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My name isn't really Lyla... and it doesn't even fit me very well...
I'm an ENFP versus an ISTJ (my best friend and my mom are ISTJs)
I'm extroverted (but shy, it's possible) --> basically, i get my energy from people, i prefer to be around people most of the time and I generally don't "need" alone-time, in fact, if i like you, you're stuck with me
i'm intuitive ("N" because "I" was taken for introverted) --> basically, i understand my world in big pictures, in flow, in dynamics, not via my five senses in a logical, scientific way
i'm a feeler (wow, that's messed lingo right there) --> basically, i feel instead of thinking... i remember emotions, i respond to emotions, i empathize in a very personal, deep inside my gut "i feel your pain" kind of way
i'm a perceiver (i perceive great things from afar... not!) --> basically, i haven't got a clue what i'm talking about.
if you care, i=introverted, s=sensing, t=thinking & j=judging (which doesn't =judgmental)
I discovered this about myself via a personality test online. haha. but the profile i looked up was fairly accurate of me. i'm a psych student, so i've read research papers and peer-reviewed scientifically and statistically sound studies that give evidence for breaking down our multifaceted personality traits into these particular categories. the man responsible for this system was Jung. I don't consider myself a Jungian, but Froid was out to lunch, so hey, s'all good.
so anyways... i see lyla as... well, maybe i could be a lyla. i'm the girl who confuses the crap out of you and herself but will love you and protect you and challenge you intensely, make you think and laugh and breathe and dance and go on wild adventures that keep you up until the crack of dawn and you would never take those hours back...
i love touch. i love to feel something solid in my hands, on my fingertips... i am a connoisseur of every food you can imagine... and i have a favourite everything. any category you can think of, i'll have a favourite "that thing you thought of"...
sending my love into cyberspace with mildly appealing sincerity... i hope
I am a firm believer of chidlren getting plenty of sleep. When my kids were babies, I would let them set their napping schedule and eating schedule through out the day. But they always had a set routine from day one of coming home from the hospital about bedtime. Since they were babies, bath time and bedtime were about 10 pm. Killed me cause I also had two toddlers at home and a hubby that worked swing shift. My evenings consistited of nothing but feeding, bathing, and preparing for various kid bedtimes. We had to make sure Randy's two girls (the toddlers) had a set schedule in our house because their mother allowed and still does those girls to dictate when they would go to bed. Starting at 4pm (when my kids where babies) I would start cooking for me and the girls. At about 5 pm, I would get the girls eating at the table and set the babies up either in their highchairs or their inside car seats with a bottle or finger foods. After the girl's dinner, it was their bath time so they could have at least an hour or two to wind down after bath time. At 7:30pm, it was the toddler's bedtime. I would then wait a hour to hour and half before I started getting my two kids going on their full blown dinner and baths. They were put down no later then 10pm.
Now at that age my kids didn't sleep through the night till they were almost 1 years old. Actually Coltin to this day still can't sleep all the way through the night. He is up at times from going to bed at 8:30 (most nights depending on what we have going on in the evening) at about 1 am to 2 am. Randy gets soooooo irriate because he is a light sleeper and works 10-15 hour days and hears Coltin. I managed to negoiate with the males of my family. I understand Coltin better then I do DeLaney who LOVES her sleep. Coltin takes after myside of the family. Early to bed, early to rise, stay up late, can still get up early, if he can't get to sleep he is going to toss and turn, and if he wakes up he has a hard time going back to bed. His poor lil mind is constantly going and going and going. The deal is, if Coltin wakes up at 1 or 2 am, he is NOT to come wake me up cause he might wake Daddy up. He is to get up, go potty, and grab his pillow and blanke and go downstairs and flip the tv on. If he feels hungry he can grab a snack but NOT eat us out of food. He eventually goes back to sleep about 3 or 4 am on the couch and can wake up in a realtively good mood. DeLaney can and will go to sleep with in minutes of hitting the pillow and LOVES to sleep in.
My kids are now honing big time on tweenie years. And I know a LOT of kids get up early for various sporting and school events between the ages of 7-19, but at the age my kids are, I don't push them unless they are really into something. Tae Kwon Do case in point. We took another long break and just started going back last night. The kids picked up on everything with in the first evening that we missed the week after testing! Saturday's class is at 9 am. Usually not a problem but we drive a half hour to our academy. I don't make the kids go to bed at 8:30 when they don't have school the next day. Or if they have something going on and we are running all over hte place and dinner is late so therefore bedtime is late. I was up at 6 am this morning, because I want to go to TKD but Randy is not into any type of sport really and was pushed hard growing up to do things and then his parents never supported him so he is really against making hte kids do anything sports related. Randy left me a note asking me to hold off on morning TKD classes till after the kids' First Communion the first Sunday of April. Saying it isn't really fair that they get no morning to sleep in at all if I wake them up at 7 am on Saturday to take them to TKD and also making them wake up on Sunday at 7 am to go to Mass with Mammo.
I debated and I realized that yes the kids really enjoy TKD and even though we missed out on Leadership this last go around because of the weather and then all of us getting sick and me developing pnemonia basically that Randy has a point. I would go to this morning's class because I was raised in a household where we, the kids, decieded what we wanted to do out of choices and then our parents supported us. But they put limits on what we did because of not only money but because we were KIDS! This Sunday my moms and pops are on a small trip and Mammo can't take the kids to Mass. It is Palm Sunday and it is the start of Holy Week. The Priests and Nuns are really going to be watching which kids out of the First Communion and Confirmation classes are going to Masses this week. Which means I have to suck it up, put a pair of big girl panties on and take the kids to Mass on Sunday and through out this week till my Moms gets home to do it for me. I only tech have three more Sundays to get the kids up early on Sunday and have them go to Mass.
They didn't choose to get First Communion. I am making them. They were baptised Catholic for a Death Bed Wish from my favorite Aunty. And my Mom's pointed out that if they should deciede when they are older to switch to full blown Catholism instead of a chosen path of Paganism, or actually any Christian denomination, it would be easier for them if they at least had First Communion and it was an age passage rite in our family. It means they are getting closer and closer to the out right war of puberty. My moms doesn't ask much of any of her kids concerning their children so I made the kids do this for Mammo. But they have made no bones after First Communion they will NOT go to many Masses with Granny nor will they do anything outside of Catholic School for the Church.
I called Randy and told him I debated and I agree, until the time of First Communion is over with; I will NOT be making the kids give up their one and only day to sleep in. It wasn't fair to them and they need their sleep.
We already get called over protective parents along with a couple of the kids' friends parents because we make the kids go to bed between 8 and 8:30. DeLaney threw a HUGE fit that we weren't making Coltin go to bed at 8, until she found out that her friend in the 4th grade still has a 8:30 bedtime and she is 10! Her mom and Choka (grandpa-lives with them) said this summer her bedtime will increase to 9 for the next school year. So see folks, there are some of us parents out there that not only know but demand our kids get the proper amount of sleep and can take a step back and say: "Hey, we are pushing the kids a bit to much, lets back off and make some cuts or negoiate on things!"
Tonight – in the ultimate action of delaying bedtime – my son asked me the following questions in rapid succession:
“Where do people come from? Where do toys come from? Where do pictures come from?”
Huh?
“Mommy where do toys come from?”
”Well they come from the toy factory?”
“And where do people come from?”
”Well they come from other people. When a man and a woman love each other very much, then if they want to, they can make a baby.”
“But first they have to get married. And where do animals come from?”
“Well animals come from other animals. Ownie cat's Mommy is a cat. She was living with another family, and I adopted Ownie cat and brought her home to live with me.
"Why didn't you bring home Ownie cat's Mommy?"
"Because she already had a family who loved her, and I only had room in my house for one cat. Her brothers and sisters went to live with other families too. Can people make cats?”
“No!”
”And can cats make dogs?”
“No! Only people in pet stores can make pets. Can we get a new pet?”
“Well sweetie, right now we have Ownie cat, and when she isn’t living with us anymore, then we can get another pet, maybe two.”
“Can we get a fish?”
“Maybe”
“Can we get a lizard?”
”Maybe.”
“Can we get a snake?”
“Umm…no.”
”I don’t think I really want a snake. Can we get a dog?”
”No. Dogs are too high maintenance.”
“We can get a butterfly! Then it can fly all around the house!”
(laughing) “I don’t think that would last very long. Can we get an elephant?”
”No Mommy! Elephants sneeze too much!”
Of course.
I've been trying to go to bed at a reasonable hour (ussually around midnight) and I've been trying to drink more water.These thing must be working becasue I haven't had a bad headache in a couple of weeks.
1. How old will you be in five years?
Gulp....33.
2. Do you think you will be married by then?
Maybe.
3. How tall are you?
5'4''
4. What do you look forward to most in the next six weeks?
Holiday, time off from work, my mom freaking when she sees what I got her, lovin' time.
5. What's the last movie you saw in theater?
Deja Vu.
6. Who was the last person you called?
Mumsy.
7. Who was the last person to call you?
Gregory
9. Do you prefer to call or text?
Calling.
10. Do you have any pets?
Cat, I'm a kitty cat, and I meow meow meow, meow meow meow.
11. What were you doing at 12am last night?
Sleeping
12. Are your parents married/separated/divorced?
Divorced
13. When is the last time you saw your mom?
Thursday
14. What color are your eyes?
Blue/grey/green
15. What time did you wake up today?
5:42 in the am.
16. What are you wearing right now?
A bathrobe - I'm delaying getting dressed.
17. What's your favorite Christmas song?
"I'll be home for Christmas."
18. Where is your favorite place to be?
Sappily, with Gregory
19. Where is your least favorite place to be?
Stirrups, in the doctor's office.
20. Where would you go if you could go anywhere?
A Club Med in Mexico
21. Where do you think you'll be in 10 years?
I have a hard enough time thinking where I'll be in ten minutes.
22. Do you tan or burn?
Tan, I think. I don't seek out the sun that often.
23. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child?
Abstract things.
24. What was the last thing that made you laugh?
Something Gregory said.
25. How many TVs do you have?
2
26. How big is your bed?
King, and it's still not big enough. :)
27. Do you have a laptop or desktop computer?
Desktop
28. Do you sleep with or without clothes on?
Sans clothing, unless I fall asleep clothed.
29. What color are your sheets?
Light blue.
30. How many pillows do you sleep with?
There are usually four on the bed.
31. What is your favorite season?
I'm gonna say spring this time.
32. What do you like about fall?
The crispness of the air.
33. What do you like about winter?
Our anniversary.
34. What do you like about the summer?
My birthday is in summer.
35. What do you like about spring?
Rebirth.
36. How many states have you lived in?
Um........(counts on fingers).....five, and three other countries.
37. How many cities/towns have you lived in?
Eight, I guess.
38. Do you prefer shoes, socks, or bare feet?
Bare feet.
39. Are you a social person?
Sometimes.
40. What was the last thing you ate?
I had hot cocoa before going to bed last night.
41. What is your favorite restaurant?
Chick-Fil-A
42. What is your favorite ice cream?
Coffee, but I don't like ice cream that often.
43. What is your favorite dessert?
Creme brulee
44. What is your favorite kind of soup?
Cheddar broccoli
45. What kind of jelly do you like on your PB & J sandwich?
Grape
47. Do you like coffee?
Nope, but I'm growing very fond of chai, thank you veddy much Drea.
48. How many glasses of water, a day, do you drink on average?
Whenever I'm thirsty, I'll usually drink water.
49. What do you drink in the morning?
A chai latte.
50. Would you rather sleep with someone else or alone?
With.
51. Do you sleep on a certain side of the bed?
The right hand side, but I migrate to the middle often.
52. Do you know how to play poker?
Nope
53. Do you like to cuddle?
Yep.
54. Have you ever been to Canada?
I wanted to for a long time, but was reminded that it is cold up there.
55. Do you have an addictive personality?
Yes
56. Do you eat out or at home more often?
Out. That really needs to change.
58. Do you know anyone with the same birthday as you?
Percy Bysshe Shelley
59. Do you want kids?
Oh my no.
60. Do you speak any other languages?
I can sign, a bit; and understand more German than I speak.
61. Have you ever gotten stitches?
Yep, loads of times.
62. Have you ever ridden in an ambulance?
Yeah, I was kinda accident prone as a child.
63. Do you prefer an ocean or a pool?
Ocean.
64. Do you prefer a window seat or an aisle seats?
Aisle.
65. Do you know how to drive stick?
I've done it once.
66. What is your favorite thing to spend money on?
Yarn, and clothes.
67. Do you wear any jewelry 24/7?
I have earrings that I don't take out.
68. What is your favorite TV show?
Firefly, the Simpsons, Scrubs, Criminal Minds
69. Can you roll your tongue?
Yes.
70. Who is the funniest person you know?
Gregory never fails to make me laugh. I am such a sap.
71. Do you sleep with stuffed animals?
Nope, I have real ones.
73. Do you still have clothes from when you were little?
My mom has some of them.
74. What color are your bedroom walls?
White.
75. Do you turn off the water while you brush your teeth?
Nope, I brush in the shower.
76. Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed?
Well, there are no closets in the bedroom, so.......
77. Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of bees?
Neither.
78. Do you flirt a lot?
Nope
79. What do you dip a chicken nugget in?
Sweet and sour sauce, or ranch with honey in it.
80. What is your favorite food?
I like food a lot, most foods.
81. Can you change the oil on a car?
Yeah, just like this: trot trot trot to mechanic's store. "Hi Art, I need my oil changed."
82. Have you ever gotten a speeding ticket?
*ahem* Yes, though not as many as I should.
83. Have you ever run out of gas?
Nope.
84. What is your usual bedtime?
Between 9:30 and 10. I'm old.
86. Do you read the newspaper?
I haven't touched one in ages.
87. Do you have any magazine subscriptions?
To Maxim and Cosmo. I like to confuse my mailman.
88. Best comedian?
Uhhhhhh..........Jack Black?
89. Do you watch soap operas?
Nope.
90. Do you dance in the car?
Oh my yes.
Now that I am later than I'd like to be, it's time to get dressed.
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