Today is a special day, I know what you are thinking, well, yeah, it’s Friday, it is indeed, however, today is Thomas Alexander’s birthday. We always knew his middle name would be Alexander, it was tough choosing the first name, however, I am proud to say it is after the very first one of my ancestors to come to America on the Testerman side.
It is a day I remember well, we were so excited to welcome him the nurses thought we were in to have our first child, they were shocked to learn he was going to be our last. I think he came into this world smiling, he did it fast, he would wake up smiling. He never woke up crying, Elizabeth Anne nicknamed him Mr Sunshine Face because of it, she would run to his room and say “mommy, Mr Sunshine Face is awake!” I think Jeffrey was just happy to have another boy in the family, this way he was not outnumbered.
He quickly became just as adventurous as his brother and sister, making me wish I had 4 sets of eyes and 4 pairs of hands, always full of life, wanting to explore.
Today he is 22 and still has that smile, still wants to explore the world, learn new things and remains one of the top three things in my life I am most proud of.
He not only works two jobs but he goes to school as well, he is a daredevil in a truck, car or motorcycle, which makes me nervous. He has thought provoking ideas and we have these great conversations, even if we don’t agree on some things, he still knows how to intelligently debate his side. I am so proud of that, he is passionate about his beliefs and not afraid to voice them, however, not belligerently.
So, happy birthday son, I love you more than you will ever know, you make me proud every day that goes by.
Productivity
I have just finished re-reading a book that I have read once a year every year for the past 15 years. It is The Eight by Katherine Neville, it is a book that combines mysticism, Fibonacci numbers, chess and intrigue all rolled together with high adventure. When I read it, I can actually feel the hot sand of the Algiers, the intrigue of Egypt and I can feel the boat swaying under me as the heroine of the story solves the mystery and saves lives. It is a great read and I highly recommend it. Well written, not like the popular trash that passes as literature today. Please tell me that you all have stopped buying that drivel, the waste of perfectly good trees, Shades of Grey nonsense. Just step back and buy something that was not written at a 3rd grade level, a pornographic 3rd grade level. Disturbing that this is a best seller.
Anyway, I have accomplished a lot in these past two days, the laundry is actually all caught up and it was clean sheet Saturday. All in all a good, productive day, I also had a great conversation with Thomas Alexander. Then later in the evening a call from Elizabeth Anne, consider my day complete.
Then the Irishman comes home and we watch Horrible Bosses together, that is a good ending to the day.
I am still working on my 4th of July homage to this great, amazing country, it is my fervent wish that we can keep it great long enough to elect a new leader. I don’t know how political I will get on here as election time nears. However those that know me, know that I am a political creature by nature, I just don’t like doing it here.
I have had great Starbucks coffee this morning, here at my humble abode, I even made a terrific, low-fat, unsweetened mocha frappicino. Yay me!
Angie World 