Spring Break Journal 5

        On friday March 11, 2011 my mom and I spend the whole day together just having fun. She took off half  day at work and she wanted to do something with me, whatever we wanted to do. I love it when we do stuff together, we both are busy with work or something gets in the way. So when their is a day when no of us have anything to do, we make our own plans.  I have a strong connection with both my parents, but I love being around my mom the most. She does so much for everyone and she is a hard worker and gives everything 100%. So I like to think of our outing together is a chance for her to take a break from doing everything and just relax, I try not make her life that stressful with me. I like doing simple things like going to the movies and shopping or going to the book store or michael's craft store. To some people, they may think that these are just little shopping chores (like to-do list on weekends), but I don't mind it, as long as I'm with my mom I'm happy doing whatever we do. I guess the reason why I'm happy when I'm with my mom, is because I have spend most of my time being around her. When dad went to work at the restaurant, my mom was their with me and my brother and did everything for us (as well as my dad when he gets home).

     My mom is also a big inspiration to my work and just about anything I do. She helps me with getting my supplies, and helping me with some ideas for illustrations (I get her feedback on my illustrations) and other work. But above all she supports me every step of the way and will not make me give up on myself, when at times I feel like I'm not seeing myself getting better. She tells me how proud she is of me of what I accomplished on my own and how beautiful my work is coming along from how I was when I was younger. I don't think I would have be able to do anything without my mom and her love giving me the strength, courage and belief in myself to go this far on my own.

    Today we went to go have pizza, then go see Red Riding Hood, after that we went to the book store and other stores along the way. There was this new pizza place that was next to the movie theater, and my mom has heard good things about how good the pizza is, so she was excited on trying the pizza. It was funny that when I saw her smile and was all excited about this place and the pizza, I was also smiling and feeling a little bit excited to. At first I thought my mom was just doing this to be funny (which I think is also true), but she has been waiting to go to this place with someone, so I was her pizza buddy, and after that she will be my movie buddy. From my observation of why I was just as happy as my mom, was one a few reason. the first would be from that chapter in our Social Interaction book, about how our face mimic's the other person's face. Second was that the pizza was really good, even better than my dad's pizza (I better not tell him that), and third and this is the more important reason, is because I was happy for my mom. Seeing her happy not only bring a smile on my face, but I feel good inside, like a joy of accomplishment (no matter how silly it may be).

    But the joy and fun that my mom was having didn't stop at the pizza place. After the movies and Borders books store, we went to Goodwill to try and find a dress I can use for a costume party that I have to attend at the school, The Advant Garde. It was my mom's idea to dress me up as my own Red Riding Hood (after just seeing the movie and being inspired by it). I didn't think I would find the right stuff I need at such short notice, meaning before I fly back to Sarasota. But she proved me wrong and she could stop smiling and laughing at all the good things we found that worked perfectly for my costume. To describe my mom joy all put together, she was like a kid in a candy store, thats how much fun she was having in the store with me. I couldn't stop smiling and laughing at her for acting so funny and a little strange, I told her "Now I know where I get it from" she also laughed at that, because sometimes I can act silly in a store with her. This is also why I like being around my mom, we can have fun goofing off with each other and not care about other people.