"JUST KEEP SWIMMING"

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HEY,

ITS ME AGAIN WHATEVER MY NAME IS! I'VE BEEN TRYING FOR DAYS (AND I THINK DAYS AND DAYS) TO GET TO MY COMPUTER SO I CAN BLOG FOR A LITTLE BIT. HECTIC IS NOT EVEN A GOOD ENOUGH DESCRIPTION OF HOW MY LIFE HAS BEEN FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO SPREAD MYSELF BETWEEN MY BOUTIQUE AND MY NEW RESTAURANT AND MY FAMILY. LATELY I'VE BROKEN ALOT OF MY LONG TIME PERSONAL RULES. THINGS THAT I HEAVILY CRITICIZE OTHERS FOR LIKE GOING TO WORK WITH WET HAIR AND NO MAKE-UP.(THATS MY BIGGEST PET PEEVE EVER! I CAN'T STAND THAT!)BUT I'VE DONE IT MORE THAN ONCE OR TWICE LATELY AND YOU KNOW I'M TIRED IF I TAKE MY SON TO SCHOOL IN MY PJ'S WITH NO BRA! (WHITE TRASH!)I KNOW! HOW DID I SINK TO SUCH LOWS!!!!!!
I'LL TELL YA.......

UP BY 7AM (I SAID UP NOT AWAKE) TO TAKE MY 9YR OLD TO SCHOOL THEN BACK HOME TO READY MYSELF FOR THE JUGGLING ACT THAT IS THE REST OF MY DAY. OFF TO OPEN THE SHOPS AND TEND THE BABY AND KEEP AN EYE ON THE 20YR OLD AND STOP THE 17 YR OLD FROM FIGHTING WITH HIS BROTHER AND THEN THE 2YR OLD AND THEN THE 20YR OLD AND TAKE THE ORDERS AND COOK THE FOOD AND ANSWER THE PHONE AND SELL THE BASKETS AND REFEREE THE FIGHTS SOME MORE AND AND AND.....IF I'M LUCKY I MIGHT GET TO SIT DOWN AND SNUGGLE WITH MY HUSBAND IN BETWEEN SORTING LOADS OF LAUNDRY OR MAYBE WATCH A LITTLE TV SOMEWHERE AROUND 10 O'CLOCK. THATS IF I CAN HOLD MY EYES OPEN! SOMETIMES I THINK I GET DELIRIOUS AND SAY SILLY THINGS THAT DON'T MAKE SENSE OR REPEAT MYSELF. (MY CHILDREN WHO NEVER SEEM TO HEAR ME ANY OTHER TIME ARE ALWAYS QUICK TO CALL ME OUT WHEN I DO THAT) TODAY I HIT A NEW LEVEL OF DELIRIUM. HAVE YOU EVER HAD A SONG STUCK IN YOUR HEAD? AND YOU SUDDENLY BECOME AWARE OF IT AND YOU TRY NOT TO THINK ABOUT IT BECAUSE ITS GETTING ON YOUR LAST NERVE BUT FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON YOUR OWN BRAIN INSISTS ON TORMENTING YOU? WELL, TODAY I SUDDENLY BECAME AWARE THAT I WAS HUMMING TO MYSELF A PHRASE OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. DID YOU EVER SEE THE MOVIE "FINDING NEMO"? WELL, THERE IS A LITTLE BLUE FISH "DORI" AND SHE ALWAYS SAYS THROUGHOUT THE MOVIE THIS PHRASE "JUST KEEP SWIMMING, JUST KEEP SWIMMING, JUST KEEP SWIMMING....." OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. NOW IF YOU HAVE SEEN THE MOVIE YOU KNOW THAT THIS POOR LITTLE FISH SAYS THIS TO REMIND HERSELF TO SWIM BECAUSE SHE HAS SHORT TERM MEMORY LOSS FROM A HEAD INJURY AND IF SHE DOESN'T SAY IT SHE'LL FORGET TO SWIM AND SOMETHING MIGHT COME ALONG AND EAT HER!!!!!!!!!!! NOW I CAN'T HELP WONDERING WHY OF ALL THINGS THIS PARTICULAR LITTLE DIDDY CAME OUT OF NOWHERE AND ATTACHED ITSELF TO MY BRAIN! THERE HAS GOT TO BE SOME METAPHOR HERE BETWEEN THIS BRAIN DAMAGED LITTLE FISH AND MYSELF BUT I THINK THAT I WOULD PREFER TO BE IGNORANT TO THIS PSYCHOLOGICAL MALFUNCTION AT THIS TIME. IN OTHER WORDS I AIN'T GOT TIME FOR NO NERVOUS BREAKDOWN SO FOR THE TIME BEING I'LL JUST KEEP SWIMMING!

Y'ALL HANG IN THERE
YVONNE