curious...

a movie I didn't care to watch the other night drove me to playing around on CL. I started looking at M4W around the globe. A few were straight-forward requests, but it seems some odd people post. One man was "tired of the games Am. girls play" but posted a pic of his bare torso. One wanted a family and wife to take care of it. One poor guy posted in multiple countries (Hello! I've always wanted a Croatian/Greek/? bride!). Several posted pics of themselves w/ a woman (!) It struck me as humorous surely, but sad overall.

Turning one

Micah is the most beautiful boy in the history of the world...stunningly perfect, curious, sweet-natured, highly intelligent. I'd love him no matter what, but it's fun to have a grandbaby just as wonderful as his momma was...

childrens

it's pure loveliness to have a child home from her new life in a foreign land on a far-away continent. She shares verbiage constantly, which i use to create my own inaccurate visuals of her world. But it's something. And it is pure amusement to have a second child working w/ "the blind rebbe and his crotch-sniffing seeing-eye dog". She struggles daily to work under a selfish, spoiled bully, calling often to debrief the latest insanity. She's in a lot of pain, but learning invaluable lessons about life and herself. Already a strong soul, this experience will make her invincible if she toughs out the year. A third child struggles with medical issues and needs, a fourth with the new demands of motherhood, the last with a very challenging step-child (and her child) living lazily in her home. All of them are doing well, vacillating between pain, joy, growth, and equanimity. I think they were raised with the skills they need to survive.

Becoming a Grandparent

This was one of the coolest thing that's ever happened to me. Micah was perfect, and holding the first born of my first born was indescribable. He changes daily I see from pictures, but I still watch a video of him talking and waving his week-old arms around everyday. I love the changes and events of life, but it's good to hold onto a few perfect moments.

surfers

Couch surfing is my new favorite thing. I loved the people I met traveling across the midwest, and we hosted our first surfers, Cate and Irving, from CT for two nights. It is more than fun to meet, chat, laugh, play, explore, and eat with new friends. This week we have a german girl coming.

my dog loves me

in a needy sort of way. I adore him, but could do w/out the need for an aerosol of Febreze strategically placed in each room he frequents. Perhaps the beast just needs to let me know he is alive. Perhaps I should try a third type of dogfood. Can it get more expensive? Febreze is relatively cheap, i guess. It amuses me to be forced to use it by a creature I adopted.

Travelling.....

the daughter came home from traveling around Eastern Europe and Israel, safe and sound. She was in airplanes, buses, trains, autos, subways, and who knows what. shortly after taking her to the airport yet again, i got stuck 2 blocks from my home, and then again at the base of my driveway. it amuses me that my children have traveled far and wide--Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and i can't even drive my car in my hometown. perhaps its time to look seriously at public transportation.