Sunday, January 27, 2013


I thought that this product would give me some sense of freedom from my husband and kids constant demands for something to drink, but this product was only a nuisance and made the begging worse.

Everyday, sometimes more than once a day, I had to restock the cooler. Because my kids and my husband (the biggest kid of all) want to show off their new drink robot "thirst" to all their friends. And because they have a remote control cooler they want to drink more. When I suggest that they fill the cooler with water bottles instead of soda and beer they get upset. This means I'm constantly at the store buying cans of soda and cans of beer. To alleviate the kid's constant soda drinking, I started buying two liters and powdered kool-aid. They were not too happy with me. When they complained to dad and he stocked them up with can drinks, I knew thirst had to disappear.

Bought him to a party at a friend's house and drove him straight into the pool! The kids and the husband cried like babies. Word of advice, avoid this product like the plague!

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Author's Note


Height Problems
 

Standing 6'5" is a sure sign that a girl was built for athletics. Rashad was definitely that girl. She played basketball in junior high and high school and got a full scholarship to Loyola University New Orleans because not only was she tall she had skills. I say "was" not because Rashad is dead but because she no longer plays basketball due to a strange circumstance that started to affect her height at age 18 and continues to plague her til this day. Rashad now stands at 4'11" and no longer plays basketball. If you ask her what happened, she can't explain it to you. One day she woke up and she was an inch shorter than she was the day before and it has continued to this day. Will the shrinkage stops? No one knows.

Instead of focusing on the negative Rashad realized that she has another love, writing, and not being so focused on basketball has given her a chance to develop her talent. She will be graduating from Loyola in the spring with a degree in english and her hope is to one day publish her own teen magazine. She dreams to wake up one morning and be atleast 5'5" so that she doesn't have to struggle to reach things off the top shelf. :/

Friday, January 11, 2013

A Little About Me!

I'm Rashad! Never blogged before though I should because I always have something to say. This is my final semester at Loyola, I will be graduating in May (tear) but I am also very excited about it. I have taken workshop classes before but this one seems like it will be a lot more interesting. I am interested in sharing my work with others because it is not something I do often enough. I would consider myself to be a fun person and I hope that you all (my classmates) grow to like me.