** Disclaimer **
This all started when Aviana fell over, which sometimes happens, and either Dave or I joked saying she had, "Miki Problems." We thought it would be funny to do a post including that particular title.
Over the next few days, we were laughing, as we so often do, to lighten the mood of the very difficult things we are forced to see. Each of the things, which we found to be a unique Miki Problem, was deposited into the blog bank.
One night, we were having a good time, making pie, listening to music, etc and decided we should complete our post.
As the list rolled on, our all out laughter slowly subsided. With each new problem, the mood became more subdued. Towards the end, I finally removed myself from the office in order to avoid our unfinished account.
What started off as fun and games, veered itself into a sad ditch of reality. The list was left incomplete, and has been sitting unpublished for over a week. I just went in to erase it completely, but found that these truly are the problems that we, and the Miki face everyday.
Therefore, I decided to post it.
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Yes, we have an issue ~ we watch Jersey Shore. If you do too, you are familiar with Guido Problems, or even Meatball Problems. If you should fall into the category of a more intelligent television watcher, and don't succumb to Trash TV, then let me explain ~ Miki Problems are problems that only a Miki, or someone like a Miki might have.
When you are sitting up in a chair, and then fall over...
Miki Problems!
When you were taken to the bathroom for 30 minutes, and didn't go, and then instantly pee through your diaper...
Miki Problems!
When you choke on a piece of yam, and spray a mouthful of food all over Mommy's face, clothes and the furniture....
Miki Problems!
When Rainey walks up and licks your face, and you can't stop her....
Miki Problems!
When three people are forcing you to pattern, and you don't want to....
Miki Problems!
When the left side of your skull caves in, and you have to have surgery...
Miki Problems!
When one of your 40 screws, and one of your 10 plates starts coming through your head....
Miki Problems!
When you lose your first tooth, and then your second, and swallow both...
Miki Problems!
When you end up in the ER because daddy tried to straighten your foot...
Miki Problems!
When you wake up in the middle of the night because your legs are twisted up like a pretzel, and you can't get them loose on your own...
Miki Problems!
When you slide off the pillow and all your beautiful long, flowing hair is covering your Miki face, and you can't swipe it away....
Miki Problems!
When you hear a sound and it sends you into a seizure....
Miki Problems!
When you can't pick your own head up, due to a lack of control...
Miki Problems!
When you bite down on your spoon so hard you think you may have broken a tooth...
Miki Problems!
Yeah, not funny.
I guess it's safe to say ~ we use laughter as a coping mechanism!
Jen -- I follow your blog and love your honesty and am happy to see you are feeling better.
ReplyDeleteBut... Can you explain where the nickname "Miki" came from? I have only followed you about 18 months or so and couldn't really find it in archives. Sorry if a dumb question!!
You are often in my thoughts and prayers.
I know what you mean, to a point. Trina and I had our "cancer humor"....until she started chemo. It last all of a month. We would laugh and joke with each other. I even pointed to her one day and said "YOU HAVE CANCER!!!" and we both just collapsed with laughter. Once you see everything happening though, in our case chemo, in your case EVERY DAY, it's just so sobering and leaves you feeling flat, deflated and so unbelievably sad and full of disbelief that you can actually LIVE your life with all this shit.
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They say that LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE.....
ReplyDeleteThey say IF I DIDN'T LAUGH I WOULD CRY.....
laughing while in the midst of a particularly sad and/or trying moment is how you get through the moment
to look back at a list of 'mikki moments' you may not feel like laughing over them the second, third time you view them
a stranger looking into the glassbox of your life may not see the humor in the moment
but right there in the NOW this is how you got through the moment. it's how avi survived the moment with you showing her that it's 'just one of those things that happen' in her life
thank you for sharing these 'mikki moments' with us.....we/i don't see them as HA-HA funny, just as a part of a life that you are not only surviving but conquering on a daily basis
It seems to me that to get through it all, you have to lighten the load somehow and I'm glad for you that you've kept your sense of humor. As bad as it all is, I can't imagine Aviana living in a humorless, joyless home. As the saying goes....GOOD JOB!!!
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Dixie
As a fellow Jersey Shore watcher, I know about Meatball problems. Miki problems aren't so funny, I know. Good thing there is so much trashy TV on to keep people like us distracted!
ReplyDeleteThe cabs are he-yah!
One of the things I love about your little family is that you find a way to laugh. There is always laughter in your house even when we would come over in the very beginning of this journey. Putting it down on paper certainly doesn't make it look like a laughing matter. To those of us who know you love the way you can laugh even through the worst of times. Love ya sarah
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