Two things that always get me...three-day weekends when we have no particular plans and Sunday afternoons when we have no particular plans. I think the three-day weekend thing is because we have a pretty routine life, not boring, just routine. So, when we have that extra day thrown in the mix and nothing to really fill it, I get punchy, grouchy and well, just a bit mean. I need a purpose to my day - something to look forward to. As for Sunday afternoons, I'm usually okay until 3:00-4:00 rolls around. Then it seems like a long time until bath, stories and bed...and it also seems that Kyle suddenly becomes "starving" - he bugs me like every 10 minutes asking for a snack. Even...after...I...have...given...him...a...snack!
Today was a blessing! The weather (for the first time in months and months) was gorgeous; 75-80 degrees with low humidity, and that's saying a lot in Georgia! We met my friend Carolyn at a new-to-us playground and the boys played like crazy. They ran all over and put on funny little skits for over an hour. Then Carolyn invited us to ride in her new Saturn Vue (quite nice!) while they did a couple errands. The best of which was a stop at Party City - Kyle is a Halloween fanatic and they've started putting out all the costumes, etc. After she dropped us at our car, Kyle and I went to the library where we ran into my friend Jennifer and Kyle's first-grade teacher. After picking out several books (including Kyle's first Junie B. Jones book) we spent time doing some puzzles and looking at videos. Then we had a snack at the library coffee house and talked about odds and ends. It really was a surprising Sunday for me. The day went by quickly and I felt happy and satisfied with the day.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Sunday Surprise
Posted by LoriAnn at 9/16/2007 08:46:00 PM
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I love your blog. It just makes me feel good to hop on and "hear" your voice. I like to know about your organizing, and I just love your observations about certain things. I feel so much better about the world knowing you're in it and taking care of things.
Hannah has joined a drama class at Topeka Civic Theater. Last week was her first session and she floated on air coming out.
My sister's daughter Brittany turns 13! today. That means that Reid is just around the corner from TEENAGER-DOM.
I took a group of students to a yearbook seminar today. A lot of good ideas sprinkled in with a long spell of BORING. But we'll take our good ideas.
I love driving the kids crazy by sprinkling in some of their venacular when I speak to them. Today I said, "this is just so whack and lame," - of course emphasizing each syllable. It's like nails on the chalkboard to them.
Last night Mike & I watched Chris Rock's new movie, "I think I love my wife." We giggled through the movie, but had a whopping fight afterward. It just stirred up a lot of old wounds. I hate movies that allow men to look at other women, flirt, have lunch, run all over with them - all the while who is at home making dinner, doing the dishes, taking care of the kids? The wife is villianized because she's seen as dumpy and married life is boring.
Well, so what! My life is boring. I do work hard, and no I don't wear sexy underwear, and yeah I get turned on more by a good kitchen remodel on HGTV than the scruffy needy guy who lives with me. C'est la vie!
I hate the fact that men are allowed to be perpetual teenagers (or 20-somethings), while women carry the brunt of the load. I'd be more fun too if I wasn't so busy and tired all the time.
Whew! Thanks for letting me vent.
Keep up the blog. I really enjoy it. Talk to you later.
Heather
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