Heather and Steve ~ August 31, 2003

I actually saw people this weekend, amazing! My good friend Marcie came over on Saturday to hang out for a little bit after getting her hair done. It was so nice to see her, as it had been probably 3-4 months since we last hung out. She had a blast with Owen, and Owen just loved her to death, it was so cute. Then yesterday, I went to a baby shower for Steve's best friend's wife. Since Owen can't be far from the tap, I was only able to stay for about an hour before leaving. But then when I got home, Owen was asleep in the swing, and slept for another hour, so I could've stayed longer. Oh well.

( Now for the real reason we've all gathered here today - picture time! )

* I actually woke up pretty easily this morning for my doctor's appointment. Not bad for someone who is dead to the world before 10am. I think I spent more time changing my address, phone number, and insurance information than I did with the actual doctor, which is par for the course. He didn't like the look of one of the bumps on my chest, so I have to wait a couple of weeks to get the referral to see a dermatologist. Stupid HMO.

* I went to Gymboree after getting back from the doctor's and ended up buying all of the items I listed in my last post, woo hoo! I spent $125 without the Gymbucks, which I think is the most I've ever spent in one trip there. I realize that I could've waited a month or so for it all to go on sale, but I had Gymbucks to burn, so I did it all now. I was smart and got each outfit in a different size so that he could wear the line for a long time. The little two-piece green outfit is 6-12 months, the top and overalls is 12-18 months, and the long-sleeved shirt and cargo pants are 18-24 months.

* The potato soup ended up being pretty tasty! I didn't like the smell of the dill weed (anyone else think of Beavis and Butthead when they hear those words?), so I thought the soup was going to taste like ass, but after I put in some salt and shredded cheddar cheese, it was quite tasty. Steve had two huge bowls of it, so it was a success, hooray!

* I could swear that Owen called me Mama today. He was lying on his bear rug, and I was standing up next to the couch, putting my hair into a ponytail. I was looking away from him, and he was whining a little bit, when all of a sudden, I heard him say "Mama," clear as day. Crazy!

* Poor Owen got kinda burned by his bath tonight. I crank the kitchen faucet to the hottest setting so that the water could heat up faster, and when Owen was sitting in his bath seat, his foot touched the stream. I was in the bathroom (Steve was with him), and I heard the most awful scream from him. He was fine a minute later, but I felt bad for the poor little guy, he sounded like he was in a lot of pain. There was no redness though, so Steve thinks it probably scared him more than anything.

* Going to get my hair cut tomorrow, eek! I don't know why I'm so nervous. It's only hair; it will grow out if I hate it.

You know those chocolate oranges that you smack on a hard surface, and they split up into slices? I LOVE those things, and I think they're only around during Christmas. I got one in my stocking for Christmas, then bought 3 more at the store a couple of weeks ago. I was at the store today, and I bought 5 more!

Owen went down last night at about 8:30, woke up around 1:30 or so (I think, maybe he didn't wake up at all), then didn't wake up again until about 6:10. I fed him in bed, and he went back to sleep until 9:40! Woo hoo for sleeping in!

Unfortunately, Steve was still sleeping when I got up with Owen. That means, yes, he's going into work late again. He didn't come to bed until 1:30am! I bitched him out when he came to bed. I should clarify that he will be working until 7:30, so he's still getting a full day of work in, but the point of last week and this week was for him to score some major overtime. Now that he's a supervisor, they can't make him work it though, and he's taking advantage of that, which I think is shitty. Plus, his hockey team owes $800 to the league, and he's going to be paying it himself, and hoping that he'll get some reimbursement from the team. That hit would be a lot easier to take if it had come out of his overtime check, but since he's not working as much overtime, there goes that.

In other news, I'm about 100 pages away from finishing the third book I picked up at the library. Three books in a week? I'm impressed with myself :). I finished the first book in two days, and the second book in about 3. I think I'm on the 3rd day of this book now. And here I was, stressing about whether or not I'd be able to finish 4 books in 3 weeks. The last one looks a little more serious than the other 3 I've read, and thicker too, so that'll probably take longer to finish.

( Husband meme )

And to play Heather's Did You Know game:

1. Did you know that I played a nun in our school production of Sound of Music when I was in 5th grade?

2. Did you know that I used to be a surgical tech before I had Owen?

3. Did you know that I am a Pepsi fiend?

Blue Man Group was awesome last night! Our seats were really good, but of course I got stuck behind a tall lady with bitch bangs. It was a really fun show though.

You'll also be happy to know that Owen and I both did very well with our separation last night :). Earlier in the day, I seriously thought I was going to cry when I left, but I was perfectly fine walking out the door. Owen went to bed a little later than usual, and ended up waking up right as the show was ending, so he was up when we got home. The benefit to that is that he ended up not getting up for the day until 10:30 this morning, sweet!

( Pictures from BMG )

Rules

1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first article title on the page is the name of your band.

2. www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four words of the very last quote is the title of your album.

3. www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/

The third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

1. Pradosia
2. It is your own



I'm starting to wonder if I did this wrong now, because I thought you were supposed to create the album cover, but everyone else is just listing stuff.

Okay, the resemblance is uncanny. These two cats look like Tracker and Min Min.

( Freaky )

I'M GOING TO SEE BILLY JOEL ON FEBRUARY 23RD!!!!!! Steve just got an email for a presale on tickets for a one-night only show. This will be my 5th time seeing him, and I got floor seats, woo hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!! I guess that's one thing I failed to mention; I'm a huge Billy Joel fan. I've seen him 4 times, and have just about every album. Steve asked me to follow him into the office, and he said that he would watch Owen for the night so that I could go out. I am so freaking excited!

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