Austin was sick at the end of last week and last weekend. He had a slight fever on Tuesday night (around 99.5), so we both stayed home on Wednesday, during which he had no fever. Great, I thought, that was a fast recovery! Thursday, however, I got a call from Sherry saying that his fever was 100.5, so I went to pick him up. He stayed warm on Friday and Saturday, spiking only to 100.8 on Friday evening though. I was pretty surprised. From what I've heard from other friends, most of their kids who have had this have seen fevers in the 103-104 degree range, so the fact that he didn't even hit 101 was a bonus.
We had a pretty low key weekend, which consisted of many movies being watched and the random trips to the store on Sunday. I could tell he was feeling much better on Sunday because he was rambunctious and just wanted to run all over the house and play. We had some issues, my boy and I, due to the fact that we were both stir crazy and bored from our few days of hibernation, which resulted in much whining, a lack of listening, several time outs, and some making up. I'm glad to say that he's back at Sherry's today (and, I'm assuming, doing well since I haven't gotten a call from her!), playing with friends and being way more entertained than he usually is with me!
Tomorrow, Nick leaves for his annual "Deer Camp" hunting trip. He'll be gone Tuesday through Sunday, so Austin and I are looking forward to some fun time together. We're planning a trip to the Festival of Trees (an annual outing for us!) and a visit with Grandma, Aunt Erin, and Uncle Danny this weekend. What could be better?
Monday, November 16, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Let's Do the Time Warp Again...
This past weekend, I traveled home to Decatur to spend time with my family and also with friends who I haven't seen in years. One of my high school friends, Kimberly, lives in Arizona but was coming back to Decatur for a visit, which made this a great weekend to get together! The Class of 1994 (the year ahead of me) was also having their 15-year high school reunion Saturday night, which gave us a good opportunity to see people we normally wouldn't.
Five of us met up for dinner at Bizou on Saturday night -- me, Kimberly, Tori, Beth, and Lesley. I had never been to Bizou before and it was pretty nice! There were some great looking things on the menu, but they were a little pricier than I wanted to pay, so Kimberly and I ordered off the appetizer menu! I was very happy with my veggie quesadilla, especially because it had great big chunks of avacado stuffed in with the onions, cheese, and tomatoes. Delicious!
After dinner, we walked over to Daugherty's, which is where the reunion was taking place. It had just wrapped up and so we spent a few minutes talking with people who were still there. I have to admit, there were several people who I didn't recognize! Some people had changed a lot, some people I just didn't remember...also, my memory isn't the best these days! Luckily, Kimberly filled me in on who most people were, so I was good to go.
The party moved to the Cornerstone Bar after that. This is a bar that used to be called something like The 99 Club, I think. I just remember it as the weird bar across the street from Farm & Fleet where some 3rd shifters used to go in the morning time. I never went there when I lived in Decatur, either, so it always seemed like it was not the place to go. Apparently, it's now a very "Meridian" place to go, according to my sources! We had a pretty good time! There was a DJ (although the stuff he was playing was a bit techno/dance remix for my taste much of the time), there was a dance floor, there were cheap cans of beer...it was Decatur at its finest! There was also a handwritten "Cash Only!" sign behind the bar, a sad sight for those of us who don't carry cash anymore! I was assured by the waitress that there was an ATM, but if was broken! Luckily, I had enough money for one drink, and several friends found it in their hearts to provide me with more throughout the night! The funniest part of the night was that a lot of us kept going outside to the "beer garden" to talk because it was so loud inside, and people kept saying, "I'm so old! It's too loud in there!"
It was great to see people and brought back a lot of memories! It was also weird because it definitely felt like I was back in 1994-1995, since that was the last time I saw many of these people! It's like my brain was trying to remember that this was 2009 the whole time! Also, it was weird but really fun to see everyone's kid pictures. We're so grown up now!
Of course, I got to show off this gorgeous boy, so lucky them!
Five of us met up for dinner at Bizou on Saturday night -- me, Kimberly, Tori, Beth, and Lesley. I had never been to Bizou before and it was pretty nice! There were some great looking things on the menu, but they were a little pricier than I wanted to pay, so Kimberly and I ordered off the appetizer menu! I was very happy with my veggie quesadilla, especially because it had great big chunks of avacado stuffed in with the onions, cheese, and tomatoes. Delicious!
After dinner, we walked over to Daugherty's, which is where the reunion was taking place. It had just wrapped up and so we spent a few minutes talking with people who were still there. I have to admit, there were several people who I didn't recognize! Some people had changed a lot, some people I just didn't remember...also, my memory isn't the best these days! Luckily, Kimberly filled me in on who most people were, so I was good to go.
The party moved to the Cornerstone Bar after that. This is a bar that used to be called something like The 99 Club, I think. I just remember it as the weird bar across the street from Farm & Fleet where some 3rd shifters used to go in the morning time. I never went there when I lived in Decatur, either, so it always seemed like it was not the place to go. Apparently, it's now a very "Meridian" place to go, according to my sources! We had a pretty good time! There was a DJ (although the stuff he was playing was a bit techno/dance remix for my taste much of the time), there was a dance floor, there were cheap cans of beer...it was Decatur at its finest! There was also a handwritten "Cash Only!" sign behind the bar, a sad sight for those of us who don't carry cash anymore! I was assured by the waitress that there was an ATM, but if was broken! Luckily, I had enough money for one drink, and several friends found it in their hearts to provide me with more throughout the night! The funniest part of the night was that a lot of us kept going outside to the "beer garden" to talk because it was so loud inside, and people kept saying, "I'm so old! It's too loud in there!"
It was great to see people and brought back a lot of memories! It was also weird because it definitely felt like I was back in 1994-1995, since that was the last time I saw many of these people! It's like my brain was trying to remember that this was 2009 the whole time! Also, it was weird but really fun to see everyone's kid pictures. We're so grown up now!
Of course, I got to show off this gorgeous boy, so lucky them!
Friday, October 2, 2009
Chilly Friday
I am so, SO flippin' tired this afternoon! I don't know what happened, because I was totally fine this morning. Somewhere between my gas station pumpkin spice cappuccino with the EXTRA shot of espresso thrown in and my Steak and Shake lunch, I apparently ingested some sort of horse tranquilizer and, as a result, am about to fall asleep at my desk.
I have to admit, I love that it's chilly outside! I am not a big fan of sweating, and I feel like I do it a lot (like I'll end up sweating while trying to wrestle my favorite 2 1/2 year old into his car seat!), so when the temperatures start to drop, I usually enjoy it! I like this in-between chilly but not freezing weather every year, and every year it seems to go by pretty quickly. We'll see how 2009 pans out. I remember last year on Halloween and Thanksgiving that it was much warmer than normal. For example, Aunt Erin and Uncle Danny came up to walk around with us for trick-or-treating, and no one had to wear any coats. Danny even wore a t-shirt, for Heaven's sake!
(I like that I made that part all dramatic...NO-T-SHIRT!!!!!!! Can you IMAGINE IT??)
On Thanksgiving, we hosted my family since it was the first Thanksgiving in our new house. I remember it being so mild outside (and so warm from the oven and stove) that I opened most of the upstairs windows because I was, hold on to your seats people, sweating. In fact, I had a lovely red sweater on that I quickly swapped for my faded out Willie Nelson t-shirt (AGAIN WITH THE T-SHIRTS!!) before dinner, as evidenced by photos from the day.
(So pretty!)
A funny, random memory from that Thanksgiving is that our across-the-street neighbors, the Wilsons, had someone on their roof on the Saturday after Thanksgiving (which is when we did our celebrating with the family). I think it was Dusty, and I believe he was hanging Christmas lights? For some reason, I'm remembering him either doing Christmas lights or, I guess, roofing, since hew as on the roof. I'm going with Christmas lights, because would someone really repair a roof all alone in November? It seems less likely.
So we'll see how this fall turns out. We had a pretty mild summer, which has led many people I've talked to to believe that this will be either (a) a mild winter, or (b) the worst winter in the history of weather. It's really a toss up at this point!
Oh, and by the way...I was shopping at Walgreens the other day (it was still September) and saw that there, above the clearanced items in one aisle, were rolls and rolls of Christmas wrapping paper! It was just LOOMING there up on the high shelf, taunting us all, "Heeeyyyyy, everybody! Here we come! It's not even October and you'd better get ready for Christmas!"
Sheesh, gift wrap! Why ya gotta be so ominous?
I have to admit, I love that it's chilly outside! I am not a big fan of sweating, and I feel like I do it a lot (like I'll end up sweating while trying to wrestle my favorite 2 1/2 year old into his car seat!), so when the temperatures start to drop, I usually enjoy it! I like this in-between chilly but not freezing weather every year, and every year it seems to go by pretty quickly. We'll see how 2009 pans out. I remember last year on Halloween and Thanksgiving that it was much warmer than normal. For example, Aunt Erin and Uncle Danny came up to walk around with us for trick-or-treating, and no one had to wear any coats. Danny even wore a t-shirt, for Heaven's sake!
(I like that I made that part all dramatic...NO-T-SHIRT!!!!!!! Can you IMAGINE IT??)
On Thanksgiving, we hosted my family since it was the first Thanksgiving in our new house. I remember it being so mild outside (and so warm from the oven and stove) that I opened most of the upstairs windows because I was, hold on to your seats people, sweating. In fact, I had a lovely red sweater on that I quickly swapped for my faded out Willie Nelson t-shirt (AGAIN WITH THE T-SHIRTS!!) before dinner, as evidenced by photos from the day.
(So pretty!)A funny, random memory from that Thanksgiving is that our across-the-street neighbors, the Wilsons, had someone on their roof on the Saturday after Thanksgiving (which is when we did our celebrating with the family). I think it was Dusty, and I believe he was hanging Christmas lights? For some reason, I'm remembering him either doing Christmas lights or, I guess, roofing, since hew as on the roof. I'm going with Christmas lights, because would someone really repair a roof all alone in November? It seems less likely.
So we'll see how this fall turns out. We had a pretty mild summer, which has led many people I've talked to to believe that this will be either (a) a mild winter, or (b) the worst winter in the history of weather. It's really a toss up at this point!
Oh, and by the way...I was shopping at Walgreens the other day (it was still September) and saw that there, above the clearanced items in one aisle, were rolls and rolls of Christmas wrapping paper! It was just LOOMING there up on the high shelf, taunting us all, "Heeeyyyyy, everybody! Here we come! It's not even October and you'd better get ready for Christmas!"
Sheesh, gift wrap! Why ya gotta be so ominous?
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Cecilia, this one's for you!
So...okay. Why am I not such a good blogger? I have funny (sometimes) things to say, I'm a fast typer...you'd think this blogging thing would be really easy!
I will tell you why. I can't hold myself back and end up telling the handful of people who I believe read this blog all my stories before I have a chance to post them! Therefore, I will either try to wait and not share everything in person or throw a few things in my blog that are just random thoughts instead of funny Austin stories!
Today, I read a story on The Pantagraph about a new spa that has opened up in Eastland Mall. They're advertising 20-minute massages for $24 and, for the rest of the month, a Buy One, Get One Free deal! Some of the comments people left online were about how they could never relax while getting a massage in such a public place. Someone else noted that there is a private area in the back of the spa. I am going to have to see this place. I wouldn't be too thrilled with having a mostly naked massage in an open area, but $24 for 20 minutes, and BOGO free? Not a bad deal!
I will tell you why. I can't hold myself back and end up telling the handful of people who I believe read this blog all my stories before I have a chance to post them! Therefore, I will either try to wait and not share everything in person or throw a few things in my blog that are just random thoughts instead of funny Austin stories!
Today, I read a story on The Pantagraph about a new spa that has opened up in Eastland Mall. They're advertising 20-minute massages for $24 and, for the rest of the month, a Buy One, Get One Free deal! Some of the comments people left online were about how they could never relax while getting a massage in such a public place. Someone else noted that there is a private area in the back of the spa. I am going to have to see this place. I wouldn't be too thrilled with having a mostly naked massage in an open area, but $24 for 20 minutes, and BOGO free? Not a bad deal!
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Ha!
I'm just going to say it. I'm freaking hilarious!!
I just reread my entire blog. Yes, we've been busy today at work, but I am a VERY FAST reader, and I've been reading snippets all day, and it really isn't that long of a blog, so don't think I wasn't pulling my weight today at work!
Anyway, I loved rereading this blog! I have made some pretty hilarious statements which seem much funnier now than when I wrote them! I'd like to give props to the "It Takes a Gallon" story and the memories of the Cecilia's 30th birthday celebration. These were especially funny!
Maybe I will blog more...
I just reread my entire blog. Yes, we've been busy today at work, but I am a VERY FAST reader, and I've been reading snippets all day, and it really isn't that long of a blog, so don't think I wasn't pulling my weight today at work!
Anyway, I loved rereading this blog! I have made some pretty hilarious statements which seem much funnier now than when I wrote them! I'd like to give props to the "It Takes a Gallon" story and the memories of the Cecilia's 30th birthday celebration. These were especially funny!
Maybe I will blog more...
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Playing catch up...
...and I don't mean "ketchup and Cool Whip" because I think that's been the highlight of my blog long enough!
Here are some Austin-isms and fun things to share from recent time:
Here are some Austin-isms and fun things to share from recent time:
- Tonight we went to Miller Park for the Stories in the Park free storytime event. It was pretty fun, although the male storyteller was a little bit over the top! I mean, let's get funny and get the kids into it, but I don't think that automatically means you must be what can only be described as goober-ish the whole time you're telling your pterodactyl story!
- Also, there was almost a rumble at said storytime event. A family right next to us (mom, dad, young daughter who was maybe 3ish) had some emotional times during the casting of the puppets for the pterodactyl story. The goober guy was calling some kids up to be certain puppets for his story (note to self: anytime a story involves puppets, the teller is likely to act dorky at some point; it's hard to be cool with puppets!). The girl of this family really wanted to be one of the characters, but she was shy and didn't want to raise her hand or call out when the man was asking for volunteers. This was a problem. Her dad (who kept calling her, the daughter, "Mama" -- weird!) told her to go up and tell the guy she wanted to be a puppet. Daughter walked up right to the front of the group...and stood there silently. The puppet passer-outer therefore had no idea she wanted to BE a puppet. Consequently, he never picked her for one. The dad was not having this, and he kept yelling out, "She wants to be the duck! She wants to be the turtle! Hey, man! She came up there to BE THE ALLIGATOR!!!! SHE'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU!!!!" It was a bit tense. Finally the guy heard the dad (I don't know how it took so long!) and offered the girl who had since come back to her family the chance to be the turtle. At this point, the girl was crying on their blanket. It was over. The whole family was crushed. It was quite the drama. Meanwhile, Austin and I just sat quietly and hoped this turmoil wouldn't resonate in our direction!
- On the way home from the park tonight, Austin busted out with the following: "Knock, knock! Who there? Mommy! Mommy, who there? Mommy...Mommy...MOMMY!! Say who there?" I answered him with the obligatory, "Who's there?" to which he replied, "You are there!" It was pretty hilarious.
- Lately, Austin has been a major Daddy's boy. This has it's good parts and it's not-so-good parts! I love it when Austin talks about "his daddy", as in "Where's my daddy?" or "I'm gonna tell my daddy I saw a fire truck!" However, leaving to go to Sherry's in the morning is really tough, because Austin doesn't want to leave Nick! Once we get to Sherry's, Austin is typically fine but we've had some struggles lately!
- Austin has discovered a new favorite food -- cereal! He loves to eat it (especially with his fingers!) and finish it off by drinking the leftover milk. So far, he's enjoyed the Honey Nut Shredded Wheat Mini Bites and some generic Honey Nut Cheerios. He usually ends up eating two small bowls for breakfast and could probably eat more if we'd let him!
- I've learned that when your kid randomly says, "I not gonna poop in the bath!" while in the bathtub, he probably is going to poop in the bathtub.
- I've also learned that cleaning poop out of the bathtub is harder than you'd think!
- A couple of weekends ago, Austin and I went to Decatur to help clean Aunt Erin and Uncle Danny's house for an open house, and also to help Gramma and Papa move som stuff to their new house. Austin was dusting with Gramma at Erin's house and I was trying to get him to show Danny something. He turned to me with this annoyed look on his face and said with the utmost seriousness, "Mommy, I WORKING!!" My apologies, sir!
Thursday, July 16, 2009
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