grocery list

I had just walked in from a run first thing this morning, and Tyler asked if I had bought apple juice (I hadn't). I debated running straight to the store right then before I hopped in the shower, but decided I was going to need a few things, and would rather shower and make a list. Tyler asked if he could make the list, so I said "sure". Here it is just as he wrote it...


juice
strawberries
lucky charms
frosted flakes
ritz
cheese nips
popcicles
monsters vs alians dvid
vinnilla ice cream
clondike bars
pretzels
Gatorade
ice cream sandwich

Glad he doesn't do the shopping!!

Huh??

A conversation at the breakfast table this morning.

Tyler to me: "I thought you didn't like this song."
Me: "I don't."
Tyler: "Then why are you dancing in your seat?"
Me: "Because I like music and I like to dance."
Tyler: "Hmm."
Gabrielle: "That's just how she rolls."

couples (mis)communication

Dennis called me on my cell phone this morning. So I answered the phone and then asked "Why are you calling me on my cell?" And he replied "Because I thought you were working today." At which point I laughed, then laughed some more, and then couldn't stop.

This was because I was thinking "How do you not know I don't work Thursdays anymore; my work schedule changed when we got back from vacation on the 30th of June." Except I DO know how he doesn't know that. When he gets home at 6:30, the kids jump all over him and tell him of their day, and then it's dinner time, and the kids still monopolize the conversation or ask him about his day, then dishes, baths, sometimes reading, and bed. By the time the kids are in bed, I am either trying to catch up on phone calls I haven't made because the kids URGENTLY need me as soon as I get on the phone, or folding some laundry that I just remembered was in the dryer, or collapsing on the couch exhausted.

And then I was remembering a conversation with a friend when she described being puzzled at how Dennis and I could live in the same house and not have talked about something or other for a few days in a row, but how now she understands because she and her husband are also in that too-busy-to-stay-on-top-of-everything mode.

So as he explained he was calling to tell me he'd be late, and I explained that I now worked Tuesdays and WEDNESDAYS, I giggled all the harder. To which Dennis then inquired "Are you drinking wine??"

I heard "Are you thinking wine?"

So I replied (shocked) "It's 11;45 am and I have 3 kids in the house that aren't even mine. Why would you think I would be thinking about wine??"

And then thought..."I could be thinking wine...for later on...maybe with a couple of friends over since you're going to be late... Is it too short of notice to call friends and invite them over for wine?"

Youngest Learns First

Evie is learning about gender interaction sooner than you'd think she would need to. Her friend Walter was over, and she, Tyler, Gabrielle, and Walter all decided to play pirates. Walter and Tyler went into Tyler's room to "get ready" (read: put on bandanas and capes, practice brandishing plastic swords and saying "arrr").

Walter comes running out of the room just as Evie steps out of Gabrielle's room. Now, mind you, Evie had been wearing her new favorite piece of clothing which is a black leotard with an attached skirt. She added, for her pirate garb, a shiny pink lame cape trimmed in fur, and a necklace.

Walter looked at her and says, disappointed, "I thought we were dressing up as pirates."

And Evie says, dejected, "You don't like what I'm wearing??"

Luckily, Eileen (or Lee) are training Walter right, because his reply was "No, I like it alright."

PHEW! Tears averted!

She's a PT's daughter for sure!

After looking through some old pictures the other day and finding one of herself at about age 2, Gabrielle said "Oh no mommy, look, I was W-sitting!"

An early lesson in relationships.

A conversation at the breakfast table the other morning...

Evie: "Luke hardly talks to me anymore." (Luke is a preschool friend)
Mom: "Why not?"
Evie: "I don't know. He just hardly even plays with me anymore."
Mom: "Hmm." (somewhat distracted, finishing up making the other two's lunches)
Evie: "It's so FRUSTRATING!"
Mom to herself: "welcome to the next twenty years of your life honey!" Didn't have the heart to say it outloud though.

Mind ramblings during running, or why THIS physical therapist will never be a jogger.

"Ok, 2 days to get ready for the race; let's run."

tap step, tap step, tap step,

"Wonder why my cadence sounds so off?"

tap step, tap step, tap step,

"I'm not getting a heel strike on the left side. That's the leg that was affected when I herniated my disc."

tap step, tap step, tap step,

"Can I try to make my heel hit first?"

Thwap step, thwap step, thwap step

"Ugh, nope."

tap step, tap step, tap step,

"Gotta coordinate the breathing."

inhale tap step, tap step, exhale tap step, tap step,

"Stupid hand me down basketball shorts are sliding down my hips-probably look like some kinda thug with my shorts halfway down my hips-Speaking of hips, what's going on with my right hip-It feels funny-It must be this long Tshirt-doesn't allow my hip to extend-Can a T shirt weigh enough to stop a hip from extending-Is it the shorts-Ohhh, maybe it's this Walkman from the 90's that's pulling my shorts down-I really gotta figure out how to load that iPod Den got me for my birthday-Yup, right hip definitely not extending as much as the left-have I gone a mile yet-oh, not even to the school yet-definitely not a mile-why don't I have an even heelstrike-do I walk that way too-look, if I watch my left foot, it's pronating and everting-what's up with that-I'll have to ask someone to look at "OHHHHH! I'm so sorry! I didn't even see you. I was looking down at my...ok I'll watch where I'm going. I'm sorry."

tap step, tap step, tap step,