Today is my Daddy's birthday! Happy Birthday, Daddy!
This morning I got up normal time and headed over to Joel and Shosh's to babysit. Shosh tried to put Talia down for a nap before she left, but she only slept for about 15 minutes, so she ended up taking a 3-hour nap a little later, which was perfect! Eli and I played out on the deck with beans, bubbles, and basketball for most of the day. He says the funniest things...
We were playing with the beans (Talia was inside sleeping in her swing at this point), and Eli randomly says, "Baby Talia!" I thought maybe she had woken up and he heard her making noise that I couldn't hear or something, so I said, "Baby Talia? What is she doing?" Eli said, "swing!" At this point I relaxed, and said, "yes, that's right, she's sleeping in her swing." Eli responded, "she's a lucky girl!" I laughed out loud...he gave me a funny look as if to say "why are you laughing at me?!?", but it was so funny! I guess he must have heard Joel and Shosh saying it at some point and was just repeating, but to hear a two-year-old say that was just priceless.
Anyway, Joel got home a little early, so I ended up getting home around 3:30. There had been a possibility that I would have to pick Marsha up from either the airport or MARTA, but she texted me earlier saying that she had found someone else to do it, so I just went straight home. Marcus had a board meeting after work tonight, so I was on my own for dinner (leftover pasta, yum!). I watched the season premiere of Survivor...don't worry, I won't post any spoilers! I'm kind of "eh" on this season so far...there aren't any new players who have really caught my attention yet, good or bad. I did like the immunity challenge they did tonight - I LOVE multi-step challenges! Beyond that, it wasn't all that interesting. Then again, it's usually three or four episodes before I really start to get into it and know who I like and dislike, so we'll see.
After the show was over, I called my dad to wish him a happy birthday, and we talked for a little bit (I talked to my mom, too). Then Marcus got home, and now we are just hanging out on the couch staring at our respective computers. Marcus gets to go into work late tomorrow (around 10:30), which is nice, but I haven't decided yet if I'm going to sleep in with him or just get up normal time. I have my interview with the tutoring company at 1 pm tomorrow, and I need to go to the bank before that to deposit a couple of checks.
Speaking of the interview, I'm kind of in a holding phase right now. I found a couple of jobs I want to apply to, but I'm waiting to see how this interview goes first. I really don't know much about the tutoring job - full time, part time, how the hours work, etc., so I want to find out more about it before I apply to anything else.
For some reason, I am REALLY tired, so I think I am going to actually try to go to bed early tonight. Tomorrow should be a slightly less hectic day, but still active. And then Friday is going to be a long, busy, and stressful day (traveling always has that effect on me). At least we (hopefully) get to sleep in on Saturday!
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Thinking of blogging less frequently...
I know I completely forgot to write a post yesterday. Luckily, there wasn't much to miss, since I didn't really do anything yesterday :-P
Today, on the other hand, has been busier. I got up normal time and headed over to Joel and Shosh's. Shosh wasn't working today, but she had a doctor appointment this morning, so she asked me to babysit. I had a great time playing with Eli with his beans, basketball, bubbles, and playdough. He parrots back pretty much everything you say to him now, which is SO cute! When Shosh got home, I stayed and hung out with them all for a few hours. Cutest moment of the day - Talia rolled over and bumped her head on the floor, and Eli came running over and said, "I kiss it, Baby Talia!" and then kissed her on the head! What a good big brother! He is so sweet <3
I finally left around 4 pm so I wouldn't hit too much traffic on my way home. Marcus had to stay a little late at work today, so I just hung around until he got home. Then we went to the gym, and because I got so much exercise today (between the gym and babysitting), I had enough calories left to eat that we were able to go to Chipotle for dinner! We hadn't been in a few weeks (a LONG time for us), so that was a nice treat. We had some really nice conversation over dinner, too, so that was really good for us.
We got home a few minutes ago, and now we're just watching the Braves game and then we'll probably head to bed early (assuming they don't go into extra innings again like last night :-P), since we both have busy days tomorrow.
So, I've been thinking about possibly cutting back on blogging a little bit. Some days I have a lot going on, but there are a lot of days when I don't really have anything interesting to write about. So I'm thinking about not blogging every day anymore, and just blogging when I have something interesting to mention. The reason I started off blogging every day was to get myself in the habit of it so I wouldn't neglect it for long periods of time. I think I've been doing it long enough now that I'll still remember to post when stuff happens. So we'll try it. I'll probably still be posting every day for the rest of this week anyway, since it's a busy week. And we'll be out of town this weekend, so I'll probably just write a weekend recap on Sunday night or Monday. After that...we'll see!
Today, on the other hand, has been busier. I got up normal time and headed over to Joel and Shosh's. Shosh wasn't working today, but she had a doctor appointment this morning, so she asked me to babysit. I had a great time playing with Eli with his beans, basketball, bubbles, and playdough. He parrots back pretty much everything you say to him now, which is SO cute! When Shosh got home, I stayed and hung out with them all for a few hours. Cutest moment of the day - Talia rolled over and bumped her head on the floor, and Eli came running over and said, "I kiss it, Baby Talia!" and then kissed her on the head! What a good big brother! He is so sweet <3
I finally left around 4 pm so I wouldn't hit too much traffic on my way home. Marcus had to stay a little late at work today, so I just hung around until he got home. Then we went to the gym, and because I got so much exercise today (between the gym and babysitting), I had enough calories left to eat that we were able to go to Chipotle for dinner! We hadn't been in a few weeks (a LONG time for us), so that was a nice treat. We had some really nice conversation over dinner, too, so that was really good for us.
We got home a few minutes ago, and now we're just watching the Braves game and then we'll probably head to bed early (assuming they don't go into extra innings again like last night :-P), since we both have busy days tomorrow.
So, I've been thinking about possibly cutting back on blogging a little bit. Some days I have a lot going on, but there are a lot of days when I don't really have anything interesting to write about. So I'm thinking about not blogging every day anymore, and just blogging when I have something interesting to mention. The reason I started off blogging every day was to get myself in the habit of it so I wouldn't neglect it for long periods of time. I think I've been doing it long enough now that I'll still remember to post when stuff happens. So we'll try it. I'll probably still be posting every day for the rest of this week anyway, since it's a busy week. And we'll be out of town this weekend, so I'll probably just write a weekend recap on Sunday night or Monday. After that...we'll see!
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Steps in the right direction
I feel like my life finally took a couple of steps in some right directions today. This is exciting!
I got up normal time today and headed over to Joel and Shosh's around 9:45 to babysit. Eli and I played with playdough, and also played out on the porch with beans, his new basketball hoop, and bubbles! He still does the same thing he's done with the bubbles since he first started playing with them - he watches them land on the floor, then looks at me and says, "pop them!" I tell him to go ahead and pop them, and he steps on each one individually. I say "pop!" each time he steps on one, and this sends him into a massive giggle fit! It's the cutest thing ever :-D
While I was giving Talia her bottle, I got a phone call back from the tutoring company. My scores on the teachers' test were "excellent", and they'd like me to come in for an interview. I need to call them back tomorrow, now that I know what my schedule is looking like next week.
I got home around 4:30, received an email soon after that from Jerrilyn (our realtor), and spent the next few minutes emailing back and forth with her planning an outing on Saturday to go look at a few houses! Marcus came home a little late because he had a meeting at work, so I watched the first game of the Braves' doubleheader with the Mets, and then ate dinner when he got home. We are still watching game 2! I also went and watched the new episode of Millionaire Matchmaker in the other room during the hour it was on. I loved one of her clients this week! He was such a good guy, and she found a great match for him :-)
Tomorrow is looking to be a quiet day, which will be nice. All I have on the docket is to pay my student loan bill and clean the bathroom. And Marcus has his RPG tomorrow night, so I'll be here by myself. I'll probably end up just watching the Braves game, but we'll see. I MIGHT let myself sleep in tomorrow...I've had a hard time waking up every day this week, so I feel like I need to make sure I get enough sleep at least one night.
I got up normal time today and headed over to Joel and Shosh's around 9:45 to babysit. Eli and I played with playdough, and also played out on the porch with beans, his new basketball hoop, and bubbles! He still does the same thing he's done with the bubbles since he first started playing with them - he watches them land on the floor, then looks at me and says, "pop them!" I tell him to go ahead and pop them, and he steps on each one individually. I say "pop!" each time he steps on one, and this sends him into a massive giggle fit! It's the cutest thing ever :-D
While I was giving Talia her bottle, I got a phone call back from the tutoring company. My scores on the teachers' test were "excellent", and they'd like me to come in for an interview. I need to call them back tomorrow, now that I know what my schedule is looking like next week.
I got home around 4:30, received an email soon after that from Jerrilyn (our realtor), and spent the next few minutes emailing back and forth with her planning an outing on Saturday to go look at a few houses! Marcus came home a little late because he had a meeting at work, so I watched the first game of the Braves' doubleheader with the Mets, and then ate dinner when he got home. We are still watching game 2! I also went and watched the new episode of Millionaire Matchmaker in the other room during the hour it was on. I loved one of her clients this week! He was such a good guy, and she found a great match for him :-)
Tomorrow is looking to be a quiet day, which will be nice. All I have on the docket is to pay my student loan bill and clean the bathroom. And Marcus has his RPG tomorrow night, so I'll be here by myself. I'll probably end up just watching the Braves game, but we'll see. I MIGHT let myself sleep in tomorrow...I've had a hard time waking up every day this week, so I feel like I need to make sure I get enough sleep at least one night.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
TGI Thursday!
Today was another crazy day. I headed over to Joel and Shosh's at 9:45 this morning to babysit. My plan was to go straight from their house to Nora's to drop off the DVD of Julia's montage afterwards. While I was babysitting, I got 3 calls from Nora, 2 from her husband, and 1 from the DJ for the Bat Mitzvah about coordinating dropping off the DVD. Apparently none of them talk to each other, it's ridiculous! So what the DJ and I ended up deciding (and I later conveyed to Nora and her husband via email when I got home) is that I will drop the DVD off at his office on our way up to Chattanooga tomorrow, since it's basically on the way. I also now have to call Nora AND her husband to let them know when I've dropped it off successfully :-P
So anyway, babysitting was fine, Eli was adorable as usual, and Talia slept for most of the time I was there. Shosh had put her down before I got there (around 9:15), and she didn't wake up until around 12:30! Then she was up for a few hours, but went to sleep again around 3:20 or so, just a few minutes before Joel got home. All I have to report from today (and actually yesterday too, but I forgot to mention it in my post last night) is that it absolutely melts my heart when Eli calls me "Auntie Tara"! Yesterday when I was leaving, he was going down for a nap, and he said "night night Auntie Tara" <3 Today he kept wanting me to "help" him with his toy (which he's perfectly capable of using by himself, lol), and he kept saying, "help, Auntie Tara!", and it was SO. FREAKING. CUTE.
I was all stressed out when I got home, mostly because of trying to juggle Nora, Spencer (her husband), AND the DJ, AND still had to pack and plan for our trip. When Marcus got home, we debated for a while before deciding to forego the gym tonight in favor of devoting our evening to planning our trip. I printed out a whole bunch of stuff, from directions to coupons to my voucher for the hotel. We also looked at restaurants online and decided which ones we want to go to.
Since I'm not bringing my computer with me, I won't be able to update every night while I'm gone. We're coming back Sunday afternoon(-ish), so I promise to write about our trip either Sunday night or Monday! I'm so excited, I can't wait to get away for a couple of days! I need a break.
So anyway, babysitting was fine, Eli was adorable as usual, and Talia slept for most of the time I was there. Shosh had put her down before I got there (around 9:15), and she didn't wake up until around 12:30! Then she was up for a few hours, but went to sleep again around 3:20 or so, just a few minutes before Joel got home. All I have to report from today (and actually yesterday too, but I forgot to mention it in my post last night) is that it absolutely melts my heart when Eli calls me "Auntie Tara"! Yesterday when I was leaving, he was going down for a nap, and he said "night night Auntie Tara" <3 Today he kept wanting me to "help" him with his toy (which he's perfectly capable of using by himself, lol), and he kept saying, "help, Auntie Tara!", and it was SO. FREAKING. CUTE.
I was all stressed out when I got home, mostly because of trying to juggle Nora, Spencer (her husband), AND the DJ, AND still had to pack and plan for our trip. When Marcus got home, we debated for a while before deciding to forego the gym tonight in favor of devoting our evening to planning our trip. I printed out a whole bunch of stuff, from directions to coupons to my voucher for the hotel. We also looked at restaurants online and decided which ones we want to go to.
Since I'm not bringing my computer with me, I won't be able to update every night while I'm gone. We're coming back Sunday afternoon(-ish), so I promise to write about our trip either Sunday night or Monday! I'm so excited, I can't wait to get away for a couple of days! I need a break.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Busy Busy Bee
Today was another busy but productive day. I got up early (7:30 am) to go babysit for Eli and Talia while Shosh went to the doctor. Talia was pretty fussy, but it was only for a couple of hours, so it was fine. Eli was in such a goofy mood, it was the cutest thing! My favorite moment was when I was trying to get Talia to stop crying, and I kept saying "What's the matter, Talia?", and after a while, I said it one time and Eli repeated, "whassa matter, Talia?" I cracked up, lol, he is SO CUTE! :-)
Anyway, after Shosh got home, we hung out for a little bit, and then I came home. I got home around 1:15 or so, ate lunch, and then relaxed for a little bit. I decided that if I didn't hear back from Nora by 3:30, I was going to go ahead and finish Julia's montage - put it on DVD and everything. Of course, I never heard back from her, so I went ahead and did it anyway, then sent her an email asking if she and Julia had had a chance to look at the final montage yet and also asking if I could come drop the DVD off tomorrow afternoon (I'm babysitting again tomorrow, and Joel and Shosh's house is about halfway out to where they live, so I'd rather go right after babysitting than have to double back later in the evening). I said in the email that if I didn't hear back from her, I would assume that it's fine. I haven't heard back yet...we'll see if I have anything from her in the morning. If not, I'm totally just gonna go anyway, and if she's not home, I'll leave it in the mailbox :-P
Marcus got home before I finished the DVD. It took FOREVER to burn for some reason, but it finally finished, and I was able to create the label for it and everything. Marcus helped me out by creating an invoice for the project (we had a little argument because he wanted me to add in more stuff, and I told him no, because it wasn't what Nora and I had discussed, and he thinks I'm short-changing myself, but whatever), which I also printed out to take with me tomorrow. Then we ate dinner and watched the Braves game.
After the game, I got a facebook event invitation for my 10-year high school reunion. I am SO bummed out that I won't be able to go, because it's over Thanksgiving weekend, and we'll be in Florida this year (we've been in Maryland the last two years - we have a two years and two years arrangement, it's a little complicated). The nostalgia junkie in me has been looking forward to this reunion pretty much since graduation...and now I can't go :-( Although I have already gotten a couple of facebook comments from friends who also can't go, so that makes me feel a LITTLE better, that some of the people I'd want to see if I went aren't going to be there anyway.
Then Marcus and I played cards for a while. It's been a long time since we've done that, it was really nice (and fun!). I kicked his butt at gin rummy and crazy eights, and then he kicked my butt at casino (even though I skunked him the first round) - pretty much on par for us, haha ;-)
I think I'm going to head to bed early (as in, as soon as I finish writing this), because I'm exhausted and I have another long and busy day tomorrow.
Anyway, after Shosh got home, we hung out for a little bit, and then I came home. I got home around 1:15 or so, ate lunch, and then relaxed for a little bit. I decided that if I didn't hear back from Nora by 3:30, I was going to go ahead and finish Julia's montage - put it on DVD and everything. Of course, I never heard back from her, so I went ahead and did it anyway, then sent her an email asking if she and Julia had had a chance to look at the final montage yet and also asking if I could come drop the DVD off tomorrow afternoon (I'm babysitting again tomorrow, and Joel and Shosh's house is about halfway out to where they live, so I'd rather go right after babysitting than have to double back later in the evening). I said in the email that if I didn't hear back from her, I would assume that it's fine. I haven't heard back yet...we'll see if I have anything from her in the morning. If not, I'm totally just gonna go anyway, and if she's not home, I'll leave it in the mailbox :-P
Marcus got home before I finished the DVD. It took FOREVER to burn for some reason, but it finally finished, and I was able to create the label for it and everything. Marcus helped me out by creating an invoice for the project (we had a little argument because he wanted me to add in more stuff, and I told him no, because it wasn't what Nora and I had discussed, and he thinks I'm short-changing myself, but whatever), which I also printed out to take with me tomorrow. Then we ate dinner and watched the Braves game.
After the game, I got a facebook event invitation for my 10-year high school reunion. I am SO bummed out that I won't be able to go, because it's over Thanksgiving weekend, and we'll be in Florida this year (we've been in Maryland the last two years - we have a two years and two years arrangement, it's a little complicated). The nostalgia junkie in me has been looking forward to this reunion pretty much since graduation...and now I can't go :-( Although I have already gotten a couple of facebook comments from friends who also can't go, so that makes me feel a LITTLE better, that some of the people I'd want to see if I went aren't going to be there anyway.
Then Marcus and I played cards for a while. It's been a long time since we've done that, it was really nice (and fun!). I kicked his butt at gin rummy and crazy eights, and then he kicked my butt at casino (even though I skunked him the first round) - pretty much on par for us, haha ;-)
I think I'm going to head to bed early (as in, as soon as I finish writing this), because I'm exhausted and I have another long and busy day tomorrow.
Monday, August 29, 2011
What happened to the weekend?!?
I can't believe the weekend is already over, it went by SO fast! And this week is going to be insanely busy...at least I have our Chattanooga trip to look forward to at the end of it.
I got up early (for a weekend) this morning, around 9:30. Marcus had gotten up to head out to the APO section event, and I couldn't fall back asleep, so I just decided to get up since I had a lot to do today. I spent the morning doing laundry, then headed out around 2:15 to go to Eli's birthday party. I had to take side streets because of my spare tire, which went fine, although the tire seems to be running low. But I'm taking the car in tomorrow morning, so as long as I can make it to the dealership okay, it should be fine.
Anyway, the birthday party was fun! There were lots of adorable little kids there, and I ate way more than I should have. Eli seemed to enjoy himself - his favorite part was chowing down on grapes and watermelon! This child is a watermelon addict, seriously, it's hilarious! Especially since he calls it "waterlemon"...every other sentence out of his mouth is, "more waterlemon please!", lol :-) It was really hot out, so I've been super tired since I got home - too much sun, I think.
When we got home (Marcus came a little later to the party, straight from the APO event), we cooled off for about 15 minutes, then headed back out to go grocery shopping (Marcus drove). We decided to stop at Menchie's and get some frozen yogurt on our way home, which was a nice treat. Then Marcus headed over to David's house for a True Blood viewing party, and I stayed home and watched Food Network.
I have a really busy week planned, and it just keeps getting busier! So far, this is what I've got on the schedule:
Monday - certify unemployment, take my car in, work on Julia's montage, pay rent, watch Secret Life
Tuesday - finish Julia's montage and post it to youtube for final review, gym, Cat and Drew coming over for dinner
Wednesday - babysit Eli and Talia, finalize Julia's montage and burn it to DVD
Thursday - babysit Eli and Talia, deliver montage DVD to Nora, gym, pack for weekend trip
Friday - leave for Chattanooga!
I'll try to keep up with the blog posting, too!
I got up early (for a weekend) this morning, around 9:30. Marcus had gotten up to head out to the APO section event, and I couldn't fall back asleep, so I just decided to get up since I had a lot to do today. I spent the morning doing laundry, then headed out around 2:15 to go to Eli's birthday party. I had to take side streets because of my spare tire, which went fine, although the tire seems to be running low. But I'm taking the car in tomorrow morning, so as long as I can make it to the dealership okay, it should be fine.
Anyway, the birthday party was fun! There were lots of adorable little kids there, and I ate way more than I should have. Eli seemed to enjoy himself - his favorite part was chowing down on grapes and watermelon! This child is a watermelon addict, seriously, it's hilarious! Especially since he calls it "waterlemon"...every other sentence out of his mouth is, "more waterlemon please!", lol :-) It was really hot out, so I've been super tired since I got home - too much sun, I think.
When we got home (Marcus came a little later to the party, straight from the APO event), we cooled off for about 15 minutes, then headed back out to go grocery shopping (Marcus drove). We decided to stop at Menchie's and get some frozen yogurt on our way home, which was a nice treat. Then Marcus headed over to David's house for a True Blood viewing party, and I stayed home and watched Food Network.
I have a really busy week planned, and it just keeps getting busier! So far, this is what I've got on the schedule:
Monday - certify unemployment, take my car in, work on Julia's montage, pay rent, watch Secret Life
Tuesday - finish Julia's montage and post it to youtube for final review, gym, Cat and Drew coming over for dinner
Wednesday - babysit Eli and Talia, finalize Julia's montage and burn it to DVD
Thursday - babysit Eli and Talia, deliver montage DVD to Nora, gym, pack for weekend trip
Friday - leave for Chattanooga!
I'll try to keep up with the blog posting, too!
Saturday, August 27, 2011
TGIF!
I'm exhausted and so ready for the weekend!
Today ended up being much busier and more stressful than originally planned. I went over to Barnes & Noble this morning to try to find a good birthday present for Eli. I texted Shosh while I was there to ask whether he already had a few books, but eventually headed home for lunch. She finally texted me back after I got home, telling me that he doesn't have any of the books I mentioned, so after lunch, I headed back to Barnes & Noble and bought his present!
When I got home the second time, I had an email from Nora about Julia's photo montage. There was this video clip that they wanted to include, and we had communicated about my needing to pick it up from them. So at 3:30, I headed out to their house. I had plans with Rebeca at 7, but figured I had plenty of time, since I was just going to transfer this one video clip (which literally should take about 2 minutes). Well, long story short, I got stuck at their house for 2 and a half hours and was super late getting back for Rebeca. We were in touch the whole time, so it's not like she was here waiting for me, but I was super stressed out and pissed about the whole thing. I vented a lot already about this to Marcus and to Gabbie and now to Rebeca as well, so I'm not gonna write out the whole story again, but suffice it to say I am VERY glad I have the weekend to recover before I have to finish up the montage starting on Monday.
Anyway, Rebeca finally did get to come over, and we ate dinner (leftover pasta from last night) and watched a movie (40-Year-Old Virgin, which she had never seen!). It was the relaxing ending I needed to a stressful day. This weekend is actually looking pretty busy, but hopefully I'll get to sleep in and relax in addition to running all over Atlanta.
Today ended up being much busier and more stressful than originally planned. I went over to Barnes & Noble this morning to try to find a good birthday present for Eli. I texted Shosh while I was there to ask whether he already had a few books, but eventually headed home for lunch. She finally texted me back after I got home, telling me that he doesn't have any of the books I mentioned, so after lunch, I headed back to Barnes & Noble and bought his present!
When I got home the second time, I had an email from Nora about Julia's photo montage. There was this video clip that they wanted to include, and we had communicated about my needing to pick it up from them. So at 3:30, I headed out to their house. I had plans with Rebeca at 7, but figured I had plenty of time, since I was just going to transfer this one video clip (which literally should take about 2 minutes). Well, long story short, I got stuck at their house for 2 and a half hours and was super late getting back for Rebeca. We were in touch the whole time, so it's not like she was here waiting for me, but I was super stressed out and pissed about the whole thing. I vented a lot already about this to Marcus and to Gabbie and now to Rebeca as well, so I'm not gonna write out the whole story again, but suffice it to say I am VERY glad I have the weekend to recover before I have to finish up the montage starting on Monday.
Anyway, Rebeca finally did get to come over, and we ate dinner (leftover pasta from last night) and watched a movie (40-Year-Old Virgin, which she had never seen!). It was the relaxing ending I needed to a stressful day. This weekend is actually looking pretty busy, but hopefully I'll get to sleep in and relax in addition to running all over Atlanta.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
So tired...
I'm having a hard time with writing in here every day. Some days I just don't feel like writing, but I've been making myself do it anyway, because if I skip one day, I'll end up never keeping up with it.
So today I had a hard time getting up again. I may let myself sleep in tomorrow, just because I'm so exhausted. I got up normal time, and headed over to Joel and Shosh's house to babysit. It was a little bit of a rough day, Talia was really fussy, but eventually she actually fell asleep for a real nap, which was nice. Eli was pretty good, except for when he dumped his Cheerios all over the floor and refused to clean them up :-P But he also went down for a nap with no trouble!
I got home around 3 and pretty much just hung out for the rest of the day until Marcus came home. Then we went to the gym and ate dinner before watching the Braves game. And now I'm watching a random Coldplay concert on OnDemand! They are so amazing in concert...I'd love to actually see them live someday. I <3 Coldplay. At least back when they were Coldplay and not U2 redux :-P
I actually had a non-Coldplay song stuck in my head for a good chunk of the day, thanks to just catching the end of the song on the radio this morning. The song is called "Stolen" and is by Dashboard Confessional. It's like, the definition of emo, lol, but I LOVE it! The line "you are the best one of the best ones" really resonates with me for some reason. Anyway, part of the reason I'm watching the Coldplay concert is to try to get that song out of my head, lol, and I think it's actually working!
That's about it for today. I'm so tired I can't think straight, let alone write straight.
So today I had a hard time getting up again. I may let myself sleep in tomorrow, just because I'm so exhausted. I got up normal time, and headed over to Joel and Shosh's house to babysit. It was a little bit of a rough day, Talia was really fussy, but eventually she actually fell asleep for a real nap, which was nice. Eli was pretty good, except for when he dumped his Cheerios all over the floor and refused to clean them up :-P But he also went down for a nap with no trouble!
I got home around 3 and pretty much just hung out for the rest of the day until Marcus came home. Then we went to the gym and ate dinner before watching the Braves game. And now I'm watching a random Coldplay concert on OnDemand! They are so amazing in concert...I'd love to actually see them live someday. I <3 Coldplay. At least back when they were Coldplay and not U2 redux :-P
I actually had a non-Coldplay song stuck in my head for a good chunk of the day, thanks to just catching the end of the song on the radio this morning. The song is called "Stolen" and is by Dashboard Confessional. It's like, the definition of emo, lol, but I LOVE it! The line "you are the best one of the best ones" really resonates with me for some reason. Anyway, part of the reason I'm watching the Coldplay concert is to try to get that song out of my head, lol, and I think it's actually working!
That's about it for today. I'm so tired I can't think straight, let alone write straight.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Weird...
Today was a weird day. Very productive, but weird. My routine is so thrown off!
I got up normal time this morning, got ready, and headed over to Joel and Shosh's house. Shosh had asked me if I could come with her and the kids to a group meeting and watch Eli out in the hall while she was in the meeting with Talia. I gladly agreed, so that's what I was doing this morning. The meeting was at this church that had lots of long hallways (which Eli greatly enjoyed running through and exploring!). He was pretty good for the most part, but was really tired by the end, and had a mini-meltdown when he got sick of waiting for Mommy to come out of the meeting room :-( Once she did come out, though, he was fine again! We had lots of fun playing with his picnic basket - taking all the foods out and naming them, then putting them back in. The cutest thing was, one of the foods in the basket is a triangular cheese slice (which is supposed to be part of a sandwich, but he has all the pieces separated), and at first, he only called it "triangle". I told him it was a cheese triangle, and from then on, he called it "cheese triangle"! It was really cute, lol.
Anyway, I got home around 2 and ate lunch (late lunch for me), then called the car insurance company. Basically what had happened was that when I changed my name with them, they made me add Marcus onto my insurance, but not his car (he still had his own separate insurance). So we figured out that it's cheaper to just have one combined policy. I went on the website and got a quote for how much it would cost to add his car onto my policy, and he got a quote for how much it would cost to create a new policy from scratch including both of us and both our cars. His quote was significantly lower than mine, so I called them today to see if I could talk them into just adding him onto my policy for the lower price that he had found. After about 20 minutes on the phone (most of it on hold while they looked stuff up), the customer service lady confirmed that I could get the lower price, so I went ahead and did that! One more thing checked off the list!
When Marcus got home, we both were kind of out of it. He had gone into work early this morning, so both of our routines were a little off. We kind of threw random stuff together for dinner, and then watched the Braves game.
OH - I also got an email from the bank about that check that I mentioned yesterday. Apparently the car company got the check and tried to process it, so I got an email from the bank saying that my account had "insufficient funds" (duh, cuz I closed it, it has NO funds :-P) and that I could be charged an overdraft fee. So I got on the bank website and ended up chatting online with a "representative". Luckily, she assured me that since the account has been completely closed, I will not be charged a fee. So at least I'm not getting fees from both ends!
I am babysitting for Eli and Talia again tomorrow (this time is a normal day, Shosh is working), so I'm heading to bed to try to get a sufficient amount of sleep to deal with an almost 2 year old and a 3 month old. Goodnight, all!
I got up normal time this morning, got ready, and headed over to Joel and Shosh's house. Shosh had asked me if I could come with her and the kids to a group meeting and watch Eli out in the hall while she was in the meeting with Talia. I gladly agreed, so that's what I was doing this morning. The meeting was at this church that had lots of long hallways (which Eli greatly enjoyed running through and exploring!). He was pretty good for the most part, but was really tired by the end, and had a mini-meltdown when he got sick of waiting for Mommy to come out of the meeting room :-( Once she did come out, though, he was fine again! We had lots of fun playing with his picnic basket - taking all the foods out and naming them, then putting them back in. The cutest thing was, one of the foods in the basket is a triangular cheese slice (which is supposed to be part of a sandwich, but he has all the pieces separated), and at first, he only called it "triangle". I told him it was a cheese triangle, and from then on, he called it "cheese triangle"! It was really cute, lol.
Anyway, I got home around 2 and ate lunch (late lunch for me), then called the car insurance company. Basically what had happened was that when I changed my name with them, they made me add Marcus onto my insurance, but not his car (he still had his own separate insurance). So we figured out that it's cheaper to just have one combined policy. I went on the website and got a quote for how much it would cost to add his car onto my policy, and he got a quote for how much it would cost to create a new policy from scratch including both of us and both our cars. His quote was significantly lower than mine, so I called them today to see if I could talk them into just adding him onto my policy for the lower price that he had found. After about 20 minutes on the phone (most of it on hold while they looked stuff up), the customer service lady confirmed that I could get the lower price, so I went ahead and did that! One more thing checked off the list!
When Marcus got home, we both were kind of out of it. He had gone into work early this morning, so both of our routines were a little off. We kind of threw random stuff together for dinner, and then watched the Braves game.
OH - I also got an email from the bank about that check that I mentioned yesterday. Apparently the car company got the check and tried to process it, so I got an email from the bank saying that my account had "insufficient funds" (duh, cuz I closed it, it has NO funds :-P) and that I could be charged an overdraft fee. So I got on the bank website and ended up chatting online with a "representative". Luckily, she assured me that since the account has been completely closed, I will not be charged a fee. So at least I'm not getting fees from both ends!
I am babysitting for Eli and Talia again tomorrow (this time is a normal day, Shosh is working), so I'm heading to bed to try to get a sufficient amount of sleep to deal with an almost 2 year old and a 3 month old. Goodnight, all!
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Time flies when you're having fun
Today was another busy day with my parents. We did get to sleep in, which was nice. We got up around 11, and headed over to pick them up at their hotel around 12 in order to get to Marcus's aunt and uncle's house for brunch at 12:30. Brunch was great, lots of good food and conversation, and it's always nice to see family. We hung out there until a little after 4 pm, then headed over to Joel and Shosh's house. Shosh was working, but Joel was home with the little ones, so my mom got to meet Talia and see Eli (her birthday buddy)! They were both adorable as always, and my mom got to hold Talia for a while. Talia LOVED my mom! She was smiling and giggling the whole time!
Unfortunately, we were only able to stay there for about 20 minutes before we had to head out to Marcus's cousins' house for dinner. We had to make a pit stop back at his aunt and uncle's house first to retrieve our wedding video, which Marcus had brought along and then proceeded to leave there accidentally :-P Anyway, we made it up to his cousins' house, where we hung out for a while and had a nice dinner. We left early, around 7:30, and got caught in a downpour on our way back to my parents' hotel. But we made it, and Marcus and I went in and hung out in the lobby with them for a while. Around 9 pm, we left the hotel and headed home. My parents are leaving early tomorrow morning, so we won't see them again before they go.
It's been a crazy weekend, fun and busy, and it absolutely FLEW by. I'm so not ready for the weekend to be over, but I guess I don't really have a choice. We have a lot of stuff to get done this week, so I'm really not looking forward to dealing with various institutions (my car financing company, car insurance company, etc.). I also need to go grocery shopping tomorrow, since we didn't have time to do that this weekend. I think I really just need another weekend starting tomorrow - can we make that happen? ;)
Unfortunately, we were only able to stay there for about 20 minutes before we had to head out to Marcus's cousins' house for dinner. We had to make a pit stop back at his aunt and uncle's house first to retrieve our wedding video, which Marcus had brought along and then proceeded to leave there accidentally :-P Anyway, we made it up to his cousins' house, where we hung out for a while and had a nice dinner. We left early, around 7:30, and got caught in a downpour on our way back to my parents' hotel. But we made it, and Marcus and I went in and hung out in the lobby with them for a while. Around 9 pm, we left the hotel and headed home. My parents are leaving early tomorrow morning, so we won't see them again before they go.
It's been a crazy weekend, fun and busy, and it absolutely FLEW by. I'm so not ready for the weekend to be over, but I guess I don't really have a choice. We have a lot of stuff to get done this week, so I'm really not looking forward to dealing with various institutions (my car financing company, car insurance company, etc.). I also need to go grocery shopping tomorrow, since we didn't have time to do that this weekend. I think I really just need another weekend starting tomorrow - can we make that happen? ;)
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Sick :-(
I'm sick :-( I was feeling okay when I woke up today, but over the course of the day, it got worse, and I know I had a fever for the better part of the afternoon and evening. I'm really hoping it won't last too long, since I need to be better and ready to go when my parents arrive for their visit next weekend!
I intended to sleep in later than I did today, but I woke up around 10:15 and never went back to sleep. We went over to Dunwoody Gables to look at the 2-bedroom apartment that we like, to see one with the fireplace. I'm still not 100% sure how I feel about it, but we're going to wait until after next weekend to decide anything anyway, so that we can talk to my parents about it and see what they think before we decide.
Then we headed over to Joel and Shosh's house. Eli was napping when we got there, so we hung out and played cards until he woke up. Then we all headed over to the mall to get work clothes and shoes for Joel and to look in the Disney store for Eli. We ended up going to an early dinner at the Cheesecake Factory at the mall, too. By the time we got done with all that, I really wasn't feeling well, so Marcus and I went home. Since then I've been sitting on the couch, we have the Braves game on, but I'm not really watching. I took some Advil, which seems to be kicking in a little bit now, so I'm feeling slightly better, but still not great.
I'm going to go to bed early (like, in a few minutes) and hopefully I'll feel better tomorrow...especially since I have to do laundry tomorrow and go grocery shopping (and Marcus has a meeting in the afternoon, so I can't just send him out grocery shopping, either). He was also planning a date night for tomorrow night - it was originally supposed to be tonight, but he realized that all the coupons he has for the places he wants us to go aren't valid on Saturday nights :-P So now it's supposed to be tomorrow night...but we'll see how I feel tomorrow.
I intended to sleep in later than I did today, but I woke up around 10:15 and never went back to sleep. We went over to Dunwoody Gables to look at the 2-bedroom apartment that we like, to see one with the fireplace. I'm still not 100% sure how I feel about it, but we're going to wait until after next weekend to decide anything anyway, so that we can talk to my parents about it and see what they think before we decide.
Then we headed over to Joel and Shosh's house. Eli was napping when we got there, so we hung out and played cards until he woke up. Then we all headed over to the mall to get work clothes and shoes for Joel and to look in the Disney store for Eli. We ended up going to an early dinner at the Cheesecake Factory at the mall, too. By the time we got done with all that, I really wasn't feeling well, so Marcus and I went home. Since then I've been sitting on the couch, we have the Braves game on, but I'm not really watching. I took some Advil, which seems to be kicking in a little bit now, so I'm feeling slightly better, but still not great.
I'm going to go to bed early (like, in a few minutes) and hopefully I'll feel better tomorrow...especially since I have to do laundry tomorrow and go grocery shopping (and Marcus has a meeting in the afternoon, so I can't just send him out grocery shopping, either). He was also planning a date night for tomorrow night - it was originally supposed to be tonight, but he realized that all the coupons he has for the places he wants us to go aren't valid on Saturday nights :-P So now it's supposed to be tomorrow night...but we'll see how I feel tomorrow.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Tired, but in a good way
I am exhausted, but today was pretty satisfying. I got up normal time (around 8) this morning, and had just enough time to post yesterday's blog (oops!) and check my email and stuff before heading over to Joel and Shosh's house to babysit. Today I babysat for both Eli (almost 2) and Talia (3 months old). It was the first time I watched them both by myself, and it was definitely an adventure! It went really well, though, both kids were really well-behaved, and Eli was in a great mood! Talia was happy too, when she wasn't hungry, or wet, or tired, lol. But we had a few good cooing and smiling moments in between :-) Favorite moment of the day: I was cleaning Eli up after lunch, and I started pretending to "eat" his toes (I leaned down close to his foot and made "nom nom nom" sounds). He started giggling like crazy, and every time I stopped, he said, "again please!" After we went back to the playroom, he came up to me every 20 minutes or so and said, "eat toes please!", while trying to hold his foot up toward my mouth while he was standing in front of me (which didn't work at all, haha, I don't know how he kept himself from falling over!). It totally cracked me up...he is such a funny kid!
I left their house around 2:15 after Joel got home. I came home and job searched a little, and basically just hung out until Marcus got home. Then we went to the gym, and splurged on Chipotle for dinner! After dinner, we came home and watched the rest of the Braves game (we missed the first 4 innings or so). Then I showered and now I am typing this while Marcus showers, and then we'll probably go to bed early, because I am pooped!
I don't have much on the docket during the day tomorrow. I have to run over to the unemployment office to ask about a letter I got from them last week, but that's about it. I'll probably spend most of the day job searching and Amazon Turk-ing (yes, I just made that a verb). Tomorrow night we are going over to have dinner and play games at Cat and Drew's house. It's weird because they are friends of friends, and this will be the first time we have ever hung out with them just the four of us. We don't really know why they've reached out to us all of a sudden, but they're nice, and it should be fun. I'll give a full report tomorrow night! ;-)
I left their house around 2:15 after Joel got home. I came home and job searched a little, and basically just hung out until Marcus got home. Then we went to the gym, and splurged on Chipotle for dinner! After dinner, we came home and watched the rest of the Braves game (we missed the first 4 innings or so). Then I showered and now I am typing this while Marcus showers, and then we'll probably go to bed early, because I am pooped!
I don't have much on the docket during the day tomorrow. I have to run over to the unemployment office to ask about a letter I got from them last week, but that's about it. I'll probably spend most of the day job searching and Amazon Turk-ing (yes, I just made that a verb). Tomorrow night we are going over to have dinner and play games at Cat and Drew's house. It's weird because they are friends of friends, and this will be the first time we have ever hung out with them just the four of us. We don't really know why they've reached out to us all of a sudden, but they're nice, and it should be fun. I'll give a full report tomorrow night! ;-)
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Busy Day
My original plan for this blog was to post each night about what I've done during the day, so I figured I would try that out for today's post. Today was an unusual day for me, because it was actually pretty busy!
I got up at 7:15 this morning (about 45 minutes earlier than normal) and headed over to Joel and Shosh's house (good friends of ours) to babysit Eli (their almost 2-year-old son) while Shosh took Talia (their 2.5-month-old daughter) to the doctor. Eli is the absolute cutest child I have ever known...and I've known MANY adorable children in my life! Anyway, when I got there, Shosh had Finding Nemo on, and Eli was playing in the playroom. After she left, I played with him for a while, but as soon as the movie ended, all he wanted me to do was put on Cars! He kept repeating, "Cars, please? Cars, please?" and looking at me with that adorable little face...so eventually I put it on for him. He actually sat in his chair and watched the first 45 minutes or so of the movie before he got up and started playing (but always running back over to check on the movie, lol) - pretty impressive attention span for a kid his age! After lunch, I managed to get him into his crib for naptime about 45 minutes before Joel got home. As always, I had a great time with my little buddy :-)
I ended up getting home a little after 3 pm - late enough that last night's finale of The Bachelorette was available on On Demand, so I actually got to watch it on the tv rather than my computer for once! I was hoping to finish watching it before Marcus got home, but I got home too late for that to happen. I did pretty well though, he only had to put up with the last 15 minutes or so. My thoughts on the finale: even though I knew who she was going to pick (I had read spoilers fairly early on in the season so I'd know how it ended if I decided not to watch the whole rest of the season), I was BAWLING - especially after the proposal, when they showed the montage of all their moments together throughout the season to REO Speedwagon's "Can't Fight This Feeling"...I was already a little teary, but that just pushed me over the edge, haha.
While I was watching, I got a call from the library to let me know that I didn't get the job - but they said I was among their top choices, and they wanted to know if they could keep my info on file in case something else opens up. They also said that sometimes the other branches call them and ask if they have any good candidates, and asked if I would be okay with them passing on my info to the other branches. Of course I said yes to both - so who knows!
When I finished watching my show, Marcus and I went to the gym, and then he took me to Chipotle for dinner. We just got back a little while ago, so now I am catching up with my Facebook Scrabble games and writing this post while watching the Braves game.
As of right now, I have nothing planned for tomorrow, except I have to go to the bank to deposit a check. I should also do some more work on Julia's slideshow. Other than that, I have no idea what I'll end up doing. Marcus's RPG group is having a make-up session tomorrow night, so I'll be on my own unless I decide to go with him. I usually prefer not to go - while I like the concept of RPGs, I'm really bad at playing them, and watching is only fun for so long. After a few hours it gets pretty boring :-P I could bring a book with me, but I think I'd rather just stay home, where I have my computer and television to keep me entertained!
I don't know who, if anyone, is reading this, so feel free to leave me a comment - let me know if there's anything you'd like me to write more about, or less about, or just say hi and let me know who's reading! I am blogging for my own reasons, but there's no point in making it a blog rather than a private journal if it's not interesting for people to read! :-)
I got up at 7:15 this morning (about 45 minutes earlier than normal) and headed over to Joel and Shosh's house (good friends of ours) to babysit Eli (their almost 2-year-old son) while Shosh took Talia (their 2.5-month-old daughter) to the doctor. Eli is the absolute cutest child I have ever known...and I've known MANY adorable children in my life! Anyway, when I got there, Shosh had Finding Nemo on, and Eli was playing in the playroom. After she left, I played with him for a while, but as soon as the movie ended, all he wanted me to do was put on Cars! He kept repeating, "Cars, please? Cars, please?" and looking at me with that adorable little face...so eventually I put it on for him. He actually sat in his chair and watched the first 45 minutes or so of the movie before he got up and started playing (but always running back over to check on the movie, lol) - pretty impressive attention span for a kid his age! After lunch, I managed to get him into his crib for naptime about 45 minutes before Joel got home. As always, I had a great time with my little buddy :-)
I ended up getting home a little after 3 pm - late enough that last night's finale of The Bachelorette was available on On Demand, so I actually got to watch it on the tv rather than my computer for once! I was hoping to finish watching it before Marcus got home, but I got home too late for that to happen. I did pretty well though, he only had to put up with the last 15 minutes or so. My thoughts on the finale: even though I knew who she was going to pick (I had read spoilers fairly early on in the season so I'd know how it ended if I decided not to watch the whole rest of the season), I was BAWLING - especially after the proposal, when they showed the montage of all their moments together throughout the season to REO Speedwagon's "Can't Fight This Feeling"...I was already a little teary, but that just pushed me over the edge, haha.
While I was watching, I got a call from the library to let me know that I didn't get the job - but they said I was among their top choices, and they wanted to know if they could keep my info on file in case something else opens up. They also said that sometimes the other branches call them and ask if they have any good candidates, and asked if I would be okay with them passing on my info to the other branches. Of course I said yes to both - so who knows!
When I finished watching my show, Marcus and I went to the gym, and then he took me to Chipotle for dinner. We just got back a little while ago, so now I am catching up with my Facebook Scrabble games and writing this post while watching the Braves game.
As of right now, I have nothing planned for tomorrow, except I have to go to the bank to deposit a check. I should also do some more work on Julia's slideshow. Other than that, I have no idea what I'll end up doing. Marcus's RPG group is having a make-up session tomorrow night, so I'll be on my own unless I decide to go with him. I usually prefer not to go - while I like the concept of RPGs, I'm really bad at playing them, and watching is only fun for so long. After a few hours it gets pretty boring :-P I could bring a book with me, but I think I'd rather just stay home, where I have my computer and television to keep me entertained!
I don't know who, if anyone, is reading this, so feel free to leave me a comment - let me know if there's anything you'd like me to write more about, or less about, or just say hi and let me know who's reading! I am blogging for my own reasons, but there's no point in making it a blog rather than a private journal if it's not interesting for people to read! :-)
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