Uphill idealist

I'd made all the arrangement. Reserved the item ahead of time and made arrangements for pick up and transport. I worked an extra gig last week to be sure I had the $ to handle the surprise I'd hope to reveal later today. Well, when I revealed the surprise, I did not get the response I'd expected. In fact there was only a quiet and trying to be polite,"Oh, ok." What? How is this possible? How could you not WANT this? Maybe it's time to go back to the drawing board on surprises for my pre-teen boy, eh? This is too disappointing for words, yet her I am typing away. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Post update 11:00 pm Post bike shopping trip. After all this, when he saw the shiny red Schwinn mountain bike, all his ambivalence melted away as he grinned, "Is this the one for ME!" Yes sir, that is the one for you, my unpredictable fellow. Sigh. BTW, I got a new bike too as I haven't had one since I ...

My Monday morning is going to be a busy one. So for the sake of following through with Sleeping with Bread today I think I will use a list format. Hope you don't mind. After all, bread is bread right? Downs: Household chores are running away with the house. I find myself wishing I had one of those robot vacuum cleaners to meander around while I was working. My friend and co-worker had a seizure yesterday and was hospitalized. Sunday was a blur. When people don't share the sharpies. Cliques. Seeing people I care for worried or upset and not knowing how to help. Time seems to escape me lately. Telemarketing calls. Frosty mornings in March almost April! Sometimes spring seems so far away. Ups: Saturday was a road trip with my boys. It was book store and outlet rummaging for most of the afternoon. We finally had our Indian dinner at the REAL Indian restaurant. My birthday dinner we'd planned in January had been snowed out, so it was wonderful to have the time this weekend. Mee...