quiet sunday

Hi there,

It was so good to talk to you yesterday - thanks for being there for me! How was your trip do L's? I hope, in the end, it was worth the time in your weekend! :)

After we talked yesterday, I ran my errands and went to the baby shower for a short while. J and I were supposed to work out this thing with M, but didn't have enough time. We went over to K&R's for a couple of hours to watch a basketball game, but I was so tired I finally came home and took a nap. At 6:00, our friends T&R (the one who works with J, his wife, I told you...) picked us up and we went over to Tacoma for dinner. We went to an Argentinian restaurant and it was very good. Great atmosphere, if a little loud (but maybe that's because I'm getting old) and my serrano-wrapped prawns were a bit overcooked. Our waitress was weirdly inattentive; she took forever to take our dinner order (after we had finished our appetizers). Then she did the same thing with dessert - just long periods of time - maybe it's a cultural thing, maybe I'm just used to being rushed through a meal anymore. The food was terrific - definitely worth going back to, maybe with you! We also happened to discover two jazz clubs while we were in that part of town and are hoping to make a second date to try one of them.

Got home at 10:00 and they stayed for a drink. By 11:00 we were all in bed and by 1:30 I was completely sick to my stomach and having some kind of sinus thing. I have no idea what was going on, but lately I feel like I've been fighting a sinus infection and it hit me like a ton of bricks in the middle of the night. The nausea was a result of nasal drip and coughing like crazy...fortunately, that passed, but my head was killing me. It took me a couple of hours to get settled down and I ended up spending the rest of the night on the couch....makes for a tired day today. When I first woke up, I was so afraid that I had food poisoning - something to do with dinner, but that wasn't it, thank God. I guess I should make an appointment for the sinus thing before it gets any worse.

Today JJ and I woke up and made a big breakfast together. Actually, he made most of it: eggs, bacon, hash browns and toast. He cooked it all and then served us at the table, delightfully, as if it were a restaurant. He really likes to cook, but he can't focus for long periods of time so that's kind of an issue :) J and I sat down after that and have spent the last couple of hours tackling the M thing. Cried, laughed, said "I don't know the answer to that" about 25 times...in then end, I still don't know exactly what happens next. I have some more calls to make tomorrow before I call the runaway hotline and report him; our biggest question is How do we enforce all these rules when there isn't any consequence or reward that matters to him?

J's out running around town now and I'm avoiding cleaning M's room (again). At 5:00, we have JJ's basketball awards dinner (argh!) then, hopefully, a very early night to bed for all of us. Gym first thing in the morning and maybe nails and toes later on...we'll see how this all plays out with M...what with the doctor's appointment at 1:45 and all...don't know what we're going to do about that yet...

Hope you had a good visit with the kids and enjoyed the Jodi Piccoult reading. I am sending you Beautiful Boy - don't feel like you have to read it, I just thought that if you ever felt so inclined, you'd have it. Plus, it's just a really good book.

More tomorrow,
Love you!
A