My mom's been very obvious about how much she likes loves my boyfriend. On New Year's Eve, she openly said that she would be very glad if we got married and already considers him as her son-in-law. We thought it was just the alcohol but she's been letting my boyfriend call her "mom" since.

Its not one-sided. His mom loves me, too. She confides in me and she's said that she does this because she doesn't have a daughter of her own and considers me as her daughter. She's very eager for us to give her a grandchild, too. Very uncommon to hear a healthy, relatively young mother requesting a grandchild from her young son and his even younger girlfriend.

So for Mommy's Day, my boyfriend and I decided to celebrate a wee early. We took both our mothers out for dinner because of conflicts of schedule. Kill two birds with one stone right? It gave our mothers a chance to catch up since the last time they've been together was several months ago. (The last time they were together, they went clubbing. I know, so weird. At the same time, its great to know they get along so well.)

On our way home from dinner, she received a phone call. She answered it and all I heard her say was, "I'm coming home from dinner. I'm with my son-in-law and 'bala-eh' (tagalog for 'my son-in-law's parents')."

All I want to know is, how I became forgotten? I'm the one dating him. I'm the one who invited both of them while he was at work. I'm the one who suggested the place because my mom's never been. Okay, so he did pay. But it was my idea! She just mentions her "son-in-law" and all the nice things HE does for her! Is she more proud to say she has a "son-in-law" who remembers her than a daughter who does? What about me?! What about the daughter?!

My clinical rotation for this term involves spending eight hours in a house with six amazing people. This is the first time this whole school year I'm actually going to enjoy going to clinicals. These patients clients are absolutely amazing. They're so friendly and they don't mind teaching us how to care for them.

This term we are to do home health nursing in a house of spinal injury clients. These clients are all paraplegic; they can't use their legs or arms. Most are on ventilators because the spinal cord injury also damaged the vagus nerve used for breathing. Its a normal house, 5 minutes away from my own home, wheelchair accessible throughout, with one cook, a nursing aide, an LVN, and ventilators. A couple of which were born with it (muscular dystrophy), one injured from break dancing, one from a diving accident, another in a car accident, and the last I'm not quite sure. They all have adapted so well to their current state that I can't help but admire them. Each have their own computers which they work with. Some can use it by using what little movement they have in their fingers, or by talking to it, or by using their lips to move a mouse.

It makes me cry to think about them. I've only been there for one day and I love being there. If I could, I would love to visit them every day but I know I have to keep the relationship professional.

The client injured from break dancing really gets to me. Dancing. How can something you love to do rob you of the use of your legs, arms, and even diaphragm? He's only 21 years old and he's been there the longest. We saw his dad come in and he stayed with him for a few hours. He's so soft-spoken, barely talked to me and my classmates throughout the day. He'd smile and shy away.

I am intrigued by him. I want to get to know him. I want to be his friend.

I was browsing craigslist and its not surprising to find some really outrageous things. One ad that stood out was this:

To Women Who Demand Too Much.. - m4w - 26 (ur priorities are wack)

Date: 2009-01-21, 9:50PM PST


before i go on, i purposly put this ad in the w4m side because women dont seem to respond on m4w and i know they hang out at the oposite one, but to make some of u folks happy, ill post this here also. thanx for the mails btw yall.


Ok now i know its ok to have preferences and be picky, but if your fat, you cant demand a sexy bodded guy. i dont mind thick women but i dont think its fair that ur overweight and dont take care of that and u demand a sexy bodded guy who does take care of himself and excersises, c,mon now get real. if i were fat i wouldnt expect more from someone. and in relationships, it should be 50/50.. i just think its rediculous what some of you women ask for, (some not all so dont get pissy) if this offends you, then this message is for u, if it doesnt, then u have nothing to worry about this isnt for u. i just think its also stupid that you people say you want a good hearted man, all good things, blah blah (which is ok BUT) you also want a sexy dude, when ur not slim and bodded out urself? get real people, i know this is hollywood but, now ur just being retarded. what ur askin for is a diet coke to go with ur greasy fattening burger and fries. makes no fricken sense at all, diet coke isnt gona change anything u might as well just get the regular one. see my point? they say ask and you shall recieve but, u cant aim TOO HIGH! come back down to earth and if u really want a fricken nice dude, then looks shouldnt matter as much as you people imply. makes u look shallow, which is something that turns me off. btw, im a dude, not a chick. i just dont see how women (fat) can be soo picky when they look like a VW beetle themselves. not ranting on fat people but, again, the point. now if a sexy dude likes u, kudos to u both, but u cant DEMAND only sexy guys when u look like jaba the hut! so tell me, was it your parents that brought u up this way or do u choose to think like a retard? (not hatin on the good people)

Are overweight people not allowed to be shallow no matter how secure and comfortable they are in their body? If a bigger woman set her standards to have "sexy, brad-pitt-look-alike", is she unreasonable? Are the attractive, slim, fit women the only ones who can be picky while the "VW beetle" has to settle?