We "skype" a lot with friends and family. It's fun. The kids enjoy it and love taking the laptop around the house with them and showing the person on the other end, their personal journey of what they think is relevant.
Only last week, I caught my youngest, showing my sister the contents of the fridge. Well why not? It actually is quite interesting, checking out other peoples fridges.
The oldest, when she is in the mood, takes the device into her room with her, so she can can have private and undisturbed conversations. That's nice too. A guess a sign of her growing up.
Usually we only overhear snippets of the conversations, and these usually make us smile. They are funny these little beings. Listening to their ramblings offers up insights into their daily life.
Anyway for my todays hair blog or rather lack-of-hair blog, there is a story involving skype which I will tell you.
My youngest was taking two unsuspecting callers around our new place. She was showing them her new room, the terracce etc. Rather normal and relateively innocent you may think.
Then I hear her say, "and this on the dressing table is my mummy's hair".
Well she was right, my hair was indeed lying on the dressing room table, in my bedroom.
She didn't wait for a reaction or comment from the other people, she just immediately continued with her journey around the room, showing off items like this the sock drawer, the bookshelf etc.
This little "overhear" revealed three things to me
1. My lack of hair is as mundane as a sock drawer to my child
2. My alopecia is a fact with no emotion attached to it
3. My baldness and my wigs are not taboo subjects
So thank you skype for ruining our privacy, but thank you really for showing me what my daughter really thinks about my condition, namely nothing at all.
So frustrated
I am so frustrated.
I will save you the details of why. But it comes down to lack of preparation accompanied with high expectations. Both high expectations from me and from others too.
Bottom line is I have hours to spare and nothing constructive to do.
La la la.
I am trying to keep myself in check and not to lose control, but it's hard. I like being busy. I like having a to do list. I like planning. However I can do none of this.
I have to wait and do actually very little.
To divert the frustration, I have decided that this is going to become a fun challenge for me. In this situation, which might very easily stretch into days, I am being put to the test.
How many things can I do to plan and prepare, in an unconventional way.
Alternatively, what can I read or write that will be helpful.
So I registered to the gym, wrote a blog, made some calls, made a list, made some more calls, texted a few people and then went to the gym. After that I sorted my address book /contact list out and made another list.
I suppose I should be grateful for this gift of time, but I guess I do have a strong work ethic, that gets in the way.
Maybe I will go for a walk and think about it.
Maybe I should reflect on my productivity rate. Maybe I actually was really productive without the usual infrastructure, but in a very laid back and thoughtful kind of way.
Whatever my walk reveals, I think I failed the challenge. I am still frustrated.
Grumble grumble.
I will save you the details of why. But it comes down to lack of preparation accompanied with high expectations. Both high expectations from me and from others too.
Bottom line is I have hours to spare and nothing constructive to do.
La la la.
I am trying to keep myself in check and not to lose control, but it's hard. I like being busy. I like having a to do list. I like planning. However I can do none of this.
I have to wait and do actually very little.
To divert the frustration, I have decided that this is going to become a fun challenge for me. In this situation, which might very easily stretch into days, I am being put to the test.
How many things can I do to plan and prepare, in an unconventional way.
Alternatively, what can I read or write that will be helpful.
So I registered to the gym, wrote a blog, made some calls, made a list, made some more calls, texted a few people and then went to the gym. After that I sorted my address book /contact list out and made another list.
I suppose I should be grateful for this gift of time, but I guess I do have a strong work ethic, that gets in the way.
Maybe I will go for a walk and think about it.
Maybe I should reflect on my productivity rate. Maybe I actually was really productive without the usual infrastructure, but in a very laid back and thoughtful kind of way.
Whatever my walk reveals, I think I failed the challenge. I am still frustrated.
Grumble grumble.
Deliciously predictable
My hubbie and I try to go out for lunch frequently. On a week day. I would like to think we go monthly, but it isn't that often. But we go now and again.
We find it a good time to spend together, uninterrupted and quite lovely. We enjoy nice food, a good chat and a fine sip of wine.
There is one particular venue, we really enjoy. It is a fabulous restaurant, renowned for its steaks. It costs a small mortgage in the evening, but during the day, they have amazing deals. Same stuff, cheaper prices, just a few hours earlier.
The absolute best deal is the "table d'hote". This menu consists of a small choice of starters, a select range of main meals and one dessert. The quality, the service and the presentation is always top notch.
The best thing is however the dessert.
As said, there is only one choice, and it had been that way for the past three years. Possibly even longer. It's one if those chocolate soufflés. You know, the ones that that melt, as your spoon penetrates the surface. They are only cooked to order and need 10 minutes to cook. It is accompanied by homemade vanilla bean ice cream. Oh my word. A taste sensation. Dessert heaven.
What I like about this concept is that it works. The dessert is amazing and they know it. They don't switch it up, they don't get complicated and they don't over fancy it. One choice.
It never fails to impress and it's deliciously predictable.
I like this concept. Do it good, get it right and keep it simple.
I realize chocolate pud does not appeal to everyone, but looking around, not many desserts get rejected or are left uneaten.
So as I reflect on how wonderful this experience is, I was wondering if anything can be taken from it into life. Any parallels?
Anyone got any ideas on how this can be applied to life?
Curious to know.
We find it a good time to spend together, uninterrupted and quite lovely. We enjoy nice food, a good chat and a fine sip of wine.
There is one particular venue, we really enjoy. It is a fabulous restaurant, renowned for its steaks. It costs a small mortgage in the evening, but during the day, they have amazing deals. Same stuff, cheaper prices, just a few hours earlier.
The absolute best deal is the "table d'hote". This menu consists of a small choice of starters, a select range of main meals and one dessert. The quality, the service and the presentation is always top notch.
The best thing is however the dessert.
As said, there is only one choice, and it had been that way for the past three years. Possibly even longer. It's one if those chocolate soufflés. You know, the ones that that melt, as your spoon penetrates the surface. They are only cooked to order and need 10 minutes to cook. It is accompanied by homemade vanilla bean ice cream. Oh my word. A taste sensation. Dessert heaven.
What I like about this concept is that it works. The dessert is amazing and they know it. They don't switch it up, they don't get complicated and they don't over fancy it. One choice.
It never fails to impress and it's deliciously predictable.
I like this concept. Do it good, get it right and keep it simple.
I realize chocolate pud does not appeal to everyone, but looking around, not many desserts get rejected or are left uneaten.
So as I reflect on how wonderful this experience is, I was wondering if anything can be taken from it into life. Any parallels?
Anyone got any ideas on how this can be applied to life?
Curious to know.
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