Ramblings...

I've been meaning to post for a couple weeks now, but when I sit down to write, I can't form my thoughts in any coherent manner.

Rambling #1:

I was supposed to go to a friend-picnic last weekend. I had every intention of going. I went to my parents friday night so it would be a shorter drive on saturday afternoon. Then my niece came over Saturday morning. I thought 5 hours would fulfill me before I had to head out, but I couldn't bring myself to it. I don't get to spend much time with her, and after 3 hours of crying (which the only cure seemed to be dangling her sideways, bouncing up and down, watching spongebob 3 feet from the flat screen), we packed her in the car to calm her down, and headed to the mall. The car ride did it. She was asleep within 2 miles. And when she woke up at the mall, she was the happiest baby ever! If that doesn't seal her genetic fate to me... then check out these legs! She definitely takes after me :)

Rambing #2:

Sam has been afraid of everything lately. I know I baby him, but even I think this is a little out of hand. Ever since Grandma died last year, he's been afraid of sleeping alone. Who can blame him. So we've been letting him fall asleep in our room and we carry him to his bed then. After that came his fear of sugar -because it's bad for you. So before he'd eat anything he'd have to be sure it was sugar-free. This lasted about 2 weeks. Then he was afraid to be anywhere alone. I have to sit in the bathroom while he takes a shower, and when he brushes his teeth, he has to pull back the shower curtain to be sure there's nothing behind it. (I should've done that before going to the bathroom at that party in high school - but that's another story). The latest thing he fears is choking. I don't know where he got that from, but he's quit eating almost everything. Even the babysitter questioned me about why he's not eating. We've moved forward though. Today he had a Toaster Strudel for breakfasts and 1 chicken nugget for lunch. (judging by the Toaster Strudel, you can tell he's gotten past the sugar-free thing.) I figure this too shall pass. Or maybe I should get the kid to a therapist.

Rambling #3:

The weather has been 90+ this week and my dogs were in desperate need of grooming. I should say "are" in desperate need of good grooming, since I gave them a home haircut. With the advent of summer comes summer daycare, which means we go into poverty mode for about 3 months. And the luxury of almost $50-per-dog grooming bills just isn't going to happen until about October. I'd post a picture of them if I didn't leave my camera cord at work, only because they look so ridiculous. The clippers I spent $50 on last year (which could be justified because after only 1 use, they would have offset the cost of one grooming trip). Well, those ceased to work after the first clipping. So I used scissors and every time they squirmed, they ended up with little bald spots. So now my springers look like dalmatians!

Rambling #4:
We went out to rent some movies tonight- as to save money. Or so I thought! $27.00 for family video night! I rented The Number 23 (Ok, but slow in parts), Marc rented Beowulf (I went to bed) and Sweeney Todd (not too interesting). And Sam got 2 Playstation games. We could have just gone to see the Dark Knight and snuck treats in my purse and called it even! It would have been a much better movie than these!

Rambling #5:
The county fair is here this week. I can go there to make myself feel better. But what if I blend in too well with the carnies. I guess I won't end up feeling too good about myself then.