Saturday, June 28, 2008
Time
It seems to be going by too fast lately. Working full time will do that, unfortunately. Fortunately, I do enjoy my work. Not as much as I enjoy being with my kids, but it does make my time with them all the sweeter! I was thinking that I'd start adding some "reminisces" from over the years as this blog will hopefully be a way for the kids to look back when they are adults. Odd to think of how the internet will change the way we pass along family history. There will be no denying some things! So last night William asked me to get him some "buggle gum". He and Ben both love "buggle gum". They also like "great nuts" in their yogurt. It got me thinking about some of the good ones the older two had when they were the little ones (so long ago, yet so recent!). My favorte to this day remains the "beavers" they used to get when they were sick (you know, when your temperature rises?). And when lij was big enough to use the potty, his sister said "He needs a rooster seat" They used "blue" to make paper stay together when doing arts and crafts, and loved to eat "racaroni and cheese" for lunch. ...................................... I remember another time when Ben was a newborn and I had him in an infant swing while I worked around the house. Ana and Lij were just doing their thing and playing. At one point I picked Ben up and put him in his crab. Moments later Ana ran to me in a panic, "MOMMY! BENJI'S GONE!!!!!!!!!!" ........................................ Here's one that still blows my mind. When Ana was 15 months old I had my first OB appointment for my pregnancy with Elijah. Brian was holding her and the doc had the doppler on my belly. The sound of the heartbeat filled the room and Ana signed "baby!". HOW DID SHE KNOW? That summer she also saw Grandma and Grandpa bring their boat and fish in our lake; the following spring, when she was newly two, she looked out the window and signed "boat, grandma" (meaning she remembered the year before, when she was one). Wow! She was something. Still is. This morning they played restaurant (because I went grocery shopping after work last night so they were on a mission to eat it all) and she made two different menus, one for kids and one for adults. She CHARGED her brothers for their meals. The OB appointment thing reminded me of something else. The first time she met Elijah she was 20 months old and was put up beside me on the bed in the hospital. Someone handed us baby Elijah who was bawling his little head off (already disagreeing with things). Ana, a firm believer in a good Nuk solving all of one's problems, pointed at her newly arrived brother and signed "Nukkie". She thought he needed one. He never did get one, as he was the first Schurman brother to pioneer the art of thumb sucking, a tradition that has passed from thumb to thumb and is still going strong in his successors. .................... Big news for Ariana, Ben, and I. We are going to see Little House on the Prairie: The Musical at the Guthrie in the end of July!!!!!!!!!!!!!! July is going to be a huge month for ana--she has so much going on. I'm encouraging her to relax while she can but she is antsy to continue with her summer adventures. I digress. We are very excited about the play; myself in particular because Melissa Gilbert, who played Laura in the TV series, is starring as Ma! And...and....and....our seats are row D, center!!!! This was all set up with a friend of mine from Canada who also has a large family headed by one little girl. They are traveling down to Minnesota for it and invited us to join them. So, a great adventure awaits. Oh, Elijah was asked first and he declined, so Ben was asked and happily accepted. I'm looking forward to the time with him as well as to meeting our Canadian friends. ....................... Ana and Lij went to a birthday bash yesterday at their friend Allie's. I love it that they are close enough in age and relationship that they share the same friends. They had a great time. I talked to Ana on the phone afterward and I asked her if Lij behaved (cuz he was getting bucky beforehand about not wanting to swim in their pool, lest someone see his swimming trunks) and she said "he got kinda wild but so did Allie". Then she was telling me about the family's nice house etc. I asked if Allie had a nice bedroom and she said "I don't know, i didn't see it, but Lijah did, and he said it's really cool". So lij was in the bedroom playing barbies and whatnot with her while the others were elsewhere....LOL. We also had Stacy, Henry, and Kate over to swim on Wednesday. That's always a great time as we all enjoy them. Stacy has a sense of humor, which is something that can be hard to find in my age group (why?). I was holding Zac and he kept farting and I said "I wonder if you aren't constipated" and Stacy turned around and said "who???????????" (because it sounded like I was saying it to her). Their move is imminent and they are awaiting some final information before they make their final plans. They will be moving down to Okoboji, Iowa, which is near the Minnesota border. Ben and I already plan to go down there for his birthday and spend the night in a hotel, just the two of us. It will be great. Zaccy finally added tooth #4 and took a big shit and now all is well in his world. Nothing new with Wils...............he likes to mess with me and gets me laughing every time. He likes to ride his trike and he likes to play with his dump trucks. I am so excited to give him his birthday presents, another dump truck, and bulldozer. He asked the other day if we could please just get his birthday cake now too. Well..................I guess that's enough for now. Til next time!
Sunday, June 22, 2008
5:30 a.m.
Yikes! I just realized it's been 2 weeks since I've posted. Work is to blame; usually I get a little down time to catch up my blogging but we just finished a full moon and it's been otherwise crazy, so to speak. But that's another story, and I'm posting those elsewhere.
So, 5:30 a.m. That's what time Elijah was in my face this morning asking if it was a good time to go fishing. I didnt feel it was, so I told him to wait. He did. Until 5:45. That was pretty good, for him. You can imagine how the rest of the morning went. I did finally get him out there at around 9 :30. I'm at work now and the last email I got from Brian, at about 9 PM, said that Elijah was out there on his little folding chair all day, waiting for the big 'un.
This week was ana's big theater debut. She attended theater camp at rocori high school and it was fabulous. It is run by a traveling troupe (Prairie Fire Children's Theater) and this year they were really good. The play was Jack and the Beanstalk and it was a musical adaptation. Our girl was cast as Treble Clef, a key member of the Orchestranians. The Orchestranians were, I think, guardians of a level of air somewhere between earth and the top of the beanstalk. Her entrance to the stage was funny and impressed me with it's perfect casting of her. She entered stage left with her arms crossed and held high and her nose in the air (she was directed to "show her boogers"). She marched resolutely across to the other side of the stage alone, turned on her heel, and went back across to the other side, turned on her heel again, and another Orchestranian joined her--and followed behind her making faces and mocking her character. Ana kept a straight face, for the most part--except those dimples gave her away. You could see through to the other side of her face. The perfection in the casting is that Ana is rather reserved and is also quite used (and impervious) to being trailed by smaller, irritating, beings. She had a significant number of lines and didn't blow a single one. As a matter of fact she knew the whole play by heart and was annoyed by others flubbing theirs!
I attended the Saturday production and took two hours from work and ran to cold spring. It would have been nice to be off the whole evening but I'm not at a point where I can make such demands. It was great to be allowed to take off as I was, given that this is health care (mental, to boot) and not library science or some other such tame thing. Grandma came from Wisconsin for the Saturday performance as well, and Brian and Elijah were there too. Joanie and James went to the Friday show. So anyway during the play there was this giant who ran through the audience looking for a human to eat. Elijah went from Grandma's house to mine in one swift movement. Hmmm......................a little nervous, are we? Which reminds me, this morning I had to flick a bug off his tacklebox before he could fish.
Ben spent Friday afternoon at his friend Henry's house playing with "Turdy", Henry's turtle. According to Henry's mom, he is not the most original with names, if you can't tell. They had a good time, as usual.
Wils is doing good. He asked if he could ride bike to Grandma's house. I just hope he doesn't set out some day in actual pursuit of that. He will be four in less than two months! That's hard to digest. He is one I would keep little forever. The rest of them i would say probably not (except maybe Ben--he was a wonderful baby and seems to get sneaky as he gets older).
Zac is definately not invited to stay a baby forever but he seems bent on it. He did finally get a 3rd tooth and the 4th is on the verge of arrival also. I wonder what excuse he'll come up with for being a crab once that one is in? Brian has that kid so spoiled. He is, of course, still very funny. He is a good one for making faces and is very dramatic. When he doesnt get his way he will lay on his face. Reminds of Lij as a baby that way. Lij would very carefully arrange himself on the floor to have his "tantrums" (if they could be called that). He certainly didn't want to injure himself! Unfortunately for him he felt there was much in his little life to protest so he spent a lot of time carefully arranging himself on the floor.
Well, I better get back to the millieu. We have a 56 year old guy who thinks I'm his mommy.
So, 5:30 a.m. That's what time Elijah was in my face this morning asking if it was a good time to go fishing. I didnt feel it was, so I told him to wait. He did. Until 5:45. That was pretty good, for him. You can imagine how the rest of the morning went. I did finally get him out there at around 9 :30. I'm at work now and the last email I got from Brian, at about 9 PM, said that Elijah was out there on his little folding chair all day, waiting for the big 'un.
This week was ana's big theater debut. She attended theater camp at rocori high school and it was fabulous. It is run by a traveling troupe (Prairie Fire Children's Theater) and this year they were really good. The play was Jack and the Beanstalk and it was a musical adaptation. Our girl was cast as Treble Clef, a key member of the Orchestranians. The Orchestranians were, I think, guardians of a level of air somewhere between earth and the top of the beanstalk. Her entrance to the stage was funny and impressed me with it's perfect casting of her. She entered stage left with her arms crossed and held high and her nose in the air (she was directed to "show her boogers"). She marched resolutely across to the other side of the stage alone, turned on her heel, and went back across to the other side, turned on her heel again, and another Orchestranian joined her--and followed behind her making faces and mocking her character. Ana kept a straight face, for the most part--except those dimples gave her away. You could see through to the other side of her face. The perfection in the casting is that Ana is rather reserved and is also quite used (and impervious) to being trailed by smaller, irritating, beings. She had a significant number of lines and didn't blow a single one. As a matter of fact she knew the whole play by heart and was annoyed by others flubbing theirs!
I attended the Saturday production and took two hours from work and ran to cold spring. It would have been nice to be off the whole evening but I'm not at a point where I can make such demands. It was great to be allowed to take off as I was, given that this is health care (mental, to boot) and not library science or some other such tame thing. Grandma came from Wisconsin for the Saturday performance as well, and Brian and Elijah were there too. Joanie and James went to the Friday show. So anyway during the play there was this giant who ran through the audience looking for a human to eat. Elijah went from Grandma's house to mine in one swift movement. Hmmm......................a little nervous, are we? Which reminds me, this morning I had to flick a bug off his tacklebox before he could fish.
Ben spent Friday afternoon at his friend Henry's house playing with "Turdy", Henry's turtle. According to Henry's mom, he is not the most original with names, if you can't tell. They had a good time, as usual.
Wils is doing good. He asked if he could ride bike to Grandma's house. I just hope he doesn't set out some day in actual pursuit of that. He will be four in less than two months! That's hard to digest. He is one I would keep little forever. The rest of them i would say probably not (except maybe Ben--he was a wonderful baby and seems to get sneaky as he gets older).
Zac is definately not invited to stay a baby forever but he seems bent on it. He did finally get a 3rd tooth and the 4th is on the verge of arrival also. I wonder what excuse he'll come up with for being a crab once that one is in? Brian has that kid so spoiled. He is, of course, still very funny. He is a good one for making faces and is very dramatic. When he doesnt get his way he will lay on his face. Reminds of Lij as a baby that way. Lij would very carefully arrange himself on the floor to have his "tantrums" (if they could be called that). He certainly didn't want to injure himself! Unfortunately for him he felt there was much in his little life to protest so he spent a lot of time carefully arranging himself on the floor.
Well, I better get back to the millieu. We have a 56 year old guy who thinks I'm his mommy.
Sunday, June 8, 2008
The Voter 5000
When I left for work earlier today, Ana was supervising her brothers' construction of a cardboard creation they named "The Voter 5000". Would you believe, considering they are 9, 7, 5, and 3, that this was a new kind of voting booth? Ana is seriously bummed along with me that Hillary is out of the race, but I can see a lot of good that came from Hillary's run. Certain little girls were sparked with interest in politics! (Perhaps most interestingly, I'm not interested in politics in the least)
Today Ana and I were talking about dog years vs human years and she said "So, in human years, Minnie and I are both under a decade." Well, yes, they are! Is "decade" a vocabulary word studied in third grade?
Lij found a population of frogs around Lynn's little landscaping pond so we have been going over there so he can hunt. He also found a really cool crayfish a few days ago; he told me it's a female. I asked how he knows and he said "Come here, I'll show you". I was very curious about what gender specific characteristic he might be imagining. To my surprise, I believe he was correct. He showed me a cluster of what had to be eggs under it's tail!
Benj is into writing and charting and diagramming. Joanie found him making notes about barn swallows. Something along the lines of "brd brn swallos". He carries around a clipboard to make these notes on. It's too cute.
Wils continues to be the bestest boy and Zac continues to be the crabbiest. If those front teeth don't come in soon I'm going in personally to get 'em out.
Today Ana and I were talking about dog years vs human years and she said "So, in human years, Minnie and I are both under a decade." Well, yes, they are! Is "decade" a vocabulary word studied in third grade?
Lij found a population of frogs around Lynn's little landscaping pond so we have been going over there so he can hunt. He also found a really cool crayfish a few days ago; he told me it's a female. I asked how he knows and he said "Come here, I'll show you". I was very curious about what gender specific characteristic he might be imagining. To my surprise, I believe he was correct. He showed me a cluster of what had to be eggs under it's tail!
Benj is into writing and charting and diagramming. Joanie found him making notes about barn swallows. Something along the lines of "brd brn swallos". He carries around a clipboard to make these notes on. It's too cute.
Wils continues to be the bestest boy and Zac continues to be the crabbiest. If those front teeth don't come in soon I'm going in personally to get 'em out.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
My Kind of Party
Whew--it's been awhile, and with good reason! The last 10 days have been beyond busy (abnormally so--usually I manage to keep it pretty tame). Last week was the kid's last week of school and I spent a day there with each of them. Tuesday Ana turned 9 and we also had her annual girl scout troop end of year party that evening. Friday we celebrated the end of their year with a trip to the dairy queen and seconds for everyone (followed by MAJOR MELTDOWNS!). Saturday morning I took Lij to the doctor with a mouth full of ulcers and he was diagnosed with strep (pretty soon we all had sore throats and were given meds without being seen). I worked the weekend and I don't remember what I did on Monday but I'm sure it was important (I just remembered we had Stacy, Henry, and Kate over all afternoon, and ended up getting Allie in the evening, I will explain more later); Tuesday Joanie and I took Ariana and two girlfriends to the Mall of America for her birthday adventure. Yesterday I went back to the cities with Charlotte to take my state boards, and today we capped things off with Elijah's cub scout den end of year party. We also had Ana's friend Paije over for the afternoon. And we've had swimming lessons Monday through Thursday mornings for the older two.
And somehow I found time to turn 36 today.
That's enough, i guess.
So, now a bit about each of the above events. The school year ended well for all three kids. They got excellent grades. Of particular note is that Elijah got an O in reading. This is noteworthy because in the beginning of the year he was sent to a special classroom for extra help because he was slow getting started. He most certainly caught up and then some! He also fell in love with his special reading teacher and according to her it is mutual. He made thank you notes for her and Mrs. Tulkki and both notes had hearts all over them. Ben made as construction paper card for Mrs. Trimble and that was full of pink hearts too. I'm so afraid I'm going to have to deal with pissed off fathers when they get to high school.
Ana made a wonderful thank you for her teacher. She worked all week on a book for her. The book was "Why Ms. Schmidt Is the Best Teacher Ever" and it was so well written and so well illustrated. It really was something. I got to be there when. Ms. Schmidt unwrapped it (of course, my most competent girl also wrapped it and put it in a gift bag!) and it was obvious she was so touched. I was really proud of all of them.
Ben aced kindergarten. We recieved the news that he will be in Mrs. Tulkki's room next year, so he is excited about that (and I think she is too).
The girl scout end of year party went well. At first the girls sat around like little old ladies and so did their mothers. I was like...come on, people, this is a party. Finally stuff got going and we had fun. We always do a potluck and we get great food. We have a mom who is a dentist and she always brings fruit--really good fruit like blackberries and strawberries. So the food was great, but you know how women eat in groups? Chew carrot, chat daintily, chew broccoli, visit nicely, have a celery, wash hands. I was panting over the cheetohs and stuffing myself. Damn, that was fine food. I had Zac in a baby carrier on my front and I found out later (by looking at his face and hands) that he had been partaking in the offerings as well. At the e nd of the party there was a lot of food left because of the parsimonious way women eat in public, and I was thinking maybe they would leave some, but no. They packed up their carrots and their broccoli and their cheese and their blackberries and they left. Pfffft.
So tonight we have cub scouts. Hence the title--my kind of party! We had weenies on the grill, the little guys ran around like heathens, and the dads scarfed down hotdogs with me in the kitchen. I told them how much more fun they were than the girl scout moms and one of the dads said they all probably went home and ate there. I know he is right. Who do they think they are kidding? They're FAT! (The girl scout mothers). And then the best part, of course the boy scout dads didnt even think to bring home the leftovers (there were some, despite the happy eating all around). So here I am with chips, cheese, pop, ritz crackers, even a few weenies left. The feast! Ana, Ben, and Wil went to Lynn's and played so I could attend to the party and they had even more fun, I think. She always bakes with them and tonight they made rhubarb crisp. They watched movies and chased cats. I think Lynn really needs to be a grandma, she would really enjoy it. Zac stayed here with me because he goes to bed around 7 and he didnt notice anything unusual with a house full of boys. I watched his little hands around the food though.
A quick story about Lij's friend Allie. Monday night I was standing in my kitchen and I looked up and there was Allie! She had Elijah's jacket that he forgot at school (I'm not sure how she ended up with it) and her mom and Gramma were waiting in the van for her, they had stopped by so she could drop it off. Lij was so happy to see her he did sommersaults on the couch. He looked very dorky. So I asked Allie if she wanted to stay and play for a bit, because she lives very close. She did, so I went out and asked her mom, who said that was just fine. So she stayed for a few hours and they had a ball--so did I, I like that girl! Brian was also awake (I think he is starting to wonder about all these spare children I keep bringing home) and Allie was very interested in our signing so I explained some to her. She asked ana and I to teach her certain signs. She picked it up very quickly and well. Yesterday I called her mom to talk about arranging another playdate and her mom told me a cute story. She said Allie's gramma used to be a teacher and they were visiting when Allie got home from our house and allie told them she was going to teach them some sign language. So she demonstrated and th en she said "OK, now let's do that again." Like a teacher. Her mom and gramma thought it was so cute.
The girl day in the cities with ana was very nice. It was very important that Joanie be with because 1) she can drive in the cities and 2) she has patience for girls in malls. Neither of those things can I claim. I did pretty well for the first couple hours; the store we took them to was called Friends 2B Made. They got to choose dolls to be stuffed and then buy clothes. Like Build a Bear, but with dolls. After that we went to Rainforest Cafe and that was an adventure for them too. After THAT, however, my torture began. My goal was to get the hell out of there. Nobody else shared that goal. We had to meander to and fro, and the conversation was along the lines of "ohh, that is sooo CUUUTTTEEE!!" "Are you going to buy that?" "Ohhh, LOOK at this one!".
We'd have to duck into these little shops and they'd scatter out and regroup and scatter out and ....keep in mind this included Joanie among those who would scatter out and regroup and stop and look and blah blah blah blah blah. Finally it go to the point where I had to say "I'm done, I'm getting ornery, we have to get me out of here!".
I don't mean to sound like I didnt enjoy it, because I did. I was very happy to have that day with ana and give her that wonderful time. I just wouldn't do it for anyone else in the entire world!
Story from swimming lessons today....I had to take Wil into the girl's locker room with me. It was pretty much empty sans a few girls in their swimming suits. I told Wil to let the girls have their privacy. I was carrying him and he said "MOMMY, ARE THEY NAKED?"
State boards yesterday went fine. I had two big problems and they were not on the test. The first was that I was hungry. That's been happening lately, I forget to eat! I've always thought that was some kind of stupid, don't you? But it's happening and then I find myself in a pinch with no food. So I had to try to work through that. Worse, however, was the fact that as soon as the test started I had to take a crap. Good luck getting up to do that in the middle of state boards. Boy, that got tough. When I do it again for my RN I'm wearing depends. It was actually pretty fun driving down with Charlotte, and we met up with Carol (their other sister). Charlotte is the only literal blonde but they are both proverbial ones. Pretty entertaining. Charlotte was telling me about her daughter Maria's new boyfriend Sing and her husband Bernie's friend Yumyum (sp?). These are ethnic names. We went to Olive Garden and Charlotte bought me a birthday dinner.
So then after this long, long, day, I finally pull my weary self into the driveway at 7 pm. I was met by the sight of sleeping bags and pillows in the yard, where a camp was in place to await my arrival. They ran to greet me and the first thing out of Ben's mouth was " Did you fail?"
I passed just fine and am now licensed.
And somehow I found time to turn 36 today.
That's enough, i guess.
So, now a bit about each of the above events. The school year ended well for all three kids. They got excellent grades. Of particular note is that Elijah got an O in reading. This is noteworthy because in the beginning of the year he was sent to a special classroom for extra help because he was slow getting started. He most certainly caught up and then some! He also fell in love with his special reading teacher and according to her it is mutual. He made thank you notes for her and Mrs. Tulkki and both notes had hearts all over them. Ben made as construction paper card for Mrs. Trimble and that was full of pink hearts too. I'm so afraid I'm going to have to deal with pissed off fathers when they get to high school.
Ana made a wonderful thank you for her teacher. She worked all week on a book for her. The book was "Why Ms. Schmidt Is the Best Teacher Ever" and it was so well written and so well illustrated. It really was something. I got to be there when. Ms. Schmidt unwrapped it (of course, my most competent girl also wrapped it and put it in a gift bag!) and it was obvious she was so touched. I was really proud of all of them.
Ben aced kindergarten. We recieved the news that he will be in Mrs. Tulkki's room next year, so he is excited about that (and I think she is too).
The girl scout end of year party went well. At first the girls sat around like little old ladies and so did their mothers. I was like...come on, people, this is a party. Finally stuff got going and we had fun. We always do a potluck and we get great food. We have a mom who is a dentist and she always brings fruit--really good fruit like blackberries and strawberries. So the food was great, but you know how women eat in groups? Chew carrot, chat daintily, chew broccoli, visit nicely, have a celery, wash hands. I was panting over the cheetohs and stuffing myself. Damn, that was fine food. I had Zac in a baby carrier on my front and I found out later (by looking at his face and hands) that he had been partaking in the offerings as well. At the e nd of the party there was a lot of food left because of the parsimonious way women eat in public, and I was thinking maybe they would leave some, but no. They packed up their carrots and their broccoli and their cheese and their blackberries and they left. Pfffft.
So tonight we have cub scouts. Hence the title--my kind of party! We had weenies on the grill, the little guys ran around like heathens, and the dads scarfed down hotdogs with me in the kitchen. I told them how much more fun they were than the girl scout moms and one of the dads said they all probably went home and ate there. I know he is right. Who do they think they are kidding? They're FAT! (The girl scout mothers). And then the best part, of course the boy scout dads didnt even think to bring home the leftovers (there were some, despite the happy eating all around). So here I am with chips, cheese, pop, ritz crackers, even a few weenies left. The feast! Ana, Ben, and Wil went to Lynn's and played so I could attend to the party and they had even more fun, I think. She always bakes with them and tonight they made rhubarb crisp. They watched movies and chased cats. I think Lynn really needs to be a grandma, she would really enjoy it. Zac stayed here with me because he goes to bed around 7 and he didnt notice anything unusual with a house full of boys. I watched his little hands around the food though.
A quick story about Lij's friend Allie. Monday night I was standing in my kitchen and I looked up and there was Allie! She had Elijah's jacket that he forgot at school (I'm not sure how she ended up with it) and her mom and Gramma were waiting in the van for her, they had stopped by so she could drop it off. Lij was so happy to see her he did sommersaults on the couch. He looked very dorky. So I asked Allie if she wanted to stay and play for a bit, because she lives very close. She did, so I went out and asked her mom, who said that was just fine. So she stayed for a few hours and they had a ball--so did I, I like that girl! Brian was also awake (I think he is starting to wonder about all these spare children I keep bringing home) and Allie was very interested in our signing so I explained some to her. She asked ana and I to teach her certain signs. She picked it up very quickly and well. Yesterday I called her mom to talk about arranging another playdate and her mom told me a cute story. She said Allie's gramma used to be a teacher and they were visiting when Allie got home from our house and allie told them she was going to teach them some sign language. So she demonstrated and th en she said "OK, now let's do that again." Like a teacher. Her mom and gramma thought it was so cute.
The girl day in the cities with ana was very nice. It was very important that Joanie be with because 1) she can drive in the cities and 2) she has patience for girls in malls. Neither of those things can I claim. I did pretty well for the first couple hours; the store we took them to was called Friends 2B Made. They got to choose dolls to be stuffed and then buy clothes. Like Build a Bear, but with dolls. After that we went to Rainforest Cafe and that was an adventure for them too. After THAT, however, my torture began. My goal was to get the hell out of there. Nobody else shared that goal. We had to meander to and fro, and the conversation was along the lines of "ohh, that is sooo CUUUTTTEEE!!" "Are you going to buy that?" "Ohhh, LOOK at this one!".
We'd have to duck into these little shops and they'd scatter out and regroup and scatter out and ....keep in mind this included Joanie among those who would scatter out and regroup and stop and look and blah blah blah blah blah. Finally it go to the point where I had to say "I'm done, I'm getting ornery, we have to get me out of here!".
I don't mean to sound like I didnt enjoy it, because I did. I was very happy to have that day with ana and give her that wonderful time. I just wouldn't do it for anyone else in the entire world!
Story from swimming lessons today....I had to take Wil into the girl's locker room with me. It was pretty much empty sans a few girls in their swimming suits. I told Wil to let the girls have their privacy. I was carrying him and he said "MOMMY, ARE THEY NAKED?"
State boards yesterday went fine. I had two big problems and they were not on the test. The first was that I was hungry. That's been happening lately, I forget to eat! I've always thought that was some kind of stupid, don't you? But it's happening and then I find myself in a pinch with no food. So I had to try to work through that. Worse, however, was the fact that as soon as the test started I had to take a crap. Good luck getting up to do that in the middle of state boards. Boy, that got tough. When I do it again for my RN I'm wearing depends. It was actually pretty fun driving down with Charlotte, and we met up with Carol (their other sister). Charlotte is the only literal blonde but they are both proverbial ones. Pretty entertaining. Charlotte was telling me about her daughter Maria's new boyfriend Sing and her husband Bernie's friend Yumyum (sp?). These are ethnic names. We went to Olive Garden and Charlotte bought me a birthday dinner.
So then after this long, long, day, I finally pull my weary self into the driveway at 7 pm. I was met by the sight of sleeping bags and pillows in the yard, where a camp was in place to await my arrival. They ran to greet me and the first thing out of Ben's mouth was " Did you fail?"
I passed just fine and am now licensed.
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