Truly Random Shit

I’ve been trying to find time to sit down and write a blog post for days now, and now that I finally have some time (Bridgie asleep and I’m done working for today) I completely forgot what exactly it was that I was so hot and bothered to tell you all about. Hmmmm…. along with my gray hair, this could be a sign of early senility.

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Jake is out of town again. This week is going to be another rough one. He left on Sunday for San Diego and gets back tonight. But he leaves for Portland on Friday and comes back on Monday. Gah. I know you’d never have guessed it back in December when Jake took a one-night trip to Washington DC and I freaked the fuck out, but this is becoming old hat for me. I laugh in the face of his one-night trips now. I guess a little of the old me is creeping back in. Except that it seems that every single fucking time he is out of town, something goes wrong with the house. Sunday night it was an overflowing toilet, which I would rate right up there with suspension bridges as one of my biggest fears. Seriously, as a child a toilet overflowed on me once in a public restroom (phobia number 3, by the way) and it scarred me for life. But I dealt with it and moved on. Last night I noticed that the dryer (or is it drier? spell check is accepting both of those….) was making an odd noise. And did I mention that the diaper genie is on the fritz? I can’t get it to close up no matter how many times I twist it. I’m almost afraid to turn on the oven or open the refrigerator….I have to say that honestly, home ownership is not worth the headache or hassle. I would prefer to be able to call someone else to fix this stuff and have it be their problem.

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Bridgie goes for her four-month check up tomorrow. That means more shots. I am not looking forward to it. And again, I am sitting here chewing my nails as I wait for judgment. Is she gaining enough weight? Is she doing what she should be doing by this age? This is almost worse than waiting to be asked to prom.

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Go visit my friend Sarah! She is a good ol’ Texas girl who has been thrust into life as an expat in Malaysia. Her blog is hilarious and I know she’d appreciate any comment-y love you can give her.

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We are planning our vacation! I am so excited about that I could just pee my pants. But I won’t. Hopefully. Anyway, we had so fallen in love with Hilton Head last year that I was looking for a rental there again for this summer. After much research and poring over maps trying to find a place in the same general area where we stayed last summer, I found a good option, quite reasonably priced as well. But then Jake said he’d rather go to the Caribbean this year. That’s all I had to hear! I went back to the drawing board and did more research and we picked our island. We plan to go to Turks and Caicos Islands. Has anyone been there? The best news is that we have enough miles for the flight to be free, which allows us to spend a bit more on a hotel than we thought we would. I thought I had chosen a cool place which was actually like a condo right on Grace Bay Beach but they are turning it into a long-term rental this spring so it won’t be available this summer. I have a few other options in mind and actually made a reservation request for this place. I’m just waiting to get an email back from them confirming the rates and availability. If anyone has any feedback on the island in general or a recommendation on a resort, I’d love to hear it. Now I have to go and get Bridgie a passport. How exactly does one get a four-month old to sit for a passport photo? Just curious…

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