For some reason, I am feeling a bit bored this morning. I did manage to restrain myself from making another entry in my RPG journal (I don't want a repeat of last term!), and I have already went through and answered all my emails and posts. (HAH! About 3! LOL) Well, I shouldn't expect too much. I just added my LJ to my sig yesterday. I did already have one person from FA reply here, and ask to friend me, which was nice. Being homebound, it's hard to meet people otherwise, so this is sort of my connection to the outside world, in a way. Besides, I can meet people from so many more interesting people from different places this way than I could just around town, anyway. Over the past 7 years, I have met people from India, Hong Kong, Brazil, and all over the US. For a Southern gal who's never been north of the Mason-Dixon line, that's a real treat. I have been outside the US, but only on a cruise with my aunt and one with my ex. (to Nassaua, Bahamas; Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands; Cancun, Mexico; Cozumel, Mexico, and a couple of private islands in the Bahamas and Cayman Islands that were owned by the individual cruise lines; and that's about it) The furthest wesr I have ever been is only to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and that waas only because my dad was living there at the time! My 8-year-old daughter has traveled more than I have! She has already been to Disney World (I didn't go until I was 16, and I was recoving from Mono at the time. Real Fun. NOT!), she flew to Boulder, Colorado, 2 years ago with my aunt to visit my cousin who was living there at the time, she went on a Disney cruise last year on Spring Break to the Bahamas with my aunt, and is going on a Caribbean cruise this Feb with my aunt again. My grandparents take her to the mountains and to the beach (each!) at least once every summer, sometimes more. God, I sound jealous of her, but really, I'm not. I'm glad she gets to travel, and see more of the world. One of my aunts lives in Claifornia (Santa Rosa, to be exact), and she already wants Amy to fly out when she gets a little older to spend some time with her. I think that will be a good experience for her. She needs to see more than just our little corner of the world. She is so smart, I look at her, and (Surprise, surprise! LOL) a quote from HP pops into my head. "Ithink we can expect great things from you." Of course, I don't say it to her, because I don't want to put too much pressure on her (she's only 8, after all!), but I can see it already. She can do anything she puts her mind to. She's had a hard toime the last couple of years, because she has ADD, but we got it diagnosed, and she is on treatment for it now, and it has worked wonders. Not to mention, she has a great teacher this year who also sees her potential, and recognized that a big part of her "school problems" was that she was bored, and has recommended her for the gifted program (in 2nd grade!). We are waiting for the results of the testing on that. I've never seen another child her age hwo would rather watch the Discovery Channel or Animal Planet than cartoons, but that is her! And she even got me good the other day. I was trying to get her to eat some vegetables with her lunch, and she informed me that tomatoes were actually fruits, not vebetables. (She was right, but how many 8-year-olds know that?!?!?)
OK, I'll stop. I could go on forever about her. I think it's easy to see she is pretty much the center of my world. There's a whole story behind that, but it's long, too. Condensed version: Her dad was mentally/verbally abusive to me, and didn't spend much time with her. So, for the first 4 years of her life, she and I pretty much relied on each other exclusively for unwavering love and support. Not to say, as she is getting older, I'm not sometimes "mean" and "not fair". like all moms, but I guess we are closer than most moms and daughters. Anyway, I said I'd stop, so I will. The pup continues to do better, only wincing occasionally now, and no sign of infection in her wounds, and she's sleeping peacefully. So, since I am so bored, I think I'll try to work some on Chapter 2 of my fic while all is quiet.
Peace Out. *~Cyndi~* (*who warned everybody this journal was boring and that this post was full of bragging about my daughter!*)