Good Morning/ Afternoon/ Weekend All!
Y'know, it's highly annoying to be woken up by the inane desire to remember the rest of the lyrics to a song that you neither remember the band nor the album for.
So you know, it's 'Light' by Journey, and the album is 'Infinity'. Took me twenty minutes to remember enough lyrics to find it. 'city' and 'bay' were about it.
That having been said, I should have been up hours ago. Must be fighting off a bug to have slept so much, or the week has been more draining than I thought. I do know I was almost up at 6am, as usual, but that was the cat getting in my face and trying to kneed my neck. That'll wake a girl up fast, let me tell you.
Jinx isn't evil, she's just malicious. Very malicious.
Meanwhile, I'm child minding tonight. Not going to call it baby sitting, the kid is grown, in the double digits. Neighbor's kid. Cute, high energy, and highly curious. Joy. By the time her folks get home, I'm going to need my bed. Any hints on how to keep her busy? I was going to let her figure out activities, get her official bed time, and hints from her folks. I haven't done this in a decade or so. Then again, last time I did it, I was just thirteen, and the kids were about a half dozen cousins. I knew my cousins well enough to keep them busy. Stories, and drawing. Run around in the yard/ basement until they fall down, and more stories. Make a game out of cleaning up the play area, with appropriate rewards. (The one who does the most work does not get one of my infamous rib crushing hugs!)
Yep, it was considered a really good bribe back then, but considering they giggling the whole time, some of it was pure fun. I know I never left bruises, I checked way back when. 'Doesn't hurt, but you can't breath for a bit' I could live with. Just kept the hugs short.
No, I wasn't trying to kill my family members. Just pre-adolescence testing of limits and personal trials of strength. Trying to see what I was capable of. Have to exercise, I'm not that strong anymore, and I really don't like that. I may not use it regularly, but just like my reflexes, I depend on it in an emergency.
Yes, I have decent reflexes. It'll be another decade or so before my twitch is transferred fully into driving a car. Dad says the only way to learn is experience. And his eyes gleamed when he figured that out. Next winter, I and a snowy icy parking lot have a date, under his supervision. Damn. I've got to learn to control a car in a spin and a slide. Why did I mention it to him? Oh yeah- accident prevention. Don't want December to repeat itself ever again.
So you know, it's 'Light' by Journey, and the album is 'Infinity'. Took me twenty minutes to remember enough lyrics to find it. 'city' and 'bay' were about it.
That having been said, I should have been up hours ago. Must be fighting off a bug to have slept so much, or the week has been more draining than I thought. I do know I was almost up at 6am, as usual, but that was the cat getting in my face and trying to kneed my neck. That'll wake a girl up fast, let me tell you.
Jinx isn't evil, she's just malicious. Very malicious.
Meanwhile, I'm child minding tonight. Not going to call it baby sitting, the kid is grown, in the double digits. Neighbor's kid. Cute, high energy, and highly curious. Joy. By the time her folks get home, I'm going to need my bed. Any hints on how to keep her busy? I was going to let her figure out activities, get her official bed time, and hints from her folks. I haven't done this in a decade or so. Then again, last time I did it, I was just thirteen, and the kids were about a half dozen cousins. I knew my cousins well enough to keep them busy. Stories, and drawing. Run around in the yard/ basement until they fall down, and more stories. Make a game out of cleaning up the play area, with appropriate rewards. (The one who does the most work does not get one of my infamous rib crushing hugs!)
Yep, it was considered a really good bribe back then, but considering they giggling the whole time, some of it was pure fun. I know I never left bruises, I checked way back when. 'Doesn't hurt, but you can't breath for a bit' I could live with. Just kept the hugs short.
No, I wasn't trying to kill my family members. Just pre-adolescence testing of limits and personal trials of strength. Trying to see what I was capable of. Have to exercise, I'm not that strong anymore, and I really don't like that. I may not use it regularly, but just like my reflexes, I depend on it in an emergency.
Yes, I have decent reflexes. It'll be another decade or so before my twitch is transferred fully into driving a car. Dad says the only way to learn is experience. And his eyes gleamed when he figured that out. Next winter, I and a snowy icy parking lot have a date, under his supervision. Damn. I've got to learn to control a car in a spin and a slide. Why did I mention it to him? Oh yeah- accident prevention. Don't want December to repeat itself ever again.