School tomorrow!!!

9-6-11


Happy birthday to Sabrina! She is the big 5! Woo hoo!

It was a very good weekend.

Friday was Dax’s practice. He did great. He did have one cry, but it was because he thought he had done something wrong. In actuality, he had been doing so well, the coach was helping the other kids. They were scrimmaging and it was 2 on 3. Dax was on the 3. Coach moved him to one of the 2, mostly to even out the teams and to hopefully encourage his son, who was the other of the 2, to start passing more. Dax didn’t see it this way. Poor kid. He was fine after a bit, and I am glad I was there to comfort him.

Saturday morning, Brandy met us to go to the Farmer’s Market. It was a fun outing. Bobby especially tried lots of things. Even I tried things, and even purchased because of my samples. After the market, we walked the park a couple times. Bobby almost crashed and burned hard when he went down a steep hill on his scooter. Ken saved him and the injuries were only on Ken, not Bobby. It was pretty damned impressive.

After the market, we all went to the store. Grocery shopping for all! It was cool. Especially cool since Brandy got to really spend some good time with the boys, which I loved. We went back to the house, and hung out for a while, visiting and putting away groceries. A very good morning!

Brandy left as Aaron showed up. Aaron was going to play Lego Star Wars with Ken and the boys while I went out. The boys were THRILLED at this.

Stephanie and I headed over to Kam’s. I enjoyed interacting with Dylan and Taylor while Kam finished getting ready. They are both very cute.

We headed to the Galleria to get some food and Chick-Fil-A for Kam’s buds up at Howl. We decided to carpool up, which meant that I was ready for being up there a long time! I was excited.

Primo parking and a reserved table up front. I felt like a celebrity!

We had some drinks, including a couple of free shots, which was awesome. I got a low buzz on, which was perfect. The music was fun, and we all laughed and had a great time. I got a jello shot by a woman that included her on my lap and a chaser of whipped cream. The most amusing part was that when she told me to hold on, I apparently was too close to her ass and she told me to move my hands up. Oops.

We were up at Howl until close, which was 1:30 or so. I didn’t get to bed until close to 3. It was awesome! I was tired, but not as dead as I expected. It was a good time, and I am looking forward to another outing up there.

I got up on Sunday at 7. The boys were up and I tried to encourage Ken to sleep some more. Not like it was going to work, but I tried!

Ken went to a gaming convention with Aaron most of Sunday, which left the boys and I to go play. We went in search of the Payless version of the Shape Ups for Ken, and hit up multiple locations. We were unsuccessful.

One of the most interesting parts of the outing was when Dax says to me randomly, “I think it has been long enough now and Uncle Doug isn’t dead anymore.” This turned into an incredibly mature and adorable conversation concerning death, spirits and feelings. Bobby said spirits didn’t exist. I told him that spirits were not just ghosts. They were the feelings for a person we keep in our hearts. He liked this. They both told me they missed him. Bobby told me he worries about dying. I also told them both, after they asked, what happened with Doug. When I explained that he shot himself, Bobby says, “He killed himself? Doesn’t he know that is forever?” I told them that he hurt and that he thought this was the only way to help it. They were both very sweet and grownup about the whole conversation. I was proud of them.

When we got home, we spent a great deal of time cleaning out the crap in the closet in their room in order to make it a functional closet. I now have their sweatshirts hung up, their boots and soccer bags in there and the whole room is better.

After dinner, we curled up in my bed to watch Wall*E. It was nice!

Yesterday morning, we went with my folks down to San Pedro to the tide pools. It was a fun outing, and a lot of work wandering the rocks. Turns out, balancing on rocks in Shape Ups is not easy. LOL! The good news is I didn’t hurt myself once!

The rest of the day was mellow. I bathed the dogs, fed Hal, cleaned out the rats’ cage and tossed out a bunch of stuff from my closet. I also cleaned the playroom. The biggest accomplishment was keeping myself from kicking the shit out of NB, who was over much of the day. He was an asshole across the board. What is funny is that the boys have not wanted to play with him for a while, and the one day they agree to, he pissed them both off. Bobby even decided to come in at one point. I told both boys that if NB does shit like guilt them into playing with lines like, “Well, I guess you don’t want to be my best friend” to tell him to piss off. They didn’t, but I think they liked knowing they were allowed to.

My orange kitten was already adopted out. Ken had pretty much told me I could not get her, but even had he said ok, it was too late. I am happy for her, though. She deserves a home. Kit got adopted, too, which only leaves Buddha down there. I am sure she will find a home soon. If not, we will go get her!

I am having a hard time focusing this morning. I feel sleepy.

Not only am I team mom for both teams, I just agreed to be assistant coach for Dax’s team. I took the online training this morning and am now certified for U-6. Very exciting!

My boys are back in school tomorrow. Bobby is going to 1st grade, and Dax is finally a kinder student. I am taking them to school, and will try to keep it together. A full report will come on Thursday when I am done crying.