My Grand Illusions

A moment I don't want to forget

Instead of going to workout last night at the gym I made the executive decision to take Jackson to Subway for some veggie subs and then home to watch "Where The Wild Things Are". 

We've been reading the book for a few months now so it was only fitting that we watch the movie. Let me say that Jackson's face lit up when Max yelled "Let the wild rumpus start!!".

We danced and jumped and twirled and pumped our arms in the air and yelled and had our very own rumpus in our living room. Even after the movie was over we continued our rumpus with more laughing and kicking of our legs and shaking our booties. Oh, we had a lovely wild rumpus.

Those are the moments I never want to forget.

I highly suggest having your own wild rumpus. It's extremely cathartic.

The good and the bad

The bad:

• My lack of all things technical frustrates me. I got a new net book and I'd like to be able to use it at home wireless but I haven't a clue why my wireless isn't working and how to even get it to work. I just want things to work like magic.
• My dog, Emma, found a baby rabbit nest and accidentally killed two baby bunnies. The poor momma bunny was looking for her babies last night and it broke my heart.
• I'm not sure if there are more baby bunnies, I can't find the nest, so I've banned Emma from the backyard until I can I figure something out. This means that I can't just let her outside to go to the bathroom, now I'm having to take her for walks several times a day.
• I'm working many 12-hour days which makes the above difficult.
• My house is honestly a total disaster and I can't even stand it. I do a little here and there and it seems to get worse no matter what I do. This is when being a single parent sucks.
• I'm exhausted.
• My neck is hurting more and more everyday. That car accident catches up to me every single tax season.
• I haven't been able to workout in nearly 2 weeks and it's making me angry.

The good:

• Only 21 more days and the crazy work hours will be over, I'll have my weekends back and I'll get to be a regular friend again.
• I got a net book!
• I bought Derick's plane ticket to come home, he'll be here in 71 days and I just can't wait to see him. It's been far too long. He'll be here for almost the whole summer, I am ecstatic.
• I have grand summer plans for my boys and me. In my head I've planned a trip to the museum, a local water park, a fancy kid-centered hotel, lots of parks and walking trails and other fun things I've yet to think of.
• I leave for England in 51 days. Just the thought of boarding that plane makes me giddy. We are possibly going to go to Paris while I'm there and it would be a dream come true to go there. I'm oddly obsessed with the Eiffel Tower.
• I'm saving money on my health insurance finally. Also, my car insurance and homeowner's insurance, thanks to my brother, Patrick, the king of all the great deals.
• Words With Friends. I totally blow at it, but it's fun to use the word Qi over and over again.
• My new banner here on my blog. Do you see it? I need to figure out how to tell the lovely lady who did what size it needs to be so it will fit properly. See there's that technical things again. Anyone know about what size Typepad banners are or where I can find that information?
• Clementine's. It's the one summer-y thing I look forward to in the cold weather.

What are your good and bad things these days?

One Year

Today marks the one year anniversary of my sweet little baby, Jackson, falling from a third story window. I didn't write much about that day because it was just so fresh and raw and incomprehensible. Even now I can't think much about it. I mentally block out the first moments I saw him and the awful sounds coming from his little toddler mouth. I cried today just thinking about it and I am not a crier.

My baby fell from a third floor window and he walked away with a few scratches and a bruised backside. He WALKED AWAY FROM THAT. He has no lasting effects, he's perfectly healthy and happy and wonderful.

Today I celebrate his life and how miraculous it is that he is here. I celebrate that I have gotten another year with him. I celebrate that he's my silly, talkative, goofy, toot-machine, amazing little man.

I celebrate you, Jackson. You are one of two reasons I live and breathe. And I'm so glad that you live and breathe.

I love you.

Want to join in the fun?

See that little badge in the far bottom right column? The one that looks like this:

 
It's a new book clubI joined. But it's not your average book club, it's a Foodie Book Club! We're going to read all about food! I'm so fascinated by food and how people choose food and the origins of foods and preparation and, well, anything having to do with food so this is a perfect book club for me.  

You can see the first three books that we're reading if you click on this link. The first book, which I'm so interested to read is:

The Nasty Bits by Anthony Bourdain. I'm actually a bit nervous to read about him eating a "freshly slaughtered seal", but I'm hoping to learn a thing or two and that can't be a bad thing. Also, Anthony is dirty hot in my book, sort of like Johnny Depp.

If you're interested in reading about food and talking about it, please come on over and join us!