"Well, I never heard it before, but it sounds uncommon nonsense."
Things have been a little hectic and a little depressing lately. Even with working out for an hour or more at least 5 days a week and watching what I eat I have somehow managed to gained weight and my clothes fit tighter. To say I am more than a little depressed would be an understatement. However, I am not giving up and am hoping that I can lose 20 to 30 pounds.
We are trying to get a house a few miles away. It is a small, 2 bedroom home that needs some work. We have all ready toured the home and spoke to the Realtor multiple times. If we can come up with the down payment and the owner agrees to finance it (they are considering it) then we just might own a home once again! Please prayer (if that’s your thing) or send me positive vibes that we get this house. Living with my MIL is slowly deteriorating my sanity.
In other news, me and Mike are going to the midnight premier of Hangover 2 tonight! I have been looking forward to this movie since I first heard they were making a sequel!
I have become addicted to Twin Peaks. I never watched the show when it was actually new (from 1990 to 1991) but thanks to Netflix watch instantly, I have finished the first season and started on the second season.
The whole weight loss issue has me feeling hopeless. For over a month now I have been working out between 30 minutes to an hour at least 5 days a week. I have been watching what I eat and tracking everything and have not lost a single pound. It is quite disheartening. Some days I think, “why even bother” but I push on hoping that I see a loss when I step on the scale. People have told me I have probably gained muscle but I don’t feel any difference in my clothing or see a difference in my body. Oh well.
I was hoping that we would get this wonderful house (we have been drooling over it for the past several weeks) just a few miles away but that seems to have fallen through. However, I cannot live here much longer. It’s too much stress on me. Her talking bullshit and being completely lazy is taking its toll on my mental and psychical health. It’s hard to believe a grown women cannot pick up after herself. Her entitlement is also getting under my skin. So, since living here much longer is out of the question (I cannot take another 6 months here) I have being putting applications in all the local apartment buildings. The only problem is that we will have to get rid of London. No apartments will accept dogs as large as a German Shepherd. Raven is more than a little upset at the thought of getting rid of London but she wants out of here as bad as I do and knows that this is our only option right now. We have had London for 10 years and Raven absolutely loves that dog. He is an awesome dog and I wish we could find a place that would allow us to keep him but I have to put the needs of my family before keeping a dog. And if we stay here much longer, our family will be destroyed. It has gotten so bad that I have seriously contemplated moving me and Raven down to my mom’s (there is not enough room in her extremely small 2 bedroom house for my husband as well) just to get away from the stress-inducer or getting a divorce just so I won’t have her as my MIL anymore. Yes, she is that bad. Funny thing is, she has my husband’s side of the family convinced that it’s all us. We are the horrible, evil people not her. Well, my family and friends now the truth and that is all that matters to me.
My daughter, Raven, will be 14 years old tomorrow. She is leaving tomorrow morning at 4:30am to go to Washington DC for her class trip. She won’t be home until 11pm tomorrow night so we are celebrating her birthday Thursday. Also she does not have to return to school until May 2 because of Easter/Spring break.
My daughter is a talented artist who one day wants to be a manga artist living in Japan. She lives and breathes almost everything Japanese. She can speak and understand a little Japanese right now. Nothing major but it is enough for her to communicate and understand a short conversation with the only Japanese student in her school. She has been immersing herself in the Japanese culture since she was in the 4th grade (she is now in the 8th grade and will be starting high school this fall).
I love the fact that she is into the Japanese culture. I may love it more than most since I am a huge fan of Asian movies (especially J Horror). However, many people in the family are not. I see my daughter’s talent and love for all things Japanese and want to help her achieve her dream. Some family members do not agree.
“She is too obsessed with all this Japanese stuff!”
“You need to nip that in the butt, NOW!”
Those two quotes above are the two most common things we hear from family members about Raven’s obsession with Japan. For some reason, they have a problem with my daughter’s interest.
Does Raven take her interest a bit too far? Maybe. But it’s no different than the diehard Twilight fans or this whole Bieber Fever thing. And in actuality, her learning about another culture (including their language) is a rather educational activity. Something that these asshats don’t seem to realize. They would much rather have her lusting over the latest heartthrob than exercising her brain and following her dream.
However, since she is not their child, they do not raise her nor do they support her in any manner what so ever then they have no say in how she is raised, what we allow her to do or not to do or what her hobbies or activities are. If they do not like it, they can shove it up their ass. I have been pretty damn polite to these people when they say their ignorant comments. That, however, changes today. I don’t care who they are (or who they think you are) but I will tell them exactly where they can stick their opinions (which we never asked for but they seem so inclined to spew out of their mouths) about Raven or her interest.
I really wonder if it makes these adults feel better about themselves when they try to crush a 13 year old’s dream? Well, I have news for them. Raven knows that these people do not truly care about her. That me and her father want her to follow her dreams and will help her anyway we can. She is not going to stop her love of Japan for these jackasses. And just to prove how much more grown up she is then these supposed “adults” she knows that going to college in Japan and breaking into the manga industry is a tough task. Therefore, she has a backup plan.
The funny thing is. Nobody on my side of the family has said any negative comments about Raven and her Japanese obsession. It is always people on my husband’s side of the family.
Not much has been happening in my neck of the woods this past week. I have been dealing with what I think is a sinus infection so I really haven’t felt like exercising much and it takes all my will power to drag myself out of bed. I am hoping the cold/infection/whatever the hell it is hurries up and leaves.
Yesterday was my husband’s 32nd birthday. I cannot believe he is 32 (and I will be 31 next month). I guess I still think of him as that 16 year old boy who I fell in love with. We celebrated his birthday last weekend by going out for dinner both Saturday (Buffalo Wild Wings) and Sunday (Applebee’s) night. Then on Tuesday, I took him out for breakfast, gave him his present (a money clip he has been wanting) and Double Doozie Sugar Cookie cake from The Great American Cookie Company.
Over the past 15 years, Mike and I have been through a lot. Both good and bad. We have grown and changed in many ways. Happy Birthday, Mike! I want to grow old and disgusting with you!
