DH, half-asleep: "Who's calling this early?" Me, also half-asleep: "I dunno. I'll get it.... Hello?" "Say tenkyoo." "Mom?" "Say tenkyoo." "Um, ok, thank you. But why? "It's yo bus-day. You know, i'm da one did all da wuk bringing you into dis wuld, so you should be tenking me dis day ebery year." (Well, ok then.) "Thanks, Mom. Thanks for my birth-day." "You welcome. Happy bus-day, Eh-nee-tah!!" (Really, who wouldn't love this mad woman I call Mom?) My birthday doesn't start this way "ebery" year but still, ebery so often. This year, however, I wasn't home to … [Read more...]
40s is NOT the new 20s…or 30s even. But hold up, Ladies – It ain’t so bad!
Not too long ago, I walked out of the shower past the bathroom mirrors and stopped dead in my tracks, aghast at what followed me in the mirror. I blurted aloud, "Whose @ss is that? Whose @SS is that...because I know it ain't mine?!" And then, folks, yes, I did the unthinkable. I rotated my body further so that my rear-end now faced the mirror square-on, and then...I clenched those cheeks. Ohhhh, the HORROR. Somehow, overnight, my once-perky, atypically (for Asians at least) round and buoyant Benita Applebum had dropped a couple inches. And when I clenched, dimples that would've been so … [Read more...]
What now??
What do I wanna be when I grow up? Crappy nuggets! (my son's sub for the "sh" word) I've got to get my *bleep* together. After all, in your 20's, you get a pass; you're allowed to be a bit lost as you fumble about discovering who you are. In your 30's, you've (hopefully) found yourself and are making headway towards securing your future. In your 40's, you may already be lucky enough to have the luxury (or midlife crisis, depending on the case) to ponder the more grandiose questions like "how can I pursue and fulfill my personal destiny or decipher the meaning of life?" Well...I'm … [Read more...]