It is my birthday! Thank you all for your love, support, and encouragement (in different ways) over the years. I am coming out of a rough patch. I see the light at the end of the tunnel. I have great plans for the future (God guided my steps and I pray that he continues to lead and guide my path). I ask for your support. Here's to different thinking, approaches, lifestyles, struggles, and lessons!!
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One of my prized possessions is an embroidery/croquet/needlepoint project I completed in grade 6. See below. It had a lot of my personal information (reminds me of an ID card). It was my first needlepoint project. I used only chain stitch and selected colors I liked.
I verified the day of my birth (using an online calendar for my birth year). It was a Friday.
I didn't do much over the July 4th weekend. My birthday is in a few days. For my birthday, I would like to go out for a special lunch or to see a movie. I have to look up the new releases.
I am still searching and applying for professor positions. I think the professor job is a really good fit for me. I was always a good performer at school. I was studious. I liked books (I remember I would take a heavy red bag full of books to my dorm at high school). I also picked up a lot about teaching from my parents and aunts.
I performed well at different external examinations. Did you know that I did really well at London music exams when I was young? My father paid for my sister and I to have private music lessons. I was selected to learn music theory and write the London exams (it was independent of "regular" school). I performed really well.
The week came and went by very quickly. I provided the author marketing materials to my publisher, I talked to a doctor at Kaiser from home, and generally took care of business. Today I had a serious talk with my mother. She is concerned about my health. I asked my mother to document what led her to conclude I needed care - what she noticed (signs) and why it is a problem. I told her it may assist my doctor. I suspect she takes a nurse's perspective.
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This #Throwback Thursday I remember the cheese Guyana produced when I was a child. The cheese was salty and I didn't like it very much. However, that cheese made really good cheese straw. I loved cheese straw. Sharp cheese makes very good cheese straw.
Now, I prefer to eat other cheeses with my bread or crackers. I like American cheese, Swiss cheese, pepperjack cheese, and so on. Pepperjack cheese is really good. I am not certain where it originated, but the idea to add pepper and other seasonings to cheese was an excellent one!
Caribbean Airlines currently has a sale (special pricing) on flights to Guyana. The timing is perfect. I can fly there very soon. I need to think through accommodation. I need to stay in Georgetown.
Writing prompt: What do you love now, that you hated when you were younger?
I do a lot of the same things I did when I was young. For example, I still wash and take care of my face. I remember I used a lot of Noxzema during high school. I still like to read a lot, and so on. One thing I didn't like when I was young was the potato. Sometimes my father included potatoes with Guyanese "ground provisions" in his metemgee. I didn't like the eddoe or the potato. I went for the sweet potato (which was really sweet) and cassava.* These are like substitutes for the potato. I never had fries (I do recall having fish and chips made from plantain). I now enjoy fries and mashed potatoes.
*I also liked half-ripe plaintains in metemgee. I was known for eating the "duff".
