WOAH! I forgot about this one!

I guess I've been a 'forever blogger'.  I have blogs all over the place.  Childhood diaries, My space profile downloaded and saved somewhere... Mamma diaries, divorcee diaries and now Facebook.  I guess my brother Eddie isn't the only writer in the family. 

Anyway... I found this today.  Had to hide a few severly angry and depressing ones, but I'm leaving a few because... HECK!  I'm human.  Not perfect.  I'm just me and this is called... "The World According to Mimi" so... deal with it.  LOL

I'm not committing to regular updates but I'll leave something here when I think of it. 

I hope you are doing well.

Peace.
Meems

I'm in a GREAT mood!

Here's why...

Last night...

8:57 PM, DJ's first game of the season... Parent's are cold... siblings are tired... everyone is ready to go home but...look at the score board! It's a tie game.

We are the visiting team which means we have to start another inning to try to break the tie... AWWWWW man! It's FREEZING out here!

It's the top of the fifth inning... Johnny... Our power pitcher is pitching away... first kid gets a hit... and even though he's not on our team... we cheer because... HELLO??? We're all ready to go home... THEN... Johnny strikes out the next batter... the 3rd batter hits a single to first. then Johnny throws another pitch... it's hit but one of our players catches it... Second OUT for the inning...

9:15 PM Here's where we stand. A player on 1st and 3rd with two outs! The last player comes up... Johnny pitches... Strike One... Stike Two... and seemingly out of no where... Coach calls a TIME OUT!

What the heck? Time Out? Oh NO... Johnny's on a roll! Don't stop him now! Let the pitcher pitch!

We don't have a choice! According to Little League rules, he's reached his 20 pitch limit so we HAVE to call in a relief pitcher...

As the pitcher mound clears... Its brought to my attention that MY kid... My DJ is the pitcher on the mound... HELLO?

It couldn't be... He hasn't pitched a game yet! He just started practicing his pitching skills seriously... Are you kidding me? Is coach really going to put THIS kind of pressure on MY little DJ?

Of course he is. I couldn't believe it! My DJ, being the team player that he is, is on the mound warming up.

His warm up pitches were scaring me! They were a little to the left... A little to the right... A little high... A little low... What else should I expect... HE'S a nervous wreck!

I asked all the families to HUSH and say a quick prayer because any distraction will cause him to look over here (thanks to all the families for granting my wishes).

It's quiet! DJ tells the upmpire he's ready! The Batter is up at plate and the first pitch is thrown... BALL! (It was a little high).

Coach and all the families reassure DJ that it's okay and not to worry.

Then Coach says... "OKAY DJ... THIS is IT... We need a strike!"

HELLO? Is the coach CRAZY? Don't put that kind of pressure on MY KID! Good GAWD! It's just a game!

DJ gets in his "Oh so serious" face and pitching stance... He throws and... The batter swings and misses!

The umpire yells... STRIKE!

OMG... He did it! He stuck the kid out! Everyone was in shock... DJ's face was motionless until the first player came running out of the dugout screaming... DJ... you did it!

Then the parents started screaming and high fiveing eachother. The kids were rubbing DJ's head and patting him on his back and WOW... He was LOVING IT!

I was having a Proud Mamma Moment!

After all the congratulations at the field I told DJ he could have anything he wanted... OF COURSE he wanted McDonalds so that's where we went...

He wanted to call everyone so... he told Steve, Aunt Martha, and Byron. He left a message for dad and his Gram. He talked and bounced around the house till 10:30! I don't think he fell asleep till 10:45!

This morning at 6:30 was the FIRST morning in YEARS that I didn't have to say get up 5,000 times! He jumped up right away... Started handling business and kept commenting on how great of a play that was last night and how he can't stop thinking about it!

I spend a lot of time at the fields and may sometimes come across as complaining about all the time/work we put into being involved in the Little League but I PROMISE... Nights like this make it all worth while! This is why I do it.

Even if we don't have another event like this for the rest of the season... I KNOW that this one will be embedded in his/our families mind for a long long time.

So... I'm in a great mood today! My kids are happy so I am happy! It's a great feeling... A great way to start off the season!

Thanks for reading!
Team Mom Mimi

Things that make me happy...

1. Knowing Jesus Loves Me, even when I don't!
2. Diear shon Askew Jr.
3. Jeremiah Stone Askew
4. My family and friends.
5. The fact that I am in a healthy relationship that I think will last!
6. What I do for a living.
7. The fact that I live in a clean and safe area!
8. Belly Dancing Class
9. That my cousin Jennifer has gone back to school.
10. Twizzlers.
11. Roses.
12. Purple things
13. Happy endings
14.

Things that make me sad...

1. I have a friend who is homeless with 3 children.
2. I can not seem to get my finances together!
3. Depression killed my high school friend this month!
4. My weight and the fact that I've re-gained 30 of the 100 I lost 5 years ago!
5. Missing my family... Especially my brother.
6. I think my children internalize the split family issues they have. :(
7. My ex husband and I can NOT communicate!
8. 3 of my co-workers were laid off this month.
9. I have some friends that do not believe in God!
10. I have a friend who I KNOW is cheating on his wife!
11. I live way too far from my boyfriend.
12. I'm starting to realize that I do NOT take care of myself (emotionally, physically, spiritually) the way I should.
13.

A GREAT day in history...

I took my children to watch the 2009 Inauguration Ceremony at the UntraStar Movie Theater in Oceanside. I was quoted in the local newspaper
http://www.northcountytimes.com/articles/2009/01/20/news/sandiego/z77136a889a236b82882575440058fe7a.txt

The Silent Illness...

It's evil!

In some people its obvious...

In others... no one has a clue...

The Silent Illness... just took the life of one of my high school friends!

Depression SUCKS!

Belly Dancing Class

I'm going to keep it up in 2009. It's something I've wanted to do for YEARS! I talked about it... but was embarassed because I'm no skinny chick.

Last summer with the help of my friends Sandi and Jennifer... I said FUCK IT! I don't care if I'm not the skinny chick. It looks like fun and I'm gonna do it.

This week starts my 24th week of belly dancing. I love it and it is something I'm committing to keeping up for 2009.

I'll post pictures and videos... LOL No shame here.