I've had a tough couple of weeks. Every day it seems I'm supposed to be in at least 2 places at the same time, and it's been challenging juggling it all. Plus the Boy's basketball team is having a tournament this week, so I never know until the night before what time their game is going to be. I've been flaking out all over the place, but I'm doing the best I can. That's all I can say.
Did I mention that the van went down with both a bad starter and head gasket? It's been hard juggling these things with only one vehicle, too. Did I mention that these repairs will be expensive?
I got upset with my Boss last week, when I found out something he'd withheld from me. I thought it over, and ultimately decided that I withold things from him too.
Our workplace had their company party last week at the Atheneaum, which was v. delicious. Steak over polenta and broccoli rabe with a little blue cheese. Sat by Moreanne, my favorite. Let my Boss off hook, told him he's still my second most favorite boss ever (sadly, this is true). Text messaging the Boy over forgotten jersey crisis. Left a little early to take it to him. Missed dessert, but was v. full from steak (& wine!)
The Girl's class had their party next day (Thurs) and played present game. Very cute kids. The Girl likes techy things, so she ended up with a voice changer thing, even tho she already has one.
Friday I played tennis finished present packing with K. We loaded the presents into boxes, and he was helping me get the boxes ready to go out. On one box, he covered the addresses already on the box with 8 1/2 x 11 sheets of paper, which looked a little tacky, but he didn't want to wait for me to find labels. Then he wrote the address, and he has terrible handwriting anyway. But the marker he was using ran out, so he went over it again with a darker marker, but you could still see where he'd written with the lighter marker. All together, it looked like an insane person had done it!
I didn't know what to do. He wanted to send it, of course, but it was to HIS parents, who have their doubts about us already! It was just going to make us look bad. I told him I didn't think the Post Office would even deliver it! They'd all say, "I'm not touching THAT package. It looks like an insane person did it!" Plus we've had packages he addressed never show up, I think due to confusion over his handwriting.
K got a little frustrated with me. He didn't want to hear about repacking the contents into another box, so I had few options. Eventually I put labels over his writing and wrote it again myself. But I made a mistake and put CA instead of CO, so I had to color in the O, which looked kind of funny. I told K, "I fixed it."
We laughed about it later. He kept saying, "Are you insane?"
Our tree is a small one - the same small one I've had for years. This year the Girl pressured me to get a tree topper, so I went and bought one. I got the lightest looking star I could find (didn't see any angels), but it still makes the tree lean in a way that suggests that it may fall over. The Girl said it reminded her of a Dr. Suess tree, she said, "It looks ready to take off!"
We went to a friend's party Friday night. We had some great conversations and the food was excellent. There was a good dip that was simply cream cheese spread all over a plate, then covered with raspberry chipotle sauce. She also made bacon-wrapped chicken appetizers that were very good.
At first the Boy was only hanging around his sister, which was an amazing and welcome outcome of making him go to the party. She asked him what he thought was in a big safe that was in the garage, and he told her a story that reminded me of the old days, when he used to make up stories all the time. This one began with Juan Ponce de Leon, and by the end also involved Col. Sanders, Ronald McDonald, and Uncle Sam. It was quite a story.
Later, he was hanging out with the few teenage girls that were there. I asked him later how he made that transition, he said it was easy. I asked him how again, and he said, "Does a magician reveal his techniques?"
He can be so funny.
Some interesting articles this week:
Independent America
Nuggests vs. Knicks
Colorado Christmas! Guess they're done shopping!
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