Sunday, September 26, 2010

Memories

For the assignment of writing a descriptive essay, I wrote about a sentiment pet. His name was Sid. My husband and I ended up having to put him down because of heart failure. I think one of the things that mad the decision of having to put him down so much harder was this was the first purchase my husband and I made together. It was hard trying to put his personality on paper. I hope I did this well. He was a unique cat. He was actually my third Siamese cat that I had purchased. They all had their own personalities but I never had such a diva. If he would have been human, he would have been the girly girl who hated to get dirty. And yes, I did say girl. There was nothing manly about him. He did not like to sleep on the floor unless there was something beneath him. Sid loved to sleep under the covers. One trait he had that really annoyed me was that he sucked his tail. He learned this from previous cats that had to be put down due to old age. It all started with Nick, another Siamese. When I went away to London for a week, Nick was annoying my mom when she was trying to read the paper. So, she gave him his tail to play with. Eventually he would suck his tail, like a baby would suck a pacifier. It was what he did so soothe himself. Nick passed this on to Jasmine and then Sid. People always ask if I will get another one. I would love to get another Siamese. It was almost a month to the day when we put Sid down that we had rescued a domestic short hair kitten. We had told our daughters that would get them a kitten once they were both completely potty trained. In July of 2009, we had to put down Jasmine, which devastated them. Boots, named after the monkey from Dora by my three year, is great but it not the same. I love his quite meow. I was so thankful that we had him when we had to put Sid down.

Sid, you were an awesome cat and buddy. You will be forever missed.





Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Grandfather that is truely missed

My grandfather was my idol growing up. He was completely opposite of my grandmother. He would always do things with his grandchildren where she kind of kept her distance. When I was growing up, they always lived pretty far from us. So when I got to see him, I really cherished it.

I remember when they lived in Appleton, WI. He knew that I loved raspberries. So he would always ask me if I would go and pick some from the bushes that they had. He knew that I would pick one and then eat three.

The next place they moved to was Naperville, IL. For Christmas one year, my cousin and I had to sleep on a mattress in my grandmother's closet. I remember think how huge this had to have been with a queen size mattress and still room to run around in. My dad's side of the family also loves White Castle. When it came time to decorate the Christmas tree, they used all the empty boxes that the hamburgers were in from White Castle.

The last place they moved to was Naples, FL. I did not get to visit them as much as I would have like to have but every time was very enjoyable. We would go to Disneyland, the beach, Jungle Joes, and many other places.

When I got married in 2003, I had my grandfather do a reading. It meant a lot to have him there and to do the reading. Instead of doing a honeymoon, my husband and I flew down to Florida to visit them.

On July 1, 2004, he passed away due to heart problems. After his funeral, all of my cousins and our significant others went miniature golfing. It was a tradition that he would always do with each of us. So we figured it was a great way to end the such a hard day. My aunt also took one of his shirts for each of us and had a teddy bear made out of it.

One of the hardest things was just over a year later, I had my first daughter and knowing that she would never get to met him was extremely hard. We always knew how much he loved each of us. Even though he is gone, he will never be forgotten.

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Inspirational Quote

"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost."
- Charles Caleb Colton

I find this to be so true. When you lose a friend, you realize how much they meant to you. Sometimes I have wondered if I took that friendship for granted. When I had lost a friend, I never realized how much impact they had on my life. I wanted it back but it was not possible. I have also figured out that some friends are not the true friends you might have thought that they were. So many times one can go through life and when something major happens you will actually find out who your friends are. There are times when you think you have a true friend when in the end they may not have been committed as much as you had thought to the relationship.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Managing School, Work and Family

I am starting my last year of my HIT degree. I am getting very excited about being done with school but also nervous about then finding a job with the economy the way it is. I should be able to finish all my required course by the end of the summer session. I have debated though about maybe taking the summer off and just finishing in the fall. I keep forgetting that even though I will have the degree, I still have to pass the test to become registered.

I feel like I am struggling to get into the swing of things with managing school, work and my family. It is a little bit harder know managing my time since I work a full time job and a part time job. I am in the process of changing my part time job into my full time job and vise versa. Eventually, the end of January, I will be done with my part time job. To make a long story short, I will be doing part time at my old job because it is their busy season and a feel bad about leaving some of my co-workers during that time but not all of them. My two oldest girls are also now enrolled in sports which take place two nights a week. I find myself having alternating late nights and early mornings. I just keep telling myself that after a month I will have my routine done.