Totally abusing this outlet to shamelessly exploit promote my boy's chance to win a little sum of money. He is part of a dance crew and went to NYC yesterday to dance in a Clearasil dance competition.
He's the kid putting pimples on his face, freaking out over his own look and trying Clearasil. In other words: he is the short guy up front. Don't say I said that. He does not like being shorter than kids in middle school (and he's a sophomore in high school). Speaking of the power of words, huh? His whole life long, his nickname was "Shorty", until one day I joked that this nickname might be turning into a self fulfilling prophecy. We stopped laughing. And we stopped calling him Shorty. We're not quite ready to call him "Evan Enormous" yet either (that's like calling your chihuahua 'Brutus'), but we hardly ever say Shorty anymore, just to not hurt his feelings be on the safe side.
It's interesting though, isn't it? The power of words? We have a friend who's son is about the same age as Evan. The boy and his father both share the same first name. The father is referred to as Erik and the son has always been referred to as "Big E.". Not 'little Erik' but "Big E.". Guess how tall he is? Over 6 feet!
The power of words, I tell you!
My dear friend S. is telling us lately how she doesn't want to work so much this summer. Last year was crazy busy for her. I joked that she'd better phrase this in a positive statement. Be careful what you ask for. But too late. Two clients have already canceled and to top it of, she developed sciatica which forces her to take it slower. Yesterday she told me she is now saying that "she wants to be able to choose her own amount of work and clients".
So simple! And then I remembered: for the last few years, I have been walking around, moping and feeling sorry for myself between losses, telling the whole wide world that "I just want to be pregnant again".
Well! Isn't THAT exactly what I got? "Just pregnant". Again and again.
I am getting side tracked here. So... my boy! His dance! Winning! One more cute thing before I show you the link to click on. He told me that - before they went on stage yesterday - the whole crew took 5 minutes with their eyes closed to VISUALIZE winning!
I am moved to tears! One kid has it going on! One more to go!
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