Today Lorie and I got a chance to hang out, just us girls. It always amazes me that we don't get to do it nearly often enough, and yet, once we are together it's like we were never apart.
So today's adventure starts with us going out to eat at Olive Garden. I was craving some Chicken Alfredo, and Lorie, who just got braces on her teeth, needed something soft to chew.
We laughed and talked and just enjoyed. Afterwards we were going to go to Color Me Mine and do some painting. But during our lunch, her son called to let us know that it was Nate's Birthday today and the family was going out to the grave to celebrate. So we decided to meet them there since we were already out that way. We ended up waiting on them for an hour and a half.
It was cold and windy and the balloons the girls wrote on floated away quickly. Riley passed out glazed donuts and I got to hold Carter for a while. He smelled so good. His mommies perfume and baby smell. But of course he sneezed and got snot all over me. What is it with babies and getting their goop on me?
Jori cut the time short because she needed to go to the bathroom, and the cemetery doesn't have facilities.
Lorie and I then went on to color me mine. But when we got there they told us that we would have to be done painting by 5. It was already 3:30, but we thought we could do it. Then.... we noticed that they didn't really have what we thought we would paint and it was taking us some time to even decide what we wanted. So... we left.
Lorie needed a car charger for her phone, and we needed to get Jared some stuff for the Disney World trip. So we went to (sorry Brandy) Wal-Mart.
We walked through and got what we needed and a couple of items we didn't, and got into the check out line. Both Lorie and I bought sunglasses. One for Jared and a pair for me. The checker girl was nice and sweet but didn't say much. Lorie went first and the girl put the sunglasses out on the little check writing table. Lorie looked at her and then took them and put them in her bag.
When it was my turn, the checker put my sunglasses on the table thing, and said: "I just can't bear to put them in the bag." Lorie and I both froze. The girl had the voice of Snow White. SERIOUSLY.
She even giggled as she said that. Just like Snow White. I didn't know how to respond to her comment, so I smiled and said thank you. And this checker with the high pitched voice just kept talking and telling us to have a great day.
We grabbed our bags and headed towards the exit. Once we got there, we started to laugh. I told Lorie that if I had to work standing next to that girl for longer than 10 minutes I'd have to kill her based on her voice and giggle alone. Then Lorie commented that she was Snow White and even the way she said "I just can't bear to put them in the bag," was a Snow White-ism. So then I said well at least she didn't have a voice like someone who smoked six packs a day. So Lorie being her usual funny self says in a deep voiced attempt to sound like a smoker: "I just can't bear to put them in the bag." We were almost to the car and I stated laughing so hard I..... yep FARTED. It wasn't a small dainty thing. It was a loud bomb type fart. This made both Lorie and I laugh even harder which caused me to keep on a tooting. There were people all around us. If they couldn't tell what we were laughing at, then they were deaf.
We hopped in the car and took off, laughing about how Snow White would have sounded if she smoked six packs a day.
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Thursday, April 19, 2012
nothing like feeling dumb, or I love my boss
I usually try not to discuss work in my blog. Mainly for two reasons. 1. because actual work stuff is boring, and 2. No one needs to know about my job.
Also I like the Rocky and Bullwinkle title, because I couldn't decide which one worked.
This week has been a rough week. I have come into work an hour earlier than my usual time. Normally that wouldn't be so bad, but it's really kicked my butt. I am tired and feeling stressed out and just overall cranky and I am pretty sure I'm not fully functioning on all cylinders. That being said I made a big mistake at work. Not so giant I could lose my job, but since I pride myself on doing my job really good, this boo-boo is quiet the 2 X 4 in the face.
I cannot go into details, but it's really upset me. I ran directly to my boss and confessed my sins. My flimsy excuse was that it was a mistake, and that while I didn't do what I normally would have done, it started off with a mistake made by another department.
My boss is awesome. She is really good at sticking with you and watching your back. I have to say again. She is the best manager I have EVER had. She is helping me deal with the issue and I am starting to not feel nearly as stupid as I was. Still not an excuse, but I'm getting over it.
Also I like the Rocky and Bullwinkle title, because I couldn't decide which one worked.
This week has been a rough week. I have come into work an hour earlier than my usual time. Normally that wouldn't be so bad, but it's really kicked my butt. I am tired and feeling stressed out and just overall cranky and I am pretty sure I'm not fully functioning on all cylinders. That being said I made a big mistake at work. Not so giant I could lose my job, but since I pride myself on doing my job really good, this boo-boo is quiet the 2 X 4 in the face.
I cannot go into details, but it's really upset me. I ran directly to my boss and confessed my sins. My flimsy excuse was that it was a mistake, and that while I didn't do what I normally would have done, it started off with a mistake made by another department.
My boss is awesome. She is really good at sticking with you and watching your back. I have to say again. She is the best manager I have EVER had. She is helping me deal with the issue and I am starting to not feel nearly as stupid as I was. Still not an excuse, but I'm getting over it.
Monday, April 2, 2012
And this is why I have no children of my own
This weekend we celebrated Braydons 17th birthday. 17 years old. It makes me feel so ancient. It was just yesterday that I held him for the first time.
I can say that it has been great fun to see him learn and grow through the years. I have enjoyed his unique perspective of the world. But it also has been very difficult for me to relinquish hold on him because his disorder has caused me to treat him as younger than he is, and to want to do things for him.
It has also frustrated by Dan and myself as we sometimes completely flip flop and expect him to be more mature and adult about certain things.
This weekend the boys talked Dan into allowing them to spend the night Saturday. They love to be at our house because.... well it's not their house. HAHAHA
Saturday was a pretty easy day as we went to eat at Godfather's Pizza, and then went to see Wrath of the Titans. Then we went back to our house with Andy, Stef, Lorie, Tony, Dan, myself, and the 3 boys. Immediate dibs was demanded on the two computers (my laptop is off limits).
Dan as always tries to be fair in giving equal time on the computers to each child. Jared is the easiest to deal with as he is so laid back in this attitude. (I know he has a temper, but he's slow to use it).
Lance and Braydon have had a love hate relationship since Lance came along over 12 years ago. I remember Lance being 2 weeks old and Braydon asking when I would be taking Baby Lance home with me. HAHAHAHA. They are true brothers in that they take care of each other, but can't stand to let each other do something that the one wants to do.
Saturday was not too bad for me, as Dan usually deals with them. Jared played WII and Lance and Dan played games on 1 computer, Braydon on the other and I on my lap top.
But Sunday was a test in patience and sadly to say all but Jared failed. half way through the day Dan stomped into our room and said he was done. He wouldn't go downstairs again unless I was there to referee. I don't know the gist of it all, but I guess Lance and Braydon were at each other.
When I went down to see what was happening, I found that Braydon wanted to play the beta for WoW, but it was taking forever to download and was on Dan's computer. Lance wanted to play Dan's computer because he wanted to play a specific game that was only on Dan's computer.
Not knowing that the beta is only on Dan's computer, I made Braydon try to download it to my computer so that Lance could play his game. The download took FOREVER. Then it wouldn't work. I felt bad but there was nothing we could do.
Unfortunately this was too much for Braydon and he had a melt down of sorts. We calmed him down and got him to play something else. Then Jared got a turn on Dan's computer. Finally about 20 minutes before they were about to leave, Lance was able to log into the WoW beta on Dan's computer.
That is where the fun began........ Lance wouldn't let Braydon play it. He kept telling Braydon no, and Braydon kept saying over and over: Please let me play, please let me play, please let me play.
This is where my patience ended. I got a bit angry and told them to shut it off, that they were leaving anyway and no one was playing it now. This set off another melt down for Braydon. I felt bad, but I was at the end of my rope. I kicked them all out to Dan's car and he took them home.
I realized that I am a selfish person. Not in the bad sense, but that I like not having to deal with 24/7 arguments, issues and tantrums. I like sending them home when I can't take it anymore. I also feel that since I didn't win the Mega Millions, and cannot afford more computers, perhaps Braydon and Lance can't have sleep overs together at my house anymore.
However Jared is welcome whenever. He's sweet, mellow and says things to me like: Denise, I'm so glad you are my aunt. Who could say no to someone as cute as that?
I can say that it has been great fun to see him learn and grow through the years. I have enjoyed his unique perspective of the world. But it also has been very difficult for me to relinquish hold on him because his disorder has caused me to treat him as younger than he is, and to want to do things for him.
It has also frustrated by Dan and myself as we sometimes completely flip flop and expect him to be more mature and adult about certain things.
This weekend the boys talked Dan into allowing them to spend the night Saturday. They love to be at our house because.... well it's not their house. HAHAHA
Saturday was a pretty easy day as we went to eat at Godfather's Pizza, and then went to see Wrath of the Titans. Then we went back to our house with Andy, Stef, Lorie, Tony, Dan, myself, and the 3 boys. Immediate dibs was demanded on the two computers (my laptop is off limits).
Dan as always tries to be fair in giving equal time on the computers to each child. Jared is the easiest to deal with as he is so laid back in this attitude. (I know he has a temper, but he's slow to use it).
Lance and Braydon have had a love hate relationship since Lance came along over 12 years ago. I remember Lance being 2 weeks old and Braydon asking when I would be taking Baby Lance home with me. HAHAHAHA. They are true brothers in that they take care of each other, but can't stand to let each other do something that the one wants to do.
Saturday was not too bad for me, as Dan usually deals with them. Jared played WII and Lance and Dan played games on 1 computer, Braydon on the other and I on my lap top.
But Sunday was a test in patience and sadly to say all but Jared failed. half way through the day Dan stomped into our room and said he was done. He wouldn't go downstairs again unless I was there to referee. I don't know the gist of it all, but I guess Lance and Braydon were at each other.
When I went down to see what was happening, I found that Braydon wanted to play the beta for WoW, but it was taking forever to download and was on Dan's computer. Lance wanted to play Dan's computer because he wanted to play a specific game that was only on Dan's computer.
Not knowing that the beta is only on Dan's computer, I made Braydon try to download it to my computer so that Lance could play his game. The download took FOREVER. Then it wouldn't work. I felt bad but there was nothing we could do.
Unfortunately this was too much for Braydon and he had a melt down of sorts. We calmed him down and got him to play something else. Then Jared got a turn on Dan's computer. Finally about 20 minutes before they were about to leave, Lance was able to log into the WoW beta on Dan's computer.
That is where the fun began........ Lance wouldn't let Braydon play it. He kept telling Braydon no, and Braydon kept saying over and over: Please let me play, please let me play, please let me play.
This is where my patience ended. I got a bit angry and told them to shut it off, that they were leaving anyway and no one was playing it now. This set off another melt down for Braydon. I felt bad, but I was at the end of my rope. I kicked them all out to Dan's car and he took them home.
I realized that I am a selfish person. Not in the bad sense, but that I like not having to deal with 24/7 arguments, issues and tantrums. I like sending them home when I can't take it anymore. I also feel that since I didn't win the Mega Millions, and cannot afford more computers, perhaps Braydon and Lance can't have sleep overs together at my house anymore.
However Jared is welcome whenever. He's sweet, mellow and says things to me like: Denise, I'm so glad you are my aunt. Who could say no to someone as cute as that?
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