I wasn’t sure how I was going to feel today because my feet are getting better but they still don’t feel good at all! I was thinking in my mind about what I was going to write about today. I even did familial research.
(I texted to my brothers).
I think our family group text chain is silly and we are all in our 40s which makes it even more silly! But not the group chat with my Mom, just with us siblings and I imagine that my brothers group chat is even more whatever…
I was going to push through because I’m not feeling well but then it rains… I hope to feel well enough to write tomorrow… My brothers are a hoot!!!
I didn’t even put my contacts in today. I think that I will watch Burnt because I don’t need to see to know what’s going on! I can probably recite it verbatim at this point… I love this song!
I guess that I just need some music therapy right about now…
My Mom said this to me the first night that she had to tend to the problems that I am having with my feet. I’m trying to remember how long that has been and I am not sure but she has been washing my feet and putting medicine on at night for a while! I remember the first night she started doing this, when she was finished and turn the light off, she told me that I was, “Tender-footed” when I asked her why this was happening.
When she said that as she turned the light off, it reminded me of the schoolmate I had for my 12 years of education at St. Alphonsus. We weren’t close friends but we played basketball together and has all of the same classes. We went to Catholic school so we were tracked. We were on the Honors track. I remember when we were in grade school that she said some thing about girls being, “Tender-headed.” I didn’t know what that meant and she said when they really freak out when your hair is brushed. She said, you know like when you were a little girl.
No, I do NOT know what that is because my Mom just brushed my hair however she wanted and I just dealt with it but that’s a topic for another discussion.
Back to the story:
in high school, she braided my hair. During Physics class. She braided mine and our friend Kelly‘s hair. That is awful for me to say but that’s what we did but we all were getting excellent grades so that was no problem. I kept my hair in braids for about a week. I even had them during the Senior dance at school:
Kellu still had her hair braided but I had taken it out. I sent this picture to Sean not too long ago because it’s a total 90s picture because you can see the pager in my pocket. I thought my hair was braided for this one as well but I guess that’s a different dance. I know I wanted to share this picture but I wanted to research a few things before I explained myself.
That was me in high school. I remember having a conversation at Barwis with my trainer, Phil, and I told him that in high school I was, “Chub Rock City” and he didn’t know what that meant. I had to explain it to him. I just said that’s what my brothers used to call me when I was a kid.
So, because I wanted to share that picture that I thought my hair was braided in, I had to post an unflattering picture of myself so I wanted to get the answers. I texted my brother this:
And I’ll just leave some of the responses I got here:
So I had to embarrass myself to let you all know that that’s what I was called in my childhood just to be able to post this picture because I thought my hair was braided but when I find the picture of my hair also braided, I will be a Chubb rock!
But then that also lends itself into things that I’m dealing with right now. I have been drinking both my breakfast and lunches for a long time. I don’t remember when I started but my dinner menu is even smaller now. Because I have the first two levels of dysarthria, chewing is a problem for me. It’s too difficult!
My Mom doesn’t really understand why I am so uncomfortable with all the weight that I am steadily losing. I just got a script for new compression socks because my current ones are too big so they are not offering enough compression to feel good. But, when I have been called “chub rock” for so long growing up, of course it feels that way!
I just got the script and we figured out that we are going to get our teeth cleaned on the 16th so we rented a van so that day we can drive to the place to get fitted for my new socks. So my legs will be feeling crazy for a while still.
I was puzzlin’ last night and this song came on as I was completing this puzzle:
it was free! I do love Gerber daisies though! When this song came on, I was taken back to my last classroom adjacent to the cafeteria where I would hear the gym class playing music all the time! I remember one time in the beginning of the year, Mr. Curl, the PE teacher, was explaining his class and it was a pretty good explanation and because I didn’t have a class first hour, I opened the door to hear him better and he was doing jumping jacks the entire time he was talking!!! I cannot tell he was exerting himself at all! I was quite impressed with that and I told him. When I heard this song, I was reminded of that exchange:
Yesterday, I reposted a post from three years ago when Sean realized that I had my cartilage pierced and I had six holes in my ears in addition to that. He had never noticed that before I guess but I have had it for his whole life! I have been watching Burnt These days and I noticed just yesterday that Helene has one too!:
That was my one rebellion in my lifetime because not that long after t pierced my ear, I got pregnant and then I was a mom. Now, I look at it as, “Retro.” And, I took this picture off of my TV yesterday but who doesn’t love seeing that face?! You’re welcome!
I was in the process of choosing another puzzle when this song came on and I had to stop and share it because this song is so near and so dear to my heart!
It was a pretty laid-back day today. I started to use my strawberry Chapstick this morning and Sean, my Mom and I had dinner. Once he left and my Mom laid down, I started puzzlin.’ I knew that strawberries were the theme for today and I completed this puzzle in honor of it:
It’s supposed to be really warm tomorrow so it’s good that I started my summer chapsticks. I heard this song and I bought the CD for Sean when he was like seven but I never heard this song. I put this on my blog because it deserves a second listen by me. I was definitely in a different place when Sean was seven! If I would have known about this song it probably would have been one of my jams:
I wrote before that I started my summer Chapstick on Mother’s Day so I was going to complete the rotation until the Chapstick is gone before I try the strawberry sorbet flavor. So I was still using my Chapstick varieties from last year. I HAVE TO finish it!
So, today was watermelon flavor day. I remember last year that it tasted a little waxy to me but now it’s even more waxy, actually, it’s too waxy for me! I made the executive decision of throwing it out. And just before I threw it in the garbage, I had to see how much was left and it broke my heart that between half and 3/4 were left. I
I HATE wasting Chapstick now that I am in a position to use the entire tube! so these are the summer flavors that I need to use before trying The strawberry sorbet:
But, it’s only May and I have a lot of time before it’s time for my fall flavors
Not a really good day today and when I woke up, my Mom started tending to my feet which are still a HUGE problem and I puzzled in silence again. I completed this one and I’m not even a golfer but I figured the pieces would relax me:
My Mom was still tending to my feet because my body takes FOREVER to heal and I started a second puzzle. It’s one that I have seen for a while and I decided to finally do it. But then…:
Yeah, that’s right! It’s impossible to finish! This has happened a number of times for a number of puzzles but I wanted to just put a simple picture of the two puzzles I did that it would look like this:
But the percentages are off and I had to explain myself because that’s who I am!
This puzzle was free and I can’t figure out what it is. Why is there a tortilla chip?!:
As I was completing the puzzle which TOTALLY distracts me from my pain and discomfort, I heard this song and I remember hearing it and singing along with the radio. I think about the fact that I no longer can sing all of the time but I don’t have the strength to get that much air into my lungs anymore which is really sad when you think about it…
