It is all about my Step Daughter

As I wrote before, Paola (my step daughter) came to spend the Mardi Grass weekend with us. She and I are getting along pretty well. We talk over email and MSN almost everyday. She shares with me her fears, her insecurities, her broken heart histories and so on. It is hard to be "a parent" to a grown woman, especially when you are the Step Mom. I am always watching what I say, what I suggest. Paulo already said I will transform her on a Mini Me ; )
Some times, well most of the time, she is asking for advice and for help. I try not to put any strains on her relationship with her Mom, which is not good at all.
But, since the first moment, I could feel she is Paulo's daughter, not only physically, but personality wise too.
I put a little list of things they share the same opinion/taste and they have in common.

1. They are both faithful people. They trust God, but they don't trust the Church figure.
2. They are really, but REALLY short temper.
3. They have the same taste for music.
4. They both love poetry.
5. They both write poetry.
6. They are both passionate about things they believe.
7. And last, but not least, they LOVE liver steak and they think it is the best food ever. (YUCK!!!)

Well, those are not all things they have in common, but those are the one which stand out the most.

Miscellany Monday

Welcome back to another edition of Miscellany Monday.

1. I'm finally back on a blog schedule. I miss my blog friends.
2. I'm still feeling sick.
3. I will try to take it easy at work this week, so I can finally heal.
4. I have to start to plan our family get together on the Easter Holiday.
5. My Step Kids will come for the whole weekend, and
6. We will have a little party to introduce them to Hubby's family.
7. They gave a photo album to my Hubby with pictures of them growing up.

Now, I am off to work.

Happy Monday!!!

Weekend

The week I decided to come back to the blogland, I ended up sick. I mean, I still am SICK as a dog.
For the past two weeks, I've been feeling tired, so tired that I ended up quitting temporarily the gym. I got home at night, I just wanted to go to bed and sleep. I went to bed around 9:15pm almost everyday for the past two weeks.
Last Thrusday, I hit the bottom hard. I had literaly to peel myself out of the bed so I could go to work.

By mid afternoon, I started to sneeze and my throat started to close. On Friday morning, I was bad and the flu had taken over my whole body. I worked until 4 pm and I had to cut my day short, because I wasn’t feeling well.

Since this was Paulo’s weekend to visit his kids and I was feeling really tired, I decided it was a good weekend to stay home and work on my yard and do some projects around the house.

But, I ended up curling up on my couch reading Freedom, by Jonathan Franzen. I am not finished yet, but I am loving the book so far.

I went to the ER this morning, and as the doctor said, it is just a bad case of flu.

So, as for now, I will be back to my couch for some more reading and healing .

My blog vacation is over!

First and foremost, I didn't intend to take a blog vacation. It just happened. Work was really eating up every minute of my free time.
Early January, I was involved on a new project with a new client. Back then, it seemed a really wonderfull and challenging project, due to extreme short time to do everything. We had 45 days to the Go Live date, due to a law change in the electric business area. Let me put this way, I am NO rockie when it comes to join a Go Live Project (New System), but this one was a tough one.
It is been a while, since I last worked 14 to 16 hours a day for two straight weeks. I think I am getting old and I am not used to long hours like that anymore ; )

After my last post, the only thing really important that happened was the Mardi Grass holiday and my Step Daughter came to stay with us. It was fun, tense and most of all joyfull. I promisse I will write a post about it before the week ends.

As for now, my lunch break is over and work is catching up with me again.

Happy Monday!!!

A bend on the road

This is the latest book I have finished. It is another Nicholas Sparks novel, when Miles is still grieving the loss of his wife in a hit-and-run accident; he is struggling with the day-to-day challenges of raising a son on his own, when Miss Andrews shows up. She is his son’s teacher and she has to deal with the fact that his son is really behind at school, because all his past teachers just let him go, because he lost his mom.

Mrs. Andrews is not strange to suffering, since she just got out a nasty divorce.

Destiny blesses this two people with new found love and a chance to rebuild their lives. But a bend on the road can ruin everything.

Now, I will stop to tell the story, because if I continue I will spoil the end ; )

It was a nice and relaxing read. I guess I’ve been craving some peace and calm, that is why Nicolas Sparks book have become so appealing to me lately ; )

As for now, I am re-reading Pollyana and Pollyana Grows-up.

I hope you are having a great week.