Kids say the darndest things...

So I'm talking to my niece on the phone and she is trying to convince me to bring Sugar when I visit next. (How cute is that?) I tell her that I can't do that but when she sees me she can see Sugar. She tells me that will be great and how badly she wants a kitty. I tell her she has a long time yet to be able to have a kitty, knowing that while she lives at home that will never happen as her daddy has put his foot down, hard, on this one. She says in response, "I know, I will have a kitty when mommy and daddy die." So matter of factly too. Deadpan. I just about died laughing. I could hear my sister and her hubby in the background doing the same too. Apparently that is what her dad tells her. "You can have a kitty when I die." So that is what she has been telling everyone; that she will get a kitty when daddy is dead (mom sometimes makes it in there too). Be careful what you tell your children. They are listening...

It's de ja vu all over again...

The past week has been so bizarre. The whole six degrees of separateion no longer applies to me. All I need is two, with one of them being match.com or being a Coug.

1. Saturday. I went to the Cougar game at Qwest Field and tailgated beforehand with Tarah. The four cars that happened to be parked next to the one she came in were all my college friends that I hadn't seen since 2002 or so. Total coincidence, Tarah didn't know the other people. It was great catching up with everyone.

2. Saturday. Then, when I went to my seat at the game, it turns out that my date was roommates with my chemistry study buddy Jen. And Jen's friend, Shannon, was the date's best friend who I sat next to at the game and also knew from school. Weird.

3. Sunday. Met up with a guy for brunch and discovered that we grew up in the same town, lived within a half mile of each other (but rival high schools) and went to the same pre-school! Creepy.

4. Tuesday. Went on a date and we're talking about music and it turns out he knows my ex and all his friends (some of them were in the band we were talking about) from their Doxa church. He actually knows them better than I ever did. Really weird.

5. Thursday. Another date and another coincidence. This time the guy used to date my Micro study buddy back in school. I have lost touch with her so I'll be getting her email at long last. This is just crazy though!

I've got another meet & greet on Sat so we'll see what other things pop up unexpectedly. This guy just moved from Canada so I think it is slim to none that I'll have another moment. But you never know with the way this week has been going...

Morning faux pas...

So I am getting ready to go to work this morning going through my usual routine. I'm on my way out the door and I set my purse down by my shoes and bend over to put them on. It was then that I realized that I had neglected to put on a key item of my wardrobe... PANTS! I was ready to walk out the door without pants! The sad thing is that I only realized this AFTER my brain noted that I couldn't put my shoes on yet because I wasn't wearing any socks. I think I need to reassess my priorities.

Wake boarding!!!

The first time I attempted water sports was ~98 when Rick and Erika were engaged. I tried forever to get up on the water skis to no avail. Then, last run of the day, I got up! The force of the water however depants me, so much so that my bikini bottoms were dangling by one ankle. (The skis were too big so they slipped off easily. Thank goodness they float!) I was able to maintain my modesty but only by letting go of the handle bar. Sigh. Since then I have tried several times to either water ski or wake board. The only thing I have managed has been inner tubing, but really, how hard is that?



Then, yesterday, I tried again with wake boarding. I popped up on my first try! It was amazing! The guys in the boat said the look of surprise on my face was priceless. :) I'm so happy that I can finally do it! After several face plants and what I'm sure was enough force to give me a concussion I was able to switch feet, cross the wake, and stay up for a good amount of time. Unfortunately I could feel the pains of my efforts not long after leaving the lake. Today I feel much the same as when I was in a t-bone accident a few years ago. Getting out of bed was interesting and bending over is pure agony. But I was able to stand up!!! VICTORY!