slacker

fighting the blogging blahs. still.

so what's new? nothin' much.

weather is cooling off, so i've tried to take christopher for little walks this week. his stroller recently broke, so i'm thinking longer walks might be out of the question. i'll have to ponder on this. i enjoyed my walks last year.

nick has a big "concert in the park" tonight for school. orchestra, band, and choir. you take a blanket and they have a bunch of junk to eat, and you listen to the kids perform under the stars. i'm going to miss it. john is out of town and christopher is naughty. i'm thinking if i took him he'd either scream half the time because i won't let him run around, or he'll escape and find a lake to drown in or something. plus i hear it's a zoo. hundreds of people.

nick understands of course, which almost makes it worse. he has to be understanding alot of the time. he feels bad, and is disappointed, but he understands and doesn't complain. it's a recurring theme for him.

i'll probably buy him a book or something to make it up to him and ease my conscience. i feel like i'm buying him off or something. "here kid, sorry i couldn't be there in person to support you, have this material item so that i don't have to feel like a lousy parent."

my stupid oven is still broken. i put my meat thermometer on top of it, and covered it with a dish towel to keep in the heat, and after 15 minutes it registered 127 degrees. inbetween the turned off burners, in the front part of the stove top where a kid could easily reach. technically speaking it works, i'm just afraid it will work too well and burn down my house or something. after burning my cookies.

went to st. george this last weekend. i'll probably devote a whole post to that. it was a fun little whirlwind trip. john had a free hotel stay he needed to use up, we saw some dear friends, ate at their brand new restaurant, which seems to be doing really well, and even met up with some of my cousins while they happened to be in town as well. that was an unexpected and delightful bonus.

at this very moment i am totally procrastinating going to the gym. i think i have arthritis or something in my feet. they hurt all the time. and shoes are particularly painful. i'd go to the doctor, but i'm afraid it will go something like the time i went to the doctor about my knees- "you're just fat. lose weight and your joints will feel better".

wah. wah. i just noticed that 75% of this post is me whining about something. sorry. i'll shut up now, but feel free to leave a comment and tell me what a whiner i am.