Irish Lassie

I have felt a sense of warmth and comfort the last three days after ordering my new drink of choice; the Caramel Machiato.

Despite having some difficulty pronunciating Machiato, the sophistication and warmth in this drink is something close to incomparable. It starts with a frothy caramel layer on the top and ends with a smooth bite of espresso.

Today I received a $2.00 coupon to be used later in the day to indulge my taste buds, and empty my pocket book for a second time in one day…

In these days of competition and record making by swimmers and track and field stars, it has been fun to stay up late and catch all of the races (all the best ones seems to be on tv after 10pm).

One of my memories will be not on tv but in picking Kelsey up from school. This week her school held the A+ Olympics. Apparently they held events such as lego building, relay races in the hallway, the puzzle event and there were others. The kids were split up into teams; the green team, the pink team, blue team and red team. Kelsey’s team was the green team and apparently the green team and pink team were quite competitive with 6-7 medals each. It was one of the highlights of the summer for Kelsey as she walked up to me when I arrived with 7 medals around her neck explaining that she WON the Olympics!

This was so funny, I just could not help but post it to remember how sweet it was.

I was on the way to the athletic club, with Kylie, when we were discussing her day at daycare.

Kylie: We had a really good lunch today.

Me: Oh really, what was it?

Kylie: We had Mac and Cheese and I finished it…all gone!

Me: Good job.

Kylie: And guess what else…

Me: What?

Kylie: We had sprinkle cookies and they were DE-li-cious!

Me: (laughing rather hysterically) WOW! That is so cool.

There are many things that I have to be thankful for, but I have a difficult time recognizing these things often because my expectations are very high. Some might call it perfection (ok, I admit it), and as much as I try to see past the “little things” they seem to bring me down.

The latest “little thing” includes another car issue…

Recently I participated in a family gathering with my in-laws. The gathering was fine, but some unexpected events took place which left me in a situation of being disappointed, sad, and angry. The event included some vandalism, by strangers, to my car. While no one at the event had anything to do with the vandalism, and they all expressed their frustration, I leave with the feelings that the event was tarnished by the misdeed.

The act of vandalism on my car has been repaired, my feelings are patched, but the event still feels tarnished.

When my kids asked why this happened, I said, “Sometimes accidents happen and people break things.” I should have just said, “I don’t know?”

We have gotten the list of school supplies and are prepared to bring them on the orientation night. And..let’s not forget about the skechers

All that I heard from Kelsey at the shoe store was how great skechers are. She is an advertisers dream…”Mommy, they will help me jump higher, and run faster, these shoes are GREAT!”

Kylie was also unconvinced of the superiority…
Kesley said: “Kylie you should get some Skechers too, they are the best, don’t you want to run fast like me?”
Kylie: “No, Kelsey. I want the princess light-up shoes.”

So we left with a pair of Skechers and the Princess light-up shoes.

So it is already August, which means summer is almost over and school begins soon. I am eager to purchase school supplies with Kelsey and smell her first #2 pencil get sharpened, get her some new shoes (she has requested Skechers). Her first of many years to come of requests to have something, “like her friends”. I am excited for her, because I remember the excitement of the first day of school, getting to know new friends and seeing old friends. Hopefully all will go well!

On another front…my car is having issues…major issues. I think it might be possessed! First I began hearing dying cow moans coming from the fan, then space alien shrieks from the fan, my coolant system had some issues which is now repaired, my check engine light is on (they say it needs a new oxygen sensor), my timing belt was replaced, it dies out after I first start it in the morning, and now the radio seems to be shorting out. Either someone is tampering with it, the aliens are trying an experiment on me to see what will drive me insane, or it is possessed with a spiteful car repair ghost that has some issues that need to be sorted out. I prefer to blame the fictitious before considering that my car is a lemon!