Mother’s Day & I found a recording of me doing a solo!

 Last night was our outing for (a belated) Mother’s Day.  My mom and Kevin and all three of my kids plus Jarrett - my middle daughter’s live-in boyfriend- and I were there.  We were going to eat at a Mexican place but they had an hour and forty-five minute wait so my mom secured a long table across the street at a pizza/bar type place.  Nobody got pizza actually: my mom and I got cavatappi mac ‘n cheese -my favorite- hers with bacon, mine with jalapeños.  Noah and I split a dessert: fried cookie dough in a fried roll cut in half diagonally with a scoop of vanilla ice cream drizzled with chocolate and caramel sauces.  I got cards- one of which had a $25 Starbucks gift card in it, which is good because after buying my contacts and eye exam last week, I’m broke (practically).  Next month will be tight, too, I’m predicting.  

I had a relaxing morning.  I listened to another professional recording that I did with the Grail Singers back around 2005.  It’s not as spectacular as the one when I was pregnant with Noah and I barely recognized a lot of the pieces but my name is printed on the CD insert so I must’ve sung for the recording!  Even better, I found a live concert CD of us and the third track is a Gregorian chant with a solo in the middle and darned it it isn’t me!  I don’t have a memory of singing that solo but that’s unmistakably my voice and my style of singing!  I also talked with Caleb this morning for about an hour and a half- not as long as sometimes but still a worthwhile conversation.  Just a few minutes ago I messaged him that I love him and he was happy about that.

Pdoc check-up and my poetry & a previous post

 I saw my new psych Nurse Practitioner this morning.  She was glad I was smiling and commented on it.  She raised my Ingrezza because a couple days ago I was having the tongue movements again.  She also refilled my Klonopin which I’ll get another day since I still have a few left.  I told her about my poetry and she said I should get it published!  That seems like such a hard task seeing as I have so many of them- most of which are hand-written in journals.  I’ve included several of my newest ones here on my blog- mostly in January and February 2021.  I need to try to write more.  It’s such an intense process. It’s cathartic to get these thoughts and feelings out.  

Today, my three kids- 21, 23 and 25- And their significant others and my mom and her husband and I are going out for a late Mother’s Day meal.  That should be fun: it’s at a local favorite Mexican restaurant.

I’m re-reading the article Evidence and Ethics on: Circumcision that I posted about previously here.  (You can type the title into the search bar here and it should come up.It’s from January 1, 2021.)  It’s a great intro into the topic for those of you having  children or grandchildren soon.  Even just for a good informational read.  This topic is controversial still even though the stats nationwide are about 50/50 and dropping- they’re lower on the West coast of the United States: about 25%.