Likes / Dislikes

Likes:

Getting something accomplished...
Being with people I love and care about...
Watching baby Jakob (my brand-new grandson) smile!
Watching my son, Jake, grill out!
Walking with my daughter-in-law, Amanda...
Coffee with hazelnut creamer and an ample amount of sugar...



Dislikes:

Missing my daughter, Morgy, who is away at college...
Not getting phone calls from said daughter...
This caffeine headache...
Distance....
Cleaning house!!!
Coffee without cream and sugar...

Like......don't like.....

What I like today:

writing;
the song, "Angels Among Us", by Alabama;
venting;
the song, "You Make Me Smile, by Uncle Kracker;
my pillow;
a cute little 6 yr. old, named Jennifer, who showed me all 27 of her Zany bands, counted to 43, spelled her name, and said her ABCs for me, while I was getting a pedicure from her mom...;
and sweet tea, from McAlister's Deli.


What I don't like today:

myself;
pouting;
distance;
feeling all alone;
and
procrastination.

Back to School...

     It's simply amazing how time flies during summer breaks, fall breaks, Christmas breaks, and Spring breaks!!  Some teachers, including myself, live for the breaks.  I'm not one bit ashamed to admit it.  I'm just a big 'ol kid who STILL loves my vacations and breaks away from school.  With that said, this past summer break had to have been one of THE best summer vacations I have EVER had.  I just can't say it enough.  It was THE BEST summer break ever!!!  Many changes, many new beginnings, a daughter finishing high school and beginning college, a new grandbaby, the first, actually.  Excitement all around! 

     One never knows when life if going to take a new and different turn, that was never even thought might be even remotely possible.  Yet, somehow, it's these unexpected turns that can be the most welcome, warm, and wonderful surprises.  Just when I thought I had life all figured out and had actually come to terms with it....life gave me an amazing new twist.  I'll discuss this further, at a later date...


     Some current likes:
Braum's Birthday cake ice cream, which also happens to be a beautiful shade of blue.
Rainy, cool weather in the middle of August...
The smell of a new box of Crayola brand crayons....
A new Pentel fine point black ink pen....
The fact that my daughter has met two major milestones that health issues could have prevented many, many years ago...graduation from high school and attending college this fall....

     Some current dislikes:
The fact that my daughter now lives in a dorm two hours away from me...
The fact that I can't actually watch my daughter take her handful of heart meds. in front of me, twice a day...
The fact that I can't talk to my daughter as often as I'd like...
The fact that my daughter's vehicle could fall apart at any moment, and she thinks it's the most wonderful truck in the whole wide world...