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:

The Ultimate in Multitasking

I am blogging while standing....while cooking dinner. I just have no time!

I lost 2 pounds this week! Woo hoo! The holiday weekend will be the real test.

We are officially starting the new daycare July 20th. Our kids will be assimilated into the Christian culture. LOL. I told Evan's teacher today and she cried. :( So I cried. They love him so there. I made sure to stress that it is purely financial and that we love them otherwise. So sad.

This morning while feeding Delilah, I asked Evan to tell me a story. It went like this, "Once upon a time there was a boy named Evan. He lived with Mommy and Daddy and Bear and Tyler and Daisy." "Anyone else?" "And Emowy (Emily)" "What about Delilah?" "yes" "what did Evan like to do?" "Eat breakfast." We went on like this for a while. Pretty cute.

A little bit later he said something that sounded like "Shit." I gave him THE EYE and said, "I do not like that language." Perhaps, I misunderstood him because he said with a confused frown, "But I didn't say 'Day-mit.'" LOL.

I have many other adventures to tell you about, but they will have to wait until the proverbial shit is no longer hitting the fan at work.

Please don't leave me

Night before last, when I was putting Evan to bed, I was singing to him Pink's Please Don't Leave Me. (for reference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddZPrJ8ROto) I was singing the chorus, "Please don't leave me. Please don't leave me. I always say how much I need you." He would repeat what I had sang after each line. And then he started to sing his own lyrics, "Please don't leave me. I want to go with you. I love you." It was hilarious. What a talented little guy.

Last night, Emily came over to help me out because we were on our own as James had to work a different shift. She and I had a good time...made roasted red pepper wraps with feta and spinach. Yummy. Then brownies with ice cream. All weightwatchers friendly :) We were hoping to get watch True Life I am Pregnant with Twins or 16 and Pregnant....but MTV was only playing Michael Jackson stuff. Boo.

I think MJ was very talented and very damaged. It is sad that there is a whole generation of people who don't remember him before he hacked up his face and (allegedly) started touching little boys. But I don't want to watch MJ videos all night. Darn it.

I have a ton to do today before my boss comes back Monday. Better get cracking. Donuts for new staff at 9:30 woo hoo!

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. :)

A couple of things that made me smile this morning:
I was looking for a blanket for Delilah to cover her in her car seat and Evan started to yell, "I have a 'Dea! I have a 'Dea!" (idea, I think). He thought he knew where one was.
And then we were talking about how Daddy was home this morning but that he had to go to work tonight. I asked Evan if he knew where Daddy worked and he said, "The gym." LOL.

Today, I have lunch plans with my work friends! :) Tonight, Emily is going to come over. We are going to have a Jon & Kate + Eight viewing party. It shouldn't be so much fun to see if a couple is going to get divorced. I do truly feel bad for those kiddos. And I feel like one of the idiots watching The Truman Show, but I CANNOT help myself. Who decides to let the whole world watch your marriage unravel. I have no secrets, but even I would draw a line there. Kate talks about how this is all for her kids, but when you see stuff like this you have to wonder:
http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/telefile/2009/06/in-defense-of-this-kate-gossel.php
I am not even talking about her "denying" her child water. I am talking about how listless those kids are. They shouldn't have to do press! They are 8 and 5 years old! It doesn't look fun at all for them. So, my thoughts are that Jon & Kate are both douchebags. But I still can't help watching tonight.

And then my next dilemma. I found this daycare that would save us $400 a month. It is a state of the art center...looks really cool. The reason it is cheaper is because they offer civil servants 25% off. Well, the downside (isn't there always a downside?) is that it is affiliated with a nondenominational church. I wouldn't mind it if they taught the kids a few bible stories and had a Christmas pageant, but I do not want them indoctrinated. So, I am supposed to go see this place this afternoon. It makes me a little oogey. They call their youth group at this church Revolution Youth. Oogey.

I have just a minute!

I wanted to say that I lost 2.5 lbs. this week. I gave up a lot of yummy food for that :P. Today we celebrated Father's Day with David and Linda. Emily came out to dinner with us too. I hope James enjoyed himself. We went to Mimi's and I only ate soup, salad, and half of a really yummy and very caloric muffin. Job well done.

I am going to hurry up and get off the computer because I want to knit a bit before both kids wake up.