Happy Mother's Day!
I saw the cutest thing while walking Toto this morning. A dad and his two sons had gone off to Star Market (the local grocery store) to, I assume, get things to make breakfast for mom. The little one (I'd guess about three), was carrying a "Happy Mother's Day" balloon. The older boy (about 6 or 7 I'd guess) climbed over the railing by the ramp of their building, clearly showing off to his little brother. Then said to the little brother, "I used to do that when I was little."
So. Cute.
I've got to get a good start on my psych paper today. Plus I've got brunch with mom and dad.
Happy Mother's Day.
I woke up with a migraine. I want it to go away.
Poor Perkins! Bad migraine! No cookie.
Poptarts
X-posted with my LJ:
So, if I can make it to my classes on Monday and Wednesday (which I WILL be doing), I'll be getting an iPod. YAY! So, I'm taking suggestions on what I should have engraved on the back. The engraving can hold 2 lines, 27 characters each. I've got two in my head already, but I want more ideas.
Idea 1 (from Juliana):
School School School School
iPod! iPod!
Idea 2 (I think from Deena):
Fire bad; tree pretty.
You survived!
So, go! Suggest!
Yay for the ipod, and for making it through, VW!
I vote for Choice one.
I am going back to sleep, if I can.
vw:
The Little Engine that Could
I'm glad it made you laugh. I was going to suggest something like "I did it!" Then, I thought of "I think I can," and "I know I can," from that story.
Essentially, you made, "I think I can," your motto, even on days when you were doubting that you could. At your lowest moments, you responded skillfully, by talking to people you knew would encourage you to do what you could do, and love you no matter what you did do (I'm thinking of your Dad talking you out the door on bad mornings, but I suppose it applies to us, too).
Right now, you're at the "I know I can" stage because we're talking about two days. So, my suggestion is as serious as you want to take it. I thought it might be nice to have the reminder if/when find your self faced with similar challenges in the future.
Right now, you're at the "I know I can" stage because we're talking about two days. So, my suggestion is as serious as you want to take it. I thought it might be nice to have the reminder if/when find your self faced with similar challenges in the future.
Yeah, it is. You know what's kind of fun about asking people for suggestions? It shows me how I'm seen...if that makes sense. It shows me the different ways I'm believed in, and that's a huge help and encouragement. I can't think of anything I'd rather have on my iPod. If nothing else, I'll have a record of all of the suggestions. It's going to be hard to pick just one, I think.
And thank you. I know I couldn't have done this without all of you. I'm sure I've bordered on annoying at times, but knowing that I can come here in the morning while I'm getting ready and during my break at school has been such a huge help making it through the day.
In related news...I'm not sure if I said it here or in my LJ, or maybe both. But, when I made the iPod deal with myself, I really think I set myself up to fail. We've spent a lot of time talking about this in therapy recently. I'm not sure I know how to deal with success any more. The last few years I've just felt like such a failure. So, I think I set myself up to have a "failure" even if I made it through the semester with no incompletes.
Maybe now I'll be able to accept and see my successes a little more easily. At least I'll be able to look at and smile at my iPod during those times when I really don't believe I can do something.
