A Day in the Life

October 10th, 2010

Today I woke up around 8:30 and got to work preparing a dish to put in the slow cooker I got for my birthday. I still hate cooking, but so far the slow cooker is exciting to use, so that helps. And it means I can do the prep work when I feel more into it (late afternoons are so not my best time of day).

Vibble joined me at around 9. She got to work removing toys from her toy kitchen and creating an obstacle course in the kitchen. Then we all got dressed and went to Kay n’ Dave’s and then to the Brentwood Country Mart to walk around a bit and buy a princess book at Diesel.

Next we tried to go see Aladdin at the Black Box Theater, but it was cancelled. What is UP with cancelled stuff this week?? We were all scheduled to take an overnight sleeper-car train trip to Albuquerque on Wednesday, but a freight derailment in Arizona meant that was a no-go (they offered us an 11-hour overnight bus ride in exchange, which we politely declined).

So yeah, no Aladdin today (maybe tomorrow), so we walked a bit and came home and played with Play-Do for a while, then Vibble and I took a nap while Stevel worked on some code for his apps.

Post-nap Vibble played a while and then wanted to watch a princess sing-along DVD. We had the slow-cooker dinner—chicken tangine, I think it’s called?—and hosted some friends to share it with us. After dinner, we all—me, Violet, Stevel, Christine, David, and Jeremy-on-his-bike-with-lights-and-sound-system—walked to the frozen yogurt by-the-ounce place. Yum! Violet rocked out in her stroller on the walk home to the music Jeremy was playing on his bike.

Back to No. 6 for some YouTube surfing, and finally had to tell everyone goodbye. Violet was really bummed her friends were leaving. She stood in the middle of the living room expressing this with gestures and sighs and sad faces. But now Steve is putting her to sleep, and I’m about to join them.

That’s our Saturday. Hope yours was as nice. :-)

2 Responses to “A Day in the Life”

  1. ma Says:

    Sorry to hear that your train trip to Albuquerque was canceled. It sounded like it was going to be really neat. Turning down the bus ride was a no-brainer, though. I can only imagine what that trip would have been like with a 2 year old! Someone would need to be heavily medicated.

    We went to Fairmont and spent the night at Bob’s house last weekend. Nice weather, good food, sitting out on the porch swing with the old folks, relaxing but boring. You know …. like when you visit us.

    My boss Marilyn went crazy last week after looking at pictures on the internet – picked up the phone and booked plane tickets to CA, then called her daughter and announced that she “missed the baby” and was coming out for a week’s visit next week. I can really identify with how she feels! There should be a Grandmas Anonymous – we need a support group to get through those moments of crisis!

    Miss you all so much! XXXOOO

  2. susan Says:

    oh my god did you write ‘Vibble joined me around 9′?! NINE?! So what if the kid won’t wear pants? She sleeps until NINE!

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