Random thoughts

by Jillian @ http://blueshelled.com . May 14, 2009 . 2:46PM

These are the little thoughts that just don’t make it into posts. Maybe someday.

Random thoughts

April 27, 2009 Dear men,
Women want to feel desired and adored. If you can accomplish these 2 things, you will have cornered the market on your woman. Flirting is an art.
Sincerely, Me

May 1, 2009

One of the small things in life that I greatly appreciate is my mailman. Every day he brings my packages to my door instead of putting notices in my box, which effectively saves me about 18 trips a week to the post office. He does this regardless of the weather. I’m thankful for him.

May 5, 2009

I gave my final today and said goodbye to my undergraduates. The pride I feel at watching them grow this semester is not unlike the pride I’ve found in being a parent. Teaching is incredibly rewarding and I’m going to miss it while I spend more time focusing on my education.

AJ’s leftovers

by Jillian @ http://blueshelled.com . May 2, 2009 . 6:39PM

April 14, 2009
AJ said that if he got bitten by a King “Crowba” (Cobra), he would spend his last 30 minutes alive doing “whatever he wanted” which would include eating all the ice cream he wanted, riding rollercoasters and killing the King Crowba.

April 18, 2009
Today, I noticed AJ had two red spots on his face, one over each eyebrow. I was worried that he’d gotten some kind of funky sunburn so I asked him, “Adrian, what’s going on over your eyes?” and pointed to that area. He looked at me like I was crazy and said, “Eyebrows?” Yep. I deserved that.

April 27, 2009
Over the weekend, AJ had a baseball game and then it has become a new tradition that those of our adult friends that come to the game come over for dinner and games. AJ is particularly drawn to one friend who said he may or may not come and we were having fun leaving him a couple of silly messages while trying to find out if we should be waiting for him or go ahead with dinner plans. Then the bottom dropped out.

AJ: “Ohhh, this will be a good message.”
Me: “I can’t wait to hear it!”
AJ: *thoughtful* Hrm. Mom, Can I leave bad words on this message?
Me: NO! You cannot leave BAD WORDS on this message. You can’t say bad words in normal talking and you cannot leave it on a message.
AJ: *giggling hysterically and leaves a message berating said friend for not being at his game*
Me: *aside to the adults* “Now I’m always going to wonder what his message would have been?”

Leftovers

by Jillian @ http://blueshelled.com . April 27, 2009 . 12:33AM

April 12, 2009
At many points in my life I felt unloved or not loved in the right ways. The one thing I’m most sure of in my life right now is that I have never been loved more in ways that were so completely edifying to me. And I still feel the love that sustained me that has passed.

April 18, 2009
I want to heartily thank the person who decided to flush the toilet/start the dishwasher/start the wash machine while I was in the shower this morning. At that point I was still so asleep that I was cleansing myself with one eye closed and was in the middle of a deep condition for my back length hair, which takes approximately the same amount of time it would take me to read Moby Dick and slay the beast myself. I would like to take this sidebar to remind you that Karma is a fierce mistress and I will be courting her with a passion until she shows you the error of your transgressions.

April 20, 2009
The other day I was driving to school and I saw a really large African American man who looked completely “ghetto.” He had on his head-kerchief, his football jersey and walked with a swagger that would scare an U.S. Ranger. I drove up behind him and noticed something hanging from him hand. I looked off to his side and saw the smallest wiener dog I’ve ever seen in my life. As I drove in front of him, I watched him in my rearview mirror. He was cooing at that little dog like it was the most important thing in his life and dragging it along behind him while the poor thing tried to pee. Ah, love.