Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen Things about Straddling The Line (on Wednesday night)


1. I still have a secret, I still have a secret! I'm thinking that Friday feels like a good day to spill my guts... yeah, Friday makes a good "Secrets Unveiled" day... will you come back?
2. I just watched The Biggest Loser. I'm a Loser virgin... I liked it. I hated one of the trainers though. I would have beat her up and then quit. I wonder if they hook you up with someone who you hate or someone who you love? But my husband and I then discussed our own weight and how to be losers... we do have goals... and it would be nice if our goals and our secret all came together!
3. There is some talk about Desperate Housewives and how Gabby kissing Lynnettes husband was either wrong or just plain fun. If I were Lynnette I would have kicked Gabby's skinny skanky ass all over my kitchen. Then I would have made her a pot of tea and talked about it. Then I would have kicked my husbands ass all over the whole house. Really... shouldn't HE take a little responsibility for it?
4. Stupid Parenting Choice of the Day goes to... ME. I let Chick go to the big city with her 3 friends and a mom. But they didnt' leave until 5:30 pm which means they didn't get there until 8 pm and when she called to check in at 9 pm they were just leaving the marketplace for dinner and would be on their way after that... I'm guessing she'll be home at midnight. Tomorrow will be a looooooong day at work I'm thinking.
5. Tonight I cried over something. When did you last cry? Lately I've been doing a lot of it. Unfortunately, I am not a pretty crier. I don't get all pale and wan with big sad wet eyes and full quivering lips. I get bulbous red nose and blotchy neck and swollen eyelids... I get snot all over and then a migraine. I'm so fun, I tell ya!
6. 27 days of rain... but yet today the sun broke through and I couldn't believe how light I felt afterwards... it was all of 30 minutes but it was so glorious! Changed my whole entire attitude and demeanor. I opened all the blinds and that sun just streamed in and shined on all my damn dusty furniture. Sigh...
7. I read all the TT blogroll this week. It took me 3 days, and I only commented on about 1/2 of them (it's delurker week! woo hoo!) Oddly, I tend to read from the bottom up... what does that say about me? Huh.
8. 5 weird things: I listen to the same cd over and over and over for weeks until I get bored. I listen to the same song over and over and over for days until I get bored. I like A1 sauce on my baked potato. I have texture issues with food and there are a lot of things that taste good to me but that I can't eat because the texture is off... and if I am thinking about it too much then ANYthing will make me gag. And finally, when I'm driving, I can't put my seat belt on until AFTER I've started actually accelerating in a forward motion. I can't... really...
9. Should that count as 8-12? No? Yes? Oh well... I saw someones blog had a personality test: which "happy bunny" are you... I took it... not so happy apparently. Oh well... I'll take it again another day.
10. I still can't believe I haven't told you my secret yet! Want another clue? I'll tell the secret on Friday... how's that for a clue?
11. I get to go to lunch with my husband today... I'm so looking forward to Chicken Souvlaki, but mostly I'm looking forward to the chance to make my husband smile, laugh, and look at me with happiness in his eyes.
12. Today I told a client that I may need to call CPS on her. It was so hard to do... so hard to tell her that I could and that I would. I see her next week again. Oh I do NOT want to have to make that call...
13. This is my 7th TT... am I a regular? Please remember that it's de lurking week - comment, it won't hurt I promise!


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Secrets (and a hint...or two...)

*whispering* Shhhhh... I have a secret, I have a secret! Not gonna tell you, not gonna tell you!


Oy! Secrets are soooo hard for me to keep. Especially if they might actually impact the people I am keeping secrets from. I so badly want to say, "Hey! Listen to this!" Not that I'd tell secrets that someone else told me, but if it's just, say, news or a decision I've made that needs some time... it's so hard.

Like when I was pregnant? Everyone knew as soon as we knew. Everyone!

Do you want a hint? I mean, I do really have a secret...it's not just a random post.

No? OH, yes? I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you correctly... my speakers aren't working.

Ok, get close now cuz I'm going to whisper the hints:

1. it involves lawn service

Thats all you get for now. Any guesses? I don't know how long I can keep a secret like this! Maybe I'll post more hints later. It sort of eases the pressure of keeping the secret y'know?

Geez, that was a lame hint tho' don't you think? Maybe one more... ummm... let's see...

2. it involves a 4 day weekend

Oooh, how about that one? Cryptic eh?

What do YOU think my secret is?

UPDATE: Nope... no golfing! Blech! One more hint? I bet if you read my a few past posts, you might be able to figure it out... and THAT's the last hint for today. Secret Unveiling Soon!

Lalalalalala...I caaaaan't hear yooooo!

Today I had to, again, separate my daughter and her "friend" from each other. At 15, they are not boyfriend/girlfriend, but the amount of physical touching has recently escalated from innocent sitting close to each other or jabbing/tickling each other to... a whole other thing. Though I've asked them before, jokingly and lightly, to ease up, today was.... disturbing. My husband needed a valium! After Kitty-boy (don't ask) left, I took her aside and we had the following conversation:

Me: If I have one or two puffs off a cigarette once or twice a week, can I say I am a NON-smoker?

Chick: NO! *laughing* geez, are you smoking now? (she's a smartass like that)

Me: No! Listen, if I have a few big gulps of a drink a couple times a week can I say I'm technically NOT a drinker?

Chick: NO! Like, a drink is a drink! (rolling of eyes and said with a *duh)

Me: Well, if you and Kitty-boy are ONLY holding hands or wrapping your arms around each other and laying all over each other, can I say that you ARE sexually active?

Chick: WHAT?! GOD! Mom! NOOOOO! (horrified! eyes wide, mouth agape...)

Me: ok, wait, now listen... no, seriously! Look...

and I went on to discuss that their physical contact was A) disturbing to watch and B) it blurred the line between sex and non sex and C) it blurred the line between friends and 'more than friends' and also we talked about the difficulties for boys and hormones and self control and that it may be misleading to Kitty-boy and yadda yadda yadda.

I hope I hit all the important points. I realized though that I can't get by with just teaching about sex, about the mechanics of it, and about morals, but that I have to teach the mechanics of friendships and relationships. I have to teach the difference between boys and girls and I'm not talking about p*nis and v*g*na... but about hormones and drawing lines and crossing lines and love and hope and hurt and desire... and I have to know she will make mistakes, and she will draw lines and erase lines and cross lines and love and hurt and all I can do is turn on a few lights along her path and wait nearby with a hug.

Boy, this parenting stuff is hard.

Ooof, I need a drink (not that I'm a 'drinker'...)