My son has been struggling lately. He is out of money to complete his Marketing degree. His job and class schedule was clashing and the company provided no flexibility. Ultimately, he dropped out of school and lost his job. He was living with his girlfriend and they subsequently split up. All of these things have come to a head in the past several weeks.

He signed up to join the Navy and was working to make the weight requirement. He was finally at weight when he and his girlfriend broke up and he has been homeless for the past 2 weeks. My poor baby :(

He finally called me and asked for my help. Next Tuesday Im flying him here to Omaha to live with me. I told him come home and Mama will take care of you until you get back on your feet.

I told him he might blow his weight again eating Mama's cooking.

Tags: family, life
Current Location: Work
Current Mood: hopeful

I looked back in my journal and realized the last actual post I made was on 12/27/07.  Bad Jamie.

I just havent been much in a sharing mood lately. I didnt want rants and complaints to be the only thing I shared with my friends so Ive been taking the easy way out and posted mostly fun mindless stuff. Ok, I admit it thats all Ive posted recently.

What have I been up to...

Movies:  (what I can remember)
 Juno - such an adorable movie. Personally I think its one of the top movies Ive seen in the past year.
 
 Sweeney Todd - Ohhh Johnny, need I say anything else???  The movie is very dark and bloody but I loved it none the less.

 I am Legend - I love Will Smith, except for Ali, Ive seen all of his movies. He didnt disappoint in this one either.

Ive seen several dvd's too most recently l watched Stardust. I really enjoyed that movie, it was more than I expected. I really didnt look at any reviews or trailers of the movie so I had no expectations going in.

Keeping my fingers crossed I think my Mom situation is finally looking up. She is back in Hawaii, with my sister. I spoke to her several times this weekend and she is sounding very upbeat and happy.  She certainly deserves it for sure after all the drama she had with my brothers wife since my dad died.  I really wanted her to live with me so I could take care of her. If this is what will give her happiness then Im behind her all the way. My mom is all I have left since all my grandparents and my dad are gone now. I just want to cherish her.

Saturday night my girlfriend and I went scrapbooking. I worked on pictures from my dad's funeral. Boy, time can really fly when we work on that stuff. We got there at a little after 6pm, before I realized it it was almost midnight already. I only looked up because some of the other women started saying good night and Donald called me.  May not be very exciting but hey, what else is there to do in Omaha, NE.

Oh, yeah and finally college football is over. I finished 4th place in the College bowl pick em league. Pretty good I think since it was my 1st time playing and I had no idea what confidence points were and I was the only girl.

My NFL leagues, I placed second on the NFL Pickem league overall and tied for 1st on the Survival league. All in all a pretty good football year for me. YAY

 

Tags: family, life, movies, sports
Current Location: work
Current Mood: bored
Current Music: Hey Baby - No Doubt

After reading everyones posts about the holidays I almost feel bad. I didn't have any drama or disagreements or changes in plans at all. It all went according to schedule. Wednesday after work Donald and I went to the store to pick up all my holiday fixings. When I got home I had Sammy clean the kitchen so I could slowly get things started.  Thursday morning I started preparing all the food. I had Turkey, roast pork, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry relish, sweet potato casserole, stuffing and macaroni salad. All the food was finished on schedule. When every one arrived I had Donald carve the turkey and we got our grub on. When we were all sufficiently stuffed we all went to the living room and watched Live Free, Die Hard. Lots of ass kicking, explosions and bad people being killed by Bruce Willis. Yippee Kayay Mother F**ker.  When the movie was over we had dessert. Home made apple and pumpkin pies with ice cream.

Overall, it was a very relaxing, uneventful holiday and everyone rolled out the door seeming pleased with my cooking.

Tags: family
Current Location: work
Current Mood: pleased
Current Music: E.I. - Nelly

A couple of odd things happened yesterday afternoon. One was good news and the other wasnt.

For the not so good news
Back in 2000 Donald and I lost twin girls due to a miscarriage. It was possibly one of the hardest things Ive ever dealt with in my life.  And for Donald the only children to date he's had.  Both of us took it really bad and we started a journal to help us cope with the emotions we were dealing with at the time.  I think that journal helped us tremendously with the healing process, just writing down and sharing with each other what we were thinking.
Anyway, yesterday when I got home from work I checked in Sammy's bedroom to see if she was home and I found that very personal journal on her floor. Not only did she have my journal, she started using it as a note book and had written down bus schedules and other notes in it.  I felt so violated that all I could do at the time was cry about it. I still dont know what to say to her about it.

For the good news
Back in May we had Associate Appreciation week at work. I did not pay attention to the stuff that was posted around the building. Yesterday when I returned from lunch I found a nomination form on my desk. Apparently someone nominated me for Associate recognition. It was an anonymous nomination and I dont recognized the writing but it was a really nice blurb about my smiling, joyful attitude and my selflessness and empathy for others in need. It made me all warm inside to know someone thinks of me that way.

What do you think spritegirltn is that a testament to my pollyanna skills?

Tags: family, life, work
Current Location: work
Current Mood: okay
Current Music: Beautiful Girls - Sean Kingston

Tags: family
Current Location: Work
Current Mood: jubilant
Current Music: Be without you - Mary J Blige

We had the annual family 4th of July celebration. I spent the day with my ex and the ex inlaws. I was feeling isolated and hurt because I believed D's grandparents no longer wanted anything to do with me since the divorce. Grandma and Grandpa are great people and I especially felt like I had made a connection with Grandma during the years of our marriage. I am happy to report that at the celebration yesterday it felt like old times with the family. D's dad Craig and bantered and harassed each other as usual, Grandma welcomed with a big hug and kiss, and Grandpa was smiling and being as nice as ever. It was a very pleasant day to say the least.

We have a bbq, just simple burgers and dogs, and later we had watermelon and rootbeer floats for dessert. Then it was time for the fireworks. We never do the big, loud expensive aerials. We usually do the fountains and artillery shells. We got all our required ooohs and ahhhs done while being attacked by mosquitoes. Even my dog Oscar came along and got to spend the entire day with his buddy Otto.

I hope everyone had as nice a day as I did!

Tags: family
Current Location: Work
Current Mood: happy
Current Music: Umbrella - Rihanna

Well, my niece still doesnt have a job nor is she being very helpful around the apartment. She and her boyfriend cant keep their hands off each other. They arent disrespectful in front of me, I just mean they have to be touching each other. The have to physically have contact with each other. My mom instinct told me they crossed that line. I asked her and of course she denied it. Finally I called my sister to discuss whats going on with her daughter. She told me Sammy and Joe did in fact cross the line. That would explain driving out to his cabin every opportunity they had to go "fishing". I guess thats what its being called these days. It seems her only priority in life is being with or waiting for Joe.

Anyway I went off on a tangent. I need to bite the bullet and have a chat with Sammy. I have to get her to contribute in some way either by helping around the apartment or getting a job. Im getting very tired and frustrated with this situation.

I can remember when I was her age. I had a boyfriend and a job and my own apartment. I was already responsible for myself. I cant imagine not having a job for so long.

Tags: family
Current Location: Work
Current Mood: bitchy
Current Music: Wasted - Fuel

Out of the blue last week my son finally called me. I was very pleasantly surprised to say the least. He did however pick 3am to call me. Apparently he had a bad dream that I was in a straight jacket in a mental institution. I was there because he was a bad son and didn't love me enough so I went insane. The dream bothered him so much that he had to call me to tell me in between sobs that he really and truly loved me with all his heart. :). He also apologized over and over for not being a good son,

He hasn't spoken to me since his 21st birthday in October. He was mad at me because I didn't send him money to have a blow out birthday bash at the bar with his friends. He thought Mom should have footed the bill because of his milestone birthday.  I told him I was absolutely not sending him money to get drunk. Since that time he hasn't spoken with me, even when I called him he handed the phone to someone else or let my phone call go to voice mail.

I'm very happy that he's come around and is letting me back in his life again! I have missed him since he lives in Hawaii and my only contact with him is via phone calls. :)

Tags: family
Current Location: Work
Current Mood: busy
Current Music: Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke