So Huntsville got quite the little deluge this morning. There was a run on gopher wood at the Home Depot. (The sarcasm in that joke was two-fold; the obvious, and the fact that the run would happen at the Wal-Marts, not Home Depot.)(And yes, even when there is only one, in the south, they always make Wal-Marts plural.)(I’m not condoning that, by the way. It drives me bonkers.)(But my in-laws say it. Along with “undoubtedly”, which they use in place of “obviously”.)
ANYHOO, the rain. It came a tumblin’ down. So much so that our ceiling at work is now dark and heavy with the rain. I hear it dripping from the steel roof on to our little fiberboard ceiling tiles and I KNOW it is merely a matter of time till one of them falls in. Not to mention that our fluorescent lights are swimming in rainwater.
When we called facilities to alert them, they came to survey the damage. They nodded, tucked their thumbs into their overall straps, and grumbled. “We’ll fix it,” they conceeded, “as soon as it stops raining.”
WHO SEES A PROBLEM WITH THIS LOGIC? Other than the girl in danger of falling soaken ceiling tiles, that is.
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My husband and I are taking Friday afternoon through Wednesday of next week off. We are doing this because it’s our two year anniversary, and MY GOD, even we didn’t imagine we’d make it this long without killing eachother. It’s deserving of several days off.
So you might be asking, “Are you guys gonna take a trip?” or “Are you guys gonna visit your honeymoon spot?” And to that, I say .. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Have you been under a rock?! Do you KNOW what our economy is doing right now? Jesus. We can’t afford the gas to get to the gas station.
SO, we’ve been hoarding free passes to do just about everything. I’m going to check my hotel points this week, as is he, and we’re gonna see if we can get any free nights in local hotels. We’ve saved gift cards to local restaurants, free movie passes to local theatres, and buy-one-get-one-free coupons to local eateries. We are splurging.. without spending much. If you live in the North Alabama area and have some suggestions on other cheapskate date-type things, hit a sista up.
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The daycare forgot to feed our child. Again. You can read about it at Bryan’s site.
Now, what REALLY sucks about this (other than the child neglect and whatnot) is that the director of this establishment? One of my VERY close friends. I love her dearly and would not wish anything even lukewarm upon her, but I do wish, you know, that they’d feed my child from time to time. I mean, clearly he’s not wasting away, and he was downright jovial that day when I picked him up, but you know? I guess I’m just needy and whiny when I ask that they feed him.
And, perhaps, not tell me, “Well, he was just so happy and he wasn’t crying, so I didn’t think about it” when I ask why he didn’t take a bottle that day.
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I am SO ready for the weather to be cool enough to use our fireplace.
The other night, Bryan convinced me to go snuggle with him outside on our swing after the baby was down. It was downright chilly that evening, and it was SOOO nice to just swing while under a quilt. We used to do that when he and I first started dating: it was around Christmas, ENTIRELY too cold for sane people to sit on a porch swing, and we were ALWAYS there. Sometimes with hot cider, sometimes with hot chocolate, but always, always there.
Cooler weather reminds me of back then.
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I made a wonderful investment. I got a family membership for us at the YMCA. Our YMCA is gorgeous, with a huge pool area and a diverse workout facility. I’ve spent tons of time there since we joined, and the boys have loved it, too. The Boy spent hours on Sunday, in and out of various pools (there are three in our facility), and Binja took his first swim. He was HYSTERICAL to watch; you’d say, “Okay, Binja, SWIM!” and he’d immediately plop his face down in the water.
Darwinism would win with him, I do believe.
Either way, it’s so wonderful to go swim first thing in the morning. There are very few people there, and they have great water aerobic equipment to use. It’s a great way to start the day.
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Binja goes to get fitted for his orthotic on Thursday. To prep for this, I’m dining out with famous bloggers Aardvark (known as Ra on my site) and BookMamma of Hotwheel Hacienda. We’re meeting at Phoenix Bistro, which excites me to no end. They make the most divine dish I’ve ever had in my life.
Fried catfish on top of jalapeno grits and fresh pico de guilo. Which is spelled wrong, but you know what? It’s hard to complain WHEN YOUR MOUTH IS FULL OF GRITTY GOODNESS.
The last time I was there, though, the waiter was very strange. I was the last to meet my party, and when I sat down, the waiter looked at me and said, “Wow, your hair looks great today!”
That struck me as odd. And it stuck him, too, because he said, “Not that it didn’t look great last night, or anything..”
I didn’t know whether to tip him more or less for that.
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I’m going to be taking part in a new blogging project.. I’ll keep you in the loop. Stay tuned!
