He is starting to get annoyed at not being able to walk, but at the same time is really starting to get how hard it is for me. I hate that he has to understand that. He's 6, you know. why should he have to know that things are hard? But today I starting having muscle spasms above my knees from deep bends and lifting him more than normal, so I also have to be safe cause possibly dropping him, not really an option.

There's a lot of stuff he's not supposed to know at 6 that he already does, I bet.

Which makes it worse, not easier.

Went to a going-away picnic yesterday for the 17 year old instructor. She tried to explain to everyone a week or so ago about how much we've meant to her, and she burst into shocked tears. She's been training since she was 12. Her 12 year old brother trains, and her five year old demonspawn brother just started training.

One of the instructors brought their year old kid. It was very interesting watching the range of ages (oldest person there was mid-forties, I guess). The cutest was the one year old's eyes lighting up when she saw the five year old. And they're almost the same size...

It's so very fascinating to watch the mix of ages and maturity (or just exposure). The five year old swears like a trucker (but since he can also correctly use words like "confound" he tends to get a pass language-wise, at least at home). The 26-year old is described as "so very young," and even by the 17-year old. Who's young. And old. Her parents are very young.

I used to have a point. I think it's been replaced by a migraine and shoulder pain. I hope I have more meds left.

Anyone played the impossible quiz? I got stuck at #4 and can't decide if it's worth pushing through.

Legos are of the awesome. D made transformers with them that were instantly recognizable to anyone who knows transformers. Sadly, his aunt fails this, but he was very understanding.

I don't know if it makes you feel any better, msbelle, but kids learn to understand their parents/caretakers can't be/do everything at all ages. I'd have to interupt superfunplaytime with D to attend to T, and he'd just let out a big dramariffic sigh. Oh and commentary. Once when T really got into a rage because I can't move faster than a speeding bullet and it took a bit to settle him enough to take a bottle, I was told by D "You aren't very good at this." Ha, stinkerbutt. He got hung by his ankles and tickled into screaming for that one.

Oh, never mind. Got #4. How irritating. Back in.

i've gotten to 7 and the music annoys me. I could turn it off, I suppose.

I'm assuming it does more than test your patience waiting for it to load?

I'm assuming it does more than test your patience waiting for it to load?

I need to pay attention to the numbers of the questions. The one with the clock face with the symbols at 12, 3, 6, and 9 cracked my ass up. And I skipped the one that's 24-7=?, but I should probably work out what the answer is and save the skip for something else.

The music is atrocious, and you have to re-turn it off every time you start again. Bad quizmaker! Bad bad quizmaker!

I got as far as 30 I think skipping one or two (after many many restarts), but it is not worth staying up for.

Hey, I'm in New Mexico, too. Hi, ita's mother! Hope all is well.

We're on vacation, whoo! I love my SO so much. This was his suggestion.

We were originally supposed to have a free timeshare week sometime around this time, but it fell through with scheduling. And we'd gotten crazy busy with the end of the summer, even without building a house yet. So we're getting ready to start back at school this week. He'd popped into my office one day and said, "Let's go to Albuquerque. We can use our free hotel points and bring our own food. We can go to the butterfly pavilion at the botanical garden and hang out at the aquarium. It'll just cost us gas and ticket prices, and we can gain some sanity before we start back in."

I looked at him, and said, "Sure." So here we are! We smuggled a little indoor grill into the hotel room (already equipped with wifi, microwave, fridge and two tvs) and had bratwurst and chips for supper. Tomorrow we're having fajitas (that I made this morning and brought in our cooler). Tomorrow we'll do the garden & aquarium for $7. We're still deciding if we want to stump up the extra $5 for the zoo (spider monkeys!) because the free train between the two isn't running on Mondays. If we don't, we can go to Petroglyph National Monument (free) or to pick raspberries or to the planetarium. We're only here a few days, but I already feel relaxed and happy. I think this was just the ticket!

Yay, vacation!