Ice Cream - It really can fix just about anything.
I apologize to my mass audience for my lack of posting. How irresponsible of me. As mentioned before, it's summertime. And the kids and I are stuck together 24/7, woops, I mean, enjoying our time together this summer before they start school and start making friends with kids I don't like....or their moms. So, we've been crazy busy.
Most recently, we got the stomach bug. First Lucy. Then Max....while camping. That was unfun. Then the bug bit me. Whew. I forgot how gross throwing up was when you're sober. Man, that's rough stuff. Then, I didn't want Ricardo to feel left out, so he jumped on the bandwagon as well. If I wasn't helping someone, I was keeping the kids out of the house, and if I wasn't doing either of that, I was laying in my own filth in the fetal position pondering on why the Take Home Chef finds only attractive women at the grocery store. They're usually pretty cute women, and they are married, so they can go home and cook for hubby. There's no children involved EVER, and the hot wife is just there...in the middle of the day, perusing the organic produce section...always. Hmmm...it's as if it is FIXXED! NO!? Really!?
I have to give a great big shout out to my online girlfriend, Julz(HOLLA!) who came in at some point, and snagged my kids when I got sick. I hope that was her who took them. I was pretty out of it. God Bless good girlfriends. Julz(HOLLA!) is so special, I think she needs her own talk show. Really. She is the best. If everyone had a Julz(HOLLA!) in their life, there would be no more depression, no more alcoholism, cancer would be cured. Seriously, she really saved my ass. I thought I'd be okay with the kids that day. I sent Ricardo to work. I mustered up enough to email her and tell her I couldn't work out due to barfing. THAT wouldn't be any fun. The next thing I know, she's riding in on her chariot, or a Honda Odyssey, whatever, and taking my kids off my hands so I can throw up in peace. Great...who's going to hold my hair back now!? Heh heh...
We're all back to health now and I have a ton to report. I was going to start today, but I was having so much fun with the kids in the yard. Then the neighbor kid a few doors down spotted us. You guys know this kid: the one you don't like, and you don't like your kids to play with? Uh-huh. Well, he showed up. The funny thing about 4 year-olds, is they get excited to see a kid they know, close to their age. It doesn't matter that every playtime with this kid results in both of my kids coming home because it's no fun, and they are hurt somehow. They simply don't remember at that initial moment of sighting that they, indeed, don't like this kid. And by the way, neither does Mommy...nor Daddy. Sigh. So, we did what every responsible adult does with their kids when mayhem ensues. We told the kid we had to go, piled the kids in the car, loaded them up with ice cream, and then drove around town looking for new houses, far from the kid, and far, far out of our price range.
You know, it would make sense to use that kid as a learning tool for what not to do, be, or act like. To teach my kids how to make a difference. To be influential on that kid, influencing GOOD and KIND play. To not run from your problems, but address them. But that's what I've been paying my tax dollars for - for school to teach them that stuff. And it sure was fun to look at new houses. And even more tasty eating the ice cream!
That's how I roll.
Hope you weren't all throwing up at the same time......I think you must know how grose it is to only have the sink available for such uhhhh.....stuff.
While I am so very, very flattered by your nice comments I think you have severely over rated me! While having my own talk show would rock, I am not sure about curing cancer,alcoholism and depression. And a chariot by any other name is a minivan. You have rescued me many a time. And whenever I have strep, braces pain, wisdom teeth removed you are in my house in a record 10 minutes with food for me! I am glad that everyone is feeling better over at your house! You are just as great of a friend to me and I feel so lucky to have found you (online girlfriend!). On your neighbor kid note: Yes, obviously ice cream cures all ailments. However, what you really need to do is move into our neighborhood. On our street. Choose your house carefully...your neighbors more so!