Thoughts Lately…
Just some random thoughts lately…
Jenson said ba-bye and waved at me when I left this morning (for the first time). So adorable.
I keep a sweater at work that I throw on when I wear short sleeves if my under-the-desk heater isn’t keeping me warm enough. I wore it yesterday for a portion of the day and hung it on the back on my chair (like usual). Today I put it on and later noticed something jagging my upper arm. There was a long torn-like (or wood splinter) thing on the sleeve, so I picked it off and threw it away. This happened again an hour later in the same spot (same splinter thing…picked off, threw away)! AN HOUR LATER, there was another splinter thing poking my arm in the same spot! I don’t know where they are coming from, and I’m a little creeped out about it! They couldn’t have all been on there from the start because I would have seen the others when I picked off the first two! After I threw the last one away, I was like “what if it’s some weird bug that looks like a splinter?!”. If this was a dream, that’s what it would have been…but it’s not, so I guess there’s some weird thorn infestation in my 8th floor office. Or the cleaning people wore my sweater in the woods last night?
I had pizza and pasta for lunch because those are the leftovers I had available (gluten-free, of course). I felt very Italian. But gross – too many carbs. Unfortunately I also had a waffle and yogurt for breakfast. I may not feel like eating again for days.
Traffic is insane lately. I use Waze to pick my route when I leave my house because there are 3 possible “waze” to get to work. The app shows if there are traffic slowdowns or accidents and lets you know of things along the route. I swear there’s an accident on the route to and from work on each route every day. Even if the route I choose doesn’t have an accident posted when I leave, there’s one by the time I’m enroute. So annoying! I bet 75% of those involve someone using a cell phone in some way.
Speaking of cell phones, I can’t help but notice when riding in the car (when Lo is driving so I’m free to stare at the cars around me), that over half of the other drivers are on the phone. Who are they all talking to?! Does everyone talk on the phone every day except me? What do they have to say to each other every day? Do they just talk about their day? There’s not even enough that happens to me in a day that would be worth telling someone on the phone. I tell Lo the hi- and lowlights if I have any, but that only takes a minute or two unless I’m feeling particularly bitchy. And I’d feel bad about complaining about those things to anyone else (except maybe Summer). My phone call to you today would be like “Jenson said ba-bye and waved to me when I left this morning. He only woke once in the night when he peed through his diaper, but it took awhile to get him back to sleep. There was a thorn on my sweater 3 times in the same spot today. I ate pizza and pasta for lunch. I have a volleyball game at 8:30.” Thrilling stuff, right? The last phone calls on my phone are from Friday – and they don’t even really count. One was with Lo because I needed him to pick something up while he was out, and the other wasn’t even for me – it was Braxton calling to talk to Lo because he’s all about Lo, and Rachel doesn’t have Lo’s number (incidentally Lo answered the phone bc my hands were covered in cucumber – Jenson’s new fav).
Jenson’s birthday party is in 11 days and I feel like I have a handle on things because I don’t intend to make it a very themey or organized event. I just want his favorite people to be there to hang out with him if they can make it. That being said, I know that I don’t actually have a handle on things when it comes down to it. But we’ve decided we’ll do a taco bar because it’s easy for a crowd. And I started picking the pictures of him I need to print. I need to make a list…. I can’t believe he was this young a year ago!
We had his one year photos taken last week and he wasn’t very smiley, but it’s okay because he’s so cute anyway. And we got some really good family photos. Except Boof wasn’t in them and I’m a little sad about that, but it was too hard to figure out how to deal with her at the park (and our photog is also allergic). We’ll have to do an informal family photo.
Regarding Boof, she’s been a real harasshole to our neighbors lately. (but she’s so cute) They said she doesn’t bother them (they love her, so maybe they aren’t lying), but she sits like a creeper starting at them and whining lightly through the fence when they are working in the yard. She’s begging for peanut butter bones and they usually give in (they carry them in their pockets often, so all neighborhood dogs love them). She busts into the house when she gets one and runs around whining trying to figure out where to bury it (like a beagle?), but then she remembers that she’s part pug and she can’t NOT eat it right away. Then she runs back out and resumes her creeper post. I know what you’re thinking…she looks so innocent. So I won’t mention the teeth or claw marks we found on the OTHER side of the table from this weekend (trying to get to something on the table while we were gone).
I really want to try StitchFix because I hate shopping, but even if they sent me amazing items that I wanted to keep, I’m not sure I could justify the cost! It sounds like the majority of clothing items are between $50-$100, and the only thing I’m willing to spend that much on are jeans, shoes, and winter coats. I can’t do it. But it would be amazing! Maybe I’ll bite the bullet and try it sometime… It would be so nice to have something other than black, blue, or gray solids in my closet. I’ve always just said black and gray, but noticed I have a ton of blue clothes too – once my coworker deemed a color “Val blue”.
I was cleaning out the pantry the other night and I said (to myself, but outloud) “why do we have so much tea?! I don’t even drink tea!”. That’s a lie, I do sometimes drink tea. But Lo’s response was “I’ve asked YOU that before!”. Funny because the other day at work I was looking through my tea stash to make some iced tea and said “Why don’t I have any caffeinated tea here!” (answer: because I was pregnant and nursing, thus reduced caffeine for the last almost two years).
I was garbage at volleyball tonight. I didn’t even have a pancake (the volleyball “skill”, not the food). But I’m totally blaming it on the fact that I accidentally carb-loaded today. (see above point about waffle, pasta, and pizza) So when we went out after the game, I split some nachos with a teammate…blarg. I need a salad, stat!