I’m stoked. I’m excited. I’m happy!
Marion Cotillard whom I’ve loved since Love Me if You Dare won best actress. Juno won best original screen play. It almost makes the one second glimpse of Heath Ledger’s tribute forgivable…. no it doesn’t. I was shocked and upset over that. Seriously upset. BEYOND upset. Hurt? But why would I be hurt? I was sad. Dudes- seriously.
Today was a good day. I got to spend it with my family. Granted they had arrived last night, but I didn’t see them. I expected them on Sunday, and then at four in the afternoon I get a get a call from my mother saying that they’ll see me at Izzy’s at five. FIVE??? I had a stressful week in which I took a handful of fiber pills, I was doing five loads of laundry and I had been cleaning out litter boxes and vacuuming up cat hair (with my new under $40 Bissell that so far works awesomely for the price) I hear those cleaners- after I bought it- break after a few weeks, but you should have seen what it picked up after two weeks of not vacuuming.
Anyway, Jonathon still needed bathed and by the time I’d be able to get both of us ready- he would have needed his night meds and bed time. I love my family, but I love my son and his health comes first. We weren’t prepared! Sadly I knew they were just up the road playing games, Jonathon was in bed, and I couldn’t partake.
Today was much better. Since they had gone to bed apparently at almost four- they stirred out of sleep at ten. I got to spend time with them, they raved over Jonathons slipper socks in which I proudly boasted that my aunt Pam made them and they were his second pair (he wears them over his socks because shoes do not fit his feet- period) so they’ve become as staple in his wardrobe and we absolutely love them. My Aunt has what we call “mad skills” that woman has talent. I have my own pair that I wear at work because they’re comfy- stylish- and I don’t want to put my shoes back on when I want to run across the hall to grab some coffee. Plus mine were made for a special long stay in the hospital with Jonathon- multiply reasons as to why I love them and if anyone makes fun of me for walking around in them… yeah- you don’t wanna do that.
But on to the gifts- towels WITH tags 
a beautiful scarf my sister knitted that I’m wearing right now- in my pj’s, an awesome mist humidifier, lavendar oil (I love lavendar), and a very beautiful calendar my aunti Georgene Matsuyama (more like second great cousin) made in honor of the men in my family who fought in WW2. I feel honored that I’m going to create the site for her work.
I took pics in the hotel room: Jonathon was happy to speak to people other than me, my brother Ben tries to put a puzzle together and challenges his intellect, my nephew Devon, my newer nephew Curtis (they’re so adorable), my dad running around as usual- doing stuff- my near 60 year old mother who slowly ages, and of course my beautiful sis Jacqui who put the whole thing together (thanks JAC!) OH and my bro in law Scott- whom I took by surprise with my capture of their souls that now reside in my camera- MWA HA HA! I feel proud to have solved the mystery to my folks who noticed that in the bridal suite that they stayed in, the bathroom had a door leading to the hall. I pointed out the escape onto a terrace that leads to the hall from the window as well- and the escape plan posted on the door- I told her it was for the bride who changed her mind. I said typically there’s an annulment paper in the sleeve next to the escape plan and a little slot that says, ‘drop ring here’.
The conversations primarily had to do with film, games, and death- which is a long running joke because my parents are notorious for only talking about mainstream film. My dad heard this some how- and as he poked fun of me for talking about film I had to tell him, “I have no life- it IS film and games. You’ll know I have a life when I talk about something else.”
