Weekend Update

I have something to say about Chuck E. Cheese birthday parties. If you’re over the age of 12 – don’t go. They cost big bucks, and they’re way overrated. Plus, we got a rodent that looked like he’d been out the night before. He was lethargic and didn’t seem to care much about what he was doing. The waitresses carried him (or her) through the entire show.

It took 1½ hours to get there. That was the best part of the trip. It didn’t start out that way though. Annie’s daughter (27) is off work recovering from a recent hysterectomy. After a year of trying various fertility drugs, and enduring painful days and nights with endometriosis, they made the decision to give up. Yesterday they were arguing and she blurted out that she blamed him for not trying hard enough to have a child. He yelled back more hurtful things towards her, and she left. There are VERY few times that I disagree with her mom, my best friend Annie, but on this I disagree. She tells Heidi to get over the hysterectomy. It’s done, and she can’t do anything about it. Move on. Stop being moody, taking it out on everyone, etc. etc. It blows my mind that she can’t understand how full of emotions her daughter is right now, and will be for quite some time. How in need of counseling she is (but has no insurance right now) and how much she needs her mothers support no matter if she is wrong or right. I told Annie exactly how I felt, and that I felt she wasn’t being very understanding of her situation. And I told Heidi that she could come to me any time she wanted. And then we went to Kohl’s and I bought her a sweater. *LOL* Well that was on the way home.

I feel like I’m part of the family and I can say what’s on my mind with everyone involved. Annie told her daughter that I chastised her over her reaction to Heidi’s mental state. What I worry about most now is her marriage. If she continues to blame her husband for not having a child, they’re headed for divorce. She needs professional help. But her husband needs help too. They’re two great young adults. I hope they can get over this huge hurdle.

So how did we lighten the mood on the way? I brought CD’s with top billboard songs from the 60’s through the 90’s, and we sang, and sang, and sang. It’s amazing how those lyrics come back to you, isn’t it?

On the home front, got all the chores done yesterday morning that I wanted to. Cardboard recycled, dead plants to the compost site. I bought some new candles, which are smelling up the house quite nicely this afternoon. There is always a time for vanilla. Today’s scent is Chesapeake Bay “Amber Vanilla.” Such a warm, inviting scent.

Music

Like Red On A Rose.
This song is so wonderfully sweet and simple. It’s a love song by Alan Jackson. And I don’t know why I’m so drawn to love songs. It brings tears to my eyes when I think about how a man could feel about a woman.

And I love you ‘cause I know you give me a heart of my own. You make my blood flow.

Does this really happen? I look up in wonder, half shake my head, but still, I’d like to think……. I guess I’m just in a mood. When the volume is up, the mood is usually down.