so this is the first time i have got to type with both hands in ages. see, Q. went with her aunt to see her other aunt who lives several hours away. she just left and will be gone for FIVE WHOLE DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!! i don't know what to do...i wanna cry, for joy, for sadness, for worry, for relief. my baby is growing up so fast. i never thought i would i have trouble seeing her off for her own little vacation but i guess this confirms i am her true mother and she is really my child because sometimes i wonder... then i remember i guess i wasn't a perfect kid either.
the thing is, i forgot i wasn't perfect cuz my mom always told me i was but i did teach my brother how to get out of his crib as a baby. when we got a little older we'd eat peanut butter with a spoon on sat. mornings during cartoons. i used to use the back of the couch as a balance beam, and i peeked at all my christmas presents, showed my brother his, then he felt bad and tattled. i also baby powdered him head to toe when i was a wee one and watched quietly as he spread ashes all over the floor with his dump truck. i put my cat in a bucket once and put the lid on. the cat almost died for lack of oxygen, literally, the cat was two minutes from death. sorry mom i didn't mean to. and i was very picky about my clothes. i even tattled on my brother for a whole week about how he would hit me and mom would punish him. she finally lost her patience and asked, "WHY?!" and he said, "J. told me to," very matter-of-fact like.
Once we went through all my parents drawers in which we discovered where dad hid his money (more than one place) and other things not for little eyes. mom never found out until she was saying how she needed some money so we showed her where to find it. and i cannot forget our adventures with matches. we burned a spot in the fake grass carpet on the back porch while we were burning the hair off of strawberry shortcake (it more or less just melted instead of flaming, which smelled funny). we turned the toy box over on top of the burned spot (which was significant) and weren't discovered until we moved houses.
My Q. is much more like me than i want to admit. i think i'm gonna miss my baby. and she's gonna miss me. but neither of us will let on cuz that's how we are with each other...we need our own space or we couldn't survive in the same house...we must be that much alike.
okay enough of that. Friday was my birthday. i was wondering how this year was gonna beat last year. i went and took BBB for portraits and then met mom for lunch. mom hasn't been well for about six months but we were able to get away for awhile and we had this great time! we ate and chatted for three hours. first, we shared a veggie stacker at MiMi's Cafe. It was YUMmmy--grilled squash, mushrooms, red bell peppers, with tomato basil pesto on grilled sourdough. the dessert menu wasn't impressive but The Cheesecake Factory was next door so we went to split a slice.
Except we ended up getting our own. Anyone who knows my mom knows she loves pineapple upside down cake. there was a pineapple upside down CHEESE cake. i'm gonna go back and get a pic and put it in this post. it was like six inches high and three inches wide. cake on the bottom and top with cheesecake in the middle. OH MY GOSH!!!! my mom ate the whole slice. i had a couple bites--it was heavenly. my mom was so stuffed--that is the most she has ate in six months! i was thrilled. now i know what it is like for Superman to watch me eat shrimp (one of his favorite activities). That was the highlight of my day.
Of course, my gifts were pretty cool. Superman got me Adobe Photoshop 6.0 which i am absolutely excited about and revving to get started. mom got me the Pages By Design layout kit. i think i'm going to test it out tonite at a crop.
more our stuff: BBB is funner than ever. He smiles, chats, and laughs all the time. he loves to play patty cake and he loves to get kisses. i can't resist kissing his big fat cheeks. i'm gonna enjoy it while i can cuz someday soon he won't want me kissin' on 'im anymore and oh the heartbreak! did i mention i am utterly and eternally in love with BBB? did i mention Superman has competition now? (sigh)
this is getting very, very long. this is what happens when i have both hands to type with. maybe one hand isn't such a bad thing! till monday.
