July 08th, 2010
wow.. this was probably my most productive.. non stop day I have had in a year.. and it was great! I even got a 45 minute cat nap in.. well.. it may have been a heat stroke pass out.. but we will call it a catnap! we were up and out really early and hit up a local beach.. Olive did so good.. I am almost thinking it is a blessing in disguise that olive is afraid of her shadow.. dogs.. sand.. grass.. and water.. I honestly wonder if this is my child sometimes.. she sat on the blanket.. read books..drank bubbas and pointed at every child that walked by for 4 hours! I than rewarded her with a mc.donalds ice cream cone.. followed by a 2 hour nap..
I do have a confession.. I judged a woman unfairly today at the beach.. she was in front of me with her 7 kids running around.. yelling on the phone.. yelling at her kids.. throwing candy down their face.. (no judgement).. I was watching her poor little red head kid burn away with no sunscreen on while they all ran around in 7 different directions while she was on the phone.. but than.. the higher power put me in my place and told me to get off my high horse.. I looked over at this other frantic mom on the sand.. and could just feel that something was wrong.. I grabbed Oli bear and booted over.. as did this loud woman.. only to find a baby who had gone under.. it was scary.. this poor sweet little baby was probably olives age.. and she was unconscious.. the woman got to her before I did.. and we were both about to do CPR.. and the woman breathed life into this babies lungs again.. her poor mother spoke no English.. so no one knew what happened exactly to this baby.. and the mom froze.. full on .. hands in the air.. didn’t know what to do.. an ambulance was called.. and the baby came to and after being checked out was fine.. but it was nutso.. this poor baby looked comatose.. and just stared off into space.. it made me squeeze Olive a little closer.. and give her a few extra cuddles.. and thank God that she doesn’t like to stray off her blanket.. I was amazingly surprised that my baby CPR course kicked in for the second time.. its like someone layed the book out in front of my eyes.. and I was ready.. It is crazy how this stuff happens around me.. I don’t know if there is that much shit going on in the world that this is normal.. but I always seem to witness it.. case in point.. the jaywalker who was smoked by a car when I was picking up a liquor order.. and I got out to help..
on a more positive note.. I was randomly approached at the beach by a 45? year old man who wanted to talk about his kids.. do I have a face that says come.. talk to me.. tell me that your kids did all their homework and piano lessons today.. not that i mind.. but my Pedophile alarms jumped through the roof.. and than I realized this man was just wanting to talk.. I was even in the middle of a conversation with two other people.. and he just knelt down beside me.. and let it all out.. everywhere I go.. people just talk to me. I mean.. I like it.. I like meeting new people.. but I wonder if there are others out there that also have this predicament?
I followed this night off with helping a friend pack some boxes.. and rewarding ourselves with a glass of Sangria.. well.. maybe two.. I felt like I was in highschool.. hot summer night.. sweaty faces.. legs sticking to the booth seats.. sweet wine juice that went down way to smoothly.. (thank goodness I live half a block away!) there were no texts from home asking me questions.. thank you Dustin..it was very impromptu.. and I felt carefree.. it felt strange.. yet really great..
and now I sit here.. out of bed because my body received to much sun today and it is hot.. and so is my bedroom..
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