She would’ve been 4
I’ve been fighting the blues a lot lately. This week has been especially rough. Yesterday, Camille would’ve turned four. So of course, all week, at every turn, I’ve encountered one brown-eyed four-year-old after another.
I’m tired of getting this way. I want more space from this, want it to be further from my thoughts more of the time than it sometimes is. It HAS gotten easier. It really has. It’s just as the milestone dates hit — June 1, October 8, November 26–that I get markedly bad.
Tomorrow, Celeste is heading to the beach for a week with my ex-laws, Patty & Bernie Vingle. My ex-SIL and her son are going, too. Celeste and I have never been apart for that long, and I know I’m going to be a wreck worrying about her, but she’s so excited about going. She and her cousin, Hunter, who is five months younger than her, get along so well. He’s as rough as she is prissy, but they never argue and just have the best time together.
She got her braces on this week — another reason I’m depressed. ($2,700 — I’ll be paying on this debt for years.) I’m really proud of how she’s handling it so far. She’s usually something of a weenie when it comes to even the mildest discomfort, but she really wants straight teeth. Hers are terribly crooked. Poor kid took after me there. She has an expander in the roof of her mouth to make more room for her adult teeth. We have to turn the key once in the morning and again at night. (We aren’t starting that part until she returns from the beach.) It looks like a torture device and it makes eating difficult, but she talks pretty good around it.
And finally — the pup is losing his manhood today. (We had an appt for that way back, then they found the mange and didn’t do it.) I called our new vet’s office this week to make an appointment, and while talking to the receptionist, I asked how much it would cost. She said, “It’s priced according to size.” That struck me as funny so I said, “Great! His nuts are tiny so this should be cheap.” There was a long silence, then she said, “Um, I meant the size of the dog.”
June 10th, 2006 at 9:19 pm
It’s easy to reply to your funny columns & blogs, especially when I feel I’ve been there, done that and glad I’m not the only one.
After reading this blog, I just want to say that I am sorry for your loss. You are in my thoughts & prayers.
As for Celeste leaving for the beach… just think of all the entertaining stories she’ll have when she gets back! AND the comment you made to the receptionist made me snort/laugh!
June 30th, 2006 at 12:52 pm
Those kinds of milestones are always difficult. I know I’ve often felt like I must be the only one who notices when they come and go. I’ve been told writer’s are just more sensitive to these things, but who knows.
The comment about the dog made me wish I weren’t the only female in the office. I was almost in tears laughing, but somehow I doubt these guys would appreciate it as much…Thanks for the laugh!–>