Walking Backwards

I must really be neglecting this thing, seeing as how I hesitated to remember my password when I started to log in. Because I want to just jump in where I am, here is a bulleted list of where I was:

- Friday I spent a frantic day cleaning the house. Sadly, I didn't finish it all, but that turned out to be okay. Joe's mother Charla decided that she was staying with us, so my mother stayed with my brother.

- Saturday morning, I woke up early to decorate the cake. A pirate cake.

- Nicholas' birthday party was on Saturday at Little Gym. We had a ton of people cancel at the last minute and the party went from being to big to being a little small. We ended up with ten guests, but they all seemed to have fun.

- The gift situation this year was reasonable for once. He got a year membership to the children's museum, which was what I wanted, and a toy cash register, which is what he wanted. He also got a ton of books and pajamas, also good.

- Saturday after the party, all the family came over here to open gifts and eat. It was nice, but it started wearing me down a little. I also was starting to get behind in the dishes department and our sink started to overflow. I don't think caught up on dishes all weekend.

- We skipped dinner out on Saturday because I was exhausted. I really, really wanted to go too, but it would not have been a good thing.

- Sunday I woke up early to pack the car for the garage sale. I made breakfast for everyone and said goodbye and left for the garage sale site. I had rented a table at a group garage sale. I ended up selling almost everything and made about $80.

- I also got a horrible sunburn and couldn't go to Nicholas' friend's birthday party that afternoon. Joe had to go by himself.

- When I got home the in-laws were gone and my mom and Travis came to pick me up to go shopping. My mom bought me a new pair of vans and got Nicholas a couple of books. She had spent the weekend replenishing Travis' wardrobe.

- We got home and ordered pizza and put in one of the videos we had rented. Match Point by Woody Allen, not bad, but deals heavily with the issues of infidelity. I liked it, but like the movie we watched on Monday better.

- Monday, Joe and I went to Nicholas' school because it was our day to be helping parents. It was Nicholas' birthday and I signed up for the day at the beginning of the school year. We brought apple scones for snack and sang happy birthday.

- After class, we went by Travis' apartment to see my mom. They ended up not being ready to go and we drove home to feed the boy and get him ready for nap. After a short while mom and Travis swung by with some food and picked me up to go get some patio furniture for our backyard and Travis' patio.

- We rushed through Target and ended up not being able to fit Travis' chairs in his car or in my car, so we had to tie them on the roof of his car. I then had to follow them home in my car to make sure they didn't lose them.

- My mother left with Travis for the airport and we said a tearful goodbye. We'll be up in Seattle in August, though, so it won't be long before I see my mom again.

- When I got home and finally took a survey of the house I couldn't believe how dirty it could get in one weekend, really.

- That evening, Joe and I went to the monthly happy hour I go to with my mom's group. Nicholas and Joe go to the coffee shop down the hill with the other dad and kids and all the mothers get to drink and cavort. Yay for cavorting!

- When we got back, Travis was here doing his laundry. We sat down to watch the last video I had rented, Tarnation, which was so, so good, but dealt with the issues of being raised by a parent with a mental illness and was hard to watch. It was so unusually done, but really original. Thumbs up.

- Tuesday, I started to clean, but gave up soon into it and ran errands instead. I really don't remember much of what I did in the morning. I did go over to Travis' and put together his coffee table for him.

- Tuesday afternoon, Maria and the girls showed up and we talked before going over to Chuck E' Cheeses for a small birthday for Nicholas with some of our close friends. Love the skeeball, but the pizza is expensive and terrible.

- Wednesday was Nicholas' last day at school. I couldn't be there very long before I started getting upset and had to leave. We'll see everyone for our goodbyes on Sunday at the end of the year party.

- After going to Joe's work, I finally got motivated enough to start cleaning. It isn't done yet, but it is started. Hopefully, by the end of this week . . .

- In the middle of cleaning, I had to go downtown to bring a car seat to a friend who had lost her keys and had to transport herself and her daughter back home in her husband's car. I felt so bad for them, because I can just imagine how much fun it would be to get stuck with a three year-old in the heat.

- Joe had a D&D game and had to work a maintenance downtime last night, so I didn't get to see him, but he'll wake up soon. Nicholas and I have a playdate in an hour or so, so I hope he wakes up before we have to leave.

That is the rundown of the last week. I hope that I'll have pictures uploaded soon. Now I can start blogging with a clean slate.