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[Mona52]

I am going out again tonight and I have the sexiest outfit on, so I feel pretty fantastic. 2 guys I do not know have already started conversations with me today.

I get pangs wishing it were my H seeing me and saying things to me, but it is not.

My D16 will be D17 on Sunday

I do not have any plans yet for her. And now I need to untangle separate parents. I am pretty sure he will not even contact us on Sunday, and I really dont want to be the one to ask him if he plans on seeing his D for her bday.

Because I do not want to deal with it, I think I will just choose to step away. She is will be 17 and he is an adult. I see no reason why I have to coordinate their contact or their lives.

I have a big party planned for her next Sunday. All the invites were sent. It is a 2 part party. The first part is the party at Escape Room. It is this place where you go and they lock you in a room for exactly 1 hour. You are supposed to find and follow the clues to find a way to escape from the locked room. At the end of the hour, they unlock the door and let you out if you have not figured it out, but they will not tell you what you did wrong.

H is not invited to that. I could only get 10 spots and me, D17 and D15 already take up three.

Once that is done, the whole party will be moved down the road a piece to Pizza Hut. He is invited to that part. Honestly though, I doubt he will show.

We had a traumatic night last night. Like a good parent (**cough, yes I am talking about myself**) I decided to take my kids to get their flu shot last night. Read my signature, you will see I have no small children. My Goodness! D15 cried for an hour. S11 complained all night that he could not lift his arm because he was so soar.

Like a good parent, every time he complained it hurt, I poked his arm

lightly... calm down people, I don't hurt my kids

My D15 was so upset I actually bought her a pack of gel pens for $3.00 to make her feel better. I have not done something like that in 10 years.

My D16 was the only one where the shot bled, like a lot, 2 bandaids worth. But she was a champ.

Tomorrow is a big parade in the town I work in. I volunteer every year. 2 years ago I forced my D16 to do it with me. We just pass out candy along the parade route. It is a long, long, long walk, but it is good to get out and see the community.

Last year I forced my D16 and my D15 to do it with me. D16 hates it, D15 loves it. I cannot leave my S11 home alone for that many hours and I have no one to take him to his soccer game so this year he is being forced to volunteer as well.

So I did not exercise at all today. I wore high heeled black boots to work, so I can't easily take a long walk, and I will be dancing all night and walking all day tomorrow. So I am going to sit on my bum all day today at work. And taking one day off an exercise is not going to kill me. I am only trying to rationalize to myself here...

There are 2 great parts of the parade day each year. First, after the parade is a big gourmet dinner for all of the volunteers. The food is outstanding. And I am really going to make an effort this year to kind of mingle with the other people on campus (the dinner is at the university). Yes, me... mingling(gulp).

The second great thing, and it is a really really great thing, is the nap. We are always so full and completely exhausted after the parade that the greatest nap in the whole world follows. This year my very active son will be just as tired as the rest of us and our nap will not be ruined. I just cannot wait for the nap!

I hope you all are planning a jam-packed weekend! Do let let me come on here Monday and hear any of you had been moping around!