I should still be sleeping. Instead I'm curled up on the couch in a semi-reclined position with pillow at my head and blanket wrapped around me. If I had to go to work and forgot to set my alarm clock, I would still be sound asleep in bed, but because I have today off, I am supplying my own particular brand of irony by being wide awake.
And I think I have my dreams to blame because they are surely what woke me up this morning. Reaching a high level of irritation while in REM will do that to you as I have been known to continually prove. Yay, me!
So here I am, running down the clock and waiting for the time to go upstairs and pull KC from her bed to start the day. Though truth be told, she's very unhappy with going to school today. With Mommy off from work, she had her heart set on a Mommy/Daughter date day. But school is school and she must go, though I've already told her that we will have a special M&D night once she's home with plans to go out to dinner and catch a movie.
Meanwhile I'm planning on visiting my local garden center later on this morning with cash in hand and seed packets on my mind. With the scent of spring lingering closely - despite yesterday's infiltration of yet more snow - it can only be time to start the germinating process indoors.
My mind is filled with visions of California poppies, crisp white daisies, black eyed Susans, morning glories, clemantis, lavender, and all other sorts of blooms that I am giddy with the thought of tiny little shoots reaching for the sun.
And of course, maybe a few more seed packets to broadcast over and around my thinking spot while letting nature handle the rest ... Someday there will be wildflowers everywhere and all who wander by will wonder how they got there, as if it is some mystery, as they stop to appreciate the sea of colors brought forth by tender blooms.
Surely it will be a small slice of heaven on earth.
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When I was younger my father owned a landscaping company and I used to hate every minute of helping him. Even though he got 2 homes in Better Homes and Gardens. But now for no apparent reason at all I get the occasional urge to mow grass and plant flowers...go figure, next thing you know I'll be craving asparagus.
Not asparagus!!! ;)
Get thee a garden young man ... There's nothing as satisfying as making the earth grow. (Can I borrow your Dad for gardening questions?)
Glad to see you've been posting your artwork again ... Although "Jim" was missing.
Take care of you ... Wouldn't want to hear you've been taken over by pneumonia and colds again.
How comes KC was at school??? Do you not get Good Friday off over there? It's a bank holiday here, school's are all on Easter recess for 2-4 weeks...
Well reminded! I've got to plant some jalapeno seeds, they should be germinating about now and I'm running behind with them. Too busy lately.
I spent the day (well after I got up at 11am) baking hot cross buns, which were nice, and tidying up, then more cooking, then a whole ton of people came over and we watched The Incredibles (I got the DVD too, brother's g/f was kind enough to furnish me with a copy. ;))...
Asparagus is odd for home growing because it has a very short season, and you should eat it same day as you cut it really.
To be honest with you, asparagus doesn't even make my list of garden delicacies ...
As for KC having school today, they were originally slotted to have it off, but then having used too many of their allotted snow days decided to forego the holiday.
Someone was quite mad at me for not letting her play hooky today.
Glad to hear your bday was a smashing success. ;)
Ah yes, she has had a whole load of snow days this year hasn't she.
Still, it's a peculiar day to be in on. School is school though, if you can go, you should go.
Very well said of you. "If you can go, you should go." That's precisely what I said to KC yesterday morning as she whined, and then whined some more in a desperate attempt to get me to change my mind about making her go.
Needless to say, if her school hadn't gotten carried away with all the (unnecessary) snow days, we wouldn't have found ourselves in this predicament.
Well, I've worked in schools for many years in the past - and have taught lots, so my educational bias is strong. Plus my mum was a teacher...
No skipping school for me, I didn't miss a single day, not even ill, from grades 10-12...
I was odd, I liked school. :S
Hmmmm ... Bren and I were more prone to getting in trouble and finding ways to sneak out early ...
It was always a joy when the principal would call us down to his office ... And then call our parents.
;)
Oh I had that joy plenty, just for reasons other than skipping out... :S
You can't say something like that and not give details ...
Spill!
Well, when I was little I was forever in trouble for fighting, nearly got expelled once or twice for that... There were some hospitalisations... :$ Fortunately I got out of that stage relatively early.
Later on I was always late for school, like an hour every day. That used to get me regular detentions - 2 hours a day, every day, for 6 months once!
Plus I never did homework, ever. I did coursework in the latter years, but not homework - never saw the point. Yet more detentions, they wanted to get rid of me.
Managed to smash a couple of windows over the years, and broke a couple of doors (one got so jammed, the frame had to be taken off to get the people out... :S)Not deliberately mind.
And just general talking all the time - you may have noticed I ramble on a lot. ;)
They had problems with me as I was academically strong, reasonably polite, but did no work and caused some disruption.
It came to ahead once when I had been off for half a term, missed a whole biology module, came in on the day of the exam - and got the highest mark in the year, out of 240 students. That pissed them off. :)
I reformed though, as I was effectively staff for the last few years at school, and continued working there for a couple of years after I left as a student - was even on the payroll.
Fighting huh?
Glad to see you've grown out of that ... As it's neither fun to be in the hospital or put someone else in one.
Though I can relate to having a horrid temper. I used to have a difficult time controlling my anger and would lash out at people both verbally and sometimes physically. (Not something I am overly proud of, of course.)
It took me years to find a constructive way of dealing with those things out of my control. One of my favorite ways for chilling out when someone had pushed me to my boiling point, was either going for really long walks and/or taking a full roll of toilet paper and slamming it against the wall repeatedly until I was completely spent.
I think discipline problems in the classroom are often directly related to the child in question not getting enough mental stimulation. (Although this may not be true for your own personal case.)
KC is quite like that though. When her class lags behind and she begins to lose interest, she can be quite a handful to the teacher.
My temper was a bit of a problem when I was very young, but now I'm very well known for having exceptional paitience. Such is the result of burning those instincts out of your soul.
Though I can get a bit irrate at times still with my immediate family - when they are really winding me up - removing that reaction seems beyond me. ;)
Violence in my presence makes me very ill these days, I over produce adrenaline and can go in to convulsions, then can't eat, then my body temperature crashes and I can't eat for days...
Not the *best* reaction, granted, but better than being a blood thirsty fool like many of my male friends. Incidently, I get that with any overly strong emotional reaction, talking to someone I really like can do that to me.... :$
As a child, I could not have enough mental stimulation, and to be frank, that is still the case. Karl loves to be fully engaged, with undivided attention, etc...
I got bored with school, started to muck about a lot, got in a heap of trouble, got frustrated and lashed out in all directions. Later on I still got bored with work, but worked out how to amuse myself with my mind. :)
I dare say KC, and your good self, are a little like me in this respect.
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