Then life says HA

As an adult, a parent, you try to do what you can for your kids. Prepare them for life and all of its ups and downs. Then life smacks you and reminds you that while, even if you do the best you can, sometimes you have to say no. Sometimes, you have no other choice but no and there is nothing that can be done about it. And it isn't because the kiddo wouldn't be safe, or isn't prepared. It isn't because he did anything wrong at all - it is just life.

In time, yes I have a solution in my head and know it will all be fine - but right at this moment, I am still stinging from the smack.

Time to find that little thing to make this feel a little better...don't let the smacks get you down, get it out then move on. Spray on perfume, dance and laugh. It might be hard but it does get better!

It's a team

This morning the rain was coming down - it was 2am. So imagine my thoughts when the alarm went off at 4:45am...please let it be pouring, please let it be pouring. No such luck.

Drove cross town to boot camp and there is a drizzle but no trainer...hmm....after some thought, the class decided we were going to work out anyway. I was in the car at this point and they started to run laps. I have a boot right now so I get to watch the running, jumping, squats but did modify the other warm ups we went into with balancing and arm work. Still no trainer.

Then one of the ladies in our group asked me what exercise we should start with that I could do - and we did. We kept working until our trainer came and finished out the rest of the work out.

We have been in boot camp for 4 weeks but today? Today we became a team.

It's 104 in the shade

But today was free Popsicle day at Half Shells, so after my very mature lunch of honey chipotle shrimp tacos with fresh avocado I had a rocking rainbow Popsicle.

This small rainbow sugar and ice pop has put a smile on my face that will last the rest of the day:)

What is putting a smile on yours?

Really?

It amazes me how some people feel like they are above it all. Whether it be their professional or personal lives, it's about sleeping at night.

We are going through a scandal here at the office right now (yes, I know - I promised not to harp on work stuff) and it is becoming so cliche it is almost laughable. The biggest internal comments we have are disbelief at the treatment the big guys get compared to the little guy.

Let it be known, I am a capitalist through and through and believe that you have to stick to a contract, BUT it does beg the question...

:)

Just a thought for the day, I have been called many things not the least of which is a bubbly person. At my age, I have learned that isn't a bad thing, yes my friends, I embrace my inner cheerleader.

I dare you - embrace your inner whoever today!

Times they are a changin', but are they?

Tonight I am taking the kiddo to an Aerosmith concert with a dear friend and her daughter (who is also awesome). Kiddo wasn't sure he wanted to go, but decided last minute.

I remember my parents taking me to concerts, Diana Ross, Anne Murray, Kenny G, George Straight...we went to venues but the majority were after ballgames. Music is huge in our family. So now, I am taking my son to his second concert (Kenny Chesney with Sugarland and Taylor Swift was his first one) and realized, while the venues change - some of the artists don't, and the exeperience doesn't either. Tonight I get to hang with my preteen and can only hope he has as much fun as I did with my mom and daddy.

What did you do with your parents that you hope to carry on to your kids?

Relaxing

The kiddo just posted on his FB that he is home from Scouts and has nothing to do but relax until school starts, not that he relaxing during the summer and it got me thinking. While he has had a few weeks of sleeping until late and then being lazy around the house other than the chores his mean mother makes him do (oh yes, we do chores my friends) summers really aren't as relaxing as I remember.

I remember riding our bikes all day until dark, switching house where at we ate lunch and snacks. Moms not worried as they all has some secret network and knew that all the kids were together anyway and who was where wasn't even a thought. We were all out and about having fun.

Maybe it is just our town, or even our school (which is like a small town in itself), but the kids don't ride bikes all day or head up to the community pool and hang out. They go to games, camps and each other's houses sure, but not nearly like we used too.

Could times really be that different? I openly admit that I am the parent that signs him up for the summer programs, camps and trips - is it us parents that helped take the bike out of the everyday 'toy box'? And really - isn't this schedule what relaxing is to kids now? Heck, the first day he is home I know I will hear "I am bored"... oh and he just left for a baseball game.