

Sean has suggested the series, The Umbrella Academy to me for a while now. He told me that I would like it and I watched the first episode last night (really, early this morning) as I tried to fall asleep. Well, I really dug it and I especially liked when #1 (Luther) played this song that all of the, “Kids” danced to simultaneously in their own rooms:

I shared this video with Sean last night:

I really haven’t seen this video in 30 years!

I liked it so much then I was able to watch episode two today. I don’t like watching on my big TV though. First of all, I have to wear my eye patch because It is pretty fast moving but number two, I need to be laying in my bed relaxing and on my way to sleeping. So tonight, I will watch episode three.

Now, I think anyone reading this knows that I can “Super Binge” with the best of them! I am most proud of my “Game of Thrones” binge but I also binged, “New Girl,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” and other shows pretty quickly also! But, it looks like I have to, “Slow Walk” this one. But I’m okay with that.

Cold OR #DirtyHairDontCare

I opened my eyes this morning and I was cold! I have a pretty heavy comforter and sleep with a wool blanket between my sheet and my comforter. I sleep with them right up to my chin and my Mom makes fun of me but it’s comfortable sleeping for me.

Well, this morning I was cold and it took me a really long time to warm up. I could tell that it was going to be one of those days because my eyelids felt heavy. That’s the telltale sign for me and it’s especially going to be a NOT good day! So much so, that I posted this on Facebook:

So when I was finally ready to complete our morning routine, it’s hair washing day and I just wasn’t feeling it! So today, it’s #DirtyHairDontCare but I’m not going anywhere.