Hey there.
It's late Sunday night and I just realized that I didn't respond to your text yesterday. I was out with JJ at the time (driving) so I couldn't respond, then I forgot later. Sounds like a good time at the pool though...nice and quiet way to end the summer. If I'm not mistaken, you're back at school tomorrow? Sending you all good wishes for your first day.
Friday night, J left for a wildfire in southern WA, so we've had kind of a busy weekend. I was trying to help JJ rearrange/clean his room (which took two days, seriously) and do a major Goodwill sweep throughout the entire house. This, as well as get CK's birthday party together Friday night (very fun), a hair cut Saturday (great - much shorter), monthly Costco trip today ($$$), and dinner with S&T for the Emmy's tonight (relaxing) ... I'm just pretty tired. Not to mention having a severe allergy attack from all the unsettling of dust all weekend.
Still, it was fun to spend all weekend with my boys; M was helping us build shelves, and working on his own room, so the three of us were kind of hanging out. That's as good as it gets, I'm afraid :) Now, almost everything is sorted out and I don't have a ton left to do, but it's not all in order yet. I just don't feel like I can start the school year with every closet a mess, drawers full of clothes that don't fit anyone...broken toys...you know what I mean.
Tomorrow, JJ is having a CAT scan for his sinuses and he's a little scared about it. Afterwards, I'll take him out for lunch and maybe go to a movie. It's not such a big deal unless they tell us he has to have his adenoids taken out, in which case he's going to freak. He's never had surgery and isn't crazy about the idea.
I do think I know what you mean about the mood while W was visiting last week. I wanted to catch up with you on the phone but this week just got away from me. Honestly, I'm sure I had free time, I just don't know what I did with it. I had JJ's friend EN here all week (I was daycare), so not a lot of quiet time to talk. I'm hoping that this week we'll be able to talk, even though I'm sure you'll be exhausted from starting school and listening to all those stupid motivational speakers. ;)
Give me a call when you get a minute to talk; I'd love to hear your voice and hear about W, D, and the first day of school.
Love you,
A
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Monday, August 23, 2010
Every Little Thing is Gonna Be All Right?...
Hey there.
Sorry I haven’t written in a while…last week was a busy one, believe it or not. In fact, Thursday night my friend from the pool called. "Barb," she said, "I hope you're okay. I've been to the pool 3 or 4 times and haven't seen you." Okay, maybe that illustrates that I'm addicted to sitting by the pool as much as it tells how busy I was, but anyway. Last Monday I spent cleaning since D (cousin) was staying, and Tuesday was a long and exhausting day, mostly because we stayed up until 1:30 in the morning after I picked her up at 11 and we had to leave for chemo at 6:15 (which means we woke up at 5:30) in the morning to be there on time. When I got home at 4:30 on Tuesday afternoon I was worthless. But ready for W to come down on Wednesday morning.
So I got a good night’s sleep and was rested for W’s visit. We had a good time, but there were definitely some moments that made me a little sad. Well, maybe sad isn’t the right word, but they were tender and emotional and I shed a few tears. He’s been through so much lately; I wish I could do more for him. Anyway, if any of that makes sense to you, well, then you’re even smarter than I know. I guess I don’t know how to write about it. And even if I did, I might still be vague here. It’s something I’d rather talk about than put in writing.
As you know, it’s my last week of vacation and the weather sucks. It rained yesterday and today and isn’t supposed to clear up until Thursday, but at least the weekend will be nice. I can spend the last weekend before I go back to school by the pool, trying to convince myself that it’ll be okay, that once I get in the swing of things I’ll be just fine…Right?...
Love you,
Barb
Sorry I haven’t written in a while…last week was a busy one, believe it or not. In fact, Thursday night my friend from the pool called. "Barb," she said, "I hope you're okay. I've been to the pool 3 or 4 times and haven't seen you." Okay, maybe that illustrates that I'm addicted to sitting by the pool as much as it tells how busy I was, but anyway. Last Monday I spent cleaning since D (cousin) was staying, and Tuesday was a long and exhausting day, mostly because we stayed up until 1:30 in the morning after I picked her up at 11 and we had to leave for chemo at 6:15 (which means we woke up at 5:30) in the morning to be there on time. When I got home at 4:30 on Tuesday afternoon I was worthless. But ready for W to come down on Wednesday morning.
So I got a good night’s sleep and was rested for W’s visit. We had a good time, but there were definitely some moments that made me a little sad. Well, maybe sad isn’t the right word, but they were tender and emotional and I shed a few tears. He’s been through so much lately; I wish I could do more for him. Anyway, if any of that makes sense to you, well, then you’re even smarter than I know. I guess I don’t know how to write about it. And even if I did, I might still be vague here. It’s something I’d rather talk about than put in writing.
As you know, it’s my last week of vacation and the weather sucks. It rained yesterday and today and isn’t supposed to clear up until Thursday, but at least the weekend will be nice. I can spend the last weekend before I go back to school by the pool, trying to convince myself that it’ll be okay, that once I get in the swing of things I’ll be just fine…Right?...
Love you,
Barb
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Ho Hum Weekend
Hey, Barb.
Just read your post and remembered that you're going back to school earlier than we are. I still feel lazy-dazy, as if I'm in no hurry to get things done, still. I did get all of JJ's school clothes and supplies, so maybe that's why I'm not feeling stressed. And, I have no real intention of picking up sub jobs right off the bat, so it's not like I have to start the breathing exercises. I suppose the fact that you have crappy weather is a good thing...so you can be inside getting things in order, but really, you should have seven more straight days of sun.
Nothing much going on around here. Friday night we had S&T over, with another sort-of-new-to-us couple, who live down by my brother. That was very fun, but I went completely off the food program for HCG and drank a bottle of wine to top it off. Didn't regret it, just set me back, that's all. I'm not exactly doing a stellar job of following it this time anyway... I think I wasted a couple hundred bucks. Oh well.
We haven't done much the rest of the weekend. Tomorrow and for three more days next week, I am babysitting a friend of JJ's from school, trying to help his mom out a little. This could be a bit of a challenge as he and JJ don't always get along. This is my not being able to say no thing. Still, I did get out of Wednesday, so that will help. Then we still have another week before school starts. At least having to be home with the boys this week will force me to get out the gazillion old photographs and start going through that pile for my parents' party video. My dad sent me all these disks full of pictures, but they're in no particular order so filtering through them has been a bit of a chore. Like he's got his baby pictures on a disk with pictures from this past summer. Hello.
M and I were going to see a movie today, but I just found out that it doesn't play during the day. I could get started on the pictures, right?
Hope all is well with you,
Love you! ~ A
Just read your post and remembered that you're going back to school earlier than we are. I still feel lazy-dazy, as if I'm in no hurry to get things done, still. I did get all of JJ's school clothes and supplies, so maybe that's why I'm not feeling stressed. And, I have no real intention of picking up sub jobs right off the bat, so it's not like I have to start the breathing exercises. I suppose the fact that you have crappy weather is a good thing...so you can be inside getting things in order, but really, you should have seven more straight days of sun.
Nothing much going on around here. Friday night we had S&T over, with another sort-of-new-to-us couple, who live down by my brother. That was very fun, but I went completely off the food program for HCG and drank a bottle of wine to top it off. Didn't regret it, just set me back, that's all. I'm not exactly doing a stellar job of following it this time anyway... I think I wasted a couple hundred bucks. Oh well.
We haven't done much the rest of the weekend. Tomorrow and for three more days next week, I am babysitting a friend of JJ's from school, trying to help his mom out a little. This could be a bit of a challenge as he and JJ don't always get along. This is my not being able to say no thing. Still, I did get out of Wednesday, so that will help. Then we still have another week before school starts. At least having to be home with the boys this week will force me to get out the gazillion old photographs and start going through that pile for my parents' party video. My dad sent me all these disks full of pictures, but they're in no particular order so filtering through them has been a bit of a chore. Like he's got his baby pictures on a disk with pictures from this past summer. Hello.
M and I were going to see a movie today, but I just found out that it doesn't play during the day. I could get started on the pictures, right?
Hope all is well with you,
Love you! ~ A
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Count the parenthetical phrases...wtf???
Good morning.
Thanks for the reinforcement and encouragement (yes, I did take it that way!) That is exactly how I feel. Less mired (perfect description), less negative. The drive to Seattle in the middle of the night episode was a pretty good test, in terms of staying calm, reasonable and kind. If I want my kids to feel they can come to me for anything, then I had better learn to behave in a way that creates a safe place for them to go when they do.
After I got off the phone with you, I assembled my party invitations while watching mindless TV. I was too afraid of messing up to watch a movie. I didn't end up in bed early, as planned, because I was dinking around, watering the lawn and cleaning up little messes here and there. When J is gone, I'm not quite as OCD about housecleaning, but I'm still me. I just can't stand a dirty kitchen, a sticky floor, laundry that's not cycling through the process (i.e. the same freakin' load M put in Friday morning hadn't made it to the dryer yet, even though the dirty pile was ever growing. I hate having to do the bleach soak thing, then, because it's been sitting in there becoming some kind of bacterial science project in this heat.)
Anyway, I slept like a ROCK when I did get to bed, even with M coming in during the night. I always hear the garage door go up, which wakes - and keeps - me up. But not last night. I actually woke up this morning and had a little panic attack (tiny) that he might not have made it home. No worries, he's here.
This morning I have my first Mac class so I can learn their version of Excel, but other than that, no Mac Heaven for me today. I need to get the labels printed so the invites can get in the mail tomorrow (I know you won't come, but I'll send you one for fun anyway). Since our weather isn't going to last, I'll spend the rest of the day in the yard, which is not a complaint. It's my version of sunbathing, since I don't have a pool. The excessive sweating doesn't seem to bother me as much when I know it's from physical labor, as opposed to when I'm sweating for no reason and I can't do anything about it.
I don't know if I told you that R landed in the hospital earlier this week with pancreatitis. He's home now, but I think he might have to have his gall bladder removed. At any rate, he hasn't been on solid foods this week, and even when he started back up, he couldn't eat any fatty foods. Until today. In celebration, his son TN is having Porkapalooza (was that originally your word?) and M and I were invited for dinner. S, T and the kids are camping, so it will be quiet and peaceful (oh, did I say that out loud?)
J and JJ both get home tomorrow, so things will return to normal (yay!). My little hiatus from marriage and mothering has been nice, but I miss my family. I miss my regular life.
Enjoy your Sunday (it sounds lovely; only I would think that about cleaning house).
Love you!
A
Thanks for the reinforcement and encouragement (yes, I did take it that way!) That is exactly how I feel. Less mired (perfect description), less negative. The drive to Seattle in the middle of the night episode was a pretty good test, in terms of staying calm, reasonable and kind. If I want my kids to feel they can come to me for anything, then I had better learn to behave in a way that creates a safe place for them to go when they do.
After I got off the phone with you, I assembled my party invitations while watching mindless TV. I was too afraid of messing up to watch a movie. I didn't end up in bed early, as planned, because I was dinking around, watering the lawn and cleaning up little messes here and there. When J is gone, I'm not quite as OCD about housecleaning, but I'm still me. I just can't stand a dirty kitchen, a sticky floor, laundry that's not cycling through the process (i.e. the same freakin' load M put in Friday morning hadn't made it to the dryer yet, even though the dirty pile was ever growing. I hate having to do the bleach soak thing, then, because it's been sitting in there becoming some kind of bacterial science project in this heat.)
Anyway, I slept like a ROCK when I did get to bed, even with M coming in during the night. I always hear the garage door go up, which wakes - and keeps - me up. But not last night. I actually woke up this morning and had a little panic attack (tiny) that he might not have made it home. No worries, he's here.
This morning I have my first Mac class so I can learn their version of Excel, but other than that, no Mac Heaven for me today. I need to get the labels printed so the invites can get in the mail tomorrow (I know you won't come, but I'll send you one for fun anyway). Since our weather isn't going to last, I'll spend the rest of the day in the yard, which is not a complaint. It's my version of sunbathing, since I don't have a pool. The excessive sweating doesn't seem to bother me as much when I know it's from physical labor, as opposed to when I'm sweating for no reason and I can't do anything about it.
I don't know if I told you that R landed in the hospital earlier this week with pancreatitis. He's home now, but I think he might have to have his gall bladder removed. At any rate, he hasn't been on solid foods this week, and even when he started back up, he couldn't eat any fatty foods. Until today. In celebration, his son TN is having Porkapalooza (was that originally your word?) and M and I were invited for dinner. S, T and the kids are camping, so it will be quiet and peaceful (oh, did I say that out loud?)
J and JJ both get home tomorrow, so things will return to normal (yay!). My little hiatus from marriage and mothering has been nice, but I miss my family. I miss my regular life.
Enjoy your Sunday (it sounds lovely; only I would think that about cleaning house).
Love you!
A
Morning Coffee
Good morning, Amanda.
Not a lot of time before I run off to the gym, but enough to drink a cup of coffee and write a paragraph or two. It was so great to talk to you yesterday; you really do seem to be doing well. If you were to ask me to describe it, I would say that besides being more positive, you are also more hopeful, less mired. And it wasn't just what you said, it was how you said it. You're voice was lighter. Like you've gotten out from under some of that negativity/feeling overwhelmed/feeling so tired all the time. I say this to congratulate you and encourage you to keep up the good work. I hope it has that effect.
After the gym I'll talk to D, and then have breakfast. I don't treat myself every Sunday in summer time, but today I think I will. It's cloudier than expected so I'll probably stay in and get to that housecleaning I mentioned--treating myself to a nice breakfast first will make me resent it less and will keep me from mindless snacking. I can't remember the last time I had mimosas but I still haven't decided if they'll be part of my day...All that OJ and me wasn't do well in my bathing suits; it was one of my summer modifications.
Other than that, just looking forward to the Food Network Star finale tonight. In fact, I can't wait!
I hope you have a fun day planned...maybe you'll spend it in Mac heaven?...
Love you,
Barb
Not a lot of time before I run off to the gym, but enough to drink a cup of coffee and write a paragraph or two. It was so great to talk to you yesterday; you really do seem to be doing well. If you were to ask me to describe it, I would say that besides being more positive, you are also more hopeful, less mired. And it wasn't just what you said, it was how you said it. You're voice was lighter. Like you've gotten out from under some of that negativity/feeling overwhelmed/feeling so tired all the time. I say this to congratulate you and encourage you to keep up the good work. I hope it has that effect.
After the gym I'll talk to D, and then have breakfast. I don't treat myself every Sunday in summer time, but today I think I will. It's cloudier than expected so I'll probably stay in and get to that housecleaning I mentioned--treating myself to a nice breakfast first will make me resent it less and will keep me from mindless snacking. I can't remember the last time I had mimosas but I still haven't decided if they'll be part of my day...All that OJ and me wasn't do well in my bathing suits; it was one of my summer modifications.
Other than that, just looking forward to the Food Network Star finale tonight. In fact, I can't wait!
I hope you have a fun day planned...maybe you'll spend it in Mac heaven?...
Love you,
Barb
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Almost Perfect
Hey there.
So glad you are able to have fun amid the insanity. Your dinners sound delightful. That JK! Gotta love Food Network! Tell her next time I visit I'd be happy to be a dinner guest and experience her culinary prowess.
Newport was great--a nice change of (beautiful) scenery and just enough time away. I had lots of fun with the kids, did some shopping, had some good meals out, some good meals at home, had time to read, time by the pool ...that is, all my favorite things. It was a great vacation. Next time we talk I'd love to discuss the elements that kept it from being perfect, aside from having cold sores, but for now want to stick with the feel good description of my few days away.
Now that I'm back, with three weeks left of vacation, I'm on the verge of end-of-summer panic, which manifests as entire days by the pool--vs. 2, 3 or 4 hours, which does the trick all during July. I began the transition yesterday, staying out for 5 hours. I came in only because I had errands to do (my half and half went sour while I was away and needed a few other groceries, like more coffee) and just enough time to do them before plans to talk to J (HS bff). Today I'm going to stop by my mom's and do my errands first, then I can stay out by the pool as long as I want. I plan to finish the last 100 pages of my book and start another--and probably clock 6 hours there. As if it's a job. I know. It's ridiculous/lazy/overkill, but I LOVE IT. I am so at peace there.
Looking forward to having you here sometime next summer to share some of that Zen time with me...but I promise I won't make you do it for an entire day!
Let's talk soon!
Love, Barb
So glad you are able to have fun amid the insanity. Your dinners sound delightful. That JK! Gotta love Food Network! Tell her next time I visit I'd be happy to be a dinner guest and experience her culinary prowess.
Newport was great--a nice change of (beautiful) scenery and just enough time away. I had lots of fun with the kids, did some shopping, had some good meals out, some good meals at home, had time to read, time by the pool ...that is, all my favorite things. It was a great vacation. Next time we talk I'd love to discuss the elements that kept it from being perfect, aside from having cold sores, but for now want to stick with the feel good description of my few days away.
Now that I'm back, with three weeks left of vacation, I'm on the verge of end-of-summer panic, which manifests as entire days by the pool--vs. 2, 3 or 4 hours, which does the trick all during July. I began the transition yesterday, staying out for 5 hours. I came in only because I had errands to do (my half and half went sour while I was away and needed a few other groceries, like more coffee) and just enough time to do them before plans to talk to J (HS bff). Today I'm going to stop by my mom's and do my errands first, then I can stay out by the pool as long as I want. I plan to finish the last 100 pages of my book and start another--and probably clock 6 hours there. As if it's a job. I know. It's ridiculous/lazy/overkill, but I LOVE IT. I am so at peace there.
Looking forward to having you here sometime next summer to share some of that Zen time with me...but I promise I won't make you do it for an entire day!
Let's talk soon!
Love, Barb
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Fun Amid Familial Insanity
Dear Barb,
I've decided I need to write an anonymous blog, where I can vent about my insane family without any of them reading it. A place where I can rant and rave and work out all my aggression and frustration without dumping it all here, or wasting good therapy money on them. I'm seriously going to lose my mind if my brother's drama doesn't end - or at least take a turn for anything more productive/positive/healthy - very soon.
Intellectually, I know that his problems are not mine, and I can't fix them. I know that I am wasting precious energy and time getting angry, or dropping my jaw in disbelief at either a) how crazy she is or 2) how stupid he is to not see it. I'm at the point where I'm actually afraid for him - maybe not physically, but I think she could disappear with those kids, and he's too flippin' stupid to see that so he won't get an attorney. She's making suicide threats (Really? Here, you can borrow my steak knife.) and threats to "destroy" him and his new job (he just got a GREAT new job) - I mean, she's just plain freakin' nuts.
Anyway, I keep allowing him to drag me into it (because I think I want to help him) but I end up twisted up with anger every time we talk. I just can't seem to extract myself the way I'd like to, partly because I really am afraid of what she's capable of, and I'm kind of protective of him. (ya think?) Now she's reading all his texts and emails and going through his shit and throwing tantrums every time he talks to anyone...and he just keeps telling me she's a good person. Good Lord.
So I'm thinking I might create a rant blog about in-laws. I already have two people who want to do a guest post; in-laws seem to be a hot button. :)
This weekend has been good otherwise. I had dinner Friday night with CK across the street. JK cooked the entire meal and it was awesome! Oh! Except I offered to bring the salad and I made your Greek salad. It was a huge hit :) Thanks! I got home fairly early and spent an hour and a half on the phone with KN (Bro's not-really-girlfriend) since we couldn't seem to coordinate a call any other time. We had a great conversation beyond BroJ about getting together in the spring with other girlfriends from highschool, then got to reminiscing about Princess Diana's wedding in light of Prince William's upcoming marriage. Mostly, it was nice not to talk only about my supremely dysfunctional brother. We can't decide where we're going on our trip, but I am so looking forward to a long weekend away with the three of them. I feel so fortunate to have maintained those friendships over so many years.
Saturday was really pretty great. I woke up late, to a text from S&T saying they were making scones and would I like to come for coffee? So I walked over there in my pjs and we sat around jaw-jacking for a couple of hours before S got a wild hair to go to the Saturday market. The two of us headed down there and left the kids with T (I love that guy). We bought several plants and some breads and rolls from the bakery, then wandered around looking at all the crafts and things. We haven't been yet this year, so it was really nice. Later in the afternoon it started to rain, so I bagged planting the plants and curled up on the couch to watch "Up In The Air" with George Clooney. It totally ruined my mood so I took a long, hot bath and listened to classical music until it was time to get ready for dinner :)
S, T and I were invited over to K&R's for dinner - crab, salmon and ribs, no, I wasn't stuffed - because K's niece was staying with them for the weekend (the one whose mom just died). It was very fun and we had a great time getting to know her niece. Played a little Wii and got home before ten.
Today I took JJ to see the Blue Angels and that was awesome, as always. We haven't been in a few years, so he didn't really remember much of it. It was like I was taking him for the first time and I got a big kick out of how much he loved it. He's got TA and my nephew AJ over now, and the three of them all have model fighter jets; JJ of course, has his new Blue Angel. I keep hearing their voices "Control Tower, this is Blue Angel Number 4, do you copy?" ... "Roger, Blue Angel, ready for takeoff." and I'm sitting here with a big smile on my face.
I'm going to try my hand at Pad Thai tonight, just from a packet mix, but it's a start. M's bf, IL, is in cooking school and will teach me how to do the real thing from scratch, but I had a craving so I thought I'd try this for now.
Tomorrow I'm meeting my old college friend AH (you remember her from my wedding - husband turned out gay...?) for lunch and shopping, then not much on the books for the rest of the week. I'm starting my second round of HCG tomorrow with my friend JR, so I'll try to keep the socializing to a minimum to aid my success.
Hope you've had a good week and an even better weekend.
Love you,
A
I've decided I need to write an anonymous blog, where I can vent about my insane family without any of them reading it. A place where I can rant and rave and work out all my aggression and frustration without dumping it all here, or wasting good therapy money on them. I'm seriously going to lose my mind if my brother's drama doesn't end - or at least take a turn for anything more productive/positive/healthy - very soon.
Intellectually, I know that his problems are not mine, and I can't fix them. I know that I am wasting precious energy and time getting angry, or dropping my jaw in disbelief at either a) how crazy she is or 2) how stupid he is to not see it. I'm at the point where I'm actually afraid for him - maybe not physically, but I think she could disappear with those kids, and he's too flippin' stupid to see that so he won't get an attorney. She's making suicide threats (Really? Here, you can borrow my steak knife.) and threats to "destroy" him and his new job (he just got a GREAT new job) - I mean, she's just plain freakin' nuts.
Anyway, I keep allowing him to drag me into it (because I think I want to help him) but I end up twisted up with anger every time we talk. I just can't seem to extract myself the way I'd like to, partly because I really am afraid of what she's capable of, and I'm kind of protective of him. (ya think?) Now she's reading all his texts and emails and going through his shit and throwing tantrums every time he talks to anyone...and he just keeps telling me she's a good person. Good Lord.
So I'm thinking I might create a rant blog about in-laws. I already have two people who want to do a guest post; in-laws seem to be a hot button. :)
This weekend has been good otherwise. I had dinner Friday night with CK across the street. JK cooked the entire meal and it was awesome! Oh! Except I offered to bring the salad and I made your Greek salad. It was a huge hit :) Thanks! I got home fairly early and spent an hour and a half on the phone with KN (Bro's not-really-girlfriend) since we couldn't seem to coordinate a call any other time. We had a great conversation beyond BroJ about getting together in the spring with other girlfriends from highschool, then got to reminiscing about Princess Diana's wedding in light of Prince William's upcoming marriage. Mostly, it was nice not to talk only about my supremely dysfunctional brother. We can't decide where we're going on our trip, but I am so looking forward to a long weekend away with the three of them. I feel so fortunate to have maintained those friendships over so many years.
Saturday was really pretty great. I woke up late, to a text from S&T saying they were making scones and would I like to come for coffee? So I walked over there in my pjs and we sat around jaw-jacking for a couple of hours before S got a wild hair to go to the Saturday market. The two of us headed down there and left the kids with T (I love that guy). We bought several plants and some breads and rolls from the bakery, then wandered around looking at all the crafts and things. We haven't been yet this year, so it was really nice. Later in the afternoon it started to rain, so I bagged planting the plants and curled up on the couch to watch "Up In The Air" with George Clooney. It totally ruined my mood so I took a long, hot bath and listened to classical music until it was time to get ready for dinner :)
S, T and I were invited over to K&R's for dinner - crab, salmon and ribs, no, I wasn't stuffed - because K's niece was staying with them for the weekend (the one whose mom just died). It was very fun and we had a great time getting to know her niece. Played a little Wii and got home before ten.
Today I took JJ to see the Blue Angels and that was awesome, as always. We haven't been in a few years, so he didn't really remember much of it. It was like I was taking him for the first time and I got a big kick out of how much he loved it. He's got TA and my nephew AJ over now, and the three of them all have model fighter jets; JJ of course, has his new Blue Angel. I keep hearing their voices "Control Tower, this is Blue Angel Number 4, do you copy?" ... "Roger, Blue Angel, ready for takeoff." and I'm sitting here with a big smile on my face.
I'm going to try my hand at Pad Thai tonight, just from a packet mix, but it's a start. M's bf, IL, is in cooking school and will teach me how to do the real thing from scratch, but I had a craving so I thought I'd try this for now.
Tomorrow I'm meeting my old college friend AH (you remember her from my wedding - husband turned out gay...?) for lunch and shopping, then not much on the books for the rest of the week. I'm starting my second round of HCG tomorrow with my friend JR, so I'll try to keep the socializing to a minimum to aid my success.
Hope you've had a good week and an even better weekend.
Love you,
A
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Have Fun!
Hey there...
How nice it was to catch up this afternoon! I know you won't be writing for a few days so I just wanted to wish you a wonderful trip. You can always Facebook, you know, if you want a quicker way to communicate while you're gone. One that takes up less time on the beach, I mean.
Love you!
A
How nice it was to catch up this afternoon! I know you won't be writing for a few days so I just wanted to wish you a wonderful trip. You can always Facebook, you know, if you want a quicker way to communicate while you're gone. One that takes up less time on the beach, I mean.
Love you!
A
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