Your vocabulary is much too advanced for 8.
This reminded me of my latest mommy-brag story. Today at Chris's basketball game, he didn't want to pass the ball (because that requires giving up the ball), but was pretty effectively blocked and couldn't move. Everyone was yelling to him to pass it. He was yelling back that he didn't want to.
The age director came over to Scott and said, "Is that your kid?" Scott laughed, and admitted he was. Then the director said, "He is funny. I remember him from try-outs. When it was his turn to come up and shoot, I handed him the ball, and he said, 'I require a lower basket'."
While they were at basketball, Julia and I were at Bed, Bath & Beyond, buying a hypo-allergenic pillow, pillow cover, complete mattress cover, because Chris has had to go back on the nebulizer. I also bought him a wedge-pillow (sort of like this [link] because he's been coughing a lot at night, and we've been trying to prop him up with two pillows, but he doesn't stay on them.
I showed him the wedge-pillow when we got home. He said, "Hey! A slide!" Then he said, "Really, mommy, it's shaped exactly like a ramp."
When I agreed, he then said, "Of course, it's an inclined plane."
I just looked at him.
"Don't you know what an inclined plane is, mommy?"
"I do. And you're right. It is an inclined plane."
"How do you know about inclined planes, mommy?"
"Um. I learned about them in geometry. In tenth grade."
Chris is old enough to play basketball?!? How is that possible?
Hmm. All these first impressions are reminding me of the 3 F2Fs I've been to, and making me sad I missed two others...but I'm hoping that this year it'll be earlier or later, so it won't conflict with my big drag show!!
I seem to get an awful lot of "and you must be ND" so I somehow suspect I fit what people are expecting. Just what it is they are expecting I have no idea. I'm me and I'm pretty good with that.
I expected a kilt, ND. And I was not disappointed. But you were also funnier than I expected, and for whatever reason I had no clue about the beard (which I love, as I am a big fan of men's facial hair).
Aimee, are you still around? I finally finished NR's vampire books, and Valley of Silence made me cry and cry. That ending just killed me.
Someone do me. I'm feeling forgettable.
Pffft. You always walk away from a F2F missing a few people you had wanted to spend more time with. The flipside is that circumstances will often throw you together with somebody you didn't anticipate spending time with and it's all fun. You were my bonus baby at this F2F.
You have that shrewd, watchful quality I associate with a lot of writers. Always taking things in and mentally filing away notes even while you're at parties and talking to people. You've got some innate cool, and physical confidence. You know you're attractive even if you've been in mommy mode for a while now.
The thing I really noticed though was that little glint in your eye that seemed to grow brighter as the weekend went on. Like you were remembering a part of yourself that had gotten buried. An undomesticated Amy. A hungry, horny, risk attracted Amy.
Plus, you were just very fun to spend time with, and I totally enjoyed playing with your hair.
Amyliz! We were talking about you today-- I went shopping with Sparky and Suzi, and Sparky found a bag that would have been perfect for you.
Also, I bought Valley of Silence, so now I may need to spend tomorrow reading it.
Reading all of these first impressions, I was trying to think back to some of my own. For me, the one thing that stands out for all of my first meetings, is that I go into them scared and full of doubt, with all of my self-image demons in full force, and as soon as I meet real, live Buffistas, any trepidation goes away. I have never before felt so immediately accepted. The funny thing is, I get just as nervous whenever I'm going to meet another Buffista, but every time I actually do, it works out wonderfully.
ION, we're getting another winter storm warning. We hadn't finished with the last winter storm. I have a sneaking suspicion we're in for a lot of snow this year. The skiers should be very happy, especially after the last few years, when we got big snow dumps, which were almost immediately ruined with rain. I'm not ready for winter this year, but at least it's better than ice.
Oh my: Experiment 214, the Diet Coke-Mentos exploration continues.
Very Geeky.
