Sickness

I made the terrible, in hindsight, mistake of looking after K on Wednesday, while she was home sick. They were supposed to fly to NY the next day, and while her mom wasn't sure they would be going due to K being sick, she still had a ton of errands to do.

I figured, no problem, I was supposed to pick her up from school anyway, and I had no baby J that day, so I hung out with her from 10-2 on the sofa, watching TV (something she is never allowed to do), and playing Psst!, which is one of my fave kid's games.

Fast forward to Saturday, where I wake up with a terrible sore throat, but no other symptoms. I go to right aid and find this AWESOME homeopathic salt water gargle that contains witch hazel, vit c, aloe, a bunch of shiz, and kicks sore throat's ass.

Spend Sunday having an early Easter brunch courtesy of Cam, and a late Easter brunch at the horse races with a bunch of Cam's friends and visitors from Ireland. I had never been to the races before, it was fun. Nice to see everyone all dressed up, complete with older women in real Easter Bonnets! they had a fun park for the kids as well, with a snow hill and sledding! It was about 70 degrees, great day all around.

Fast forward to Monday night where I sleep fitfully drenched in sweat.
Tuesday AM, I stand up and WHOOSH my head and chest are filled with massive amounts of crap. I laid in bed all day Tuesday, too sick to even call the cable company and say our cable wasn't working.
Wednesday, I was a little better, managed to call them around noon when I realized internet was also down and I needed to check Cam's email. I broke down yesterday and took the antibiotics that I filled for another head/chest thing and never used. (I know, I know!! Hell I am the first to preach the evils of antibiotics)

I feel sooo much better today, despite sounding like shit. Will post awesome throat gargle stuff when I remember. It kills your sore throat without leaving it numb. You could probably make it at home, but it comes in a box of ten single serving liquid packets, so you can take one in your purse, and I'm a sucker for cute little packaging.

I did manage to read 2/3 of Obama's first book, Dreams from My Father. I am just getting to the point where he meets Rev. Wright, the "anti-Americn" preacher everyone hates lately. I am excited to see how Barack describes him. The book was written in '95, so I'm sure he wasn't expecting to be running for president, or he would have left a few things out.

I have sleep issues. However, I finally took the advice of my Dr, and have been going to bed 1/2 hr earlier and getting up 1/2 hr earlier everyday. So, here I am, awake at 8:00 on a Saturday!

We did not get my new (used) car yesterday. The saleswoman called us at 4:40, 20 minutes before our appt, to say her colleague had sold it. :( Sadness.

We did get pick of the current vehicles taken. It was fun, cruising around GG Park and finding different places to park the cars and take cool pictures. They are primarly for Cam's little bro in Ireland, another car freak. Also for posterities sake, and so every time Cam whines "I want an EVO", I can remind him he had one, and it sucked.

The bright side of this is I can try again to sell the EVO on E-bay, CL, and locally, to someone wh0 appreciates it's souped upedness. The dealerships see after market modifications as a defect, not a plus.

Oh, I will add pics later, and you can laugh at how big of car dorks we are.

Things I don't like

• Construction noises at 8 am. Or 3 pm. Or 6:30 pm. I whined and cried to Cam about this last night, much to his amusement, considering it's his business. "Isn't there some law you have to tell your neighbors before you start a project? No? When do they have to stop by? 7 pm? I'm marching over there and knocking on the door at 7:02". They stopped before 7. I am very sensitive to noise. I could do a whole list on noises I hate.
  
• Seeing people bite their nails.
• Nausea
• Heartburn, Indigestion, Upset Stomach, Diarrhea (I don't have any of those at the minute but sure don't like them either).
• Waiting.
  
• People calling me at 5:30 am to lament the loss of my friendship. Hint people: If you are trying to apologize and make nice with someone, do not repeatedly call them in the early morning. I don't mind the late night drunk calls so much, but do not f*ck with my morning.
• Okra, summer squash, and zucchini, unless they are mixed in with something else. I love every other veggie though, so that's not bad.
• The smell of cigarettes on my hands after my occasional late night smoke. I have to go scrub them immediately afterwards.
  

That, my friends, is all. All I could think of this morning, anyway.

I'm going now to arrange a carefully orchestrated photo of 4 vehicles in front of the Conservatory of Flowers. This takes several people/drivers and perfect timing to get 4 spots in a row in the loading zone, making sure no tour buses with curious Japanese tourists are there, and then a quick snapping of several pictures before zooming off, since it is a loading zone after all.

I love run on sentences.

Then we bid farewell to two cars, and welcome in another. Big day in our car loving household.

A list

I am not a serial list maker. I make one list a week, whatever will fit on the list side of my "BusyBodyBook" planner, and that's it. I constantly make lists in my head though.

Tonight, it is:

Things I like:
Hearing people say pop instead of soda
Carrot Cake for breakfast
Sleeping in (okay, I LOVE that)
Getting two magazines delivered in one day
Fresh clean jammies
Making my bed before noon

You know, I was going to make a things I don't like list too, but it sort of disappeared after writing the positive list so I will quit while I am ahead. Back to watching this terrible Danny Bonaduce/Child Star/Stage Mom or Dad show.

Tunes

I got two new CD's yesterday. Yes, I still buy actual cd's. I even have a tape deck in my car. We have two rarely used ipod's. Someday I might take the time to load them up and make playlists for every possible situation. Maybe.

I much prefer getting a new CD and listening to it non-stop for weeks.

However, there is heavy rotation in the past 24 hours between Akon's "Konvicted" and the Juno Soundtrack. Can you get much different?

Spam Blockers

Is it just me, or are those scrambled letters meant to avoid automated programs from posting getting harder and harder to read?

(Since I can't yet figure out how to put the picture at the bottom of the post, here they are. I always bring a snack and water when I pick her up. I always tell her "don't lose the lid!" She always does. A pencil eraser her teacher gave her as a reward. A tiny shoe from a tiny baby cinderella doll. 2 pesos. She has been asking and asking if I had found the last three, so she will be happy)

Ah, once again I have remembered my blog. It took a while, remembering which blog hosting service I use, then my password, etc, but I am here.

I took a mental health break Mon-Wed of this week, so I am spending today swamped, worse off work wise than I was before.

One of the things I realized during my mental health break was the importance of writing, and writing somewhere healthy. So here I am. I’m taking a break from the paperwork, having a couple girl scout cookies, and a cup of Chai.

I have been enjoying several flickr groups like “tiny moments” and “simple things”.

Once a week I pick up one of my long time babysitting kids from kindergarten and hang out with her until her mom comes home. I’ve looked after her since she was a baby, and her family has become close family friends. The few hours we spend together are a simple thing that means a lot to me.

As I was putting the seats back into place in my car today, I found these items wedged way down in the seat under her booster. I smiled as I scooped them up. Tiny pieces of our adventures together.