Just in case a few of you have been deceived into thinking that everything is coming up roses over here, and that Martha Stewart has nothing on my spotless home, I thought I'd clear a few things up.
-We ran out of milk 3 days ago, but since I have everything I need to make a decent dinner, I've put off going to the grocery store.
-I took Corbin into the doctor for a well visit and ended up waiting for an hour while they ran tests for pneumonia, RSV, and Swine Flu. Apparently, he is "wheezing". All the tests came back negative, but it made me feel like trash that I didn't take his little cough more seriously. I left with a prescription for more nebulizer treatments.
-"We" spilled homemade syrup on the floor last night at dinner. It was wiped up with wet paper towels but is still so sticky that the floor squawks when you walk over it. I would mop, but I'm secretly hoping that the next time Quincy has a meltdown and drops dramatically to her stomach to roll around shouting potty words, she will just stick to the floor and stay there while I go take a nap.
-I fell asleep mid-sentence the other night when Aaron and I were praying and only woke up because he jumped in to finish for me.
-I was stoked to find those milk and cereal bars on clearance for $1 a box the other day. Not because it was such a steal for a luxury treat I ordinarily wouldn't purchase, but because that means no dishes from cereal bowls, and at least one more day that I won't have to go to the grocery store for milk.
-Reese got frustrated with her shoes and took one of them off angrily and it smacked her in the face.
1) I had to hold back laughter.
2) She whined that it hurt her lip and I told her, "that's why you don't throw your shoes off in a fit instead of asking for help", followed by a, "and if you'd taken your shoes off when I first asked, you wouldn't be in such a hurry now, and this wouldn't have happened."
3) 5 minutes later she was still whining about her lip and I told her, "really. you're fine."
4) 6 minutes later I realized her face was bleeding.
-I met my new neighbor, Henry...who was in a nice 3 piece suit and a RL dress shirt. He said he is retired, so I asked what he was all dressed up for. He said, "I dress like this every day. You wouldn't believe what some people will go out in." This was followed by a story about how he went to Golden Corral for dinner the other night and a fat (gasp) woman had the nerve to be showing cleavage. He then told me that when she walked past him at the Buffet, he actually covered his face and said, "My eyes! My eyes!"
-Henry also asked me what the POA exactly means by that rule that states you can not have any "junk cars" parked on your property....and wondered what I "thought a 'junk car' would be", because he has "3 coming with the moving truck that would be questionable". Awesome.
-While most children had begun their trick or treating festivities, Our Friday afternoon was spent at the walk in clinic watching a doctor retrieve ANOTHER pink craft pom pom from Quincy's nose.
-This time, Reese admitted to having shoved it up there when we were in our hotel room back in Dallas.
-We've been back from Dallas for three weeks.
Goodbye Butterflies
12 years ago
5 comments:
OH man, Reese, no more pom poms for you. Or Quincy. Nice to know that you buy things, too, for their sheer convenience. I started, before the move, to buy paper bowls and plates. They're biodegradable, right??
Don’t be so hard on yourself! Your kids know you love them and that your sense of humor kept all of you going. Also, you are way industrious and ingenuitive.
I have to say I was grateful to hear someone else’s life goes like this sometimes, too. I think, as mothers, it helps to share the crappy stories, you know? Not in a tear-each-other-down way, but in a we-can-get-through-this way.
All I can think of to say is Awesome!!!
Okay, Reese hitting herself in the face with the shoe was pricelss -- I had to stifle my laughter, as well.
Is Henry gay??
oh a gay neighbor...that's fun!
awesome post. you rock!
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