Kinda wish I could go visit my mommy today, but she has plans. Plus, I can't touch the car. I'll explain later.
Yesterday was a very warm day. It was in the upper 70's, a day after the high was 60 and the wind was strong and cold. I had great plans...I always have great plans...but not all of them proved attainable.
I woke up tired yesterday, because Abbie had had a bad dream in the middle of the night. Those of you who don't have toddlers don't already know this, but sometimes small children dream about being in trouble or fighting with their parents. Since not a lot else upsets them in their young lives, this is frequently the subject of their "nightmares". It's rough to be a worried parent and go into your child's room to console him/her only to discover that, through no fault of your own, you are the bad guy.
It took Abbie about half an hour to forgive me for whatever she dreamed I had done, and then we went about the business of going back to sleep. That takes kind of a long time for Abbie, and even longer for me. So, though it made me sad, I was obliged to decline the invitation we had to go and spend the morning at the Botanical Gardens. Abbie did, in fact, have two minor fits yesterday morning. One when she woke up cranky, and one just after lunch. I was surprised that after the second of these fits, Abbie came into my arms and told me she wanted to go to sleep. So, Abbie took a nap. I wish she was always that rational.
Grant and I played on the deck, and he complained of being too hot. I wanted to plant my dead azalea, but with Abbie asleep, I couldn't go too far from the window. She woke up cranky, of course, but jumped into my arms again when she saw a wasp fly by. Then we had snacks, etc., and eventually time had escaped and it was time to start dinner. When Josh came home, and after we ate, we went in the front yard, and I was happy to get the dandelions out of the yard. While I was weeding, our neighbors came over and the kids played and Josh sat around on the porch. It irritated me. Eventually, when he could see that my laser eyes were charged and aimed at his head, he got out the bucket and started to clean up the dog poop. By then the neighbors were leaving and I couldn't find any more weeds, so I was on my way inside when, at the door, Kirk said, "By the way, Rosemary, I was wondering if I could borrow the last book of the Twilight series."
Well, I set the book by the door. Then I went to look for something to put on my legs, which were now suffering from a rash from kneeling in the grass. At least I was helping the neighborhood by preventing the further spreading of the dandelion. Finally, I tried some caladryl, which was actually expired. It helped, anyway. I was exhausted. I don't remember any of the conversations from last night, or what movie the kids watched. I think it was Bob the Builder. I put Abbie to bed and snuggled into my own bed. Then, Grant decided to sleep in there, too, so I ended up in his bed.
This morning started out normal. Josh hit the snooze. By the time he got out of the shower me, Grant and Abbie were all in my bed. Grant was hungry. Very normal. Then, after I thought he had left, Josh came back in to ask if I'd moved his GPS. Why would I have done that? I told him I had neither seen it nor touched it. And then it came out. Josh had forgotten to close the garage door last night.
So, a few minutes ago, I had the pleasure of meeting a police officer who lives a few blocks away from us. His theory on the subject is that there is a small group of kids from "over the fence" who come into the area neighborhoods at night and help themselves to whatever is easily available in unlocked cars. Ours was not the only report for last night. (The fence, in case you were curious, separates my neighborhood from a trailer park.) Funny thing about that is that I leave the huge explorer unlocked on the street all the time. I've always said that nobody looking at it would imagine that it had anything worth stealing.
I forgot to mention that our tv is starting to go out. It randomly turns off, sometimes several times in only a few minutes.
It's cloudy. There's a chance it will rain today. The rash is mostly gone from my legs, but I'm still tired. I'd like to clean my house. Abbie is having a picnic on the carpet. It consists of generic Apple Jacks cereal.
I think tomorrow Josh is going to a job fair, and then we will spend the rest of the day together. I hope it will cheer him up. Today has been very hard on him. I think maybe I'll make him some brownies.
Today's questions:
Should I plant one of the Earth Day redbuds my mommy is giving me in the front yard by Abbie's room, and the other in the back yard, or all put all of them in the back yard?
Why do I keep lending books to people who keep them for months and months?
Aren't TVs supposed to last longer than 5 years?
Should I buy a lottery ticket?
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