Trish--I'm glad to see you back posting. We've missed you around here.
Ocean journaling:
Just doing a quick login after the party tonight (a good time was had by all).
I nearly munched on my fish friend earlier this afternoon, but elected to hang up the cell phone instead.
Got a call in the pediatrician's office from the sitter, telling me that D9 had not come home from school yet (it was a half hour after she was supposed to be home). I called the flaky dentist neighbor and no answer. The doc was a couple minutes from coming into the room, so I called Mr. W. to resolve.
I explained that D9 had not come home, the sitter was worried and wondered if he could do a search mission via phone for her. I heard him stammer and say, "Uh, Bets, she called me at work to see if she could go with neighbor to PetSmart--and I said yes."
I was EXTREMELY annoyed for a couple reasons. 1) We have a sitter there who was worried about her; 2) I could have canceled the sitter yesterday without losing a few extra hours to our contract; 3) I was pissed that D9 didn't think to call her (the sitter) to tell her about the change in plans.
Instead of yelling at him, I shut my trap. He offered to call the sitter and apologize, so I let it go.
After picking up the Rx, I headed home. My flaky neighbor dropped D9 off and left! She was sitting outside waiting for me. WTF? Not happy about having my 9 year old alone...
I was in the house trying to get directions to the party tonight when Mr. Wonderful came in--with Bob. (Triple J, did you send him on the Concorde?)
He was radiating happiness and concern and told me he included an extra $50 on my check to put into savings. What? Who allowed an alien to do this sort of thing? I'm sure there will be a lecture from the head alien tomorrow.
I was actually in a hurry and not exactly thrilled to see Bob, so I thanked him for the check and the extra money and told him I needed to get changed for the evening.
He called me from cell a couple minutes later--again, with Bob. WTF?
Just wanted to say goodbye again and ask me what time to have the girls home tomorrow. I was just a little stunned. I said "How about 3? Is that okay? That will give me some time to run errands and get ready to go out."
He said, laughing, "You bet."
This is it. I'm clueless--and glad that I have an appt with Laurie tomorrow to get some feedback.
Meredith, can I send Bob your way again?
"There are only 2 ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
