Chronic Chick Talk

I haven’t been on much lately. This past week has been absolutely crazy. We’ve had night after night of tornado warnings. One night there was actually one spotted over our town from another state, and the mayor decided he didn’t want to scare the people, so he didn’t sound the alarm. The excuse was that it was almost out of the area, a lot of people are mad. So we’ve been in limbo for the last 2 weeks. Daughter has missed some tae kwon do because the storms coming barreling down. My female dog Darcy was so scared she jumped in the bath tub. She’s terrified of storms- looks like the creature on Jurassic Park that attacked the guy in the Jeep.

Yesterday, the home next to us burnt almost down and almost caught our home on fire as well. The tree in-between was on fire. We received a phone call to hurry up and get home because of our dogs: Darcy and Mason. I am very thankful to have my home and my pets today. It makes you appreciate the small things. The home is a total loss, but no one was hurt or killed so that’s the important thing. Time will tell what the cause of the fire was.

This past week seems like a whirlwind. Last weekend my daughter received her orange belt in tae kwon do. It was neat seeing all the different belts do steps to receive the next belt. She got an award for being the most improved in her school. This has been a lot of hard work for her. She’s been working for 7 months for this particular belt. She has her days she likes the tae kwon do and other days she cares less.

The weather has been crazy between the earthquake tremors and the temperatures falling back out. I will be glad when it stays at one temperature. We’ve been walking/wheeling mason my Maltese Poodle, to reduce his weight. The vet says he needs to loose some weight. It’s a struggle to take some of his weight off. He loves to eat. My daughter’s been walking him a couple times a day. We have to start out slow with him because of arthritis in his hips from a birthing injury or the mother attacking him. He was near dead when we bought him from a pet shop. We saved his life. Mason loves to bark, so were trying to curve the barking. He is a high strung half poodle. Darcy my other dog is doing well, she’s a high strung Shih Tzu, but she doesn’t bark as much.

I think this week has been pretty productive. It may be just me, but I think removing those energy saving bulbs has helped. I do still have the pain from living with the lupus and fibromylagia, but I am feeling a bit better.

Today had been pretty good for me. Yesterday, my daughter had tae kwon do. She’s a yellow belt. She will test out to be an orange belt soon. Her instructor says she’s going to be a force to reckon with soon. She’s been working really hard to test out for her orange belt. I can’t wait to see her test out for her next belt. The instructor wants her to teach a class of pewees when she get older. That is such a high honor to do. I am more then proud of her. She’s going to spar (fight) in the next tournament. She didn’t spar at the last one. She wanted to just watch to know what to expect. She doesn’t like surprises in stuff like that. The tae kwon do has help with her ADHD. She’s able to focus better.

I was able to fix my dog’s shirt today by putting some Velcro on it. It’s nice to feel better today. Each day is a gift from God and I’m happy for that. I don’t know what tomorrow will bring, but I’ll take what I can get. I watched the show Deadliest Catch on TLC. Those guys and an occasional gal are awesome. I can’t imagine being out in the middle of no where without any land in sight.

My daughter has been trying really hard to out smart her mother. Doing the dishes isn’t her strong suit. I finally got tired of fighting with her on the dishes, so I started helping her when I can. A simple load of dishes would take her 2 hours and sometimes longer. It’s no joke. She tries her best to use her ADHD to her advantage.

Lately, I’ve noticed that she’s been really dragging her feet on starting the dishes. I caught on after realizing she was trying to out smart her mother. So I decided Mom was going to drag her wheels/feet too. She would actually stand in one place wiping the same piece of counter top like it needed a serious sanding. I have to love her for trying to out smart her mother.

I have to admit that she’s pulled one over on me a few times. Her biggest thing is playing stupid like I didn’t tell her something. She likes to use my memory problems to her advantage. It really irritates me when I know I have told her something and she swears I didn’t tell her. I have a book that I write down things to remind me of things. The many things that lupus has taken away from me including my sharp memory. Sometimes the lupus fog is a lot like trying to drive through a heavy fog on top of a snow storm.

Seems to me our lives have a mind of there own,It’s a lot like watching a two year old,full of energy. They never seem to know when to stop. They have as much of a mind of their own as life does. I can remember when my daughter was only two years old she loved to control the whole situation. In all honesty she did a real good job at doing it. She was definitely a little fire ball. She could throw a fit well with all of them. Even then she did a real good job at fooling the public and my family. I have to admit I am hard on her, but I think its helped. She’s an honor student working hard each day. She does struggle with reading, but doesn’t everyone struggle with something.

She’s now a teenager, soon to be a freshmen this coming  August. In all honesty it scares the hell out of me. Most parents look forward to there kids getting older. I have mixed emotions about that. Part of me wants her to grow up, part of me wants her to stay at this age. Kids seem to grow up so fast, you know. All I can hope and pray is that she will do well in life. Isn’t that all we can expect?