Vivacious Laura B’s blog

I'm done with Josh today. Leigha is going to be a stay at home mom. Which is great because she is a great mom and she deserves to be with her son. I'm going to miss working for Leigha and Andy. They are great people.

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He's such a great little man too. He sleeps like clock work, eats really healthy and a lot, it generally happy and sweet. He's been a pleasure to work with for the entire time I've been with him. I will miss him so much.

My new job might be a little nuts. I could have a ton of kids at once. Or I could not. It's all up in the air right now. For the first month it should be easy, just Charlie the toddler. But then after Susan is fully recovered from her surgery I will start the share and have 2-4 kids at a time possibly. I am up for the challenge definitely. But it will be a challenge for sure.

It's funny cause today everyone wants to see Josh so I'm trying to set up his day and Jess wants to see us, Sophie, Sarah and Marcus, Erin and Barrie! Josh is so popular! I hope Leigha will come to the park with me and Charlie once in a while. That would be great.

So anyway.  Starting over again. One year later. Again. Hopefully this job will stick for a while.

So yeah.My leg fell between the train and the platform this week. and this happened to it:

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I was reminded today that i have a blog. I never post. Even though my life has been crazy. I have nothing I want to share with the world. My life is in turmoil right now. Looking for roommates, bandmates, a long term job! For some reason I still feel calm. I can thank Eric for that. He's the only stable thing in my life. He's the only thing I really want to remain stable. Everything else seems unimportant.

The band broke up. That's the most exciting news. I hated being in a band. I hated practicing twice/three times a week. I sometimes hate playing shows. I think I look stupid on stage. I am going in a different direction with music. I'm going to just make a record. Then I'm going to try to break into licensing with the good recordings. So if I'm successful you might hear one of my songs in a movie or on TV. But the recordings have to be really solid. I don't know who will play on the record with me yet. I don't think James(the shills) has time and Dave(the shills) is busy too.  I don't even know if they have time to record it. They are still recording their own record to be released in the fall. maybe when they are done with that one they will have more time. In the mean time I'm being asked to play at cool festivals and shows and I don't officially have a band. James said he couldn't commit beyond this summer. I don't know what I should do. I guess I should start teaching my stuff to some session guys. That means more practicing again though and I hate practicing. I'm such a brat.

The other development is that my boss Leigha has decided to become a stay at home mom! Although I'm extremely happy for her because she is a great mom and Josh will be so psyched to have her around all the time, I am really sad to be out of the job and leaving Josh. He is so adorable and sweet. I love being around him and he makes me laugh so much. On the bright side, I may get my dream job instead! It's a possible nanny share on Marlborough st in down town Boston!!! My favorite street with people I know(my former boss Jeff from Second time Around) possibly better pay and multiple kids of a different age than I'm used to sitting for. I'm so excited to get experience with more kids and different ages. Someday, if I don't sell my music to licensing and make tons of money in royalties, I want to have a home day care. With my own kid/kids and a few others, I want to have up to 6 kids and work with Eric from home. It would be awesome! We could work together raise a family and make a small profit for savings. This is of course FAR FAR in the future. We don't even want to get married until we've achieved some success in music. We want are lives to be more stable before we get married and bring children into the world. However, this job would help me achieve that goal in the distant future. I'm giving myself 5 years before I want to start working on the home day care idea. I would love to work at this job for the next few years and start looking into the requirements for home daycares. Such as if we need to own our own home, do we need early childhood development classes or training, CPR/First Aid certification(probably would anyway) etc etc. I think this is a great back up plan. It's what my mom did when I was a baby/toddler. She was/is a great mom and I would love to follow in her footsteps.

So i guess I had more to say. I haven't been journaling either. Guess I should take that up again. I need to get these things out of my head so I can let them go and move on the something else.

Anyway. I'm now signing off so you don't have to read my crazy banter anymore.

I have not had anything to write for some time. Even though I've done a lot of stuff. Or rather I went to Europe and have tons of pictures. here are a couple of my favorites from Paris:

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I don't have a ton of good ones from Barcelona... but I will upload a couple later.

I loved Paris sooooooo much. It was so beautiful there. Everywhere was beautiful even the red light district. I love it so much. All the cafes, the wine, the food. The people were so friendly too. Even though we barely spoke French. I learned to say the check please in both French and Spanish. I bought some cool stuff at the flea market. I got vintage pins for Jess and Leila and one for myself and a vintage compact for my mom a vintage key chain for my dad, a hat that doesn't fit Eric. I only threw up one night from drinking. That is an achievement. I did throw up on the plane from Boston to Philly though because it was SOOOO turbulent. I thought I was going to die. But I threw up in the little baggy instead. I loved out room in Paris, we had a terrace. It was so nice. The room in Barcelona was not as nice but it was clean and in a very central location. All the Antonio Guadi work was very interesting and we got to see the Picasso museum in Barcelona. Unfortunately we went to the one in Paris when it was closed. We didn't get to the Dali museum either because it was really far outside of Barcelona.

I can't wait to make a scrap book for my trip and bring it to Christmas and thanksgiving so that everyone can see my best pictures.

Well I gotta get back to work.

I will try to update this more often.

I can't promise anything though.

Sorry I haven't been updating this blog. I haven't been cheating on it or anything. I just have nothing to say really. Some stuff has happened. Josh my guitar player was almost on Beauty and the Geek. We've played a couple great shows, one a T.T.'s another amazing show at the middle east. We have a bunch of shows coming up. Eric got fired. He's probably already found a new job but we're waiting to here back from his interviewer. Other people in my life are doing exciting things like jess going to Paris and Annie going to Mexico. I have another vacation coming up in July. Harry Potter comes out in July, the movie and the book!!!!! That is wicked exciting.

Nothing extremely exciting is happening. So I have nothing exciting to say. This is why I have not been updating my blog. I am lame.

The end

Who would you call with your one phone call if arrested? (No lawyers!)

I would definitely call my boyfriend who would somehow get me out of jail. I would be too scared to call my parents. 

When was the last time you did something dangerous? 
Submitted by Ross. 

I ride my bike every other day to and from work. That's ridiculously dangerous due to the lack of attention drivers pay to bikes. It's horrible. USE YOUR TURN SIGNALS DRIVERS. It's so important. Seems so obvious but you would be surprised how many times someone has taken a right turn without signaling and almost killed me. 

Have you ever had a dream that came true? 
Submitted by rescout.

I've had some dreams that have come true. This is sort of morbid but I saw my grandfather's death in a dream. 6months before it happened. I also saw myself in a band in dreams when I was like 12 or 13. That came true. I also predicted myself being in a lot of ca accidents. That also unfortunately came true.

Kinda creepy.

Book:  Show us a great non-fiction book.

Angela's Ashes: A Memoir

Frank McCourt

If you could eat anything you wanted, and not have to worry about gaining weight/being unhealthy/inhumane, what would you totally pig out on? 
Submitted by Jay.

I would eat everything in sight. chips, soda, candy, red meat, White bread, Toastitos lime chips, EVERYTHING. I am sooooo sick of dieting. And I'm not even that good at it. I'm not on a strict diet anyway... but I eat whole wheat everything, no soda, cut down on candy and ice cream(which I'm terrible about) less carbs, more protein. I"M SICK OF IT. I'm not even that fat why can't the weight just melt off of me. i need to ride my bike more. i will be riding it more in less than two weeks. So soon i will be living in Medford. Me and Aayesha cleaned over there this weekend. Now when I move in all I have to do is a light cleaning job and I'm all set to live comfortably!

Thank you Aayesha!!!!!