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Standing on the East Coast, pointed toward California, and clicking my heels three times
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Tessa's Day of Relaxation
Tessa and I are staying home today, since it is the official Tessa's Day of Relaxation. Ross and Matthew just left to go to CVS and go for a walk (waaaaay too much sitting around lately, since it's been too cold to do much outside), but Tessa has to stay in, because it's her Day of Relaxation. She decided weeks ago that Feb. 18 would be the TDoR, but she was willing to be flexible, since on that day they were having a special Science of the Circus show at the NY Hall of Science.
She was, however, not willing to give up her TDoR. She could not go out and do anything today (she was willing to go out to lunch, but it had to be somewhere that involved NO walking further than to and from the car, so we ended up staying home for lunch). She could not do any cleaning of her room. She did get dressed, but not till almost noon.
She has not been idle; she's played Wii and played on cartoonnetwork.com and made some leashes for her Zhu Zhu pets and now she's making a complete board game from scratch. But nothing that she perceived as strenuous could be done today, because it was the TDoR.
We repeatedly asked WHY she needed a day of relaxation, since her normal days are hardly taxing, and she's been off from school all week for February break. She's spent tons of time reading and watching TV and playing online, which really ought to count as relaxing activities, but apparently this was not enough, and a dedicated day of relaxation was warranted.
Yesterday she mentioned that people thought she was weird. I got all bent out of shape and asked if kids at school called her weird. She quickly said that just a couple of kids at school thought she was weird, but that some others said that they "just didn't get her." She seemed fine with this, and said that she thought that was probably because she was so creative.
That's my girl, my funny and odd and interesting girl, who is so secure in who she is and what she wants. I don't get her either, a lot of the time, but I would really really like to be more like her.
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Tessa and I are staying home today, since it is the official Tessa's Day of Relaxation. Ross and Matthew just left to go to CVS and go for a walk (waaaaay too much sitting around lately, since it's been too cold to do much outside), but Tessa has to stay in, because it's her Day of Relaxation. She decided weeks ago that Feb. 18 would be the TDoR, but she was willing to be flexible, since on that day they were having a special Science of the Circus show at the NY Hall of Science.
She was, however, not willing to give up her TDoR. She could not go out and do anything today (she was willing to go out to lunch, but it had to be somewhere that involved NO walking further than to and from the car, so we ended up staying home for lunch). She could not do any cleaning of her room. She did get dressed, but not till almost noon.
She has not been idle; she's played Wii and played on cartoonnetwork.com and made some leashes for her Zhu Zhu pets and now she's making a complete board game from scratch. But nothing that she perceived as strenuous could be done today, because it was the TDoR.
We repeatedly asked WHY she needed a day of relaxation, since her normal days are hardly taxing, and she's been off from school all week for February break. She's spent tons of time reading and watching TV and playing online, which really ought to count as relaxing activities, but apparently this was not enough, and a dedicated day of relaxation was warranted.
Yesterday she mentioned that people thought she was weird. I got all bent out of shape and asked if kids at school called her weird. She quickly said that just a couple of kids at school thought she was weird, but that some others said that they "just didn't get her." She seemed fine with this, and said that she thought that was probably because she was so creative.
That's my girl, my funny and odd and interesting girl, who is so secure in who she is and what she wants. I don't get her either, a lot of the time, but I would really really like to be more like her.
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