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The not-so-littles-anymore start school today. Dare had his last gasp-blast of summer last night and stayed out until dusk, screaming and running through the neighborhood with his friends. Jaime-Baby, true to form, preferred to give her room a preparatory cleaning and organize her school supplies.
Is she my kid, or what?
Omni cut Dare's hair for me on Saturday past and I gave Jaime-Baby her first perm - and I really screwed up by not buying two perms. Her hair is straight for the first few inches and curly, curly, curly from there on down. *sigh* Now I have to wait at least six weeks before I try again. Thank heavens for the pressing iron, is all I can say. She's at the age where her appearance is really important to her.
Kari-Neena is supposed to come over after school today and I'm looking forward to seeing her, since it's been about two and a half months since she's been here. She's such a good kid.
Noah started school yesterday and was so excited. Jade said he wandered into her room and perched on the edge of the bed, murmuring that he needed to watch the news. He focused intently on the tv, laying down during commericials, then sitting back up and paying attention again when the ads were over. Later told Jade he wanted to see what the weather was going to be. *shakes.head*
Tomorrow I go to Texas. Gawd I hate flying. I need a drink already.
Why are people so frigging scandalous? Some jackass sold Bood a broken washer and dryer!! She hauls it all the way to Memphis, up two flights of stairs, goes and buys the exhaust tube/hose and finally gets it hooked up only to find out that the dryer's motor is gone and the washer leaks from inside. I feel so bad for her - everything that can go wrong is and she tried so hard to prepare for every contingency. her air conditioners are not working as they should, Shadow's petrified of the stairs, her "free-wireless" (as advertised as a selling point for the apartment) is inoperable, the cable company didn't leave everything she needed to watch tv when they came and installed the cable and yesterday the toilet went kaput. She's gone from tearful to a sort of frigid silence that sounds very brittle, like if One.More.Thing happens, she's going to shatter. She called me, horrified, the other day, telling me that her neighbor was outside yelling and Bood peeked out the window to see what was going on. The woman was outside wearing a thong and a shirt. *blink* Turns out the woman was calling her dog. As Bood said - Yeah, I go outside all the time half-dressed to get my dog. /sarcasm. Oh, and did I mention the homeless guy that lives in her doorway? Believe it or not, this is one of the town's good areas.
I started reading Mockingjay (of course, like five minutes after it was out) and had to stop. I just don't remember enough of the storyline! So I'm going to re-read the first two books first. *grumble.grumble*
There are so many good books coming out - Harry Connolly's next, the second in the Strain series, the someday-Rothfuss-will-finish next book ... I know there are more, but it's flipping early here.
Oh well - time to get Jaime-Baby up
Is she my kid, or what?
Omni cut Dare's hair for me on Saturday past and I gave Jaime-Baby her first perm - and I really screwed up by not buying two perms. Her hair is straight for the first few inches and curly, curly, curly from there on down. *sigh* Now I have to wait at least six weeks before I try again. Thank heavens for the pressing iron, is all I can say. She's at the age where her appearance is really important to her.
Kari-Neena is supposed to come over after school today and I'm looking forward to seeing her, since it's been about two and a half months since she's been here. She's such a good kid.
Noah started school yesterday and was so excited. Jade said he wandered into her room and perched on the edge of the bed, murmuring that he needed to watch the news. He focused intently on the tv, laying down during commericials, then sitting back up and paying attention again when the ads were over. Later told Jade he wanted to see what the weather was going to be. *shakes.head*
Tomorrow I go to Texas. Gawd I hate flying. I need a drink already.
Why are people so frigging scandalous? Some jackass sold Bood a broken washer and dryer!! She hauls it all the way to Memphis, up two flights of stairs, goes and buys the exhaust tube/hose and finally gets it hooked up only to find out that the dryer's motor is gone and the washer leaks from inside. I feel so bad for her - everything that can go wrong is and she tried so hard to prepare for every contingency. her air conditioners are not working as they should, Shadow's petrified of the stairs, her "free-wireless" (as advertised as a selling point for the apartment) is inoperable, the cable company didn't leave everything she needed to watch tv when they came and installed the cable and yesterday the toilet went kaput. She's gone from tearful to a sort of frigid silence that sounds very brittle, like if One.More.Thing happens, she's going to shatter. She called me, horrified, the other day, telling me that her neighbor was outside yelling and Bood peeked out the window to see what was going on. The woman was outside wearing a thong and a shirt. *blink* Turns out the woman was calling her dog. As Bood said - Yeah, I go outside all the time half-dressed to get my dog. /sarcasm. Oh, and did I mention the homeless guy that lives in her doorway? Believe it or not, this is one of the town's good areas.
I started reading Mockingjay (of course, like five minutes after it was out) and had to stop. I just don't remember enough of the storyline! So I'm going to re-read the first two books first. *grumble.grumble*
There are so many good books coming out - Harry Connolly's next, the second in the Strain series, the someday-Rothfuss-will-finish next book ... I know there are more, but it's flipping early here.
Oh well - time to get Jaime-Baby up