Hello, blog! I've neglected you and I'm profoundly apologetic about that.
The heat is beating down on Southern California and today we spent a good deal of it indoors. It hit about 104 degrees today, and I wasn't about to subject myself nor my kids to the potential health hazard that the heat brings.
I do, however, let the younger boys out around 10 a.m. in our backyard before the real heat hits. Around this time it's only about 74 degrees, which isn't so bad. I captured this "bare" photo of Matthew watering our almost dead plants out back. Yes, that's all grass and leaves all over his back. He LOVES to roll around in our yard, and I don't bother bugging him since he seems unbothered by it. As you can see he's a "butt clencher" another word for "tight ass" LOL! But he IS my cutie.
Honestly, I've also been absent because of the combination of just pure laziness from the heat and the pure exhaustion there is from keeping two young kids entertained indoors has kept me absent from my blog. I do twitter a lot though and Facebook has officially become addictive. I don't understand why though, I guess by nature we are a species of curiosity.
A.F. came a packin' last night which upped my level of exhaustion into "well over" what I could handle. So while Matthew took his very long afternoon nap, I joined him. I rarely ever do this because there is always so much to do around the house, but today I couldn't resist even if I tried.
Tomorrow, my dad leaves for the Phillippines for about a year. I'm actually really sad about this. It's funny how when I was younger I couldn't wait to get as far as I could from my dysfunctional family, but as the days are coming and plans are being executed, I'm beginning to get sentimental. My sister and I sat around the dinner table today reminscing about the old days and how the house that we grew up in and will be leaving soon holds so many memories... some good, some bad. For years, my parents have been saying that they were going to retire and now it's actually going to happen. I won't be an hour drive away from "HOME" but will have to fly thousands of miles to get a "home cooked" dinner. I just can't believe it and I'm in shock still. I guess you can say, that I never thought it would happen. I didn't think time was going to catch up with us and I would ever have to officially say to my parents, "I'll see you during the holidays." But, I'm really happy for my dad. He worked so hard for so many years, this is his time to live again. I just hope that the financial stress on my family right now will lighten up enough for us to make a trip out there next here and have a complete family reunion.
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On a more domestic note. I feel like I let a lot of my responsibilities around the house has gone to crap. I've been uber tired and reluctant to do anything because of this massive heatwave hitting us. This happens every year, I always halt all my duties because I can't adjust to heat. And because of that the tension in the house thickens and the kids are getting resless.
Matthew has started this squealing when he doesn't get what he wants and although it's ever-so-cute, it drives me nutso when I can't breathe from sweating. Daniel has grown incredibly whiney and I find myself pawning him off to Jerry when it's too much for me to handle. Brandon has this rash around his lips from licking it so much that it's driving me to loofah his mouth during baths to get it to go away. Jerry and I have been on the edge of madness, but still find it amusing that our children always seem to make us smile when all we want to do is scream. They truly are simply irrresistable!
I came across your blog in the note you left on Noah's Road... and have found it very uplifting. Your perspective on life, yours and others, is inspirational. I do not know you, nor do I know Noah, however, because of him I will hug my little man just a bit tighter every night. I will continue to read your blog. Thank you!
Posted by: Melissa | May 21, 2009 at 06:47 AM