Thursday

Last night, baby Nicholas slept in one hour intervals.  I was up at 11:30 pm, 12:20 pm, and again at 1:15 am, and 2:25 am.  I am not quite sure what was wrong, but I suspect he had an awful tummy ache, because after each little squeal, he made a little noise in his diaper.  You know, there isn't much on TV during those wee early morning hours, and the only TV he will tolerate is the Disney Channel.  It doesn't matter what is on, as long as he sees the little Micky Mouse ears at the corner.  We watched That's So Raven--you know the episode with the bees chasing Raven when she is competeing for most stylish at her high school, but the student counselor, played by Susan Lucci wins the award instead?  Exciting stuff..  We watched that, and very old reruns of another popular show that I can't remember the name of at this moment.  Forgive me, but I think I had a total of 3 hours sleep last night.  It was SOOO hard to get up at 6am.  It was so hard, that I pressed the snooze button at least 3 times, and actually did not get out of bed until 6:25 am.  Suprizingly enough, I managed to get out of the house, and in the car with son Andrew and the baby by 7:15.  Sure my hair was still wet, but it is very rare that I have time to blow dry anyway.  In the morning, I ususally have this big wet stain behind my shirt, that eventually goes away by noon..that is just the way it is.  All I can say, is thank GOD for the CARPOOL lane.  If it wasn't for that lane, I'd be late everyday.  I confess however, I do feel guilty when I whiz by past the other cars waiting at the meter waiting for the light to change.  People really should drive in 2's more often though. 

Well, it's finally Thursday, and I'm sitting here at my desk thinking about the weekend.  My weekends always seem to be a bit hurried and busy, and I shouldn't wonder why the weekends just go so fast. 

This weekend, my daughter needs to go to the school and take pictures for the year book for her dance club, and I also have to take her the mall (always fun--NOT) to find a dress for the senior formal, and the formal dinner that she is going to attend from her Leadership Club -(she is going to meet Magic Johnson and this big ole fancy hotel), and I need to take her to grandmother's house for the weekend like I had promised my mom.  Lizzy warned me that if I made her switch schools, and force her  to attend the high school two blocks fromhome (we moved), that she would make a point of doing every extra afterschool activity there was.  Well, she is, and I have no problem with it--in fact I'm proud of her, but man she keeps me busy! 

I also promised a friend that I would help her register for her wedding at Target and Crate and Barrell.   I still don't know what time she is going to show up, and I am waiting for her to call me.  She probably doesn't realize that I must start planning and scheduling my weekend around this event. 

One weekend, I hope me and hubby get a chance to just leave for the weekend.  Destination, I don't know--just somewhere away from normal life for awhile.  I started typing this, I was listening to Mary Capin Carpenter sing the following song.  It's sweet and so simple; it reminds me of that beautiful day in Pacific Grove when I and my husband said our vows.  Sweet and simple, not complicated--that is how love should be.  I am so lucky!

Grow Old With Me

Grow old along with me
The best is yet to be
When our time has come
We will be as one
God bless our love
God bless our love
Grow old along with me
Two branches of one tree
Face the setting sun
When the day is done
God bless our love
God bless our love
Spending our lives together
Man and wife together
World without end
World without end
Grow old along with me
Whatever fate decrees
We will see it through
For our love is true
God bless our love
God bless our love

Written by: John Lennon