IIB or not IIB

So, I got promoted. I am now a Band IIB (as opposed to a IIA). It means very little except that I am now officially a supervisor (even though I have been supervising for 5 years), that I have a chance at an office (everyone in HQ has an office after BandII, but not everyone in my field office does). It also means a small increase in pay, and that I can ultimately cap out at higher number at some distant year in the future. It still feels nice to be recognized by my bosses.

But here we all are, still terrified that we are going to lose our jobs. The House passed their appropriation and our numbers for FY12 were $36 million less than this year. They were talking about reductions in staff then. Normally, the Senate appropriations are a little more kind...historically, we usually get a little bit more money from them. But this year, they are recommending $42 million less than this year. Ugh. I am sure this hit our agency's heads hard. Our agency isn't like DOD in that it can just quick making a jet or something and save $1 billion. We are 85% people costs. So people are going to lose their jobs. The calculation into who and what offices are way more complicated than we are privy to. But there is a lot of fear and worry here in my office.

I just hope that I get an opportunity to try this promotion on for more than a couple of months. :(

Today I really like my kids :P

I have nothing but warm fuzzies for them today....that will likely change around 4:30 when we walk in the door and immediately I am expected to comply with requests for tv, game, snack, juice simultaneously. But right now, I am thinking of how sweet and cute they are.

Last night, we did my latest meal from the Six O'Clock Scramble...it was Mini Pizzas on Tortillas. I had done versions of them years ago. I had the kids make their own pizzas. Evan was especially into it. Normally, he doesn't like pepperoni because it is "spicy." But I bought some turkey pepperoni that he really liked. He made quite the pizza for himself. He kept saying, "This is going to be soooo yummy for me to eat." Then, Delilah actually made a pizza for her daddy (because I had already made hers thinking she wouldn't want pepperoni...I was wrong). I think this is the first time she has ever helped me cook. She got a real kick out of it. And while we were eating, she kept saying, "I cooked a pizza." Both kids ate a ton.

I had to have Evan sign some paperwork for his school (agreeing to use the computers in the correct way....as James said, "Yeah, I am sure that will hold up in court."). So then Delilah wanted to write her name. So I got her a paper and she made all these precise little squiggles and would say random letters that she thought she was making. She looked at her pen and realized that there was this little button on top. She pushed it and the pen part disappeared. And then she laughed. It was so neat getting to be a part of her discovering something that we take for granted.

I had to go to Evan's Kindergarten today to get some papers signed and pay his fees (Sidebar: Yes, FEES. In kindergarten. I am not sure when this started happening. I checked with my mom and she doesn't remember having to pay fees. It was public school...shit is free. Even the bus costs extra money. Craziness. I guess school funding doesn't go as far as it used to. And I did a non-scientific poll of my internet friends who live across the US and the majority of them were astounded as well. In AZ, you dont' even have to pay for school supplies. End Sidebar.) My little guy is growing up. I just can't believe it. I was so nervous walking in there to get everything taken care of. Like it was my first day of school. Life will be a-changing in about 2 weeks.

A couple of nights ago, James and I were watching tv and Evan hollered from his bedroom, "Mom, I am really getting bored of all my books." LOL. We bought a couple new ones for him, but it hasn't been enough. He has been coming down nightly to ask James for comic books. I feel iffy about it because I don't like the graphic images of sex or violence. James swears these are ok for Evan to look at. Last night, I tried to put Evan off by saying, "I think your dad is running low on comics for you." Evan said, "No, he has millions of them."

The other things going on my life: My aunt is very ill. This is my dad's oldest sister. She was always the best aunt to have growing up. She was one of those grown ups who always was (or pretended to be) super interested in what you had to say. That was so important to a kid like me. I wanted grown ups to take me seriously. Sadly, it seems as though she will not make it much longer. I hope that she can be without pain or fear. I am really sad that my kids will never know her.

We had the head of our agency to our office on Monday. Nothing really new was said. But it was clear that he really is trying to do what is best for the government and our agency...and trying to lessen the pain on the individuals. I guess we will find out more by October.

Keep Calm and Carry On

Someone at my work has hung up this poster:

These type of posters were used in England during WWII. I think the sentiment is just perfect. In addition to the threat of a loss of job hanging over our heads, we are also under construction. We work all day with the sound of jackhammers going. I have to pack my entire cube up by the end of the month and temporarily move to another floor. It is probably a good time to go through all the crap I have accumulated over the last few years and throw it away. We did get some good news today...well good for us. My big boss did not get the job that would take him away from this agency. So bad for him, good for us.

Last night James and I went to see Crazy, Stupid, Love as part of our date night. It was a cute movie. A little longer than I would have liked. Plus, we were both irate at these teenagers who talked through the entire damn movie. We had our neighbor girl over to babysit. Evan told me this morning that both sisters were over at some point. They do a good job. They played games with the kids. But it is easy to see that my kids manipulate the shit out of those poor girls. Delilah was in bed with every single thing in her room in her bed, including a sippy cup of chocolate milk. Delilah woke up asking for her babysitters and cried when I said they were gone. They must have had fun.

Tomorrow, I am taking the day off so that we can take the kids to a waterpark. We went one day last year and the kids really enjoyed it. This time we are meeting some friends over there too. Should be a good time.

The other day, James was talking to Delilah and said, "Oh look it's My Little Pony." To which she got all mad and said, "No! It's MY little pony." Ahahaha. It never fails to amuse.

Life gets in the way

I can't even use the excuse that I am super busy anymore. Right now things at work are slow and I can't even get to my blog. We busted our butts for a few months, but things are slow for the next couple of weeks.

And then we are supposed to hear about the future of our workplace mid-September. A little unsettling. It is a bad time to work for The Man. Everyone here is concerned. A lot of gallows humor floating on the breeze. A lot of "If we are still here..." comments going around. Makes it really difficult to stay motivated. At the very least we will have 60 days notice before being turned out on our ears.

At any rate, life goes on. We are slowly starting a new project. I have another new hire to develop. I made a big mistake and totally stood him up for a meeting today. A meeting that I set up. Talk about making a good first impression. I apologized profusely and followed up with an email. My friends here think it is hilarious. And I have to admit once I got over being mortified, I laughed too.

The kids are doing great. Summer is such a nice time of year for kids. It is so nice for them to play outside. Evan and our neighbors' son love to play around together. Delilah follows behind doing exactly as they do. My boy is going to start Kindergarten in about 4 1/2 weeks. I am so not ready for that!

James and I also enjoy the summer. The summer means that no good tv is on, so we catch up on shows we don't watch during the year. For instance, we started watching Friday Night Lights. I believe there are 5 seasons and we have watched about half of the first season. That is really good. We finished up Six Feet Under. Brilliant. And less brilliant...we have been watching the Jersey Shore. It is fun though.

I will try to write more another day. Before more life gets in the way :)

My report was issued last week, so I am officially on my new job. My new supervisor is my friend and here in Denver. So while he knows that I blog, and read my boards, and facebook, I have to be careful that I am not doing that every time he walks in my cube. But he is HQ this week, so I am blogging!

Last Friday was my 31st birthday. My birthday proper wasn't anything exciting...I was pulling double duty, working and taking care of the kids because James had an appointment. But Saturday, James had planned some special activities.

Before that, we met Evan's BFF and his mom and brother at Day Out with Thomas. Evan and his BFF were super excited to see each other. The boys seemed to have fun. And Delilah enjoyed playing at the Lego train table. It is really sort of a cluster there though. So many people go. I am kind of hoping that next year Evan will be over it (We'll see, I guess).

James had planned a small get together with Emily, Jen, Jose, and Tina (and our assorted children). Madeline surprised me by coming too! Tina brought a blow up castle and the kids (and some adults) really enjoyed that. It was a nice time and we had some good pizza and a lovely chocolate cake.

Monday was our 7 year anniversary. :) We celebrated by going out to dinner at the Melting Pot. We had a really nice time and I am happy that he is my husband.

In other big news, I started a women's fitness boot camp. It started on Monday, so I have gone twice now. It is an ass kicker for sure. It is for a month...and it is my birthday present to myself.

Now, I am not feeling 100% today. I started sneezing earlier and it has only progressed to a runny nose :( Boo. Who wants a cold? not me. Certainly not me when I am trying to work out.

I head to HQ for a couple of days next week. Haven't been able to get a decent hotel yet. So that is not fun.

Work has been busy again. We are trying to get this report issued by the 9th. And I am simultaneously starting another. This new job has me worried for a couple of reasons. I am going to still be working for my long time boss, C. But I will not be in charge of this job. My friend will. So I will be working for my friend. I hope we are still friends when we are done. :P Plus, this job seems to have a life of its own, and is growing out of control. Apparently, the PTB (powers that be) decided to try to kill two birds with one stone with this job. Unfortunately, it is going to take more than one stone. A whole bunch. And lots of crying and rocking in a corner. Oh well. (I also have to say that this job was sold to me as a "quick hitter" and "6 months tops." yeah right. Remind me not to believe the PTB again.)

I am getting excited for the 3 day weekend coming up. I get to spend time with my great little family. I am getting such a kick out of watching the kids grow up. They are such fun little people. And also we are headed down to a family wedding (my uncle's) on Sunday. Evan is really excited about the wedding. He talks a lot about marrying his friend Riley. (And Riley apparently approached James recently about marrying Evan). Evan asked me the other day if I got married twice. I guess in his mind, since you get married and then you have a baby (ideally, anyhow...that is what we talk about), I must have had two weddings. So, if the two concepts are so linked, perhaps he expects my new aunt to have a baby immediately following the wedding? hm.

So close!

I weighed in today. 129! One pound to go. Actually if I get in the 128s I will be in range. The problem now being how much is my scale off from the dr. office. It is a new scale...digital. I wonder if the dr. office will let me get naked to weigh in. LOL. The sad thing is since I am down below 130, they took another point away from me. I only get 18 measly points a day!

So James and I had big plans for today. Since I worked overtime last week in DC, I have some credit hours to use. We were planning on a movie or some general time together with no children. Well, if you have been following along on FB, you know that both kids have been sick.

I was called to come get Delilah on Tuesday morning because of a fever. So I went to get her and she slept most of the afternoon. During her nap, daycare called again to come get Evan; he had a fever. I asked whether I could wait until Delilah woke up to go get him. They agreed since it was nap time anyway. So around 2 we went to go get Evan. He started crying the second he saw me..saying that "it hurt." Then he went by the door and threw up. They took him to the bathroom where he threw up some more and wet his pants. My poor boy. He was really lethargic. So I was trying to get him dressed and clean him up...all the while holding Delilah who wouldn't let me put her down because she thought I would leave her there. We finally got out the door, but not without majorly disturbing naptime. Whenever Evan gets a fever, he acts really sick. Like can't move, won't listen, really pale, throws up. It is weird. So anyway, the kids were both home sick with James on Wednesday (Bless him!). Then Delilah was well enough to go to school on Thursday. So James was with just Evan yesterday. I do think that Delilah has a very mild case of the Hand Foot and Mouth Disease. She had one little blister on her lip and one or two on her hands and feet...but I did catch a glimpse of an ulcer in her throat. Nothing like Evan had that one time.

Wednesday night, James heard Evan cry out in the night and then checked on him to find him choking on his vomit. Poor kid. So we had to do the late night bed stripping.

So this morning, we were prepared to take Evan to the doctor, but his temp was normal. He was PISSED about having to go to school though and we had to do some major bribery. So James and I were back to being able to have a day together.

EXCEPT...that forking presentation I mentioned a couple of weeks ago is rearing its ugly head. We were supposed to get this to the head honcho today...and have been waiting for comments from my boss's boss this whole week. Well, boss's boss is taking his sweet time...and supposedly has comments but no one can get them from him. So I am working at home waiting for these comments to come in so that I can whip up a presentation to get to the head honcho by COB today. Why people have to wait until the last minute, I will never know.

We are still hoping to get to a movie today. Date night. Really frustrating.

I have just a few minutes

while I finish my breakfast (3 pt. breakfast burrito and a large diet coke).

It is going to be a VERY busy week for me. I received the "opportunity" to create a presentation for the guy who is our equivalent of the CEO. He will be giving the presentation to a very well known state IT group. I am working with my director to do this....but it is a total "Better not F--- it up" situation. GAH! I have to have a first draft to him by tomorrow COB. Wednesday, I leave for DC. I have a meeting with the agency on Thursday. Back home on Friday, and I have to work on this presentation in between times.

Still trying to lose weight. This week will probably be a wash since I know I have to travel. Traveling is always really hard on the waist line for me. I will show restraint not get Ben and Jerry's at the airport though.

My kids are doing great. Always entertaining...always trying. Yesterday, I was quite certain my head was going to explode.

Delilah is so sweet (most of the time). In the morning, the past few mornings, when you come to get her out of her crib, she hands you her baby. You have to get the baby out of bed too. This morning, it was the baby, a book, her paci, and a blanket. But then she didn't want them after all, so I threw them all back in. D is within days/weeks of walking. She could totally do it, but she is so cautious. She has taken a few steps to or from me and her daddy.

Evan was cracking me up this morning. First, James was teasing him about leaving him at home (or something! I lose track of all the teasing that goes on at our house!) and James said, "It's ok." Evan said, "No, it is UN-okay!" LOL. Good use of "un." Then I guess watching Delilah get a catheter in last week made a big impression on him because as we were driving to daycare, Evan said, "Delilah doesn't have a penis." I said, "Yes, that's right." He said, "She has a hole. And pee comes out of it." I gave him some medical terms for what he was describing and then we went through several iterations of, "Daddy has a penis. You don't have a penis." Then, "When I was a baby, did I have a penis?" I said, "Yes, you have always had a penis, even when you were little." He said, "Now, I have a BIG penis." Ah, yes, and a healthy sense of self esteem too.

Angry Santa

That's me. I have another 15 minutes before I am out of here and I won't look back until Monday morning. Even though I have been doing the work for 4 years, my work decided to promote 3 other people. Even though on the short list, I was ranked #2 and there were 3 positions, I didn't get it. This place blows.

Well, I got my motivation

I met with the plastic surgeon today regarding a breast reduction. He took some measurements of my body and asked me some questions. (Yes, I am done with children. No, no history of breast cancer. I get back aches and rashes under my breasts.) Measurement-wise, he told me that if both of my breasts were the size and length, if you will, (LMAO!) of my lefty, they wouldn't have probably covered it. But because of the size of righty, they will. You all are probably imagining me without my top on now. LOL. Anyhow, he determined that they will pay for my surgery. This is a fantastic savings! It should only cost me a surgery copay of about $300. The only catch is that I have to lose 10 lbs. before they will let me schedule the surgery. I was trying to anyhow, but now this just renews my motivation! I am going to start anew at Weight Watchers Online and really do it! The tricky parts are travel and my lunch outings.

Everyone is doing good here. We are preparing for a 4th birthday party and a 1st birthday party. A whole lot of partying. Delilah still has only one tooth (on the bottom) so she looks a little like Animal from the Muppets (thank you Brandon and Emily for making that comparison because it has now stuck!). But another one tooth is on its way on the top. Last weekend we thought maybe Evan had lost his damn mind, but he is doing better today. He is just pushing every button and boundary. And does it all with a smile. GAH! So frustrating.

I am on my way tomorrow to DC for work. Meetings with agencies. First time in a suit in 18 months!!

Looooong day here again at work. We are at the point in our process where we get comments back from the agency and have to respond to them. Luckily, the comments were not showstoppers. But it has been a long day, nonetheless.

Last night, James suggested pizza so I wouldn't have to cook. I counter-suggested Subway because of my diet. Evan piped up, "I want Subway! I want to eat fresh!" Ok, clearly we are in need of an intervention from Nickelodeon. I wonder what he thinks "fresh" is because he kept wanting to eat it all evening long.

This morning, Evan told me about a dream he had about Sponge Bob in the water. It was scary. And he told me, "You need to get your boy a snack." LMAO. A laugh a minute, that one.

Emily is coming over for dinner tonight, I think. I don't know what we will make, but I bet it will be yummy!

Endings and Beginnings

The hearing was today! You can see all the details (including webcast) here:http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?NewsID=2543 If I had gone (nursing Delilah kept me away) I would have been sitting right in front where you see two ladies' heads. So glad to have that off my plate. We are already getting press on this. I will put up some links as they come in.

Today is the kids' last day at daycare. Evan brought Oreos to school today for his last day party. We were calling it a "Goodbye Party" but he calls it a "Goodbye birthday." He has been taking the new school issue in stride and today I figured out why. He was under the impression that James and I would be going with him to the new school. Just like we all went to the open house together. :( He was really upset to find to find out that we would not be all going together. Poor kid.

I am taking the afternoon off and will eventually go get the kids for their passports. I can't wait to get out of here :P

Absolutely exhausted!

Whew! It has been a long few days...and will only get worse this week. Very busy. Today was D's 4 month well baby visit. Poor thing got her shots. She is just a peanut still. Weighing in at 10 lbs. 11.6 oz...still only 3rd percentile. But tall at 24.5 inches long (58%). Otherwise healthy :) We picked up Evan late in the day. He told me he was hungry and "juicy." (Thirsty). Very creative. He is still "pooping the big one" for us multiple times a night. Twice in the big potty tonight so we are really moving along.

Tomorrow our draft testimony goes to the Hill, so my work life will slow down a bit. Thursday is the big hearing. I will try to link the documents and such. It is pretty exciting.

Thursday is the kids' last day at their daycare. Moving to the new one next week. Kind of scary.

Delilah has been sleeping quite well in her own crib for naps. It is too loud here with Evan for her to sleep downstairs now. She isn't ready to sleep there at night though. :P She misses her mom too much.

Weight loss went out the window last week. I was barely surviving. I didn't gain...lost just a tiny amount. Hoping for more this week.

Damn you, Kitty Cat!

Last night, I laid Delilah down in her crib to sleep for the first time. When I first laid her down, she gave me a little pout like, "Please don't leave me all alone." I worked for an hour on the computer (real work stuff...kicking my butt right now!) and then knit for an hour. I had just posted on Facebook that D was sleeping in her crib for the first time and the little monkey woke up. She let out a holler that she was hungry, so I went in and rescued her. She was very very happy to see me. And then we slept happily in my bed the rest of the night :)

This morning, Evan saw a pair of shorts I had set out to take with me to daycare...so he has extra. He asked me, "Mama, are those dirty?" I said, "No, they are clean." He said, "Oh, my bad." LOL. I love when he tries out those little statements...who knew he had the lexicon of a college student in the late 1990s.

I managed for once to get out the door on time. I was even gloating about it as I walked into daycare. Until Evan realized that he (I) had forgotten Kitty Cat. We can't go to daycare without Kitty Cat. So, I had to drive home and get the little mongrel. Thwarted again.

Today is super busy. Getting all this stuff ready for the testimony; going to Indian for lunch; having a quick shower planning meeting; maybe a movie with my hubby tonight. Tomorrow is Evan's surgery.

Check out his soccer video:

Hurry Up and Wait

Hurry up and wait. it is what the government is all about. Is why GSA has to hurry up and spend $22 million on our stupid building fixing things that don't need to be fixed to fix the economy. My slow days of work are over as of tomorrow. My big boss called today and said that our requesters on the Hill want a testimony next month as opposed to the report we were publishing in September. So first thing tomorrow, I need to start revamping our report to become a testimony. Yowza. So I may not get to blog as much as I would like. I am going to try though. When my boss gets back from her vacation next week the poop will hit the fan.

I am intrigued by Twitter. But I can't figure it out. When I read people's twitter pages it doesn't make any sense. Oh well :P.

Ah, home

I went all the way to work today. Went down at 9 am to pump....and realized that I left some integral parts of the pump at home. Sooooo....I had to drive all the way home. Now I am teleworking. Which isn't so bad. I am missing getting to have Indian for lunch. As part of our Diversity month, they are eating indian food and watching "Slumdog Millionaire."

Yesterday, I went to that Christian daycare. It wasn't bad. The teachers seemed nice. The facility is HUGE. They do teach a bible story a day...and pray before meals....but I could live with that. I think we are going to go to their open house this weekend. They will even have pony rides.

Last night, Evan complained of a headache so Emily gave him a bandaid for his head. Then a little later he was crying, so I went up to his room. Poor thing was sitting on the floor crying. He said, "I think I am going to throw up." So we ran to the bathroom. I saw him bending over as we walked in....so I tried to catch it. LOL. It was totally second nature. Needless to say, he didn't make it, and my hands couldn't catch it all. So there was some clean up involved. I don't know if he just had an upset tummy or what. But he was fine this morning.

Miss D was sleeping very fretfully last night. She kept partially waking and stirring. It kept me up for a while. She seemed ok this morning too. So, I don't know. They are ganging up on me. :)

Since I have a minute...

I am home. Waiting for dinner to cook. I somehow turned the oven off after preheating it. So dinner sat in there for 30 minutes just chilling. Gah. Evan is watching TV. Miss D is sleeping off her daycare hangover.

I went to my work picnic today. We do it in conjunction with Diversity Month, so the offerings were American BBQ, Spaghetti, Tamales, and Korean Flank Steak. All delicious....not so good on the tummy all together. Although my family will tell me that nothing agrees with me. LOL. There were two pinatas (I know there is supposed to be a tilde above the n but don't know how to do that here)...one for kids, one for adults. The adult one had candy and alcohol shooters in it. I had to miss out because my boobs were going to explode. It was a nice time. I had a hard time sticking to the plan. But I just tried not to overeat. I did, however, have two brownies and two mini cookies. These picnics make it incredibly hard to say how many points I actually ate. Because there were tastes of so many little things. I may say 20 points for it all.

I made Evan a poo poo treasure chest today. I bought a bunch of little crappy toys and put it all in a box so that when he poops on the potty he can pick out something. We will see. He was intrigued and went to try to poop immediately, but to no avail.

Looking forward to sleep tonight. My sinus seems to have cleared. Delilah is recovering nicely from her ear infection. Poor kiddy.

TGIF

Yay! I made it through my first week back. Whew! Tired. Hoping to sleep in a bit tomorrow. Hopefully the kids will comply.

We got to see Dad last night. That was fun. Evan was excited to see he was still here this morning.

Work is picking up significantly. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/04/AR2009060404176.html?hpid=moreheadlines is an article about the work I am doing. So since this was finally sent over (after months of feet dragging) the poop really hits the fan. I have a draft to rewrite with that in mind.

I am going for Indian food for lunch. Looking forward to that! I am scooting out of here early so that we can take Evan to the doctor. His butt and his cough need to be inspected. Hopefully unrelated.

Pumping is still pretty much sucking. It seems like a lot of time and effort to get 6 ounces or so a day. Plus I really hate "letting down" in between sessions. If I even think about Delilah, my boobs start to ache and I know they are leaking into the breast pads. Breast pads are soooo sexy too. I love the circles that you can see through my shirts! Better than wet spots though, I suppose.

Evan is going to tomorrow to see the Dora show with his BFF Chase. I think they will have so much fun. No soccer because of that (and I am actually relieved to not have to push him to go).

I'm Back

Whew! Three months goes by so quickly. Today has been sort of a whirlwind. Lots of folks stopping by. Hundreds of emails to sort through. But now it is kind of quiet. My assignment is at very near the exact same point as when I left. The draft has evolved but is very close to the same. I got a really nice email from my staff person (who got promoted while I was gone) thanking me for teaching her so much. Very nice.



I had to leave my little peanut behind today. I am wondering how she is doing but don't want to call to torture myself. I am sure she is very tired because she got up so early this morning (I got up at 3:30...she ate and then slept til 5:30). I have been pumping today...but not really getting much. A total of 6 oz. Pumping just plain sucks. But at least I get some time to go read a magazine. I need to drink more water I suppose. If only water was caffeinated. I am thinking of my little one a lot. This is her picture for her passport when we go on a cruise in October.

I got to go to lunch with some friends. I want to hit all of my favorite places once before I have to start dieting...so I can fit into my pants. There was a pregnancy explosion after I left. 4 girls are pregnant here...one with twins.

I have a lot that I want to write....I haven't had time for so long. So be checking back here for more :)

Six days

I am trying to tie up all the loose ends here at work and at home. Today is 38 weeks. I am trying to enjoy the last few days of pregnancy because I doubt that I will get to experience it again. I think two is it for us. James and I will have replaced ourselves in this world, and that is enough :P Overall, it has been a decent pregnancy. Morning sickness kicked my ass....but the rest was easier than last time. No tailbone pain, no rib pain. I am still a little sad that I may not be able to experience spontaneous labor. But perhaps...I do have 6 days. I guess we will see what Friday brings at my doctor appointment.

Given March 10th, I have figured out all my leave plans. I will be out until June 1st. Seems like a long time...and not a long time. I will probably come back in time to finish out this job...especially if it drags on the way it has so far.

I don't know what we will do this weekend. Try to come up with something fun for Evan to do. If you ask him what he wants to do, he usually answers "Go to the bookstore/Target/mall." Poor kid. Have some house stuff that still needs to be done...and some baby stuff. And then Monday is my last day at work. I will work from home though. Whew. It is all drawing near.