Author: Jen Rios

May 2020 Faves

I am completely off kilter with this whole crew COVID-19! Subsequently, I was able to post my faves on the first. I really have been listening to music these days but I just binged, “The Office” and this song was when Pam played the disc of her and Jim footage. I love them! So that’s my faves going along with that song:


Matter-of-Factly

I thought of something from last week that I wanted to write about but I was hard-core into my, “The Office” binge. I need to write about this before I write my blog post about last night. It has to do with getting into bed at night. I need a lot of help to get into and situated in my bed at night. Sean has been able to help me and my Mom because he is home.

He is strong enough to just pick me up out of my chair and place me in my bed. When he did this, my Mom made fun of me being extremely, “High maintenance” and that I need all of my covers right up to my chin. I always explain to her that I am not, “High maintenance“ but rather; I am, “High standards.”

As my Mom pulled my covers up to my chin, Sean asked me if I ever let my leg out of the covers when I am too warm. I told him quite matter-of-factly, “No.” I wasn’t ready for his follow up question but he had one. He asked me if I do NOT put my leg out from under the covers because I am afraid of monsters. I answered him just as matter-of-factly as before, “Yes.”

It took a moment for my answer to sink in before we all started to laugh! I am not even ashamed to admit that at 38 years old, I am STILL afraid of monsters getting me while I sleep!

My The Office Binge Day 42

I finally finished the series! Sean told me before I started that it ends with a nice bow on it and I absolutely loved it! So, it stinks that Erin and Andy and Nelly and Toby didn’t make it; but what do I know about that kind of stuff?! There were so many great songs in the show and in my final do you watching it; but,the one that sticks in my mind right now is:

Because, until I heard it, I had REALLY forgotten about Snow Patrol and it reminds me of our second apartment and I absolutely love Jim and Pam!!!

Pride

I have told Sean that I did NOT wish for him to be a teenage parent pretty much since he was seven years old. I would add, “Because this, is HARD!” as I pointed to myself. The, “This” I spoke of was single, teenage parenthood and Sean understood that. As Sean has grown, he understands that fact moreso. He has told me that he could NOT see himself having a child now.

Yesterday, he told me that he could NOT have a baby now and he didn’t know how I did it! I reassured him that he was an excellent baby! He was in NICU for a month and once he came home, for an additional month, he slept all but 20 minutes a day. I had to wake him up to feed him. When he was two months old, he slept from 8 to 8 every night. He also took 2, one hour long naps every day until he was three.

So, this morning, Leia woke up early! I heard Sean put her leash on to take her outside and I looked at my cell phone and it was 5:56 a.m. I usually wake up and get out of bed when she wakes up in the morning but this morning, I put my phone down and said to myself, “I’m NOT getting up!” and I went back to sleep until 8.

Thinking about it, my son IS a single, teenage parent and I am the one who bought him the dog! The amount of pride I have in him taking care of her is beyond immense! My Mom has taken her out a few times but I can’t help at all. I just get to pet her as she gets on her hind legs to put her paws on my armrest. My son will be an excellent dad because although he is tired today, he is an excellent Pet Daddy!!!

My The Office Binge Day 41

I watched a few episodes today and my Mom actually watched them with me. I am loving Meredith’s wigs! I watched episode where Dwight and Darrell delivered paper. It was so funny when he threw the shake at the worker. Not that it’s funny, but it was funny that he had to clean it up and it happened to him. The song he played when he tripped doing into going on the paper run with him:

Persistence

Sean talked with my brother Jimmy the day we got Leia and he was laughing and told him that, “18 years of asking finally got me a dog!” We laughed about that today and he said that when he was 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10 – The answer was no. Not even 11, 12, 13, 14, or 15. He didn’t get one at 16 or 17 but now, at 18, he’s got one! He attributes that fact to his persistence in wanting a dog and constantly asking me.

Now that we have a dog, the dog smell is taking some getting used to for me and today, it’s wet dog smell. But now, with a dog, there’s new development. That development has been that we keep our front door open so she can watch the occasional car drive-by, a person walk their dog, or birds fly by. Right now, with her sitting in front of the door. I snapped this picture of her just and one earlier because I guess that’s my thing now.

I guess it’s alright because it isn’t too bad weatherwise. I have since heard her sounds now. She gave a little whimper as a woman walked her dog past our door and yesterday, my Mom and I were watching a movie and there was a dog barking and then, she HAD to assert her dominance because this is her house and she barked back at it. I never thought I would stay it was pretty cute but it WAS pretty cute!

My The Office Binge Day 40

I was only able to watch one and a half episodes yesterday with the puppy arriving but I was able to watch the lice episode! The episode where CeCe had lice and then the office got lice. I remember that I got lice my first year teaching. Actually, it was just an egg but I too did the mayonnaise regiment to get rid of it! I smelled like a potato salad for days! And then. Pam and Meredith went to the karaoke bar for a beer and they sang this jam!:

A ‘Beautiful Mind’ For Sure!!!

I woke up early this morning. Everybody woke up because the dog had to go out. I haven’t been up that early since Sean still went to school. But I received a tweet notification that was just wonderful! I read tweeted it with the comments, “What a, ‘Beautiful Mind’ 😍😍😍!!! I agree with Kyle that how did we not know this and he is been in the league for a decade?!

I love that we know it now! What a ’Beautiful Mind’ for sure!!! 😍😍😍