17 months old!

I realize that I haven't made an entry in this blog in months....I've been relatively busy. My boy is 17 months old, has FINALLY given up the bottle and drinks out of the sippy exclusively. He is taking survival swimming lessons for the past 5 weeks and is finally getting used to the instructor and not screaming..lol. He climbs on the furniture, opens doors and is generally a menace, but in a good way. He's still not talking yet, per se. He says "mama" and "dada" and ironically "oh shit!" but not much else. He jabbers alot though- he has entire conversations in his own language that only he and his stuffed animals understand. He's just too damned cute!



An update on Shell: She finally called me back after getting a 40th bday card from me. I know that she went to NY for the 4th and to celebrate her bday. She didn't clue me in on whether she wanted to do a local celebration, so I didn't bring it up. As of right now, I have no clue if she is going to make the next move and bother to keep in touch with me on a regular basis. I feel that her heart and her head are in NY, and she is trying to figure out how she can make a move back there permanently. She mentioned that she wants to find a new job. I think she is looking for a job up there, personally, although she didn't say it, I read it between the lines. She also casually mentioned that her daughter wants to move up there to finish HS and if I am right it will prove to me why she's being so distant- she wants to break ties now so it won't be as hard to move away. That's my theory, it will have to play itself out before we know for sure.

Another "incident"- I had a little health scare- long story short, I had found what I thought was a lump under my breast, had it checked out by my dr and had a mammogram and ultrasound- that lump wasn't even there. The radiologist however did find a cyst in the same breast that I was unaware of, and didn't feel it because it's so deep inside the tissue. She reassured me that it was nothing to worry about and was benign. Thank the good Lord that it all turned out ok. Incidentally, I told Shell about this whole thing, and she was naturally concerned (remember she has a friend battling BC and not doing well.) I think that is the only reason why she called me semi-regularly for a week anyway. Then she went on her vacay to NY and although I have texted her, she hasn't bothered to answer me back.

Since I am in the midst of updates, I have one for "A". About a week ago he called me out of the blue at work. I didn't even remember giving him my work #, but I must have at some point. I had a couple of IM convos with him on FB and I must have given it to him. I was pretty shocked that he called, I think it's been a couple years at least since I have spoken to him. He didn't really let on what's going on with him, but I can only infer that from previous run-ins with him, that he's probably on the rocks with B. Maybe they had another fight, who knows? I kept the conversation very neutral, talking mostly about my boy, and he talked about his kids too. His son is PDD like my nephew- and I was telling him that there's hope for him, because my nephew at 8 years old has finally learned how to socialize with other boys his age and has friends in the neighborhood and stuff. I told him that his boy will get there too, as long as the whole family works with him and he has the help he needs at school. But that was the extent of the convo. We spoke about 45 min. I left off on good terms. We didn't discuss the past, thank goodness. I have no interest in rehashing all that drama. I've moved on from it.

One last thing- I attended my 20th HS reunion on 6/12/10. I decided at the last minute (literally the morning of) to go. I managed to get hair and nails done, and find a dress at Ross all in one day. It was as if I was meant to go. Although I do not look my best right now (still have baby weight, plus some) I was really glad I went. I saw a lot of people that i hadn't seen in OVER 20 years, There were a few guys I went to Middle School with that only went to HS with me until 10th grade that didn't graduate with us, that still came. It was a great nite for me. I reconnected with another one of my good friends from HS that happened to be there with her hubby (she married a Dr!) When I last saw her at the 10 yr reunion, she was engaged- now she's married with 3 kids, stay at home Mom, etc. Her parents still live in the area, so she was down here visiting a couple of weeks ago and I got to meet her out for dinner and drinks and have a girls nite out. I haven't done that in YEARS. It was so nice to be out with other ladies my age and have a nice time. And it didn't include Shell. I want to hang out with people that have nothing to do with her, so I can be my own person again. It was a great time, I hope to do it again when she comes to town. She lives in Orlando, about 20 minutes from my sister...so I hope to see her when I go up there too.


So that's it and that's all for now... Ciao!