Random Thoughts


It’s a beautiful spring afternoon, warm, about 56 degrees and of course it’s raining. Light showers coming down and the whole neighbourhood (from my verandah steps anyway) looks so clean and almost antiseptic. The trees are just beginning to bud and the streets are clean, my neighbour’s yard on both sides and in front of me is spotless, no cars came tearing down the street without regards for the pedestrians and for a moment, just a moment, all seems well with the world. It’s like all the world was being cleansed and it was quiet and peaceful and just beautiful and you wished with all your heart it would remain like that for a while longer, before the six o’clock news comes on and reality returns….


I woke up this morning in high spirits (could’ve been the coffee) and wanted to go shopping! Except of course, I don’t have that kind of money…It’s another beautiful day and it’s sunny and my spirit is up and there are certain days when the weather is gorgeous and I just want to do something totally unrealistic and totally out of character for me. (I budget for everything and I’m big on prioritizing) I saw a “Marshalls” commercial on TV and just wanted to go shopping for beautiful ‘springy’ clothes with pretty colours and sexy strappy sandals and fruit coloured (pear-green, pomgrenate-red, and vibrant oranges) hand bags. Sometimes the sun has that effect on me like a drug or something. I don’t know what it is, but it has the power to lift my spirit and enhance my mood and it’s just amazing!! Maybe because we are now rid of the “Winter Blahs” and summer is around the corner and that means long, sun-filled days and nice breezy evenings. Either way, I gotta go and make my budget for summer camp now…. Let’s see now..... fees, clothes, transportation etc., etc., etc….

Took care of my niece the other evening for about two hours, it was sooo much fun, the child run me ragged, OMGosh!!! There’s a reason why women have kids when they’re young, that’s because then you have enough energy to run after them. She’s fourteen months old and smart as a whip. She’s VERY familiar with the phone and its usage, sticking it between her ear and shoulder as if it’s the most natural thing in the world. She’s bow-legged and can dance up a storm, and looks sooo cute in her jeans. She turns the TV on and off at will and tries her best to pull down everything in sight and trying saying ‘no’, to her and she argues back at you….how do I know? Not just by her babbling, but by the way her face looks when she is babbling and the intensity of her voice….She’s such a darling though (especially when she’s sleepingJ). I really love having her over, (1) because she’s such a joy and enriches my life and (2) she drives my son absolutely crazy!! And I love it, cos sometimes he needs to think of others before himself, a lesson you’re never too young to learn….. Later!