Okay, I am finally going to post something. Nothing great but it is something. Matt is in the bathtub and Kate is watching cartoons before we head over to Jenni's for dinner. So I thought why not post a little something for all you to know that I am alive and I have some plans for posting (and hopefully soon). I keep telling myself that I will be better at this but I would much rather read yours than write on mine. I guess you are all much more interesting than I but I will try to be better.
Alan left yesterday for his bike ride for AIDS/Lifecycle. He and a bunch of guys from work are riding their bikes from San Francisco to LA. Alan is only going to Paso Robles because he is taking pictures for a friend's nanny's wedding on Saturday so he is coming home on Tuesday night. Today, they rode from SF to Santa Cruz in less than 8 hours. A little too much time on the bike if you ask me but Alan loves to ride and we are so proud of him. A little 4th grade girl at Barnes & Noble summed it up for me when she said that riding that long would be 1) boring and 2) how she would hate that her butt would hurt so bad each day. Basically, how I feel. Not sure I could ride my bike for 8 hours straight but it would be great to see California from a bike.
So since Alan left, I decided to take the kids out to dinner and then to Barnes & Noble - one of Kate's favorite things to do. First we were going to go to Red Brick Pizza by the mall (great place for kids because most of the tables have TV). Well, they were closed for repairs. Now try to explain that to a 3 year old. Didn't go over well at all. We went to Mary's Pizza Shack instead and still had great pizza. Then off to Barnes for books and magazines and a try at getting rice crispie treats. For some reason Starbucks' rice crispie treats have visible marshmellows in them and so Kate won't eat them because that represents sugar (which she refuses to eat). Anyway, we played at the train table and got some books and off to home. So a first day/night alone not so bad. As you can tell, I don't do well being at home by myself. All power to those that have to be alone a lot. Definitely hard.
Well Matt is crying so I guess I am alive and I hope to post again soon. I'm out!
8 comments:
Hey nice to see that you posted. I am always looking hoping that there is a new post.
Good luck while Allen's gone. The hardest part for me is sleeping alone when Dale leaves I don't sleep well and then I am grumpy.
Eric leaves at 3:30 a.m. tomorrow for scout camp... he'll be back home Tues night, so not too bad this year, but then gone again the next week for a business trip! Glad to see you are alive and well! Tell Kate and Matt we said "hi" and give them a big hug for me! I miss them!
Glad to see you posted and that your alive!!! Good luck while Allen's gone. Right now Matt is working graves, it's hard to not have him here. I don't know how Allen rides for 8 hrs. My butt would be killing me! =)
giggling about the little girls comment that her butt would hurt!
impressive riding schedule. wow!
YOU ARE ALIVE!!!!!!!!! hahaha...glad Alan in on his way home...I feel for ya trying to explain the pizza place was closed...that could never end well. When's the next post? =)
Wow, she's ALIVE!
You can do it!
Hope all went well!
Well, hello you! Welcome back and keep this posting thing up!
I can't believe Kate won't eat sugar. My boys will devour any dessert type item that they see.
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