Walking Backwards

Yay, I have a tan!! Well, sort of. I am not as disturbingly pale as I was last week, and am the closest to a tan I have been since I was twelve. I was able to handle the sun today by hitting the pool with some of our friends. The water was so nice, I was able to tolerate the Texas heat. My uncle would always make fun of my brother and I for our supreme paleness whenever we would see him in Seattle. He was more tan than we were and he lived in a city that was overcast seventy-five percent of the time. I told him we would go out more if it was overcast and no more then eighty-five degrees here during the summer. Instead, since we live in a city where the sun is blazingly hot and the temperatures regularly reach into the hundreds in late summer. Well, at least I got a little more freckled before we were driven inside.


Travis and I got to see subterranean 2 this week. I liked it, and going to the movies with Travis was fun. Dr. Octopus was presented wonderfully. I never really appreciated his character in the comic books, but the stories that he was featured in were some of the best. I think the movie was about on par with the first, but I do wish the story would get on with Spiderman's soul-searching and allow the character to show his sense of humor. They, of course, opened the door for a sequel in a not-so-subtle way. Travis told me that Tobey Mcquire had signed on for something like four films. I don't know if its true, but I wouldn't be surprised. We both were hoping that Venom would be the next enemy, but it doesn't look like it.


We're heading down to San Antonio this weekend to see my dad and visit Maria and Fiona. It will be nice to get out of the house. For the past few weekends we have had visitors here, instead. I like having people over, but lately I seem to turn into the overbearing and frazzled hostess. I suppose it may have something to do with the fact that Joe is home now and that I am expecting more from him. He just assumes I have it under control. We just need to get into the same groove of things and we'll be fine. Maybe we need a weekend break, too :).


For a bit of light entertainment, we have been getting ready to start potty training Nicholas. Part of this preparation includes letting him run around without a diaper on so he can grow accustomed to his body's signals. Today, he reminded us how wonderful having that diaper is. He peed all over the cat while she was sleeping in the rocking chair.