soulswallo | More house cleaning, but I'm not calling anyone a "Lady". Okay?

tinamishi recently asked how one deals with the fact that their baby is old enough to go to school. I'd like to address that now (just in case you didn't see my response, Christie) ...

Try to hold back the tears until your child is out of sight. Preferably in the classroom. I was able to do it when Cole started Kindergarten. I wasn't able to do it when he started preschool. I sobbed like a baby. Seriously. I just looked up at the teacher and apologized with tears dripping down my face. What a sap.

That's pretty much all of my advice. Oh, and pack a good lunch. That's important.

Now, I got my invite yesterday to the Lake Tahoe trip that the bank puts on. It's some time in September (

malkovich03 could tell you the exact date since she's down with that shit). I have to go buy a nice dress. Maybe I'll just buy a nice top and wear a pair of black pants. Either way, I must shop. It's a good thing I got a little bonus and have a little to spend on myself. Speaking of shopping, I think I need to buy Cole a few more pairs of pants for school. And new shoes. How do kids go through their shoes so damn quickly? Before my shoe buying binge of a couple of months ago my old Sketchers lasted for 7 years. Cole's lucky to have them last 3 months. And he's not out growing them. He just plays hard and wears them out.

Since we're talking about Cole ... He is so darn sick right now. He's sleeping on the couch at the moment, but he was throwing up something fierce last night. All over my bed. You moms out there know what that's like. Gross. I love doing laundry at 10 at night. Especially when it involves vomit of some type.

Onward. I have the urge to buy something out of my favorite catalog. Amy Brown has some great sculptures ("The Kiss", "Winter Solstice" and "Eclipse") in there that catch my fancy. I also love her "Cloak of Stars" glass panel. It's just so pretty. See, I was thinking of adding pictures so you all could see what I like but it seemed like too much work.

I think I have to take care of my boy.
Later.

ETA
Oh.my.gods. There are some really bad icons out there. Sure, there are some really good ones, but there are some really bad ones also. Just a word of advice ... To whom ever I just ran across (can't remember who and can't remember where) - Please don't icon Batman Returns ever again. Once upon a time I used to like that movie. (shut up, I did like it) You might have ruined it for me. Thank you, Kelly.

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I'm sorry to hear Cole is sick. I know that isn't fun for either of you!

Also, I've never heard of that site you mentioned. It's got some great stuff on it! Crap, I've now found more stuff I'd like to buy.

Hee. My work here is done.

We should go shopping next week. To you know where. With my you know what and save yourself some money. When we went this Wednesday for Back to School, we hooked Alex up and then some.

He goes through shoes like I go through ice cream. I think it's a boy thing. At least that is what they tell me.

Shopping is good. Let's make a date.
Speaking of which, I've been craving cookie dough ice cream. I think I'm going to blame you for that. :)

heeee!!!!

nice to see your journal is for EVERYONE! ha.

1. sure hope Cole's feeling better. that sounds like it really sucks.
2. so ok, i had a reall shitty day at work today. extra mayo was in a car accident (a tomato truck ran into her, i'm surprised she didn't eat her way out) and brian's wife was like trapped at their church which is off hick's. some raid on some guy's pot farm. so brian asked if it would be ok if i worked by myself for today. 5+ hours of running my fucking ass off. blah, blah, blah. this isn't the point. the point, i went to best buy afterwards, cuz i was cranky and just to pick up 'alexander'. but they had BSG season 1 out. the UK version. and it plays on US dvd players. cool. but they had a thing "buy BSG season 1 and cleo or sliders season1 and get $15 off." so to make a boring story even longer, i got BSG, cleo and alexander (the original version). so in closing all your subtle comments work. ha.

ok this is turning into an eric journal, i'll stop.

I'm trying to be more equal opportunity and all.

1. I think he is feeling better. Poor guy. At least he hasn't thrown up today. Thank goodness.

2. Wow. Sucks. I left work at 9:30, went to Target (for soup, crackers, and children's tylenol), picked up Cole and was home by 10:00. I rock!

what a good mom you are (like you need me to tell you that.). and that's great he's not puking anymore.

HI!

Sorry Cole is sick! Hope you gets better soon!! Nothing like a sick child or a child going to their first day of kindergarden to tug at your heart strings!

Never heard of that catalog BTW! Thanks for linking it!

Yeah, it's not very fun.
You're welcome!

I went to the catalog. Some of the stuff was really cool, but some of the stuff was far out. I liked the fridge door fortune teller and the pentacle altar cloth, but a $70 shit just to wear on Litha? I can hardly bring myself to buy stuff I need at that price!

I did however splurge on a couple of Kiva CDs the other day. They are awesome.

- Sepra

I have that problem also. I love looking at all the stuff, but I can barely bring myself to buy a pair of shoes for more than $30 much less a shirt I'm going to wear once or twice. Still, the stuff's pretty and I like to dream.

More house cleaning, but I'm not calling anyone a "Lady". Okay?

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