The kindness of children

The other day my kids were playing tag on their rollerblades and my son sprained his wrist.  As we all should know those things hurt and will probably take a few days before you can function again.  He's had trouble of course getting dressed, going to the bathroom, showering, you know, the daily activities.

This morning I woke up to this:

They had no idea I woke up and started taking pictures of them. 

These pictures completely blow me away at how children (ages 6 and 7) can show so much genuine kindness.  How they are TAUGHT to be rude, inconsiderate, disrespectful brats.  We could all learn a thing or two just by looking at these pictures.  I cannot say enough.  This has truly touched my heart and has humbled me, and I wanted to share this with the rest of you in hopes that it will have some effect on you as well.

Thanks!

Good Job, GPD and GWA

GPD
I must say that GPD has been getting alot of bad publicity lately and like everything else, people seem to remember the bad things only.  Well I am going to stray away from that and commend them instead.  Thank you GPD for the quick response to my call, Officer Aguon and his partner (I'm sorry I didn't get your name, but you know who you are) for giving me a little bit of advice and genuine concern over my issue.  Thanks for assisting me on what I should and shouldn't do.

What had happened earlier was the water line that fed my line got busted and while I went to shut off my valve, a man kept sexually harrasing me.  After about a dozen times of yelling "NO!" and "STOP IT", I finally got my line shut off and left.  I mean really!  Sexually harrassing me is one thing but to do it in front of my kids, he's lucky I didn't punch him.  But yeah, it's handled.  My faith in GPD is slightly restored after the incident with my phone, which BTW is still not resolved.

GWA
Hey GWA!  Your customer service number needs to be answered!  But I gotta say though when you do, your guys are great.  Emergency service number, you guys never let me down.  Always answering when I call, you make a customer feel on top, THANKS!

BLOG on GMH coming soon.  Stay tuned for THAT! 
Comment, vent, whatever.  It's welcomed!

Wednesday.

My daughter, Precilla, she's 8 and a complete angel!  She's thoughtful, incredibly kind, and considerate.  She is also very adamant about going to church.  So her aunt (my husband's sister) had told her that she wouldn't be able to attend tonight because of some excuse, so I ended up taking her and my son which is fine of course.

To make a long story short, my sister in law was there and my daughter was appalled that she lied to her.  I mean come on.  You lie before you go to church?  What is that!?  (But then again who am I because I cursed right after church) And then on top of that, my sister in law tried to introduce me to a woman who I supposedly met before and when I tried to explain that I didn't remember her, she completely walked away.  So in midst of my explaination with this bitch of a woman, I finished it myself with a "yeah and the reason why I don't remember you is because you walk away before I can even get an impression of you and end this conversation by talking to myself" or to some extent like that.  My sister in law was shocked to hear that I said that. But oh well!

My patience is non existent right now, can someone help with this?  Thanks for the vent!  Comment, vent yourself, advise, whatever.....it's welcomed!

Whoa there!

Today was a very eventful day.  My babysister panned out at the last minute and so I had to stay home with the kids instead of attending the 2nd Annual Sustainability Conference.  Luckily it runs for two days so I have until tomorrow to attend. 

I went to visiti my muhley today.  She wasn't feeling very well both physically and mentally.  People tell me their problems all the time and I try to help as much as I could, but today, I found myself being overwhelmed with her problems that I kind of freaked.  Other times when she explained her problems, I was always able to relate, but this time, this time it was different.  Try to imagine all the little problems you could have in a relationship, friendship, or just life in general and have it all mesh into one day, and that would be the day I had today.  Unfortunately I left and she wasn't completely fine.  Sorry, there is only so much I can do.

Tonight, tonight is continuing the story.  My sister in law, Therese told me that she will be moving in with us.  I won't explain the details because they are highly sensitive, but I will say this, it's going to be VERY interesting living together.  Now for the sake of thinking my house will be crowded with me, my husband, and two kids, lets just kill that now.  I have a four bedroom home.  She will fit! 

I got to hand it to her though, knowing the kind of person that I am (naked walking, vulgar talking, yelling machine) and she's still fine to stay here, this is why I get along with most of my in laws so well.  I honestly wish to all of you who have in laws, that they will be like certain ones of mine.  My mother in law for example was an absolute ANGEL, and we miss her dearly. 

But yeah, thanks for the vent.  Comment.  Vent yourself.  Whatever.  It's welcomed.

Getting the hang of blogging...

I can't believe what a procrastinator I am.  I seriously should be dubbed Queen!  Today is the deadline to file my taxes but instead of doing so, I'm blogging and watching the pilot episode of One Tree Hill.  I absolutely love BethanyJoy Galeotti.  She's hilarious!  Her kick off lines are "Oh, magazine pages are sticky again, little perv! Oh hey Luke, you've been reading this?"

Well anyway this morning I stopped by Rev & Tax to pick up the forms and yeah, I know, picking up blank forms the day of deadline, what am I thinking!  But it's all good.  I'm done and all I need now is to file them.  Thank goodness for the satellites set up, I won't have a hard time finding parking. In anycase, how does one deal with procrastination?  and can it be cured?  Your thoughts....

Vent First

Isn't it a funny thing how money and people can so easily and QUICKLY change a person.  It doesn't have to be an amount that you receive but how about an amount that you pay.  For sake of face I'll change names.

I have known "Ben" for nearly 18 years now and with a bond that I thought to be indestructable had literally a price.  A large x amount of money was borrowed (not from me but my sister) and hadn't been repayed for nearly 2 years.  Now I know what you guys maybe thinking is "Why on earth would you lend someone that kind of money?" or "Wow, you must have really trusted him in order to give him that much money."  The latter would be true of course, I mean he knows secrets about us that even we probably don't know.  In anycase, a few messages claiming our friendship is over based on his decision and some attitude later, we are indeed no longer friends.

Now getting to the "people" part.  We've seen eachother grow and have not particularily agreed with choices of friends but he definitely takes the cake on this one.  "Mark" is basically like his puppet master.  "Yes, master.  Anything for you master.  Kick me again master.  Treat me like shit master.  I'll keep coming back master."  And nothing ANYONE could say will change his thinking of this person, but that didn't keep me away from "Ben".  I still love him despite "Mark".

But I guess getting down to the nitty gritty, venting my frustration helped alot with coping.  I am sad that this friendship could no longer last but efforts of trying to mend it are no longer alive.  He'll be sorry...eh,  nomes?

Thanks for listening.  Or well in this case, reading!