Time sure does fly...

Mae's officially no longer a newborn. At 3 months and 3 days old she's now seen as an infant LOL She's a big little girl too at 17 1/2 pounds and about 25 inches... smiling away and esctatic over the discovery of 8 fingers and 2 thumbs...

I've got 10 new toys!


Big smile time

Dutty Wine Drama

Am I the only one who thinks that today's Jamaica Observer Editorial Cartoon is just the business? LOL I remember seeing the front page of a Star back in June that said that doctors were alledged warning of the fatal dangers of doing the 'Dutty Wine' - the dance that goes along with the Tony Matterhorn hit track of the same name. Lots of discussion ensued but it all faded away because we decided that while you could probably strain your neck, doing the dance - even on your head top - probably wouldn't result in anything except some nasty bruising and a sore back. Enter yesterday's Observer that an autopsy is to been done on the body of a teen in the dutty wine dance (click here for the story) alledging that the girl involved may have "experienced dizziness as a result of decreased blood flow to the brain, which could have caused a blackout and subsequent trauma to the brain". Interesting but tragic development...

Success!

A second ago it dawned on me that if I wait until I "have time" to sit and do a long blog post then you all might never hear from me again! So although I know the Miss is supposed to wake up any minute now, I'm going to hammer off a short post because this is reall great news!

Well, J and I have been in the process of filing for my permanent residency here and this month marked a succesful end to what has been a two year process. Now I know in the grand scheme of things and the way immigration matters go, two years is a really short time, but because I wasn't allowed to live in the US meanwhile everything was being processed, J and I have been apart for most of our marriage! (Thankfully we have credit cards and J had lots of leave stored up.)

So finally I'm not only back in the States, but as my friend just said on MSN I'm also "finally stable". Don't worry though, I definitely know that foreign is not a bed of roses and to be honest migrating is bittersweet... let's face it, there's nothing to match the extended family and friend network we both have in Jamaica, and the way of life on the rock might be hard and unsafe at times but there's a level of comfort there that you'll never experience anywhere else.

Anyway, on that note let me sign off... but not before adding that the Miss' first Halloween was a blast. I decked her out in her Milky Moo costume and she was so tired that she pretty much just chilled and slept meanwhile we trick or treated with my friends and their kids. Well, time to nap while I can.

Ciao.

Bumps in the road III

Those of you who've been reading my blog from the start of the year may remember my posts about sticking to the RWD class, even though it's the harder road less travelled? Well this is definitely taking some perseverance, but at the same time this dexterity season has been remarkably rewarding. How can the season be rewarding when I haven't won anything since the first dexterity - had my teeth kicked out at dex 2, had to sit out dex 3 because I was over 6 months pregnant and had third place snatched from my near to the end of the day last Sunday at dex 4. Dismal, right?

Not if you look at the bigger picture...


This is what I call losing the battle but winning the war. It definitely brings home how understanding the rules and working with the system can help in the long run.

Mind you, I still want to be within 10 seconds of the leaders on any given dexterity and I still have a sick feeling in my stomach having missed out on any trophies in the grand finale (I placed 5th in RWD and 4th in the Lady Driver class) but my driving is improving. On Sunday no one said that I was driving slowly, which is usually the first thing I hear. And I could feel that I was driving faster. I mean I was launching off the line, I had to car up as close to red lining as I could go and not sit on the line spining tyres... I charged into some corners at a speed where I swore the car would understeer but kinda knew in the back of my mind that it wouldn't... (simple logic, other people had to be going faster than I was to make those hellishly fast time therefore my speed would not equal a mishap! lol).

But anyway, the end result of this season is two trophies and the understanding that to master RWD and to be the first female to do so will take time.

PS - To everyone who helped out with Moo on Sunday, all the Uncles and Aunties... thanks a million! It really does take a village to raise a child :-)

Blog History

• Casualty: One Tyre Valve http://youmewordsablog2.blogspot.com/2006/02/casualty-one-tyre-valve.html
• Bumps along the road I http://youmewordsablog2.blogspot.com/2006/02/bumps-along-road.html
• Mijn auto dromen http://youmewordsablog2.blogspot.com/2006/02/mijn-auto-dromen.html
• Bumps in the road II http://youmewordsablog2.blogspot.com/2006/03/bumps-in-road.html

One of his better parodies

This is definitely one of Weird Al's funnier parody's. For those who don't know this is a take on Chamillionaire's track Ridin' Dirty.

• Mood: worried, Moo gets her first immunization today
• Music: hum of the PC fan