May? Are you serious? Did April even happen? I really can't believe that it is May already. I am a blogging slacker. Finals are this week... enough said. Actually right now I am sitting outside a testing center waiting for 4:15 to come so I can go in a take a final. The past few days have been spent doing nothing but studying. Last night we went to Wal-Mart and walked through the toy isles for family home evening just to get out of the house for awhile. May I suggest that this is a bad idea. We had no intention of buying anything and Kaden had every intention of buying everything that had a button or made a noise... which was 80% of everything there. We did end up getting some more underwear, 2 pair of water shoes, and some 4T jammies. I can't believe my son who is 2 wears 4T clothing... ok actually one pair I bought was 6T and although it was a bit big he can still wear them. What the? He is a gigantic child. Hopefully that height pays off for him in the future.
Do you ever remember odd things? Things that you have no reason for remembering or that have no value in knowing? I do. I remember all sorts of odd bits of information. For instance, I walked into the bathroom just a few minutes ago here at the school it was empty so all the stall doors were open. My mind went back to a high school statistics class where I learned that people will always go for a middle stall, and rarely go for the first stall. Strange? Yes. Useful? No. True? I think so. I walked to the third stall in. Chris hates that I have such a good memory. This is partially due to the fact that he has the worst memory on earth and partially due to the fact that I remember every thing he does- good and bad. :D Hopefully this good memory serves me well in this upcoming exam. 30 minutes to go.
I promise there will be a real post soon. A post of pictures and updates and funny stories about the kids but to be honest I can not think of one update or funny story to tell right now. My mind is full of facts about the brain and the eyes and the nose and the tongue and the skin. I can tell you that taste receptors are located on taste cells that are located on taste buds that are located in papillae that are located on the tongue. Did you know that?
Here is an update- Kaden had his first outing out of the house in underwear today. It was a short outing and all we did was go pick up Chris's computer ( that crashed last week... talk about the worst week ever to lose your hard drive) from PC laptops and pick up some fries at Wendys but still it was a momentous occasion. Hopefully when this week is over I can revert back to normal mom and actually finish this whole potty training thing. Lately I have been momzilla who makes her kids watch elmo 30 times a day ( it is Elmo's potty time if that gets me any credit) so she can do school work and study and edit pictures. I haven't been nearly attentive enough to potty train ( properly) or do anything else a good mom does. One more week kids and you can have your mom back.... if you still want her.
Chris is a gem. He is trying to keep me sane and the kids alive and still be the amazing PHD student that he is. He went to Georgia for a conference a few weeks back and I am happy to say that we successfully handled 5 days with no dad. However I can say with strong conviction that I would not make it as a single mom. Chirs might be gone a lot during the week but the time is home makes a lot of difference. He has spent a lot more time at home the last little while so that I can actually get some quiet study time in. He is my lifesaver. I love you Chris.
Well test time is almost here, wish me luck. Sorry this post isn't interesting or funny or exciting. Life really hasn't been any of those things lately. Mostly we are just scrambling to hold it together. Friday can't come fast enough.
Dear May,
Will you please be full of warm sunny days spent playing at the park?
Thanks,
Jill
