Mr. Debonair himself has digitized and posted the television interview Rob did for a local station about blogging. It did my heart good to see him and hear his voice again, one last time.
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Yeah, so my birthday dinner wasn’t without a few surprises. Unfortunately, G was the one shocked and awed rather than me.
G is the guy I’ve been dating lately. You’ll never meet a nicer guy. I inadvertently made a huge social faux pas by not informing him that TheEx and TheWife and TheNuBaby would be joining us. Well, to be fair, I did tell him that they would be attending and taking my boys back home with them but G thought that I meant they would just be picking up the boys and leaving.
I have informed G in the past that TheEx, TheWife and I had a good relationship with each other. I’ve come to realize that G’s idea of ‘good’ doesn’t quite match up with mine. When TheEx arrived and came up behind me to give me a kiss on the cheek, G assumed that it was just another friend he hadn’t met yet. When I hugged TheWife and snatched TheNuBaby, G assumed it was just another girlfriend and baby I hadn’t introduced him to yet. When I introduced all of them, G’s chin literally smacked the floor. He recovered quickly enough but he was thrown for a loop.
Whoops.
Let it never be said that I don’t throw the most INTERESTING parties. I DID inform TheEx that I would have a date with me and warned him to be on his best behavior. I honestly thought I covered all my bases. After the shock wore off, G went on the defensive and that put TheEx into his silent-but-deadly mode. I had prepared for that by bringing along some pictures that the kids took over the 4th of July and had them show their dad their albums.
Since G has already spent time with my other friends that were in attendance, they provided a good buffer, along with the kids. It was still somewhat tense but just when I feared one of them was going to pee on my leg to mark his territory, J began regaling us with photos and stories from his latest hiking trip.
There was no high drama or anything like that, but it was definitely uncomfortable. It wasn’t until G and I got in his car to head to the bar that I realized where the miscommunication was. He asked, “How am I supposed to compete with that?”. My reply was, “You can’t, so don’t try. You’re not in my life to try to take someone else’s place”.
The rest of the evening was better, but I had given G a lot to chew on. The next morning, we were able to talk with clear heads and I told him that I do feel sorry about the misunderstanding, but if he was waiting for an apology for the way my life is, he’d be waiting a long time. Learning how to deal with TheEx after we split and recovering a friendship was a hard won battle. Welcoming another woman into my children’s lives was THE most difficult thing I’ve ever had to do as a mother. I make the decisions in my life and I CHOSE to make the best out of a very bad situation…it’s not something I take lightly.
To be honest, carving a niche for himself in my life is the LEAST of his problems. Right now, having a relationship with someone is so far down my list of priorities that I’m not sure it even registers at all. I believe that you have to WORK at a relationship to make it anything worth having, and I’m not sure I have the patience or energy to put into it right now.
My priorities are kids, work and school and that won’t let up for at least another two years…longer if I go on to grad school. It’s been easy with G so far because he lives quite a distance away, so I only see him a few times a month. I also made it clear yesterday that moving is NOT an option for me, at least not until the kids are in college and on their own. I promised TheEx many years ago that I would never move the kids more than an hour away from him and I’m already at that limit. The boys need their father and that is justification enough for me to stay right where I am for now.
All in all, it was a trial by fire for G, but at least we both know where we stand right now. He needs to decide if he’s willing (and ABLE) to deal with a situation where an ex still figures prominently in my day-to-day life and I need to decide if I’m willing to put the effort into starting a relationship.
The only thing that bothers me is this: Should it BE a decision? If I truly wanted this relationship, why would there be any questioning about it?
No TagsThe birthday girl is hungover. Six of my nearest and dearest plus moi closed down Mexican night at the local dive. A good time was had by all, judging by the 3 still snoring bodies laying around my apartment.
Did you know that margaritas and mojitos are summer’s most perfect drinks? I charmed the bartender into teaching me how to make them last night. I never keep alcohol around the house because I don’t drink very often but I’ll be taking a trip to the liquor store today.
I recieved some lovely trinkets, books and girly stuffs that I would never buy for myself. The boys (with help from TheEx) bought me some large prints for the walls and a gift certificate for frames at the local art shop. TheEx is the king of quirky gifts and so he and TheWife bought me a rechargable gift card for Dunkin Donuts with enough to keep me supplied with Iced Coffees for the rest of the summer. And yes, we do still exchange gifts, much to the surprise and dismay of the man I’m currently dating apparently…but that’s a whole other story.
No TagsIt’s the big three-six for me today. Yup…I’m starting the climb up THE hill this year. Join me in a moment of silence for my severely misspent youth.
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Okay, that was fun. Now I’m off for a booze soaked fun-filled evening with friends.
Aaaaaar! Captain Jack Sparrow be no Jack Bauer…
But he’ll do in a pinch.
I took t’ sprogs t’ see Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest last night. I had read a few o’ t’ early reviews and people seemed t’ be split starboard down t’ middle. Some felt it was ‘too long’ and ‘t’ movie (and Johnny Depp) tried too hard’, while others had nothin’ but good thin’s t’ say. I gotta tell ya though: this be a Disney flick…not somethin’ I’m goin’ t’ take seriously anyways.
I rarely go t’ t’ movies at all t’ begin with. In t’ last 10 years, I’ve seen only 9 movies in t’ theater because I hate t’ whole experience now. Outrageous ticket prices, outrageous food prices and obnoxious sprogs have all conspired t’ turn me completely off. Even when thar be a movie that I want t’ see when it first hits theaters, I still DREAD t’ experience. I had to pillage and plunder close t’ 50 doubloons last night when all was said and done, but it was SO worth it.
Johnny Depp was amazin’, as usual. There be few actors that can make me forget that they’re actin’ but he be one o’ them. I made it a point not t’ read any spoilers for this movie and it was worth t’ wait. Although t’ movie be nothin’ more than a mindless good time from beginnin’ t’ end, t’ emotional surprises still had a good punch t’ them. Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley be still lusty wenches, too pretty for their own good, but both gave solid performances.
Git yourselves t’ a theater, smartly, lads and lassies!
(P.S.: Yaaaaar! I do expect t’ be speakin’ like this’ for days. Landlubbers!)
No TagsAnother school term is all up in my face beginning today. God help me. I’m taking 3 compressed courses this summer - ‘compressed’ being 12 week courses crammed into 4 weeks - and I’m fairly sure I was on crack when I decided that this would be a good idea.
I’ve got lots on my plate this summer. Work, college, homeschool preparations, keeping the kids from killing each other. Keeping my sanity. I’m kicking myself in the ass for not sending them to summer camp this year.
Four weeks of peace and quiet would be a god-send right now.
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I didn’t have a chance to post this yesterday. After Discovery reached orbit, I had two anxious boys dragging me by my hair out the door to the carnival. For those of you interested in such geeky things, NASA TV has complete coverage of the STS-121 mission (click on “Watch NASA TV” on that page and it will pop up in a new window).
I had planned to take the kids camping at the lake yesterday after the carnival but found out, much to my dismay, that the town that puts on the fireworks display over the lake didn’t have money to do it this year. WTF? It was no big deal though…the town we live in puts on their display practically in my backyard, so we hung out in the parking lot and watched. I just LOVE watching shit blow up!
I will say one thing for this tiny little town of mine (population: 3000): they put on a good 4th of July shindig. Parade, carnival, town-wide cookout and a good sized fireworks display. The festivities always kick off with a flyby, courtesy of our local Air National Guard:
A pair of A-10s and a pair of F-15s sneak up on this sleepy little town and fly low over the parade route. The first year I lived here, you can bet that the noise almost sent me into a duck and cover position, but now it’s my favorite part of the day. I climb up on the roof so I can see them coming and they fly so low that you could probably see the rivets on the bottom of the plane if they weren’t going so fast. Good times, indeed!
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Oh, say can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o’er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, now conceals, now discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines on the stream:
‘Tis the star-spangled banner! O long may it wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wiped out their foul footstep’s pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war’s desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: “In God is our trust.”
And the star-spangled banner forever shall wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
Learn it. Live it. Love it.
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The loading of Discovery’s orange external tank with 500,000 gallons of liquid oxygen and hydrogen began at 4:32 a.m. EDT today. The tank is now full and will be continuously “topped off” with propellants until Discovery’s launch. All systems onboard the space shuttle are functioning normally and are ready for liftoff.
Currently, there is an 80-percent chance of favorable weather forecasted for launch time. If the weather cooperates, Discovery will liftoff at 2:38 p.m. for the International Space Station and be the first Independence Day launch of a space shuttle! [Source]
Yeah. I’m a geek. Shut up.
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