Super Groovy

2-19-10

It doesn’t seem to be a good morning so far. I got up to Luna whining. I then went into the bathroom to take my shower only to be delayed for some time with a crazy bloody nose. Like blood for days. It was all over me. I had to take my shower with something in my nose. I know, being in hot water and steam probably didn’t help, but I needed to shower to get ready, so I did it quick. It seems to have subsided for now, but I had never had the sensation of blood down my throat before, and it was not pleasant.

As if those things were not bad enough, I banged into the kids’ chairs. Of course, this was just par for the course after last night I managed to step on a piece of Lego barefoot, smash my finger into the window sill, and then almost cut it open with a knife (it would have, but luckily I was only using a butter knife, so I was only badly bruised). Seriously, I need to look out for falling pianos today.

I think that these injuries are all trade offs for the fantastic purse I found last night at Target. I am loving the Converse One Star line they have. They have given me a wonderful scarf, a couple of hats, and my wonderful sparkly black shoes. Last night, they did it again with the coolest purse I have ever laid my eyes on. It is black, kind of hobo style with gobs of little zippers and extra pouches. It is my rock star purse, and I am telling you, I am desperately in love. It was way pricier than I like to spend. And normally, this is something I would wait for sales or clearance, or even another pass at it to see if it still called out to me. But I don’t often have love at first sight like this, and I couldn’t pass it up for fear that it would be gone. I almost want to leave it out on my desk at work to show it off.

Bobby enjoyed the hell out of movie day with Daddy. The only real problem was he was a bit grouchy from lack of any down time. Either that or since he has been on his best behavior the last 3 days because he knew the movie was on the line if he did not, he didn’t have any new incentive to be good.

I really like our neighbors, but our next door neighbor, Mike, can be a pain in the ass. He is this older man who has lived alone for longer than I know. Over the last 11 years, we have learned a lot about him because he is the typical chatty, nosy neighbor. Perfect neighbor to watch the house when you are gone and to find out neighborhood gossip, but if you want to get into your house quickly and he is out front, best to pretend to be on the phone so he doesn’t stop you. Yesterday, he was standing on our porch when I pulled up, Ken clearly being held hostage by the chatting. Ken was pulling weeds and making himself busy, clearly looking for the opportunity to bail. The problem was, Mike was standing on the porch steps, so he was blocking freedom. I walked up, asked where Bobby was, and thankfully, he was safe inside. Mike talked and talked for a good 15 minutes, when suddenly he moved a bit so Ken was able to bound up onto the porch. The good man that he is, he also threw me a rope with the sentence, “Hey, babe, I wanted to show you that thing before we leave.” YAY! Mike headed off, and we were free!! Turned out, poor Ken had been out there for a good 20 minutes before I arrived. Yie.

Ken is teaching Bobby how to cross the street safely. He had Bobby take Dax to daycare yesterday. He watched, of course, but he was to look both ways and really make sure not to jump out into traffic. When we picked up Dax, Ken had Bobby go get him. I was a little freaked, despite the street we live on being incredibly quiet traffic wise. But they did it good, and it was super cute to watch Bobby escort his little brother home.

Ken and I had been joking about how some of the critters in our house are hopelessly devoted to me. Monarch was circling me when I got home, and when we went outside to attend to a crying Bobby, Luna not only ran up to me, she promptly curled up on my feet and proceeded to lick them. She was actually kissing my feet. Once back inside, I told Ken that at least Ittles loved him more. He said he wasn’t so sure, and I said that although I know Ittles loves me, she would totally choose Ken over me. She must have heard me and assumed I was unsure of her love. Seriously, this cat was at my feet the rest of the night, rubbing up against my legs, sitting on my lap, all kinds of affection. She NEVER does this with me. I guess my status of coolest mom in the world stands at least in the eyes of my kids and fur kids alike.

It is probably good no one sits back in my little corner since I have been dancing to Beastie Boys. LOL!

They removed Tammy’s old monitor, now, so her desk is just a desk. I just cleaned up some of it, moved things into a more uniform setting. It is now my desk as far as I am concerned, so I think I need to claim it. Not saying I don’t want my Tammy back, but for now, I think if I make this desk look used, they won’t put anyone else, or anything else, back here with me. Maybe I need to go get some big ole plants to put back there so that I can make it look nice. I have my little bamboo shoot now at my desk. It is one of those plants that is next to impossible to kill off.

I am on a Twitter Friday. Since Stephanie gave up Facebook for Lent, she has taken to the land of Twitter. Being without Facebook is hard. I know. So I am trying to Tweet more as to give her some amusement. Plus, it is a pretty popular forum for funny, so I might as well embrace it. She suggested more tweeting for today, so I am going to try to Tweet at least once an hour. Hopefully it won’t be uber lame stuff, but it might be fun either way. It also is helpful that the net is still not blocked, so I have been able to go directly to the site as opposed to doing them via my phone. Although, once I leave work, I will need to do that.

Dude, it is supposed to rain all weekend. That does make certain activities out of the question.


CRAP!!!!!!! I just looked at the 10 day forecast and it looks like it is supposed to rain on Bobby’s party day!!!!!! CRAP!!!!!!!! Ok, don’t panic. Weather conditions change. I will need to monitor it. If it rains, though, I need to make sure I have things to do. It may mean the party is inside. Not a problem, but it means that my house needs to be more than clean, it needs to be uber clean. CRAP!!!!!! Ok, don’t panic. Breathe. Maybe I can do some kind of craft with the kids. Like they can make their own hats or something. That would work! I could set up the living room to do that. I can close off the cats and dogs into our bedroom. I can do this!!!! Breathe!!!! CRAP!!!!!!!! On the plus side, if it rains, I don’t need to spend money on the bounce house. Of course, I do need to spend that money on crafts. LOL!

I think I had a dream that someone asked me if I was getting a new tattoo, and I think I got one. Hmm..What was that dream? Part of me wants to get a cute little tattoo on my wrist. Like a bracelet. Maybe made of little stars. It is probably good that Ken is my husband since I wouldn’t be shocked if I was more covered in ink without him.

I feel self conscious today. I wore my wonderful, soft, periwinkle sweater today. This isn’t a problem, except I normally wear a cami under it since it is over sized. Now, it falls off of one or both shoulders, which isn’t a problem if I am out and about, but at work, I am not sure flashing bra is cool. I have tucked a tiny portion under my strap in order to keep it up and not look bad. I also am wearing lighter colored jeans, which I never do. Another feeling that it is wrong. Luckily I have my wonderful sparkly shoes today. Maybe I need to carry my rock star purse with me when I leave my desk just to have the awesome accessory. LOL!

I think I may do my hair cut first, then go back and do color later. Not that I don’t want the whole new look at once, but I am thinking of expense. I mentioned to Ken as we passed one of the beauty schools that I was going to go see if they could do my hair like I wanted, and said they may be able to save me a few bucks. He then asks me how much and I said maybe they could do it all for like $50 or $75, and he looked shocked. He says, “that is cheap?” LOL! I pointed out the entire cut and color at most places is going to be well over $100. I think I need to ease him into this transformation.

I am feeling so good right now! I feel all perky and groovy. I feel a little icky from the gum I was chewing, but other than that, I feel on top of the world. I wonder what that is about! Well, I am rocking my Erasure this morning, so perhaps that has something to do with it. I also have my rock star purse. LOL!!

I love it when random things pop into my head. Yesterday Bobby had some Gatorade and all of the sudden the old 80’s commercial for them came into my head. Just now, I had this strange memory of Ken giving me some new kind of perfume. I realize now it was part of a dream last night, but why in the world did that memory come into my head at this exact moment? I wasn’t putting on perfume or smelling anything. So odd. I think my brain is possessed.

I have to admit, it is really cool that my company seems to be getting more tech savvy. Just now, we got an email about a new phone system and the training we got an email on training sign ups. Normally, we email them back and they put us on the list. This time, there was a web site to go to that was all automated. It rocked!

Even though I am thinking I would like to get my hair at least cut this weekend, I think I will wait since I have so much work to do on the house. Besides, I wasn’t suppose to do my hair until the spring. Of course, when I get my mind set on something specific, it is hard to sway me or to get me to wait. I am very impatient.

Interesting memories from today’s Erasure selection. Even though they make me a little sad, it is not like a depressing sad. If anything, they actually make me smile.