Category: A Bit Of Randomness

This category is full of randomness that really doesn’t fit nicely into any of the categories having to do with my road to walking.

Breakfast For Dinner

Sean and I used to do this all of the time starting when we lived in our second apartment! I first saw this idea watching The Wizards of Waverly Place with Sean. That was Selena Gomez and her dad’s thing in the show. They talked about it in a couple episodes and then I asked Sean if he wanted to do that. He was all about it and so was I because it was easy for me to fry up some eggs or make some pancakes for dinner and it was cheap!

I didn’t worry about his nutrition because I always used to put a bowl of raw spinach on the floor for him to snack on while he watched TV while I washed dishes in the kitchen.

I only say this because my Mom and I had “Breakfast for dinner” last night. But, here’s the thing for me:

I would say just before the beginning of the pandemic when my Mom moved into my house to be with me. That was in March and it has been since March that I have been drinking both my breakfast and lunch. I constantly think of this commercial:

For me, it’s NOT a weight-loss thing at all but rather, it’s too difficult for me to chew in the morning and in the afternoon. Drinking a protein shake is easier. I just prefer Aatkins shakes to any other protein shake because I have been no carbing it for so long!

So, it was breakfast for dinner last night but my Mom was here and she makes pancakes FROM SCRATCH so I couldn’t pass those up! But, drinking two protein shakes and eating only two pancakes from scratch with syrup which I have had no sugar in so long COMPLETELY DID A NUMBER ON ME!!! I am talking about my body completely going to limp on me!

THANK GOD FOR MY MOM!!! I am thinking that I will continue having two protein shakes for a while because that works out for me however, I know that I need to be more selective in my choices for breakfast for dinner! But my Mom’s pancakes were worth it by the way!

Still…

I have watched the movie, Love Actually 12 times this December. I really enjoy this movie and it relaxes me. I still laugh out loud in the beginning to Billy Mack causing!:

I still grieve with Daniel at Joanna‘s funeral:

Colin’s whole storyline is just so interesting/amusing still:

I still feel for Mark:

But my absolute favorite part still is Sarah and Carl. I’m so sorry it didn’t work out!:

Even today, I still actually cried with Karen!:

Unlike Jamie‘s nieces and nephew, I don’t hate him I hate Mia… still!

Pieces

Sean and I moved out of my Parents’ house 15 years ago this past August. My Mom moved into my house on March 14, the onset of the pandemic. My Mom and I have been sheltering in place here since then.

I’ve said before that my life hasn’t really changed since the pandemic began except for my overgrown hair and eyebrow. It has been a bit of an adjustment living with my Mom again. For her too!

We never had that teenage angst or antagonistic relationship as I grew up. One thing that has happened with her living at my house now is that she is NOT a fan of Love Actually. She could handle my obsessive watching of Hocus Pocus on a daily basis but, Love Actually is another story.

She doesn’t particularly like it at all! She does admit that she has only seen pieces of it but the pieces she has seen usually involve Judy and Jack. That’s why she’s NOT a fan! She sees me cry every day with Karen and she hears me laugh loudly at Billy Mack. Whom she does not like either! Especially, his video!

Just yesterday, I had to explain the exchange between Colin and Nancy and Juliet and Steven‘s wedding.

I’m quite proud of myself that I was able to say their dialogue of verbatim! I have seen the movie a whole lot but I really dig it!

I think I relate mostly to these two characters which really doesn’t say that much about me but…

No Words

So, this happened. I just put them in:

My eyesight is still a little bit wonky this morning. Have to get used to it I think? If you can see the picture, that’s correct. The new power I need is 8. I have no words regarding this and I am trying desperately to grab them!

This song popped in my head and I know the sentiment is not the same but I keep hearing it over and over again in my head;

In my Basement

My Mom wrapped my presents today that I have for Sean. It has become increasingly difficult for me to do this by myself so, she offered and I took her up on it! Because I don’t have ornaments on my tree this year, all of my Christmas boxes are back in the basement. We needed a box to wrap one of the presents. My Mom went downstairs to try to retrieve one.

She could not find the boxes I was speaking of but she found a good and sturdy box that I hand pictures stored in. She brought it upstairs to show me what was in it and we ended up using the box to wrap Sean’s present. I was so excited to see the two picture frames I had in this box! I had all but forgot about these pictures!

I will give you a taste of what I was so excited to see. The picture on the left is of my neighbor’s plant who my Mom is plant sitting for because they are went to Florida. This plant is beautiful and it is definitely NOT mine because my thumbs are black and I don’t even think I could keep a Chia pet alive! But, I did grow The stud on the right!

10 years

So, I normally don’t write blog posts in the morning but yesterday my eyes were really wonky even with my contacts so I didn’t post yesterday. I have an appointment tomorrow to talk about the contacts but I think it’s more of an MS thing with my vision and I have an appointment with Dr. Skarf in the new year. He is a neural ophthalmologist.

But one thing I noticed probably the second time I saw this movie and definitely the third. My mom suggested this Netflix movie that we have watched three times so far:

It showed me the difference 10 years makes. I saw a Train with my cousinT, Shannon, right after I bought my house. I think it was the following year.

This is my favorite pictures of us and it’s from about 10 years ago when we went to the Train concert. Pat took his shirt off and he had a hairy chest. I didn’t really dig that. He sings about it and I think that’s gross!

At least I did 10 years ago. I never liked hairy chests on men growing up and my dad had a hairy chest. Fast forward to 10 years later and I see this:

but it wasn’t so bad. What a difference 10 years can make. The 38-year-old woman I am now doesn’t really mind it so much…

You Know What I Miss?! Volume 9

Continuing with the focus on things that people don’t realize I can no longer do. 

I miss, “Stand up” hugs and hearing someone’s heartbeat on the side of my face.

I completely forgot about this. It’s not even a Covid thing because I haven’t been able to do that in a long time anyway. Now, when I saw this, they were dancing and dancing is so far in my rearview I can’t even remember that. I can’t even remember the body control I used to have but seeing this was something so familiar I used to do all of the time because I am only 5 feet tall.

I’m this short to everyone. To guys anyway. Hmmm… Seeing this made me think of my past life, when I lived in the land of the “Able-bodied” and it’s coming in 20 years since I lived there.

I vaguely remember someone’s chin on my head.