Say Anything.

Thanks for making me feel a little better about this!
We are going to try the at home kits to test the paints in the living room since he seems to spend most of his time in there. The kits only test 4 items at a time from what I could find online, I'm going to to the store on the way home from his appointment to look as well.

Poor guy, I hope they don't mind that I take him a snack, he's going to flip out when they make him sit still.

With little fan fare and no broohaha, a little blond, female UPS driver stood at our door yesterday and said:

'Hellooooooo, UPS?'

So we got our Xbox right before we left to take David to his swim class. Mike hooked it up and it works. Sheesh, that only took like 2 months.

They probably sent the most nonassuming delivery person they had just so you'd feel bad about mauling her.

I have "left lung pneumonia."

Fuckin' a.

At least it's not the swine flu! :froggie

And at least you have one good lung?

It's amazing how a 13 year old can hurt your feelings. Jen was all pissed the other day because, she said, Tyler (one of her classmates) called her fat. Now, if you've seen the pics of Jen you'll know that she's not by ANY stretch of anyone's imagination fat. Last night she was going on and on about it, because it was dress rehearsal night; one of her other friends finally said "Jen, he didn't call YOU fat!" and then it was dragged out of her friend that it was me that Tyler was calling fat.

With all the work that I've been doing trying to lose weight, this REALLY hurt my feelings. Needless to say that little shit's never coming over our house again, if he lives through the next time Jen sees him...

*sigh*

*hugs Darsa* Don't let a thoughtless kid mess with your efforts to get yourself fit and into shape hon. Sorry he was such a shit :(

Aww Darsa, don't let them get to you. Kids and adults alike can be assholes about anything, especially weight. I say fuck em all and don't worry what they say.
I had some jerk make some comment about leaving food for them in the store as I was leaving walmart. I had 3 bags, none of it food. I put that fucker in his place. Some toothless, balding shit isn't going to make me feel bad!

So don't let those kids get to you! *hugs*

its sad how kids and adults can be so thoughtless :hugs:

My daughter's dress rehearsal was Friday, and first recital night last night. On Friday... Jen's bra decided to head south while she was on stage doing her Jazz routine. Her face was... indescribable; I was sitting there in the audience chanting "leave it alone, leave it alone, leave it ALONE!" over and over... you couldn't really tell and it would have been completely unnoticed if it hadn't been for the horror-stricken look on her face and the "fixing" she was trying to do. She was VERY upset after that number; probably because her boyfriend was there. The three other numbers went off without a hitch, and Justin had a lot to say about her "sexy tap costume", earning hairy eyeballs from parents AND grandparents.

So! Needless to say, recital last night went off perfectly; she was awesome, amazing, all that. She's the best in her group, yep, no doubt about it :D Of COURSE I'm not biased!! :P

So if anyone's interested... we posted 'em to share on YouTube because they wouldn't fit on Photobucket. Unfortunately we only got the jazz and tap cuz my camera wouldn't hold much more than that (my parents' vacation pics were on there too).

Here's her tap routine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-q31f2Tv_A

And here's her jazz routine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbHbpNMOjdM

Jen sez: "thanks for looking!" ;)

that was really cool ^_^

Tell Jen great job!

Great dances :) And we all naturally concur that Jen was definately best in her group /nodnod

Thanks you guys! :D

My boss even said 'why didn't they put her up front the whole time, she's the best there!' without any prompting from me. Made me forgive her annoyances for the day ;)

I stayed at an Omni for the first time this weekend, and I'm on Vex's side regarding the quality. I went with a friend to the South Texas State Tae Kwon Do Championship, and it was the only hotel with vacancy since this weekend was also the annual Beach to Bay Marathon in Corpus Christi.

Annoyances:

• The room had a bottle of milk in an empty ice bucket and some cookies lying on a table. Other rooms had those freshly delivered in person, but the ones in our room looked like they were left by the previous visitors.
  


• We asked for a 2nd bed. They said they would bring up a rollaway for us. They never did.
  


• The bed didn't have the paper sheets Vex experienced, but one side wasn't tucked in - it was just hanging sloppily.
  


• The toilet had shit sediment at the bottom of the bowl. I flushed it over 20 times before using it because it wouldn't go away. Shitflakes just kept appearing. I was afraid to look into the tank to see if someone had dropped an upper decker. It was probably a water pressure issue, though. I tested with a piece of toilet paper that wouldn't flush. It just kinda churned at the bottom of the bowl without being washed into the drainhole.
  


• One of the lamps wasn't working. It might not have been plugged in, but I didn't want to check behind the bed.
  


• The service we got when we went down for the breakfast buffet was horrible. The server asked if he could bring any ketchup or other condiments, so I asked for the ketchup. Halfway through my potatoes, he came back to check on us. We asked for the ketchup again. He left to get it. I finished the plate and went for other food. When I came back with fruit, he stopped at the table (no ketchup in sight) and took my plate. He put my eggy, gooey fork on my only napkin, instead of just letting me use one of the clean forks I still had. No, he didn't offer more napkins. When we asked for the checks, he left to get them. Another girl stopped by to check on us (probably noticed we'd been looking at her since she was cute) and we told her we were waiting on our checks. She went and found the guy. He might not have come back if she hadn't.
  


• We asked for extra towels at the front desk on our way up since we were planning on hitting the pool. The concierge put the request into the messaging system for them to deliver towels to our room. They never showed up, so we ended up bugging a housekeeper who was cleaning another room.
  

At least we did get our share of entertainment while we were there. My friend had a ton of equipment with him. We didn't want to make multiple trips, so we loaded up everything at once. His weight vest and weapon holster didn't fit in his bags, so he tossed them on. The vest looks like a streamlined assault jacket. The sticks and swords are completely concealed in the over-the-back sling, but the knife handles are clearly visible in the side slots. He walked into the elevator lobby like that, carrying a gear bag and a computer bag. I had one of his other gear bags and my own stuff. The elevator line was pretty long because of all of the runners in town for the marathon. We were right in the middle. People behind us were eyeballing the weapon holster and whispering to each other. People in front of us weren't quite aware yet. One of them called to her sister at the end of the line, but she said she didn't want to cut in front of everyone. I think she was more nervous of walking past my friend, because she was looking right at him. Since we had a wait ahead of us, I dropped the gear bag I was holding. It happened to have his weights inside, along with some pads and other junk. The floor shook (only dropped it a few inches), and everyone immediately stared at the bag. Then at me. Then the bag again. I'm not a huge guy. With my shirt on, you wouldn't even know I have any muscle on me. They really looked confused, and a little nervous.

When it was our turn to get on the elevator, no one really made a move to be first in line with us. I started laughing when we got up to our hallway, because that was all really awkward and totally unintentional.

Results of the TKD event: my friend took 2nd in Forms and Olympic Sparring. He would've had the State Champion title in sparring, except the National Champion (one of the referees) decided he wanted to fight. We got back to the hotel, and there was a group of girls who looked ready to hit the clubs. They asked what the trophies were for, so he said there was a martial arts competition. In unison, they said, "Oh..." Seriously. In his words, it sounded like he'd just told them he competed in a crayon coloring contest.

Vis: That's so gross! I would have asked for a new room or made someone re-clean it right there in front of me.

Darsa: Jen's routines are great! She seems really good at it, I hope she keeps up with it! :)

I have been worrying all weekend since my wee one's blood test. it was NORMAL!!!! I'm so damn excited I could scream it from the roof tops.

My son however is not normal, I swear! We took him out for Chinese with us yesterday after a shopping trip. He was gagging and crying the whole time. He hated the smell of the place! We ended up having to swap out and go in shifts to watch him in the car. He wouldn't stay in that place if it were the last one on earth. I have apparently created a hermit child! To his defense, he had no nap and when he gets completely frustrated he flips out. Poor guy, but ugh.

Le sigh, if it's not one thing it's another! :P

Darsa those videos were adorable!

Yeah David wasn't too thrilled with our hotel room this past weekend, we went to the www.greatwolflodge.com for this romantic retreat/waterpark family...thing. I think David is afraid of the dark in unfamiliar places (shit, so am I for that matter). We had an exhausting 2 days and 2 nights, but Mike and I got to canoodle during this squadron/military paid for retreat.

Mike works in the combat controller unit here on base - these are the same guys in Transformers, they call in positions for air strikes, special forces shit. Mike's support - he's there computer guy - but these guys are gone 270+ days out of the year, so they thought a seminar on how to not break up your marriage through anxiety and separation might be a good idea. They provided day care for the kids (newborn to 13+) while we got to listen to an Army chaplin from out of state. It sounds bad, but we actually had a great time just being alone together - well with 25 other couples. His Commander was there along with some seriously young controller and support guys. Jesus we're old.

While in the car yesterday, Mike mentioned that he spoke to the Commander while fixing his computer.

'The commander said something about you.'

'Uh huh,' not really paying attention because we were driving along a street that has adult book stores.

'He likes you.'

'That's nice...wait, what?' I started laughing. 'What did he say? 'I like your wife?'

'Pretty much. He said you seem down to earth and aren't afraid to share your opinion.'

Pauses. 'Wait, that's good...right?'

'He thought so.'

The trick to military spousal workplaces is to stay under the radar, but yeah I couldn't resist some of the questions they asked during the seminar. I don't sugar coat shit or take anything seriously. They passed out a questionare about 'what you wish you could change about your spouse'.

'I wish I could get him to clean the kitchen without complaining.'

'What are some things you want to understand about your spouse?' (or something like that)

'I don't understand why he orders his margaritas without salt. I just don't get it.'

He and I were sitting at the back of the room and I started laughing out loud when the chaplain read those out. /shrug it was fun though and most, if not all, of the couples we met were super cool (much to my surprise). I was beat by Sunday, though. =/

Wait...people order Margaritas WITH salt?

A margarita without the salt is like a day without the sun.