Back Down Memory Lane!

Wow! My title is a cliche' that may have come to mind when many in my class did their interviews for the current essay assignment. For me, however, it is has a double representation that still fits my assignment. My piece is about how I view my mother's strength through adversity and her special affinity to music. The title is a line from a song I have heard played around me all my life. I can't help not to smile while strolling down memory lane, thinking of days when music steadily filled the air around our home, and the rest of my families'. To this day, as a song comes on the radio, whoops and hollers often come over everyone, while people excitedly swap memories permanently ingrained in the notes. If you are getting a visual of a Tyler Perry movie right about now, that is truly appropriate. Days with us can go that way with a simple blowing of the wind.

During my interview, I had only a limited amount of space available on my recorder; however, the further I went with my mom into the questions, the more I knew I wanted to talk. Actually, I probably needed to talk because before long we were babbling over one another. I brought it under control; however, in my mind I knew I could go all day with her. I know that for posterity's sake, I'll have to go back and redo the moment. There are so many details that need to be on record of her experiences. Plus, I want to have our voices on tape having fun like that. I really think I need to-informally. I want to hear songs playing in the background, instead of in my mind. During the whole interview of information I had heard a thousand times, yet somehow had a couple pieces off here and there, I steadily heard Minnie Riperton hitting her high notes and singing sweet and clear the words... Back down memory lane!!

Be Blessed,

Kharamel

Spring What?!

Once again, Spring Break has proven to be my early April Fool's Day joke. As a matter of fact, I think I have been busier during my so called "break" than I normally am during school. Now, even at the last minute, I'm still sitting up at the last minute trying to figure out how to do all the things I still haven't had the time to finish. I tell you, sometimes I wish I had the power to transform myself into Stretch from the Fantastic 4. That's about the only way I figure I have any chance of ever being able to survive being pulled into so many directions!

All right, enough already of my blubbering! I may as well realize that I need to change my name to Mazda! You know-Zoom, Zoom, Zoom! Oh, don't pretend you haven't seen the commercial and thought to yourself, "Hmm... That sounds like my life!"

Be Blessed,

Kharamel

Well...

This is one of those times that I truly have nothing I feel like writing about. Nothing in my personal life has occured this week that stands out as something I feel like putting on the internet. But, since I have to blog, I guess I will be putting something on here. So here goes. I went to slate.com and checked it out for the first time. It was an alright sight, I guess. I wouldn't call it a place I would go on my own. I didn't really care for the articles; however, the cartoons were decent, especially this one .

With these things being said, I do hope my spring break has a little bit of excitment in store for me. I guess I will see. I do hope all of your spring breaks go well!

Be blessed!

Kharamel

Not Again!!

I know the rule for our blog says that we shouldn't write about what we did today; however, just this one time, I have to bend the rule a little. I'm sitting here at o'dark-thirty still studying because my day has been totally bonkers! Man, I wish I only meant that I was somehow talking about those candies that I used to love when I was a kid! Does anyone remember the Bonkers candy?

Anyway, besides my usual Supermom routine, I added a few new hats to my repertoire today. I was an impromptu volunteer firefighter of sorts, on-the-spot graphics guru, a computer tech-not, a troop wrangler, and-of course-a Wal-Mart flunkie. That last task probably applies to 99.999% of the shopping world from the looks of their stock performance; however, I feel that I am especially drawn to them, since I found it necessary to make two trips there for things that I couldn't remember once I made it to the store.

Now, in the middle of the night, I'm studying the things I should have earlier today had I been more organized in the first place. I truly don't know what got into me. Whatever it was, I sure hope it's gone! Not only do I have the things I didn't get finished today there waiting tomorrow; I also have the distinct displeasure of the "spring forward" time crunch to deal with. Ugh!!

When we were kids, my brother would always say to his twin and I, "Sucks to be you!", whenever we found ourselves in a disagreeable situation. I tell you, the yearly time change seemingly always falling on a too busy weekend just SUCKS!!

Hope your weekend goes better than mine!

Be blessed,

Kharamel