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I’m so over this shark.
IT IS SO COLD OUTSIDE.
This is ridiculous! It’s the end of March! We should have the windows open and be throwing the kids outside right now! But instead we’re still rounding up hats and coats and gloves before we leave the house.
It’s appalling, and I want it to CHANGE.
Someone make that happen, m’kay?
Because tonight is going to be a classic.
Jenny and I have been waiting on tenterhooks for MONTHS – Jenny Lawson aka The Bloggess is going to be at our favorite Dayton-area bookstore, Books & Co., for a book signing.
We are pretty much beside ourselves with excitement.
As you may remember, The Bloggess and I go WAY back – we had our picture taken together at the Mom 2.0 Summit last May.
Only she didn’t know it was happening.
I told you tonight was going to be a classic.
It’s also bound to be the BEST NIGHT OF JENNY’S LIFE. (My Jenny, not Jenny the Bloggess. Although it’ll probably rank right up there for her too.) Why will this be the best night of Jenny’s life, you ask? Because if you haven’t noticed, the girl LOVES to embarrass me, and tonight will provide a prime opportunity for that. And really, thanks to the massive amount of vomit she’s been cleaning up for the last couple of months, she doesn’t have a lot to compare this to. I think she’s forgotten what it’s like to have a night out – especially one that involves me and Andrea. So as long as I can detach the Lysol can and up-chuck bucket from her hands, it is going to be the best night ever.
In the meantime, if you haven’t read “Let’s Pretend this Never Happened,” DO IT. Unless you are (my) Jenny’s mom (and probably Jenny Lawson’s mom too). In which case, DO NOT DO IT. m’kay?
Can you tell I’m a bit geeked out about this???
We’re experiencing separation anxiety in our house again. This time it’s me with the problem.
For about two and a half years, Sam has been going to daycare right around the corner from my office. While he doesn’t always enjoy the 40 minute commute there and back, he’s done so well there and had so many fun opportunities. And so have I. Because not only do I get to hang out with just him for an hour and a half each day (even if it is in the car), but having him so close makes it easy for me to attend the special moments as well. I’m able to go ice skating with him and his class, like in the picture above, and I can run over to deliver cupcakes to the St. Patrick’s Day party (which I am doing tomorrow – I proudly wrote “CUPCAKES” next to our name on the list, right under green grapes, edamame, cucumbers, and snap peas. I win.). Things like this don’t require taking the day off, the way they do for me to do the same for Kate.
But, May will be his last month at school here with me. He’ll be home with Andy over the summer and then he’ll start kindergarten near our house.
It makes me so, so sad.
I will miss our conversations in the car every day. I’ll miss being the one to pick him up and seeing his face light up when he sees me. I’ll miss the parties and the field trips that are so convenient to attend. I’ll miss knowing that I’m right around the corner if he needs me.
I’ll miss him.
But I won’t miss paying the daycare bill.
How’s that for a silver lining?