Monday 30 November 2015

Can't Stop the Inevitable

Shewwwwww! They grow up, these kids!

Today is my boys first day of his part-time job with his father and I have to admit, watching him become responsible and actually excited as hell to start work today? I told him last night, when you're at work tomorrow, remember that ya mummy is very proud of you. Not every kid out there, like ya sister USSSSSED to be, not every kid out there wants to work, they just want to get! His sister? Was spoilt! He is spoilt too, I won't deny it. The boy is a clothesaholic! Just like I am.

But right now, this minute, this moment? I'm JUST AS proud of her as I am of him, dare I say more because during our separation and divorce, she was in high school and shit got realllllll.

I give a FUCK who says what?!!!!!! Being a teenager is hard enough. Being a teenager in the midst of your parents divorcing where ofcourse you're there for the arguing and you're there for the laughs and good times too but you're not expecting that blatant change to follow? I have to feel compassion towards that because whatever the situation was, I feel that I, like her father? Caused it. And I feel that because it's TRUE. I feel as though it was our failure and they just HAD to deal with our failure to protect the marriage, protect the family unit, protect them from that kinda pain. For every action, there's a reaction. Plain and simple. Nevermind that for child to wake up one day and realize that life as they know it, will never be the same and there's not a thing that they can do about it? Us as adults, well I know me as an adult? I won't be waking up and singing with the birdies as if life is all that wonderful.

I look back on that time and wonder sometimes how we all got through it and then to be at the place in our lives, in each others lives, that we are today. It wasn't so much that it was this horrible, ugly, divorce, it was more like there were just too many things coming at us at once. Too many voices, too many intrusions, too much confusion, too many moments when I was too crippled by depression, too many changes, too many-----too much!

But despite the bullshit that we all had experienced together? Once everything settled down? I look now at the present versus the past and I can't help but marvel at the fact that not only has she grown up to be a responsible adult, not only has she turned her life around for the better? But she continues to do it in another country, without hundreds of family members around her. Something both her father and mother and most of her family were too afraid to even attempt.

Time.

Today is a good day. Aside from it being December? It is because for me to accept all that came before the 1st day of December 2015, I have to realize that before you're a child or a parent, you're a human. You live and you learn, you make mistakes, you feel, you try to do the best that you can with whatever knowledge and experience you've picked up along the way and you hobble forward trying to do better than you did yesterday.


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Wednesday 25 November 2015

From Me To You....

I hope that ya Thanksgiving celebrations are filled with so much joy, love and laughter that yall have plennnnnty leftovers for tomorrow and all of the tomorrows to follow!

And, psssssssssssssst?!? Just for today, forget the gluten free's and low GI's and carb-less pieces of grass that we're all meant to be "enjoying" and have yaselves good ol' hefty serving of soul food! Sure, you might feel sleepy and heavy and guilty afterwards, especially after dessert but it's worth every minute of it! LOL!

Love,
Ya Rambler




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Tuesday 24 November 2015

As It Comes To a Close...

Lemme wish her one last time before midnight rolls around....




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Emotional? Ya Damn Right, I am!

Thing is.......I was doing just fine for most of the day! I'm a grown ass woman. I knew it would be hard and I kept my emotions in check because I was at work and I'd repeated the command in my head several times since I woke today!

"Hold. It. Together! Or else!"

I failed. I'm still failing as I type this actually.

'Cause then? First came these pictures and then came Adele's tracks! Normally, I'd just need Adele if I thought the day was going too well. You know? To drag out the pain? LOL!

That double whammy today? I was done for! Punk that I am.

Her tracks, All I Ask and Remedy, not to mention Hello!?!? These pictures with those smiles on those beautiful little faces, on HER face?!? My emotions, STILLLL right now, are shooting higher than the 4th of July fireworks! I miss her so much, especially today.

Not sure if out there, wherever you are! Yes, you! I see you pointing to yourself and swinging ya head around with that frowned expression of me? Or her? Him? Or me? Me, Rambler?!? As if you're having a group Rambling at Random blog reading evening with snacks and drinks and giggles.

See?

I just gave you an idea on how to get ya crush over to ya house for snacks, drinks and more than giggles, hehehe! Use my blogs name in vain, I don't mind. If it's gonna bring you the potential love of your life, then you've got my stamp of approval! STAMP! And if she arrives and realizes that nobody else is coming? Tell her-----------tell her that the dog ate ya homework----shhhhhhh----see, too much thought. That's ya problem. Don't think so much. Shhhhhhhhhh! No, it doesn't matter that you're working for 26years, whatever work you do at home, is homework. Didn't you know that? I can't help you with what the dog coulda eaten that could be considered as homework, but I'm not here to tell you evvvvvvverything, jus to give you a good start!

What was I saying?! Oh yeah! My thyroids have become inactive. Hmmmmmm--------no not that. I was asking you, oh right, right....just me, asking you, whether if in your culture and country----how important is a 21st birthday?!? Because here in South Africa? You ready for this?

Hallllllllls are hired! Outfits are bought! Hair, nails and faces are diddddddd! All of the family and friends are invited! Click click go the cameras! Food is catered, speeches are made! The sober get drunk! A DJ is present! He better not play that house music! The sober and drunk dance in unity! I could be describing a wedding, right?! But nope. It's the celebration of a 21st birthday! It's huge! A 21st key is presented by the parents to their child, as a symbol of freedom and independence. The official step into adulthood. There is normally a page rolled up into a little hole on the wooden base of the KEY on which the guests get to write their names so that for all time, you can remember who was there celebrating your special moment with you.

So I saw the pictures on Facebook and heard these tracks and it all came crashing towards me again that she's thousands of miles away from us today as she took that step!

She was feeling some kinda way about it herself, in the weeks leading up to today as well. Between my niece and I, we encouraged her and the t-shirt? The poster full of messages and birthday wishes was my way of enforcing to her the fact that she's in the hearts of many today, far as she is.

My baby is all grown up! It's meant to happen that way, huh?!


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Monday 23 November 2015

Fanatics....or Family!

Hahahahaha! She didn't know about the t-shirt! Hehehehe, I love surprises that cause the people that I love to smile and send me messages like, "OMG, the shirt! And you kept it a secret, I love you sooooh much!"

That's what life's all about, right there!


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Introducing......

The birthday girl!!!

I'm so happy to know that my babygirl is being taken care of today being sooooooooh far from home for the most important birthday of her life!!!!



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Jusssss a Few More!

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Because She Couldn't Be Here....

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She Steps Into Her 21st Year

Paige, I can't express enough how much you mean to me, I'm sure it's a common "mother" problem because how do you honestly give justice to this kind of love with words alone? Just never forget that it's unconditional, immovable and irreplaceable and I know someday, when that time comes for you, you'll fully understand the magnitude of what I just said. I miss you, today especially. You're turning 21 and as a parent, that's a milestone, as a young adult, it's so much more than just that. It's your official step into independence and a lot scarier than it sounds. No, it's a far more exciting journey than one to be feared. Especially when you have the world at your feet, dreams to live out, goals to achieve, lessons to both learn and apply. And then there's us - your parents, your friends, your family, never too far to be there whenever we're needed. Hold onto humility, gratitude and faith. And every day, remember God and acknowledge Him. I love you and I'm honoured to be your mother, you've truly made me very proud. Happy birthday, sugar. Love, Mummy




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Monday 16 November 2015

Well, You Know, My Cholesterol!

Lmao! This is too funny! Some would look at this quote and say, "Yup, selfish biaaaatch you are!" Others, like myself, won't.

What I take from this quote, firstly, I do find it hilarious. Because it is. My sense of humour hasn't reached the levels of our rivers and I hope it never does. I hope that life never leaves me with just 25% of my sense of humour. That would NOT be funny!
-_-

Because I tend to lean more towards the benefit of the doubt side of things, I tend to be disappointed sometimes and sometimes I'm like, ehhhhh, could be worse. Don't get me wrong, first I stress and worry and think and think and think and thennnnn I get to that place. And I'm sure I'm not alone. Infact, I know that I'm not alone. Hey, I can't even deny that I've been the disappointer at times and believe you me, lesson learnt there!

Do not bite off more than you can chew.

People's hearts, most times, are in the right places, you know. You think you can handle whatever you're about to take on, and then that moment comes and you're tested and you're faced with the realization that you just can't. Right from when we were lil babies. Judging from watching my own kids, you think you can walk five steps and you try and fall on ya padded behind at three but you keep going regardless. I think that happens throughout our lives, though. We try until we fail and we try until we succeed. Doesn't make us bad people, does it?

Like if someone invites you over for a meal that neither one of you can pronounce and you arrive with suuuuuuuper-excited taste buds and then you sit down ready to devour something exotic yet still confusing but then you're served and it's mash potatoes and gravy. What's important? They at least cooked, right?!? It might not have been the skfghtvqutbrkargo that you were expecting and more often than not, they did try and failed and threw it in the bin and in that moment....watching their skfghtvqutbrkargo literally being tossed into the trash, they realize that mayyyyyybe, just maybe, they shoulda cooked something more at their level of ability. Now if you showed up and not a damn thing was cooked. Then you and your growling worms have every right to be hungry! I-I mean, angry!

I'm just saying, as a person, as a human, as a dog even, it's okay to want to aim for the sky. Even believe that you can reach it 'cause one way or the other, you're gonna find out what your limits are. Being ambitious was never a bad thing, I don't think, right? All throughout our lives, we hear about what a good trait it is to have. To be fair, I can't take away from the person who's expecting something more from you. I can't take away the fact that they have every right to be disappointed.

But when someone fails, they too feel a sense of disappointment in themselves, most times that's a sobering enough experience without....like if a person who is trying and when they only reach the clouds while trying to reach the sky because that's as far as they can go....humiliating them, chastising them or just plain labelling them useless and incapable in general? What happens to the parts that they do excel in? Nul and void? How long before they throw their hands up in the air like they just don't give a fuck? That-hmmmmmm-that didn't sound quite right.

Throw ya hands in the air like you-----gimme a second, I'm silent singing it to myself, quickly.....throwyahandsinthea----------oh yeah yeah---just don't care!

Same difference! O_o! I'm not gonna go back and delete and retype and all 'cause well, you know, my hair! No! My high cholesterol. No, wait?!! My low blood pressure? Okay, let's choose one and keep it moving. Come. Walk with I. But yo, my hearts resting rhythm is chilled. Thumbs up to that news, huuuuh, huuuh! I really should spend more time walking. I. Away from the chocolate aisle! But they place them so strategically for weak-willed sweet toothed people like I!

Have I spent a few hours at the doctors yesterday, you ask? Why, yes! But let's not dwell on the important stuff. Back to the problem at hand! The chocolate aisle. What a horrible existence it becomes when a person has to ban themselves from the chocolate aisle!!! So then, should I just throw my items with the cash at the teller like, "I'd come over but well, you know, my cholesterol?"

Should I petition to have them removed? Woolworths did that you know. Which explains why I rarely go there. That and their prices. Ambitious bunch those. They reach for the stars, I telya! Almost? Almost like they're only about catering for the stars, not-not the audience. That would be us. The average earners. We belong at Pick n Pay. In case you're confused? Woolworths, here? Is one of our upmarket stores. But when they have those prawn cocktail chips on sale...ya Ramblers running down those chocolate-less pay points like an Olympic gold medalist!

I haven't had much luck with chocolate vs my body lately. My broken tooth is still broken, by the way and I've made sure never to lay a finger on any type of nut since. Not an almond, not a peacan, not a peanut! Nut's are the enemy of me. Nuts all over the world are making crude gestures in my direction like, "How 'bout deez nuts!"

A-hem...see?!? I rest my case!

I have a question? What is life when boils and grills are your only option? I cannot thrive nor can I survive in a world where I have to eat an apple should I be craving "something sweet!" I wanna eat an apple 'cause I'm craving fruit. And when I'm craving a bag of peanut M&M's, then I should be able to chew on that too. See, in this instance? I don't mind at all having a sense of humour level of -25%! Because I'm not laughing right now.

So now with some of the results that I got today, it's time for a lifestyle change, whether or not I'm ready for it. I don't enjoy being forced to do something I'm not ready to do. Something about that causes me to do it grudgingly and worse, half-assed. And by lifestyle change, we're talking come rain or shine, aside from eating sawdust, I gotta gym at least three times a week-------haven't been for a month, but I HAVE been dancing! Probably BECAUSE of dance class that I haven't been for a month but you know what they say about assumptions---------something 'bout an ass of u and mpt!


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Wednesday 11 November 2015

I Now Pronounce You a Drought Disaster Area

You may now dry the fuck up!

The water crisis is quite serious 'round these parts peeeeeeeople!. Another province is about to be declared a drought disaster area along with the one that I live in and three others that have already made the list.

I read an article today that stated that our beloved, I use the term so loose that it's hanging on a thread, but it stated that the government was forewarned about the possibility of a water crisis in 2015, already back in 2012. Another one said that the funds allocated to building and fixing the necessary infrastructure wasn't even utilised. Another one said that the lack of necessary skills is partly to blame.

And what did they do about that warning?

Well? We now have a real water crisis on our hands. What more is there to say?

So now the dams have dried up, our dam is sitting at 25% percent full, animals are dying, vegetation along with the taps in certain areas have also dried up. People are opening their taps and jack is coming out! The Rand is at a record low and there are talks that the Reserve Bank are planning to increase the mortgage bond rate as a result.

I think its safe to say that we're rather fucked in this here place, isn't it? Hey, well at least our president will be receiving a new VIP jet at the cost of R4billion. Ohhhhhh happy dayyyyyyys!!!!

Not!

Guess all we can do is practise responsible water usage in our homes and the workplace for right now. And with that said, I'm off to bed. Nodding off while I'm typing and that's never a good thing! I might just fall off the bed and break more teeth. Thinking about this is truly exhausting for my brain.

I wonder if The Lion King movie was a sneak peek. You all remember what happened after Scar ruled the kingdom, right? Or was it a warning like, "Yall better get the fuck outa here before......." The Lion King is my daughters favourite movie. Hmmmmmmm...looks like she got the hint!

Goodnight to all of you and to my mum? Happy 73rd birthday!


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Tuesday 10 November 2015

Die Without You

Outa the bluuuuue today, I just started singing this song, I can't tell you what it was that I was thinking about or why? And that's not because oooooooo it's this huge secret. She's being selfish with the secrets! Nah! I just can't remember but I do remember that this song instantly caught my attention, the first time that I'd heard it. I'm a sucker for emotional songs. Shoot me. Okay, don't.

I'm typing from my cellphone and attached it. Whether it's actually gonna post to my blog is anybody's guess at this point.

This song is off the Boomerang soundtrack. Had to google that. I knew that I'd heard it in a movie but ay, my memory's like, "Don't even look at me!" Talk about the struggle being real!

Haven't heard anything from PM Dawn since and wow, this was yearrrrrrrrs and yearrrrrrs ago. Please don't ask me about Boomerang either, I told yall I'm not much of a movie RELATER BACKER O_o, that's why you will never hear me talk about a favourite movie. Neither will you hear me talk about a favourite actor or actress. I really don't remember half their names, except for the common common ones.

I ammmmm able to remember song lyrics as if I wrote them though, hahahahahaha! Hey? Wanna know something absolutely weird? I've been writing poetry since I was a teenager and I can't recite a single poem that I've written! Not A one!

Hmmmmmmmmmm?!? Was I even born with a freakin' memory? Maaaaaaaaaaaaa?!? Oh wait, she can't hear me.

Maybe? Maybe just a small piece?
Maybe I have selective memory syndrome.
Or totalrecallphobia
'Cause ofcourse I can remember quite clearly, alllll of the stuff that I can't remember.
>_<!

Anyway, I'm on my way to work right now so lemme concentrate. Today, I'm a passenger but I still need to concentrate. On staying awoke.

OMG! SEE! SEE! OUTA NOWHERE, WE JUST SAW A RANDOM COW GRAZING ON THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY! IT'S NOT UNCOMMON, NO. IF YOU'RE TRAVELLING INLAND THAT IS, BUT FOR HERE? O_O! HELL DID THAT COW COME FROM? Eh, mighta jumped over the moon.....anything's possible in this place!

Okayyyyy, ya Rambler's awoke now! Here are the song lyrics, I love 'm.

Pm Dawn - I'd Die Without You Lyrics
Artist: Pm Dawn

Is it my turn to wish you were lying here?
I tend to dream you when I'm not sleeping
Is it my turn to fictionalize my world?
Or even imagine your emotions, tell myself anything

Is it my turn to hold you by your hands?
Tell you, I love you and you not hear me
Is it my turn to totally understand?
To watch you walk out of my life and not do a damn thing

If I have to give away, the feeling that I feel, yeah
If I have to sacrifice, oh, whatever babe, whatever, baby
If I have to take apart, all that I am
Is there anything that I would not do, since I'd die without you
Yeah, baby, since I'd die without you, since I'd die without you

Oh, I apologize for all the things I've done
But now, I'm underwater and I'm drowning
Is it my turn to be the one to cry?

Isn't it amazing how some things completely turn around?

So take every little piece of my heart
Yeah, take every little piece of my soul
Yeah, take every little bit of piece of my mind
'Cause if you're gone, inside, I'd die without you

If I have to give away, the feeling that I feel, yeah
If I have to sacrifice, oh, whatever babe, whatever, baby
If I have to take apart, all that I am
Is there anything that I would not do, since I'd die without you



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Sunday 8 November 2015

Dude, Where's My Tooth?!?

So Saturday, right? I rush off to the mall to get a bridal shower gift and I'm eating a Snicker bar that I'd just bought. Bought a Coke Light too.

What?!?

Oh yeah, yeah I am! I AM one of those burger and Coke Light people. Balance is super important to a Libra. I'm Libra. And there you go. Plus nine spoons of sugar in a glass of regular Coke doesn't sit well. On my hips.

Moving on.

So I'm munching it like num num num. Chasing it with the soda. Sip, sip, gulp! Notice that it all seems like a normal trip to the mall so far, right?! Mmmmmmm-hm! Nothing appears to be aMISS. Yet!

Well? That was until ya Rambler realized that she mighta eaten a chunk of her damn tooth! Infact, I DID eat a chunk of my damn tooth! Clearly I'm not chewing my food like I should be. Let's ignore that for now. I'm dealing with enough. So I enjoyed the Snicker bar and for a minute still, all was as it should be. I know this because my cousin didn't ask me if anything was wrong. That only tells me that I wasn't wearing that wtfisthisinmymouth expression while I put my fingers in it in search of the imposter.

Because I have a soft spot for my tongue, it's the only one I'll ever have. Sometimes let it roam around my mouth. I just figure, you know, that tongues hafta hate routine too. I know I do. So instead of it just laying there, I let it roam. Kinda like a security guard in my mouth. It does that once over to check if everythings in order and it normally is. But Saturday?! Amidst it's journey, it was like, "What the....WTF?!? Yo! Owner of me!!! You might wanna see this!"

First I thought, "Hmmmmmm, tongue knows how to say, yo?!" Then I concentrated and thought, "Probably a piece of nut stuck in my tooth, okay! Toothpick and we're good to go." To make sure, I put my tongue to work again and O_o! Thennn came the look of confusion, coulda been horror, I can't quite recall right now, except for me vigorously flapping down of the car visor mirror!

And there it was. Tooth broken!
But then there it wasn't! The part that broke off. MIA!
By part, I mean 80% of the front of it! The good thing is that I can't feel anything lodged at the back of my throat. When its x-ray time, the nurses are frazzled enough tryna locate my organs, I'm not tryna have an oesophagus with teeth too! I still can't locate it which means that this can only end one way.

A visit to the dentist.

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

If you know anything about me, and I've told yall this before, I'm terrified of the dentist. If I had my way, I'd ask him to put a Rambler under anaesthetic! I quite like going under anaesthetic. It's the coolest thing. The way they inject that sleeping concoction into ya drip and then ya eyes start rolling and ya eyelids get heavy and they ask you questions knowing you're not gonna be able to answer them 'cause you're gonna be knocked the fuck out in seconds! Love it!

On a normal day, I'd wait until I can't feel the side of my head before I made an appointment. Ima have to come up with something. A limit of something by which to measure when I should make the appointment 'cause it doesn't hurt right now.

(Scratches head).

I really can't imagine why we weren't just given teeth that lived as long as we did. Why?! Maybe if Eve didn't--------------nahhhhhh!



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'Tis That Time Again!

Hello Movember! Growing those moustache's, I hope! We're already more than a week in, I know. Thought I'd give you a minute to settle into the realisation that we're already rattling the gate of 2016! Yup! Hobbled our way to that time of year where you're either eagerly awaiting the Christmas holiday or well? NOT!

In other words, bonus or NO bonus?

:-/ Hmmmmmpf, I dowanna talk about it! Dunno why you brought it up. Like that time I wore socks and sandals with my white tassle dress and still had the nerve to pose for a picture. A few of them actually. Hey, I was young and I thought I looked real cute. Still, there's just no excuse for why my eldest sister didn't haul me back into the house and demand that I change my dress! I mean, take off my socks!

So now that we're here, how's ya body feeling. Like as a whole? Mine? First it told me that under no circumstances can I join in the men's health movement by growing a moustache. And then it told me, "You have two options! From this day forth, you're either dragging yourself outa bed or you're dragging yourself outa bed!" So much for freedom of choice. Thank you body. Dunno about you guys but my energy levels closer to the end of the year? They take a sharp nosedive into chronic fatigueland where I just wake up tirrrrrrrred. I battle all day to stay awoke, except for in dance class, come on now, not like you didn't already figure that! And then I sleep.....exhausted but then still wake three or four times during night.

I haven't taken a vacation away from my everyday routines and responsibilities since 2013. A few weeks of healing from surgery, thrice, doesn't count. Not like the Dollar doing the great trek all the way up to past fourteen times the Rand is any kinda motivation either. To me, it would just be plain stupid to travel with the exchange rates as they are. I donnnnnnnnn't CARE if money is ya middle name. It's just both a waste and a travesty to indulge in such shrinkage!

You know what other conversation I refuse to be a part of? Half the family is off to spend Christmas with flies! Yup! Big ass flies! Big ass flies with foreign accents! Yeah, sister, mother, niece, nephew, cousin, daughter niece------They'd rather spend the holidays swatting those annoying bastards than here with the rest of us who only have to contend with periodically questioning whether we've died and gone to hell with the December heat! Personally? I believe that Christmas is about family so this whole new age travel during Christmas performance is way beyond my understanding.



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