Saturday, June 28, 2008

Drama Queen



Why is it every time Jeneane wants to make friends I get anxiety attacks? I start to feel like a rejected kid and I have flashbacks of sitting alone on the playground while everyone chases the boy who looks like Dumbo. Jeneane makes everything out to be such a dramatic event that I literally get sick to my stomach. I think I may suffer from issues of rejection.
It is not the same thing with Afif. He makes friends easily. As far as he is concerned everyone, including Jeneane's friends, are his friends as well. He greets everyone. Even when he doesn't know their names he gives them names.
The other day he kept begging me to take him for a walk around the block. I was already exhausted cleaning out his toys but I finally relented and we headed out. About 8 or 9 houses down he greets a guy coming out of the house with "Hi very tall man with a big fat stomach." The man got so upset (which I don't blame him for) but he turned around and said "Look who is talking. You look like you may need a little weight off on your own stomach." I stood there apologizing for what seemed like forever and I dragged Afif home by the ear.
The next day we went to Baskin Robins and he said hello to a woman who had apparently had her face laser peeled probably that day. He tried to hold it in. I saw it on his face. He did pretty well for a while. On the way out, just when I was beginning to think I was in the clear, he said, "Goodbye lady with the burnt face." Needless to say I almost died.
I'm heading out right now. I'm taking the drama queen out to see Kung Fu Panda with a new friend. I'm not even out the door yet and I feel like my nerves are frazzled. I am posting my picture. I think I was almost the same age as Jeneane in this pic.

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