It used to be a joke with us that nearly every time they came they broke something. There are two of them and they work together for about 2 hours every two weeks. They broke my coffee maker, unraveled a rug, got the sliding glass door off its track, the list goes on.
I like them because they clean to my Mother's standards - really scrub things down. But I think all this breakage just goes to show that you CAN be too clean!
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The Girl came home from school on Friday outraged because there's a new girl at the school, and all the guys are ga-ga over her. They even have a "dibbs list" or depth chart among the guys as to who can ask her out first, and she was impressed that the guys were really going to honor it.
She's outraged, though, because it's not that the new girl is prettier than all the girls at the school, its just that she's NEW.
I thought that was funny.
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I had my 50th birthd
ay and it was fun. I had been thinking of doing something big for it (and I still might go to Greece or something), but I accidentally offended my sister E, so I might not. I had invited my Mom to do something with me and the Girl (she turns 13 in March), but she only called back to see if I asked her because I wanted her to pay. So I'm officially giving up on her, as far as doing "mother/daughter" things together. She just doesn't seem to understand why anyone would do that.Anyway, we made reservations for one night at the Bonaventure downtown, because it promised us a view and room service, which seems terribly extravagant to me. We got there early and walked around downtown. I love the library and Angels Flight, the rest of it was pretty new to me. They are converting lots of the old buildings into lofts, which look pretty cool. We stopped at Wolfgang Puck's to eat, which was good. K got bacon-wrapped meatloaf, and it came on a big bed of mashed potatoes, with a ketchup sauce decorating the plate. He loved it. I had pasta Putanesca because it has olives, and no one but me in my family likes olives, so I can't make it at home.
We had a great view of lights when we got back. We didn't know about the revolving restaurant at the top, or we would have gone up there. The next morning there was some mixup where the kitchen didn't seem to know anything about our coupons for room service. But when K explained we were there for my birthday, everyone got so nice! They even rolled it in on a tray and kept wishing me Happy Birthday. It was fun
.The Boy came home the following weekend. I was pretty impressed that he remembered my birthday at all, so I was happy when he came home. He and the Girl made me breakfast on Saturday morning, and we went out to dinner that night.
Before he came home, the Girl was doodling or something, but I noticed she had made a post-it note say "TV" really big. Then when the boy came home he brought an "extra" TV that he wants to keep here for his apartment next year. The Girl went and stuck the post-it note onto the TV.
I wondered out loud, "Wow, you wrote a note that said TV and a TV showed up!" She got excited and said, "I should say "boyfriend" or "laptop"!" So right now there's a post-it note on the front door that says "$1,000".
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The Girl's basketball team played about 4 more close games, and only lost one. Wow! Tonight they won the championship. Yay!
K's team won their Division, which had never been done before by that school. They were really looking forward to their first game at State, where they'd play Sierra Canyon, the top team in the League that K's team beat during the regular season. They were the only team to beat them all season, so a rematch would have been fun.
Unfortunately, they found that one of the boys had too many credits or something, which disqualified them. It's hard to keep track of the kids credits because they change and quit schools so much, so it's really a shame.
Anyway, it was an exciting season.
Now back to soccer.
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