Author: jesser

I'm 2/7 through a crazy week. Matt is out of town. Our babysitter is out of town (thank goodness we have awesome family and friends to help out!!). And coming up this weekend (and requiring some of my attention this week) are three big events: Matt's Birthday on Friday, Kelly's Law School Graduation (and party) on Saturday and then my race and Mothers' Day on Sunday.

So my week so far has been a whirlwind of activity. I am exhausted by 7:00 and luckily, Tabby has been too, so I can have a break. Which has consisted of running, housework, work work, a few minutes on the comptuer and a few minutes talking to Matt. Thus, I have very little interesting to tell you about. Cuz it's hard to find interesting things to write about when I'm this busy. Instead, I'll let you help me.

What should I get my sis for a graduation gift??
Any good mothers' day gift ideas (for my mom!)?
How about for hubby's b'day???
Oy. I'm so behind.

I didn't feel like this weekend was as short as some. I attribute this in part to spending a lot of time at home. I still didn't accomplish my mile-long to do list, but we got what was necessary accomplished and we rested a lot.

Friday we went out to dinner with my parents and then my dad and Tabby had some quality time together and the rest of us went to see Made of Honor. It won't win any academy awards, but it was good fun and we enjoyed it a lot (other than the person near us who was bathed in cologne).

Saturday we went down to the site of my run to check things out. We didn't have time to run the whole course, but we ran for about 40 minutes. We met a charming employee who felt compelled to tell us that even though it was the first day of the season and they weren't charging today that we would have to pay even if we were walking any other day. We had walked behind her guard post without stopping and she wanted to make darned sure we knew that we couldn't get away with that normally. Whew! I'm super glad she told us. We won't be going back there.

We had lunch with Matt's brother at Daphne's, which I really like. And then we ran a few errands. I went nuts at the Carter's Outlet and bought Tabby a bunch of clothes that she probably didn't strictly NEED, but well, they're cute and it does make things easier towards the end of the week when everything is in the wash.

We cooked a very nice dinner of Israeli Couscous Salad with Lamb. It was tasty, but man, Israeli couscous is a pain in the ass to cook with. Imagine wrangling 100s of ball bearings in your kitchen. That's pretty much what it's like. Even when they're cooked (though they go down a lot smoother). We finished up the evening with some Mario Kart … and watching Charlie Wilson's War, which I did not make it through, despite the fact that it intrigued me greatly. My eyelids got really heavy.

Sunday we had breakfast at IHOP which we will not go back to except for their stuffed french toast because the whole place was generally sticky and greasy. But we wanted a change from our normal breakfast joint. After that we hit Target (cuz it was a day ending in y) and headed home. Laundry. Napping. Hanging out. Couldn't be arsed to cook dinner again, so we ate Pei Wei. Matt headed out to Cali and we were sad.

My brain is mushy. Thanks a lot, TV. I'm sure this is your fault.

Here's what I like right now:
• Bones – her social ineptitude and overly literal interpretations crack me up
• Gossip Girl – that Georgina girl is going to be some kinda fuN!
• Wife Swap – nothing like these extremes to make you feel normal
• Super Nanny – picking up tips and boosting my mommy self esteem
• The Office – Nothing makes embarrassment fun like Michael Scott
• Ugly Betty – I'm going to take that Charlie beeyotch out myself soon
• Top Chef – mmmmm… yummy food, yummy chefs
• 27 Dresses – cute cute movie, hideous bridesmaid dresses

But good books are working hard to make it firm and fit again!
• No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency – lovely simple stories about the only detective (lady or otherwise) in Botswana
• The Tenth Circle – interesting premise, compelling story, but I'm not sure if I can handle the drama
• The Sharper Your Knife the Less You Cry – funny, interesting adventures at the world's most famous cooking school
• Body + Soul – taking the fun out of almost everything I like … plastics, junk food

What're you mushing up your brain with?

It has just been BUSY. I feel like we've been going pretty much non-stop since yesterday morning. Matt is trying to get the computer built as fast as possible since we have a very small window in which to return defective parts and its fighting him like crazy. But meanwhile, dinners have to get made, work has to get done, and our sweet baby girl wants to play.

Tonight after dinner when we went upstairs to change Tabby (she's practicing drinking with a cup and it gets way messy), she went over to her toy cabinet and brought out the babydoll that Grandma Sherrie & Grandpa Sandy got her for her birthday. She's gotten really into playing with her lately, feeding her her bottle, and snuggling her and giving her kisses. It's way cute.

What else? The house looks like a cyclone struck. Matt has stolen my computer monitor to use while he builds the new one, but that has left me in the middle of my digital filing project and so my desk is absolutely buried. Then I've been trying to get a good bit of running in every night since the race is coming up quickly … and 101 other things going on at work and at home and … yikes! Well … definitely time for bed.

The parts for the computer did not arrive. But the scanner did, so
• We spent snippets of time all weekend digitizing files for this year (I found I actually hadn't filed anything since Oct 2007!) and it is easy and fast and awesome!
• I got some bizarro virus where I felt like crap all day Saturday and was shivering cold and achey and slept a LOT.
• Still made it over to my parents' house though (but I spent most of the time lying on the couch) for mexican food and movie watching.
• We saw Enchanted, which was oh-so cute.
• I rented it, and two other movies from Red Box @ Mc Donalds! I am Red Box's hugest fan now. Just $1 and I don't have to plan ahead like with Netflix. They do not have nearly the selection though. Also watched No Reservations (cute!) and couldn't make it through Atonement (it's long, slow,depressing and we have a very mobile toddler on our hands!).
• The mobile toddler had one singular ambition this weekend … to be outside. So we spent a lot of time walking around the neighborhood and various parts of the city. She tried to eat gravel. That was lovely … especially since she bit me (hard) when I removed it from her mouth.
• Tabby bought her daddy an early birthday present: Mario Kart Wiiiii! It is great fun.
• As usual, it all went by way too fast.

It's been one of those crazy weeks. Well less crazy and more just not normal. Here's what's been going on.

• After thinking for a couple of months now that tabby was going to walk “any day now,” she actually is!! She still looks like a drunk or something, but a very cute drunk who's imminently pleased with herself. We've been cheering her on as she toddles across the room.
• We made a kickass dinner last night. This great stir-fry that was quick and easy and reaaaally yummy. Definitely a winner.
• I've been in Crystal Reports training since Tuesday. It's been kind of nice to get away from the office and learn something new. Kinda makes me want to go back to school … or not.
• The weather has been beautiful and we've been spending lots of time outside, walking, jogging, etc.
• And that has been even more fun because I lost my mind and bought the P&T … it was 20% off, no shipping. I have *never* seen it cheaper and it's every bit as cool as I thought it would be. And I can jog with it … for real. Like for 40 minutes!! Yay.
• Good TV is back … including Gossip Girl (don't judge!) and Ugly Betty. w00t!
• Tabby has decided that Loki (and all other dogs&39; proper name is “Wooo” (i.e. Woof!). Cracks me up.
• I'm pretty much caught up on sleep from our movie night. It was still worth it though!
• The weekend is almost upon us and we have NO plans for a change. Yay.