Because It's My Birthday.

(Thank you E and J for the present. I've always wanted a tiara).

Has It Been This Long?

I can't believe it's been this long since my last entry. TLG has had a busy year.

He has finished third grade.
He has been diagnosed with dysgraphia.
Apparently he has a very high IQ.
He had his first out of town field trip (2 nights/ 3 days). And as my mother predicted, he didn't take a shower or brush his teeth. Nor did he change his clothes. Or wear his pajamas to bed. He left and arrived in the same clothes. ("Why do I need to take a bath? I was swimming.")
He had his first sleep over (new best friend J celebrated his 10th birthday).
He experienced the death of a peer. (A very hard time for him).
He purposely failed his entrance exam to AISD. ("Just letting you know, I am failing on purpose. I am bored." They accepted him anyway).
He decided he wants to learn to ride a horse. (He rides everyday for an hour at the riding school near our summer home).

On another front:

M. has moved to Dhaka.
I have started a new business.
I need to learn to ride a bicycle. (yes, admittedly, I am ashamed to say, I do NOT know how to ride a bicycle).
I've realized that I love my girl friends. I've met some really great fellow mums and non-mums this year.
Intelligent, hard working, and fun women = The kind of people I need to be around.

Forty-itis has set in. Sometimes I can't remember how old I am. It's like I just stopped at forty. Truthfully I am not really bothered by it...but I am bothered by the cellulite that has somehow appeared over night. I am not sure if I was just oblivious to it or if it was the horrible lighting in the fitting room that shouted out  to me. I dropped the dress and quickly phoned C. After the call, I fled like a bat out of hell. I know it's time to get "hard core" again. (A private joke between C and I).

Well, it's time to close. I am going to hang around and wait for the moon to get shadowed.

The shadow of the earth is supposed to cover the moon this evening. Will I see it? Will I know what to look for? Or will it be one of those rare occurences that I always miss. You know, like an eclipse.

Thank You

We are happy campers today. M will be flying in tomorrow night and Emz has arrived (unannounced)
to surprise Big B. Speaking of Big B, he and I have set up shop. I am just enjoying the moment. Gratitude
all around.

Sometimes Life's A B!

I was going through some saved messages on my mobile phone when I came across one
sent to M. It was dated April 15, 2010. It was a quote from TLG. Sometimes, I just have
to laugh at what comes out of his mouth. As the saying goes, 'from the mouth's of babes...'

So here goes, TLG logic:

"So you mean to tell me life is like a boomerang. It swings right back and hits you in the ass?"

I can only imagine what we were talking about that day.

Going On A Trip

I am packing for a brief trip to HK. I am meeting M there. Spending three days as a couple and then back to Manila. I haven't been away from TLG since a trip to Venice sometime ago. He was much smaller then. I don't think he even realized I was gone. Since then he's been my constant travel companion. This evening, he offered to pack my clothes. He stood by me as I mixed and matched and folded. "Do you like this?" "Do you want me to pack that?" My heart was melting. After packing, I got him a year subscription to a school approved website. It's only three days but I'll miss our secret flying kisses and "love you, love you" at bedtime.

Time To Tidy Up.

Little Hands At Work