I’m a huge texter. Everyone knows that if you want to reach me, it’s better to send a text or an email. If you call me, you will probably never hear from me. If you leave a voicemail, I only remember to check it twice a month. A bad habit that has come out of this is texting while driving. I know, I know….Shevonne, how can you do this? It’s so dangerous?! It’s something that I know is bad, but I still keep doing it.
I was surprised to hear at the comedy club last night that Virginia has passed a “No Texting While Driving” law. At first, I thought it was a joke. I whispered to the group I was with:
“Is he serious? Did they pass that law?”
All of them shook their head up and down.
As someone who is always doing this, I am glad that they passed this law. It will stop all the people, who have the same horrible habit as me, from texting while driving.
Dear Virginia,
Thank you for passing this law. I know that I am the last person who should be happy about it, but I am because now there is a consequence for texting while driving. Even though I knew the dangers of it, I still kept doing it because I am addicted to my phone. Yes, I admit it. I am addicted.
This will probably help me stop having to always be connected in every way. Now I can go back to the days when I drove with only my music and mind to keep me company. While you’re at it, consider banning people talking on the phone without a Bluetooth device. It isn’t as dangerous as texting, because some of these people need to keep both hands on the wheel.
If anyone gives you crap about this law, send them to me.
Love,
Shevonne
P.S. Can you also a pass a law outlawing bad driving as well?
I was thinking a lot about my past today. There were ups and downs, but I don’t regret any of it. I decided to karaoke my favorite songs from my early twenties that made me get through the tough times. Isabelle also sang a song that signifies to me that these children are my life.
I have a paralyzing fear of bugs. It doesn’t matter how small the bug is, I still can’t move. The fear is so bad that I start crying and screaming if one comes too close to my perimeter. I wonder when this started happening. Was it when a grasshopper fell on my head when I was a little girl living in Panama? Or was it when the cicadas infested DC and one landed on my back? Or was it the crazy amounts of bugs that always seem to want to come near me? All I know is that it’s a fear that I need to overcome because it’s getting to the point of embarrassment.
Two examples:
First: A few weeks ago, I was walking in DC with my friend. A couple, which included a man who looked like he could scare his own mother, was approaching us. When all of a sudden I peered down and saw roaches all over the place. I began screaming and jumping like a crazy woman. The man jumped, scared at me like I was insane, and they crossed the street to get away from me. It was funny that here I was afraid of him when they were coming towards us, but in the end, my insane phobia made him be frightened of me.
Second:Just now, a house centipede started crawling towards my room while he was in the shower. Isabelle and I were paralyzed and couldn’t move. We waited ten minutes until he got out of the shower and had him kill the bug. Cebastian is my protector against all the bugs in the world. One time I was driving, and he said, “Ummm…Mommy?”
“Yes Cebastian?”
“Oh..uh…I’ll wait til you stop the car.”
A few minutes later, we were at my parents’ house. I turn to him.
“What is it?”
“Get out of car first.”
I never heard him sound so serious, so I did what he told me. The next thing I know, he smacks a big bug that was right on top of the driver’s seat. I almost fainted.
What should I do to get over this fear? I am even considering hypnosis because it is debilitating. I just want to be able to realize that the bugs are way smaller and are more afraid of me. I know this, but it doesn’t help when I see one coming over to me. I could swear that their little beady, little eyes are looking at me like “Oh you better not step.”
What song makes you want to get up and dance in the summer? Everyone always has one that when they hear it years later, they remember that one summer when everything seemed possible. Some from the past were: Will Smith’s “Summertime,” Bob Sinclair “World, Hold On,” Jimmy Buffet “Margaritaville,” etc.
Tell me….what is your summer song? What is your summer song for 2009?
The children and I visited the National Harbor after getting my son from sleepaway camp. One of the main reasons that we headed over there was to check out the new National Children’s Museum that had opened up, or so I thought. Unfortunately for us, they still had not officially opened up. The girl told us that they were going to have a workshop soon in a bit.
While we waited, we went to check out the man who is coming out of the Earth. This was something that I remember when I was a kid, so I am glad that my children are also able to experience this amazing sculpture that is part of my childhood memories.
After we left out of there, we headed to get some gelato. Cebastian got strawberry; Isabelle got lemonade; and I got french-vanilla cappuccino.
It was time for us to go to the National Children’s Museum for the class. It turned out to be about fireflies. If you don’t know already, fireflies are disappearing. There is a program called Ready, Set, GLOW to teach children about how fireflies are going extinct and enlist their assistance.
“Ready, Set, Glow! has its origins in NCM’s commitment to creating experiences that engage kids with the outdoors in fun and exciting ways. NCM Manager of Science Programs, Linda Coulombe, participated in a meeting hosted by the Museum of Science, Boston to discuss ways in which the National Children’s Museum could collaborate in the public dimension of anentomological research project led by Fitchburg State College and Tufts University. With the help of the Museum of Science, Boston, the research would result in a Citizen scientist project.”
Cebastian decided to go to the reading station, while Isabelle and I created portrait of fireflies flying in the night. We learned that male fireflies are the ones who fly around to attract the female ones who are on the ground. They only live one week, so their whole purpose is to procreate. They want to have children try and find fireflies at night. If they do see them, they want them to count how many they see. Children would use these special tracking sheets, and then upload the completed ones to the Museum of Science in Boston.
I am definitely going to have my children participate in this effort. If they are part of volunteering in helping the Earth, then maybe they will make have more of an initiative to make a difference when they are adults.
