Friday is Catch-up Day
I normally LOVE Fridays, but I found a sure-fire way to hate them with the heat of a thousand fires in Phoenix, ...just wake up CONVINCED that it's Saturday.Hard to be a dedicated Japanese worker bee with that type of disappointment slapping you in the lip at 7:20am. It's worse than the dream I had often when I was single, the "oh,-so-I'm-NOT-dating-the-super-sexy-nympho-who's-perfect-in-every-way" dream. That's a can-crusher, too.
But, I have the kind of life that makes it very difficult for a normal person to complain about. As for me, I have no problem complaining, but I do not feel it in my heart.
The daughter goes through growth spurts, attitude spurts, and learning spurts. For several weeks in June she had an emotional spurt that forced me to consider re-naming her "Insane Screech Monkey", but she's past that now.
Now she's in a learning spurt. After her vocalubary remained static for several weeks, she's now picking up a couple of words a day. Most recent additions:
Baby: or bea-ba as she says it.
Nino': or nyan-no. It's spanish for child, pronounced neen-nyo.
Balloons: or ba-brrrlrp
Pooh: or Pouh, for Winnie the Pooh
Two: or tso
Diaper: or da-pa
She's also taken her first few steps.
She's keenly aware of everything around her and can't seem to get enough stimulation.
Good timing, because I'm taking a few days off next week and I'm planning something that I've been looking forward to for a long time. I'm taking her on her first trip to the zoo.
Right now she only knows cats and dogs, and she's totally obsessed with them. If a dog barks somewhere in the neighborhood, she points to the window and says Wa-Wa (wan-wan is Japanese for "doggie"). She LOVES animals, which I why I can't wait to see her expression when she sees all those new animals.
She's going to have quite a day, ...petting goats and rabbits, seeing things she's never seen before. I'm looking forward to seeing her experience all that, but mostly I'm looking forward to the time spent.
Just think, ...a whole day with the family in the beautiful summer sun, no work in sight, ...just blue skies, shady trees, petting goats, and no hurries.
No worries.
Heaven.
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