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Long day at faire, then Poxy Boggards. Cam woke up with a cough, and I remembered to take a picture and post it late (yeah, Wednesday is late...) This is me at the Doubletree in Monrovia at about midnight.
We left early from the Boggards- it was all I could do to stay awake. Cam fell asleep on the lawn just before the dirty songs started.
No, I did not get up at an ungodly hour to watch Kate and Willie's wedding. I'm over forty, for God's sake. I did, however, watch Charles and Diana's wedding when I was in, I think, fifth or sixth grade? Live. But I didn't have to get up to go to work the next day.
I woke up at the normal time- late- and so sore from pilates yesterday. I took my first two advil since 2 weeks before surgery. My stupid INR is so desperately low that I just don't care anymore. (Asprin and NSAIDs "thin" the blood, which Coumadin is designed to do, but doesn't seem to work for me very well.)
Work went well- strangely, the kids seem to like all the test practice worksheets I have to inflict upon them. I also assigned an optional at home science fair project- I think it's ridiculous that we have a science fair that includes second graders. We will do a class science project together, but we'll use file folder "boards" instead of the giant ones for the official projects.
After work, I had another INR appointment and surprise, it went DOWN. 1.5 from 1.6 last week. I did miss a dose two days ago, so it's not a huge surprise. Surprise was that Dr. Mike Mc was observing in the AMS clinic. I gave him a hard time... he's cute. I wonder if he's single. I could set him up with a friend. I showed him my Lord Voldemort scars and he said I look much better. I suppose I should- it's been five months and I was SICK when I saw him.
Right now I'm watching the DVR of the royal wedding. Wow- she is darling and I think her new brother-in-law is a hottie. Willie seems so in love with her. The picture below might show the reflection of the bridal couple in my glasses. I'm having oatmeal for dinner.
Jeff and Cam are off at lacrosse at Mira Costa. Cam is hanging out while Jeff's officiating two games. He'll be whooped when he gets home. Tomorrow, he is missing faire since he has SIX games. He'll join us for Bogfest.
Patte kicked my ass/abs tonight. I'm feeling the burn tonight. The planks were killing me. Oh boy. I'll feel it tomorrow.
We had dinner with Drew and his new fiancée (!) Janelle. We went to Versailles. Delicious. I had a 7a, as usual, with extra garlic sauce (to try to bring up my INR.)
Okay. I'm cheating. It's Friday and I'm posting Wednesday's photo. That's it. I just can't manage words tonight.
I assembled the brownie treats for the Derby this afternoon after work. They came out adorable! Box mix, can o' frosting, gummie lifesavers adhered with frosting. Simple- a total knockout with the kids. They wouldn't have appreciated scratch brownies and buttercream piped and organic gummy thingies. They were perfect and I received tons of compliments.
The derby was a smash! Beth L., our Pinewood Derby chair did the most amazing job- delegating what needed to be delegated, scheduled perfectly, and ran a tight ship. She's a treasure, for sure.
Cam, after four years of not winning a thing, came away with the prize for most creative car. Here it is:
It's a Vans shoe. IT came out great- my picture isn't that good, but it was so creative- Jeff Spicoli would have been jealous.
Here he is with his prizes- a ribbon, a patch for his jacket, and a $15 gift card to Target. Woot! He can buy a game for game night.
I'm tired- it's already almost the week done, one day of work, and I feel like it's Friday. Sigh. State testing starts on Tuesday, and it is going so fast. At staff meeting today, Becki reminded us that there are only eight more weeks of school left. Those weeks will FLY. (I hope.)
Whooped.
Furlough day today. I got to take Cam to school- nice. Met up with Keren and chatted on our walk home.
Appointment with Dr. K. Everything seems fine- he says to expect to remain on the Coumadin due to the clot last week, even though it wasn't a dangerous one.
Then I went to see The Lincoln Lawyer. Not a bad movie. I enjoyed it- not great, but still.
I'm currently baking brownies for tomorrow's Pinewood Derby. I'll be decorating them as wee cars, with gummy lifesavers as tires. I'm trying for tickets so everyone just gets one. I also bought small bottles of water so that the kids won't get a double dose of sugar with juice boxes just before bed. The house smells wonderful.
The cuteness, it kills:
I finished the first Cherub book The Recruit. Cam is loving it. I ordered him a t-shirt and it arrived today- plus the second book in the series. I'm officially the best mom evAR. I'm currently reading the second one- Class A (UK version) the US version is called The Dealer. I bought it second hand for less than $5 with shipping. US version is currently only in hard cover.
Original right? Anyhow, happy Easter.
We had a visit from the Easter bunny...
We went to church- Easter Sunday is a family service and there's no Sunday school, so of course Mr. Manpants was bored. He asked me how I could stand it because it was so boring. I wrote him a list: I listen to the message. I pray. I write my grocery list... lol.
Then we went grocery shopping and made food for dinner at the Riveras. I made a delish orzo salad that looked like this (this is from last weekend at faire):
I also made a yummy totally fake chocolate trifle (sara lee pound cake, jello pudding, and coolwhip)- but everyone loved it. I didn't manage to get a photo.
Cam had fun playing dominoes with Nelson Rivera (Nick's dad) and Nancy W. Here he is, looking like a ragamuffin during the egg hunt...
Dinner was delicious!
We sacrificed Jeff to faire since Christina was out recovering from her appendix.
Mars was a success in all areas of the bell. I make good babies.. Caused a stir of epic proportions at the Bell. Apparently, he makes good babies.
Gambling with he privateers. Looks as though Bucket wants to eat Cam's head. Queen is just to Cam's back.
Some photos don't need captions. Bevy of boobs.
Yeah, more boobs. This might just be the best of the lot.
Swinging at the Bell.
Pixie with uke- surprisingly good voice and playing. Unfortunately, we didn't get to see the rest of the performance as the queen came by.
Easter bunny has arrived and ready to go. Blanket is to protect contents of baskets from inquisitive kitties.
Tired, might or might not revisit post. Fun day despite morning drama.
Obligatory bedtime photo. Hair curly from 'do at faire.
INR down- 1.6. Change in dosage to 10 and 9, depending on day. Probably because of a couple of missed doses and increased leafy greens eating out visiting mom.
Then to Dr. Park for an adjustment- neck crick and the same old stuff. Skipped pilates because of clot. Still using heating pad and elevating. Dr. at AMS clinic said that Faire was fine tomorrow, but that I might have some pain and to take it easy in that case.
Headed out to BevMo! to pick up stuff for fruit salad and some Magners for Jen. Traffic was terrible on Santa Monica. Blegh.
Then the Easter Bunny made a stop at Cost Plus World Market for Easter baskets on Sunday. We're going to church and then the Riveras at 4 for dinner. I don't know what I'm going to make yet- I have to coordinate with Irina.
I fixed Cam's venetians. They'll work for this year, and next year, I'll just rework the waistband and leg cuffs as he grows. He might even get three years out of them as long as he grows up rather than out.
Jeff made chicken with pesto and farfalle for dinner. It was so good, but farfalle just does not agree with me, so my stomach is complaining now. I'm currently watching Chuck, but my hearing is so bad, I keep having to rewind to hear the funny lines Jeff is laughing at.
We're all heading to bed at 9, since Jen's coming over at 7:15 tomorrow morning. I could sleep now, but will stay up until at least ten.
(Cam's driving us nuts pounding on an exercise ball with drumsticks.)
Today was the drive home. Decided to make it a whatever kind of day- leave whenever, stop whenever, end up at home whenever.
We got up sevenish and had breakfast- left over blueberry pancakes for the boy & mom and I had oatmeal. We went for a walk over by the Distillery to look at the collapse of all the land, roads, and yards. It's going quickly. It was gorgeous, but cold and windy.
I packed and got the stuff to the car, then we pulled around to the back and picked up a nice rug for our living room that mom wanted to get rid of... we left at 10:30.
First stop was in Gilroy for lunch at El Pollo Loco. Next stop was somewhere just after San Luis Reservoir for gas. Next was north of Grapevine. Then we stopped somewhere else. Obama was on the Westside, so we expected tons of traffic through the valley and home, but nothing! We flew home and arrived just when the GPS said we would. Even with all the stops.
Unpacked and rested up. Then we headed to UCLA for the vs. USC lacrosse game. UCLA won! Yay. Still disturbed about the change in the 8 clap. Hurmpfh.
Apparently Evil Cookie Monster is a fan of UCLA lacrosse:
As is Cameron: (self portrait)
Headed home and were going to stop at In and Out, but the line was too long. It was almost eleven by the time we got home. Tired.