So, through my life she's always gotten it into her head to do something. For example, in rough chronological order: cutting hair (which i hated the most because bowl cuts suck), Yanni, Mario Brothers on the NES after the NES wasn't cool, arranging fake flowers, making custom frames, Othello (the video game), Minesweeper on Windows 3.1, the Internet, chatrooms, (big gap from not being around her for 6 years), Bejeweled Blitz.
Anyway, there's a lot more than that. i just can't remember it all right now. But i remember one of them was workout videos. She bought so many different work out videos when i was a kid and she probably watched one of them completely about zero times. But the pile would grow. There was Jazzercise. There was something about Jane Fonda. There was just a lot of weird ladies in spandex and colors and zebra stripes. Anyway, i always thought my mom was crazy until i realized i'm pretty much the same way except my stuff runs more expensive... which is worse!
Lately i've been on this kick of trying to enjoy all that California has to offer as mentioned previously and i've finally purchased a new mountain bike. DP and i are planning on doing Muddy Buddy. Running through mud and stuff. Too bad it's at the end of the month and i'm definitely not in shape. i've gotten steadily rounder and pudgier over the last few years towards the end of the AF thing where i realized i didn't care about getting better than the bare minimum on my fitness tests to now where i eat like i'm afraid the world will run out of food so i'm cameling the hump in my food baby belly. Run-on! So i want to get in shape. i plan on biking a lot since i spent a decent amount on that bike. And i need to do a lot more cardio since i'd probably improve myself the most from losing fat than i would from building muscle. Uh, workout plans make for some boring blogging material.
Anyway, i'm pretty excited about the course. i'm sure it'll be rough for my flabby body, but it should be entertaining. i also got a new snowboard because they were having a sale, but too bad it won't get here in time for tomorrow when i go! Weee! i love California!
And now i feel bad because i don't call my mom enough. She's been probably the best parent i could ever ask for. My dad is cool and all, but he's been pretty non-existent lately.
It's hard to say how i feel about that. Even when i worked for him back in Georgia, i didn't feel like we connected. When i was gone for 6 years, we probably talked about a couple dozen times and he remembered half my birthdays (or forgot half if i want to see it half-empty). i guess that's just what i'm used to with him. This is our relationship. In contrast, my mom would always call first if we hadn't talked in a while and see if i was doing well. She came a couple times to make me food to freeze and buy me the basics that i'd never though about. i mean, what single guy in his first apartment needs a dining table? Not i, but my mom got me one anyway. i guess it's just how it is. i sometimes wonder if i should do more to improve our relationship where we're like best friends and we go play golf together.... but that's just not me. i'm 100 percent a reciprocator. i respond. So, yeah, maybe i can work on that later. Frankly, whether people are parents or friends or acquaintances, i talk to whomever wants to talk to me.
Ok, this got mighty defensive. Like.. where was the affection? i don't need it! Who held me when i cried? Crying is for babies! Haha, anyway, spring is springing and i really wish i had a macro lens to capture the pretty flowers sprouting up all over. Flowers are too tiny for my portraits.
LOL!! Oh maan. Maybe it's an immigrant generation mom thing (err, or just a general consumer driven market society thing), but my mom was the same way and I've realized I had that tendency too. I've actually been working really hard to stop buying stuff though. Like today, for example, I went to the Natural Health Store, and was SOO close to buying a silver-plated tea infuser before mentally kicking myself for being an idiot and running out of the store before my hand hit my wallet. Fortunately, my "extravagances" are usually pretty cheap, but they add up!
ReplyDeleteDo we ever grow out of the "Oo, shiny object. I want" phase??
haha, anyway, good for you for working out again, although Muddy Buddy looks pretty gross. On the plus side, I hear mud is good for the skin. (cause, you know, that tops your list of priorities...)