Rain, rain, rain! I like rain. Rain is good. Of course, it has its downsides like everything else, like wet shoelaces, being passed by trucks on the highway or bad satellite reception, but on the whole, rain is my friend. If I can't have sunny and breezy with mild temperatures, I'll take a nice storm. Today is the first of Grant's swimming lessons to be canceled due to rain. We went to the library instead. No need for an umbrella when you are so close to the door, right? So I wrapped my returns in a grocery bag, and we braved the wet. I wore my "I flooded my tennis shoes" flip flops that I bought in New Orleans. So now I am home, and have chilly toes. Perfect tea conditions, don't you think?
I finally got my hands on the 14th Stephanie Plum book. Guess we know what I'll be doing tonight! I can't go to my practice tonight. Josh's parents are off on some vacation, and of course he has that class. I'll be sad if I miss another Tenchi practice. We played it pretty much the whole time on Sunday, and it was fun. I have the hands mixed up on some of the wave stuff, but other than that, I didn't find it difficult. I'll try to do some practicing on it tonight, to make up for my absence.
Josh and I went to Melanie's pool party! There was a huge storm then, too. In fact, there was a horrible accident on 70, and traffic was at a complete stop, so several of the smaller towns like us closed the on-ramps. We had to take the outer road all the way to Forristell. We got to Melanie's at 5, but we were the first ones there. Jimmie and Deanna came right after us. I heated up my jambalaya and we had some really yummy snacks, and I mixed up some bullfrog. Eventually it stopped raining, and we all played in the pool and drank and ate and laughed lots. Laura was there, and Eddie and Junsei and Helena, too. I was walking out when her most recent love thing was walking in. Wish I could have seen the reception he got. Half an hour earlier she was sharpening her tongue in regards to his not calling back for something or other... Well, I saved the last half bowl of jambalaya for him, so even if he had nothing else, he had something good to eat. Oh, and I almost forgot, but Melanie's boy was there, too. I took a few pictures, but wasn't able to successfully send them out in an email, though I did try a few times.
Tea. Mmm.
There is a scale in Melanie's kitchen. We haven't had a scale since our old on broke, years ago. I weigh almost 125 pounds. This is depressing news. For the last decade or so, not counting pregnancy, I've been hovering between 128 and 130, and I was hoping that 125 would look better than this. Doh. TMI? Sorry.
When we came home, my mom talked for a little while, but didn't stay. She never does, and I'm starting to wonder if there is something unpleasant about my house. But she always goes home no matter how late it is and has nearly 2 hours in the car, so it's a good thing I drug Josh out of there at 9. After she left I hopped right in bed. I was very tired, but it was a rough night, filled with lots of reasons to get Mommy out of bed, not the least of which was Jake threatening to puke.
Because of the sleeplessness, I was tired yesterday, and toward evening got a terrible "tired" headache. I took motrin, which helped, but didn't actually make it go away. I had another night of disturbances, so I figured I'd be a wreck again today, but the sleep I did get must have been pretty good, because I'm doing fine! I'm cheerful and alert and...hungry. I think it's snack time.
So, back to the part about the library. Lots of mommies with small children arrived right after us. We have this routine: I park the kids by the board books on the children's mat and tell them to read, then I go and check out my books. Then, I come back and read books to the kids, taking turns between Grant and Abbie, and making sure they put the books back where they came from. After reading 6 or so, I tell them to get last books, read them, put them away, and then we say, "Thank you!" to the librarians on our way out. There is also a little table to play at, but they usually do that while I am hunting my books. Today, the kids all showed up while we were reading. I had an audience. It was cute. Then, I let Grant and Abbie play at the table for 5 minutes after we were done with our last books, to give them a chance to socialize.
There was a little blonde toddling girl, and I wish I had asked her age. Her curls were babyish, so I was guessing 2, but her speech was much more advanced, so I was surprised. I looked again. Abbie has a rather clever expression, but this baby was dough-faced. Anyway, she was a neat surprise, and I liked her. Then, there was a little boy, younger than Grant, and maybe younger than Abbie, too. He was very friendly and chatted with Grant, but I didn't care for his mom. The little boy was scratching his back, and grinned at me and said, "I'm scratchy!" I didn't think it was anything but medium cute, but his mom was obviously angry, and fussed at him. She kept her angry face on the whole time, even when he and Grant went off to compare their shoes. Another little girl who might have been Grant's age or slightly older came to talk to me. "It's raining," she said.
"Yes it is. I am going to put my library books in this bag to keep them dry. Do you think that is a good idea?"
"It's raining and there's no swimming lessons today." (Did I just get ignored?) At least that explains all the kids. We go to the library anyway, just after the lessons, but I now realize that these mommies were making the trip into town worth while. We're going to look for that little girl tomorrow, since she obviously has swimming the same time as Grant. And I still wonder about that mom. Why be angry all morning because of something like scratching a back? She must have some darn saintly kids if she thinks that's something worth being upset over.
My mom brought me some Hershey kisses, but I'm craving savory food this week. I want something hot and yummy, and maybe salty...like.... Oh, who am I kidding? I want more jambalaya. But it got eaten up, and I'm always pleased when that happens. So, if I can't have jambalaya, what do I want? Grilled cheese and tomato sandwich from Brewskies sounds pretty good. Or Ghengis Grill! That was yummy, too. Guess, since I don't have the money to eat out, I could settle for some hot buttered new potatoes. Or maybe chef Boyardee can make me some beefaroni. Not nearly as yummy as my jambalaya, but a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.
I'm just hungry.
The mail lady just drove by. Guess I'm not getting any packages in the mail today. Bummer. I like those.
Did I tell you what I'm giving my brother for his upcoming birthday? The 1986 animated movie, Transformers: The Movie. I know. I am SO good.
The sun is coming out. Yay for that, too! (I'm pretty easy to please today...) I'm going to hunt down something edible, and then start my book. Happy Tuesday to everyone!!!
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