Sistah Pat

We’re off again today but the paper says we WILL be back to work tomorrow.  I’ll be glad, actually.  I want to get out of the house and get some kind of routine back.  I was watching TV last night.  It was fairly quiet after having all the guests and dogs and chaos of the last week and I just curled up on the couch with the remote control.  Oldest DS brought DGD over about 8:30 with a bag from Mickey D’s.  She has a LARGE carton of french fries and I helped her devour them.  Then she wanted some ice cream so I fixed some for both of us.  Around 11:30, I started wanting some chocolate and started rummaging.  I don’t keep it in the house but I found a (yes, it’s disgusting) can of chocolate frosting, got a spoon and a big glass of milk and set to it.  After about a third of the can, I freaked out, put it in the fridge, and went to bed.

Today’s a new day and I’m aiming for Perfection.  One day of eating well and exercising.  One perfect day.  It seems like all the stuff that’s going on in my life involves food and I’ve got to get a handle on it.  Next Sunday, DH and I will go to the casino with two breakfast buffets and two dinner buffets.  Next Saturday is the twin’s birthday.  The following weekend is my annual “Game Weekend” where ten or twelve of us girls rent a place up in Indiana for playing games, visiting wineries, and feasting all weekend.  I just keeping looking at all the stuff coming up and deciding to hold off “just a little longer” to get back on track.  Of course, we all know, there’s always going to be something coming up.  I don’t want to look at all that.  I just want today to be good. 

Youngest DS brought the boys over for me to watch today while he’s at work.  I asked him if DIL came home last night and he gave me a long sigh and said, “Yes…”  I didn’t want the details so I left it at that.  They brought the Wii and Scout is driving me crazy about Zelda.  DS told him I used to be the “World Wide Champion” at playing Zelda and he’s stuck and has convinced himself that Nana can help him finish the game.  Folks, there’s a BIG difference between Nintendo 64 and Zelda and the fifth generation of Zelda on a Wii.  He’s not buying it.  Guess I’m going to have to try to help him.  Maybe that will convince him that I’m useless.

5:00 - Damn!  No perfect day today!  I’ve been sitting here at my laptop for the last three hours writing the school newsletter and mindlessly eating.  Don’t even know what I ate…a carton of yogurt, then DH fixed grilled cheese and chicken noodle soup for all the kiddos and set some down for me and I wolfed it down.  Then Scout wanted popcorn so I jumped up and fixed some for him and some for me and, the next thing I knew, the bag was empty.  Finally, Jake found a package of Oreos and opened them but I made him leave them on the table so he wouldn’t eat a kazillion and then I ate a kazillion!  What is wrong with me???!!!

5:45 - Thanks for the encouragement, Lady.  Since we’re on the topic of Scoutisms…here’s today’s tidbit:

Scout: “PawPaw, Lift me up to the ceiling!”
DH- “Man!  PawPaw’s getting too old to be putting you on the ceiling!”
Scout (rubbing DH’s rapidly spreading bald forehead) - “Well, if you quit shaving your hair off, you won’t be old.”