October 27, 2008

You know, I think I had *more* spare time before I was became a stay at home mom. A stay at home mom with all children at school more or less at the same time, even. After dropping Ariel off at school at 9:00, I had a dentist appointment at 9:30 to get a cavity filled and to get sealants on the rest of my molars. I got out of there at 10:15 and the office is right by the Wild Bird Center, so it seemed silly not to stop in. I spent an obscene amount on bird seed (who know 25lbs of peanuts would be so expensive?) but did stop short of the heated bird bath. Hey, the Rocky Mountain News recommended it today, I thought I'd at least see how much they run (surprisingly, about as much as 25lbs of peanuts).

Next was a quick trip to Micheal's to pick up some pictures frames, and while I was there I got some more easel paper and new markers.

I picked up Adam at 11:30 and then we went straight to physical therapy. I'm starting to feel like that old joke, "Doctor, it hurts when I do this." and the doctor says, "Well, don't do that." And That would be running, and I'm sick of it hurting when I do. Actually, I was really sick this weekend, I felt like I had a head cold Saturday and after my long (and very slow) run Sunday I threw up. But then I felt better. Adam behaved very nicely at the PTs. It might have had something to do with the Halloween candy they had out and the Milk Duds I found for him. Those take a looong time to chew. It's a lot like giving a dog peanut butter.

After PT, we ran into Pet Smart to buy crickets for Adam's class' pets that eat crickets. That would be a leopard gecko and some variety of frog.

We picked up Ariel at 1:00.

Got home at 1:20, Ariel had a few more goldfish from her lunch and admired the crickets. She said, "Dee Dee, what are those?" I told her crickets and she said, "Oh, I LOVE tickets." And then babbled all the way to her bed that they were in the box and couldn't get OUT of the box, right? Anyway, she took a nap.

Adam took to the new art supplies like white on rice. He started out drawing a very phallic "can" and then moved onto Blue's Clues paws and surprisingly good fish.



And speaking of rice, since when do crickets come prepackaged like Chinese food?



Except, unlike take-out, these guys are chirping. Loudly.

And Becky, here's a random tidbit for you - I get lots of people wanting to be friends with me on Facebook. Like people I "supposedly" went to high school with. I don't really do much with Facebook, but if I haven't talked to you in 5 years, I don't think I want to be friends with you. Well, guess what random person asked to be a friend? J.G. aka Lightbulb Head. What the buh? We don't even have any mutual friends. Part of me wants to accept so I can look at his profile and figure out why why why.

Anyway, pick up on time at 4:30 and Ariel left in a surprisingly chipper mood.