Le Chateau de Ma Mere
It's been kinda funny living with my parents. I've just learned to roll with stuff. Someday I will be on my own again. I'm really lucky to have parents that would fly me home from NYC and take care of me and pay my plentiful medical bills. But its still funny!

So its kind of like my mom and I have switched places. We share a car so I take her to school in the morning to teach Algebra to her 7th graders and I pick her up after school. I take her lunchbox to school when she calls cuz she forgot it. I take care of the groceries and clean the house. I make her dinner. The other day I picked her up and she'd had a bad day and I let her tell me about how horrible and mean the kids were. So I just listened to her and let her vent while I cooked dinner for us. Sometimes at night when my parents first get in bed - I go in and tuck them in or as I joke I climb in bed with them just to see what they say. And then I tell them bed time stories about my crazy singles ward here. "So then crazy Jessica gave me a dirty look cuz I was talking to her x-boyfriend dun dun dun..."

Its kinda nice not having to fight for any attention like I did when I was younger but then sometimes I'm not so sure I like them focusing their attention on me. They saw some news show that was talking about ADD and all the symptoms and they decided that I have ADD. Who knew! The Madison 8 crew used to joke having ADHD but they think I really might have it.

My music for today - today I actually ran 2 miles!! with the help of The Bravery and Depeche Mode and a little Bon Jovi - it was awesome. The other day I was listening to Shakira and my mom really liked it. She was dancing - it was so funny. Since my project to count bums in Central Park was unfruitful - my new project is testing out my mom's reaction to my music. I found this live recording of Beck singing Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone. Did I mention Beck's voice is sexy? And on my iTunes - I rediscovered The Black Keys. One time someone told me that they didn't like them cuz they were White Stripes wannabees but I think they sound more reminiscent of Jimmy and CCR so I will keep listening - maybe I will run with them next time - one day I will run 5 miles again!