I'm going to pass

A friend gave me her travel magazine that has Paris tips in it. On the cover it also highlights that I could "Win! Win! Win! Free Egypt Trip". Umm, I'm going to pass on entering that one for now... Nope, couldn't even pay me to go there. i think I might avoid Libya too.

I can't make up stuff this good

Sean missed some drama at the hospital during his days off this week. In one department someone got into a fight with their boss about how some posters were displayed. Shoving resulted, then the MPs were called, then the MPs were shoved, batons brought out, people escorted from the building. They both returned later in the day for some reason and then it escalated to a fist fight. Do tell, what kind of posters were these? Well, again, I can't make this stuff up.... they were posters about preventing violence in the workplace. You're welcome.

4443

The children are well documented, to say the least. I just got an email that photoworks is closing and I need to transfer my 4443 photos to Shutterfly. The worst part is that is only 5 years worth of photos because I haven't used photoworks in several years. Rest assured though that I didn't put 4443 photos into obsessively detailed scrapbooks. Can't fathom having that much free time...

Booked

Yes, I did it, booked my ticket to go see Belgium Heather! 4 days in Paris, a few days at her chateau (for real) in Belgium... a slight upgrade over our previous trips together: Portland, Seattle, and let's not forget a brief overlap at Disney. Also a slight upgrade over my previous international travel experiences... taking the shortcut from Detroit to Buffalo and a day trip to Tijuana! Clearly, this is long overdue and quite unlike me. I haven't left Manhattan proper since early December, people, unless you count that one trip out to Ft Riley a few weeks ago. I get very anxious when I leave the children for any sort of travel and I just figured out that it's not going to go away for a long, long time so I just need to get over it. I could pay a therapist to help me through this but I'd rather take that money to Paris for some retail therapy. Can I get a shopping high five? (thanks Heather!)

Rough night

At some point between 2am when Sean went to work and 6:30am when I got up, Patrick came downstairs, turned on all the lights, found a bag of goldfish crackers, took them to his room, took off his pajamas and ate the whole bag. Then he slept until 9am which was very unusual and a bit annoying as his "school" started at 9:15. So we were a bit late today and he missed out on some running around the classroom. Glad to know other boys are the same way with the nonstop running inside. Better weather needs to start like, yesterday, because we must move this show outside. Anna got some pedometer thing and she has also been bouncing around inside trying to get her step count up. She is a loud bouncer, much like her counterpart of the older generation... Bridget. Sean gets that deja vu feeling a lot with the girls, so much like his sisters growing up.

Who could resist?

I just got an offer from Saks on email and if I spend $3000 I will get a $350 gift card. Why, I am practically losing money by not shopping! $3000 sounds totally ridiculous but if I got everyone in our family one outfit from Saks it would be about that much, yikes. Good thing there isn't one in town...

Eight is Enough

Actually, seven is enough, especially when they are all 9 and under. Andrea and I never overlapped pregnancies so in theory these 7 kids could all be siblings. Oh the horror. Oh the dishes. Oh the laundry. The boys had a great time together with their Buzz Lightyear obsessions and the girls fought over holding new baby Ellie. Andrea and I haven't seen each other in 2.5 years but thankfully we talk all the time on the phone so it's not like we had to use this visit to catch up. Ha ha, who has time for adult conversation when you are running a short order restaurant and juggling babies? Sean had two very rare day shifts and since this visit was planned at the last minute I know he wasn't faking them. They have been written on the calendar for weeks now. Kudos to Ryan for not running away to the man cave. And kudos to all the adults as none of the children ran away either! Ah, door chimes, how we love thee.