Walking Backwards

What a busy week we had! We have had so much to do, I've lost Monday and Tuesday along the way. Let's start with Wednesday then. Wednesday we met up with Bella and Miranda, whom I met online, to play at the Central Market playscape. Nicholas was being Mr. Independent and wouldn't play with us, but it was so nice to have another mom to talk to about mommy things. Miranda was such a cute little girl and Bella is quite an interesting woman. I hope we get to spend more time with them. After leaving the playscape, we picked up some stuff from Central Market (mmmmmm . . . pear juice) and went straight home, ignoring the errands we were supposed to be running. When I got home, I called one of Nicholas' preschool teachers, whom I had been e-mailing about watching Nicholas. Amazingly enough, she lives in our neighborhood and was able to come over to meet us that day. We have plans to start a care exchange in the fall, I'll spend time with her father and she'll watch my son. She left when Joe got home, so I didn't have a chance to make dinner like I had planned before I had to run out the door to meet Annie at the discount theatre to see Hidalgo. I got to return home to a sleepy baby and a husband who had done all of the dishes (*Yay* Joe). The next day was marathon errand running and house cleaning. I also tried to get in touch with some of Nicholas' classmates for the fall so maybe he can get to know some of them before his class starts. The library was closed when we went to visit it, so we just wandered around the park behind it. Friday, we went back to the library to return some seriously overdue books and get some new ones, we bought some new paints and posterboard, we cleaned the car, we wished we could go see Fahrenheit 9/11 and watched Travis enviously as he went, and we baked chocolate chip cookies, eating them hot out of the oven.

Today, I am hoping for some relaxation. My dad is coming to visit and to help us with planting our new orchid trees. We should probably work on the bathroom, but I'm feeling lazy. Tomorrow is church and dinner with Annie. Its going to be nice to just hang out. Catherine and I are supposed to work on plans for Annie's baby shower, but those plans are always fun to work on.

In other news, it looks like Cheney is feeling the pressure:
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=535538§ion=news

And, it always good to know that the FEC is on our side (please note sarcasm):
http://www.thehill.com/news/062404/moore.aspx