Oh hey everybody!

After 8 days without a computer, and far longer without a healthy, smooth-running one, we're back up and ready to go.  Let's chat.

1. So our computer?  Yeah...it had 200+ viruses on it.  I think at some point we got a virus that made our computer crash when we tried to update it so we stopped updating. Fail. Needless to say, we've been disconnected from most everything for a little while.  No tv (didn't have that anyway) and no internet or even smartphones.  Just our trusty radio.  So...what'd I miss?

2.  Somebody is going to be visiting an optometrist soon and may be needing glasses.  I'll keep ya posted.

3. Lately, I've had the feeling that people are friendlier to me when I'm wearing earrings. Do they make me more approachable?

With earrings

Without

4.  In the absence of having internet, we've been catching up on old dvds.  I finally watched, for the first time, my college senior piano recital.  Jack watched it with me and said, "You should wear clothes when you play songs in the movie."  Pearls of wisdom from that boy, I tell you.

5.  Sleeping in + coffee + sunshine + more coffee = the feeling that I can do anything.  Like sell our house and buy an RV and travel the country playing piano (with clothes on) to pay for gas and food.  Or open a cafe.  Or have a successful vegetable garden.  Or form coherent sentences.  Jack must be experiencing something similar because he literally tried to jump into his book the other day...you know, to be a part of the story.  Also, he wanted to ride on his kite over to his cousin's house. Follow your dreams, man.

6.  On a slightly related note, what's it called if you're manic depressive without ever being depressed?  Just manic?  Ok, because I think that's what I have.

7.  My nephew's still in prison.  And by that I mean, he hasn't been born yet.  Still waiting to hear the news!  Also, I keep thinking about how amazing birth-mothers are.  Women that choose to give a baby a chance at life.  Allowing their mistakes and heartbreaking circumstances to be turned into something beautiful.  I keep thinking about Seth & Sonya's birth-mother, as she spends her last few days carrying the precious life growing inside her.  Wow.

8.  Finally, some more Jack quotes (from my twitter) to finish out this post:

"I'm just going to take a nap in the pool."

Jack, holding a bobby pin, "I NEED TO BREAK SOMETHING WITH THIS!" then mutters, "that impossible."

Jack hit his head.  Me: "How'd that feel?"  Jack: "Good and dangerous."

"Wellll....we had a good day this morning."

"Keep it down, my child."

"My friends gave me money to take to the bank....in Whoville.  That's where my bank is."

"I just had to burp because I'm gross."

"The airplane will suck you up when you have a bald spot."

Jack, sitting in a lawn chair, "You come and dance, Mom.  I'm going to watch you."

Me: "You're a little bit wild right now."  Jack: "Am I?  Am I?!  AM I????!"



You. Are. Welcome.