oh, and job~ma for Dave!!!

And yay for Froggy Mal!!! I love the little pudgy creatures when they figure out how to sit up.

And yay for Froggy Mal!!

Yay! I forgot to mention this myself. It's a whole new world for them when they can sit -- different perspective.

vw, that sucks. Xbox~ma.

I kind of feel silly now that I even mentioned it. There's so much horror in our world, and even kind of in my life, that the silly xBox just seems so silly.

It just proves to me that I shouldn't have nice things...or something like that. At least that I shouldn't be spending money on that kind of stuff. I bought it for $50 off my brother, and shortly after it started having problems. I know he wasn't having problems with it, so they are newly developed problems...maybe from a bad game we rented from Blockbuster or something. But, then I decided to get it fixed (probably another $40). It was shipped out, which cost money. And now I'm just thinking I never should have been that selfish, and maybe this is what I get to learn that lesson.

And now I'm just thinking I never should have been that selfish, and maybe this is what I get to learn that lesson.

In. No. Way. is this true. Everybody needs a break and a stress-buster, and if a game system for shooting aliens and bad guys isn't that, I don't know what is. It's not selfish -- yes, bad things are happening in the world, but your life is still important, and taking care of yourself (which includes having fun) is a big, big part of that.

Good luck, Aidan!!!!!

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I'm wearing my cervical collar (neck collar) again. I did something to my neck while we were in Maine this weekend. Soon after Scott and I were married, I was in a car accident. A young guy hit my car from behind. Every once in a while, it gets aggrevated. This is the worse it's been in some time, though. Scott's still arthritic from his Lyme Disease infection. At this point, the only thing that's keeping me from laughing hysterically at our pathetic summer, is the now seemingly permanent instinct to cry at the drop of a hat. Or maybe that's the other way around. Whatev. Bored now.

My kids start school, tomorrow. I'm so sad to see them go. Chris is in kindergarten, and I can scarcely believe it. In my head, he's no bigger than Ellie or Lily, or at the most, he's Owen's age. Julia is starting first grade, which is less shocking somehow, because she was born old, and being only 17 months older than Chris, in many ways, it's like she was never a baby. Benjamin is now in fourth grade. His first grade teacher is now Christopher's kindergarten teacher. It's all making my head spin. Hey! Maybe that's why my neck hurts.

vw, you very much deserve nice things. I hope you get your xBox back quickly.

I'm off to get my hair colored (the same red I currently have) and cut (still unsure about this part), while staring at my phone waiting for Dave to check in.

Poor Cindy! Enough already!

Good luck to Dave, sj!

Cindy, your life sounds like a roller coaster right now. hopefully once the kids actually get to school, you will be able to breathe some.

{{{Cindy}}} Feel better and good luck sending your baby off to school.

Job ~ma for Dave!!!!! All crossable appendages have been crossed.

vw, sweets, so not true. I flip-flop with those kind of thoughts also and it's very much a waste of time. Stress relief comes in tons of different ways and you deserve as much stress relief as you can get.

Is this another Monday secretly disguised as a Tuesday? Drat. Hugs to all the Bitches and gentle, gentle hugs to Cindy. {{{}}}

So hard to believe that Aidan's going to school already. Time (especially 2005, for some reason) goes by so quickly anymore.

I'm off to get my hair colored (the same red I currently have)

Yay! We'll still be hair color twins!