Running Commentary

my favourite welfare mother… January 31 2007

was in the mall yesterday, while i ran in (on my day OFF) to pick up some last minute birthday stuff for my Brendan.

She was there with her two littles ones of course, on of them had a horrible cough, a cough i would have stayed home from work for if it was one of my kids. Anyway there he was, in the mall, in a cart, mewing softly for his mommy to pick him up. Which she did not on account of the x large coffee she was carrying.

Today (working day) i saw her show up a little later than usual , it was closer to noon when i heard her offspring.  At lunch i happened to end up in line behind them at tim h0rt0ns (where i purchased chilly and NO doughnut), where she offered he teeniest on (1 yr-ish old) a sip of her coffee “careful it might be hot!”. Anyway their father showed up to chat with his estranged woman…the little girl pipes up and proclaims proudly “we’re sick! we have bad feebers!”  the father (and i use the term loosely) said nothing but the mother clarified for him “this one has a CHEST infection” she points to the 1 year old licking the wire basket of the shopping cart, “and this one has an ear infection” nodding to the girl trotting along side the cart.

AhHHHH! I almost kneed her in the stomach right there. GO. THE FUCK. HOME. AND PARENT YOUR CHILDREN. Seriously.

And she does have a home, cause i asked someone who knows her. She has an apartment 3 bedrooms, i even know which building cause it’s a tiny town and there are only so many. it’s nice enough, it certainly not horrible.

seriously.

onze January 30 2007

Brendan

Originally uploaded by Pamalamadingdong.

he is 11 today.
11
11 years ago today, i was being induced. chris was eating a salami sandwich, i was subsequently puking.
i was being strong.
12 hours after the start, 3 hours of which were slightly botched and horrendously painful, i was rolled into an operating room, higher than a kite, making ER and george clooney jokes.
15 minutes later an 18″, 9lbs 2oz boy was plopped into chris’s arms. ( i will try to scan a operation room photo later)
We were awe struck and i was unconcious.
11 years ago.
he is by far the strangest boy i know. he’s off the wall funny and boundlessly intelligent. his teachers are afraid to call on him in class,in case he stumps them once again.
he’s the pickiest eater i have ever met. he’s creative, but only when he can relate it to science or technology, no rainbows or sunsets from him. he creates autopsy guys or air craft carriers with his clay.
he’s spaz and can throw a fit better than anyone, but he’s also the sweetest son ever.

he’s at this in-between stage where he is fiercely independent and can do everything himself, but at the end of the day, we still tuck him in and kiss him good night.

today is his birthday and i am so proud of him!

the run January 28 2007

i totally ran today

it was inside on a treadmill and it was only 45 minutes. but i ran. and it felt pretty good.

tomorrow i will walk home from work again, and on tuesday i will run again, this time for 1 hour.

and my spring i will be ready for out doors running, which is my true love. i’ve started dreaming of it again. dreaming about running down the bush lined roads in the sun and running for hours. i miss that ability, to run for hours and then get on with my day.

i am determined to get there again. i’ve not chosen a new race to strive for because i missed my ATB goal again this year and i don’t want to miss another goal this year. so for now i’ll build and try to take off some lbs i’ve accumulated in that past year.

happy sunday.

FYI

I am running tomorrow, well technically today.

i am running today. much later.

And now? I shall enjoy my vodka & tonic.

happy sunday

COLD January 25 2007

COLD

Originally uploaded by Pamalamadingdong.

OMG It’s cold.
And it’s has totally gotten colder since my son woke me up and 6am.
Wanna know that bestest part?
my bedroom window is stuck open about 1 inch.
That’s so great. i love that part. especially the part where the entire window, casing at all is covered in a thick layer of ice.