I am sitting at Panera. It’s been a while since I have been here. I had a bear claw. The claw did not stand a chance. It was mighty good. It is Sunday morning/early afternoon at 12:20pm. I am going to blog on the last couple of days. Metheny-like jazz fusion plays above me, but I tune it in and out of my mind.
First of all. The weather. It is spring in a big way and it feels great. The weather finally broke and it broke in a big way. It was cold, rainy and cloudy until two days ago. Friday the 20th it was really nice, and then yesterday it was flat out warm spring. Temps soared into the 70’s and it was t-shirt time. Today is even nicer, temps will soar.. outdoor time. Full spring in bloom. Just when it felt like it would never get here, it just came suddenly and it is very welcome!
Friday I left work and went right to the Quakerbridge mall to meet Sara and Genie. At 2pm Friday Sara got her dental brace. I was surprised at what it looked like. It was not what I expected. it is a large metal plate/gizmo thing in the roof of her mouth. It does not come out. At first they said it would come out during school hours but now it seems like a permanent fixture. Sara handled it well. It must feel very funny for her in her mouth. It seems like it would bother her. She was happy when I met her at the store and Genie had to take care of some things so I took Sara out into the mall. She was happy that she got to shop. The first stop was the dollar store and Sara got a few pieces of jewelry and a ring and a Sponge Bob balloon. It was cute. She still loves ole’ Spongey. Then we got a hello kitty necklace at Claires and a “Blue” patch from Fosters at Hot Topic. At first Sara did not want to go into Hot Topic but I told her ‘trust me’. She liked it. We had to find soft food for Sara so we went to Red Moon pizza. Sara got baked ziti and we got slices. When the food stuck to the top of Sara’s brace she got upset. She also bit her cheek while trying to chew on the side. The melted cheese really got stuck to her and she started to cry a little. She said ‘I am having a really bad day’ and she was really upset. I tried to patiently explain to her that sometimes life can bring these inconveniences and that she was handling it well and that it was temporary and it would feel better once she got a bit more used to it. She calmed down and we went to get ‘cold stone’ ice cream and she got really happy. We were listening to J.A.M and eating ice cream in the car and it was nice. Sara was laughing and happy until I said goodnight about a half hour later and she drove away.
The next day I was worried about Sara but when I finally talked to Genie she said that Sara was happy and that she had a good night. ‘She is downstairs making muffins’ Genie told me. It was a busy day around the house. With doors and windows open it ws a great time to get all kinds of suff done aroudn the house so i did. I was very busy all day with music playing and me doing all sorts of cool stuff around the house. I decided to take over the whole house so I told Tom that I will not be renting him the room on the weekend. He was not too pleased about it. It was good for him. It will be nice to have the entire space to setup the way I need to use it. The studio will be in full swing and I can work on some music and really play and write more. Plus, I want to use the kitchen upstairs. I will be hanging upstairs again! I like it, it brings back memories. I lived up there for so long before.
So last night Genie and Sara came over and Sara was great! She was in a great mood, she never complained once about her brace. She played pinball and we went to the Chinese place. She got wonton soup and we also got lo mein and cho fun so she tried a little bit of that on side. We watched two Simpsons episodes while we ate. We went to shop rite also and we got cream sickles and ice cream sandwhiches for dessert. We had our ice cream and watched ‘Bart Star’ from episode three. Sara and all of us were very, very happy. I felt great. We also watched a little bit the of the Utada United DVD and Sara watched intently. She drove away a very happy duck. She never complained one single time about the brace. I told her in the van before she left that she was handling it better than anyone and that she would be rewarded. She is amazing.
After she was upset on Friday I had a lump of worry in my throat all day Saturday while wondering how she was doing and now I feel fine because I think she will handle this brace OK.
Sara has some ’songs’ that she wants to record. So I showed her the space where the board is setup she told Genie: ‘I saw where I am going to record my songs and I saw where the flower guy sleeps’.
