The Write Life

Thanks to a good friend, I heard about this tonight.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/08/090812-perseids-perseid-meteor-shower.html

Thank god, that after a rainy wet day, it cleared off. After GHI(Ghost Hunt International) the kids and I piled into the van. We drove up a local back road to the highest, clear spot. We parked and shut off all the lights. Out in the dark the meteor shower was amazing.

The kids were duly impressed when I gave them a simplified scientific explanation. We stayed for almost an hour. It was definitely worth the trip. We had a lot of fun just sitting in the dark watching the meteors race across the sky....

Today, according to all the calendars, is Martin Luther King Jr's birthday. Which means all the kids are home torturing me and that does not make a great holiday. I'll tell you what, kids and writing don't mix. Thank god for my iPod. :)

I have a short story that I just finished. Nine-hundred some odd words that I do not have a title for yet. It is a delayed Christmas tale that has been percolating in my mind. I have recently been suffering from writers block, but just sitting down and pounding away seems to have helped. :D

My youngest daughter Kelsey just cried herself to sleep and I (mom) feel like a heel. Why is that? I now know why they say "The road to hell is paved with good intentions." I don't know who to credit, but boy is it ever true.

First you should know that Kelsey is eight almost nine and she has this care bear that she has had forever. It is a soft bedtime bear she lovingly named Care Be.

This morning I stopped at a garage sale only to find big plush bedtime bear for 50 cents. I thought it would be cute to put the small one away in exchange for the bigger soft one. Here was my cover story explaining the growth explosion while she was away at school.

When Kelsey came home, I told her that I spilled something on Care Be and had to wash him. I told her to go get him out of the dryer. She came back amazed at the change. I too pretended surprise asking her if she gave him vitamins for breakfast.

Everything went well until bedtime arrived. Did I forget to mention that she has slept with small Care Be since she was three? Ah I did forget to mention that, so bedtime arrived and she just knew it wasn't the original Care Be.

Now I am going to have to figure a way out of this mess without taking too much heat. Here is my plan. I am going to print up a letter from Care Be's mom introducing herself and explaining that Mom (me) didn't know she was trading places with Care Be for a short time. In order to get to know Kelsey, before revealing that she is Care Be's Mother. Pure genius or a recipe for disaster, I don't know yet, but I've got to try to fix this somehow....

Yes I know I've been very quiet. Sorry things have just been crazy, hectic as we head for back to school. Let's call this the five day countdown. On Thursday August 28th my kids go back to school. My oldest is starting High school this year.

With nothing done yet, today was the big day. We drove the requisite forty miles or so to visit Hot Topic, Ross, Burlington Coat Factory as we do each year. Hot Topic should be a required visit before anyone ever becomes a parent. This is where your child will want to shop in fourteen years. Yeah I know, they start out so cute, and then... Skinny Jeans and Avenged Sevenfold Bags are the must have items. If only she had gone preppy, but no my oldest is too much like her father. She is the quintessential social rebel. If given the chance, her hair would be multicolored and I would find her nose or eyebrow pierced. The thoughts of her younger adulthood already give me nightmares.

My two middle sons are less of a worry. Jeans and t shirts baby. No arguing or anything. Even my older son with his sensory issues has gotten to the point where he's not so picky.

Thank god for my youngest daughter, heart of my heart, child of my loins and all that trite stuff. If I have one child that will go preppy it will be her. For now Ross suffices for all the name brand stuff, but one day I see her wanting Hollister and Aerophostle. E-gads, I really, really need the name of that fantastic publisher, and a once in a lifetime book deal now. ^-~