Susan’s Journal

It took me two and a half hours to get to work today. Between rain, traffic, rain, and traffic, it was hopeless. Then I made the mistake of listening to a scary audio book while I drove. It kept me awake and put me to sleep at the same time. Does that make sense? Now I’m at work, sitting in my chair, trying to stay awake, with my hoodie unzipped, clinging to my shoulders. It’s a dark, dreary, rainy, sleepy day.

Yesterday was not so bad. The kids were invited to a pool party at an indoor pool–which was a good thing, because yesterday is when the rain started. Anyways, they splashed around in the kiddie part, went down the water slide (though Dylan didn’t venture onto that), and floated around the lazy river (which I had trouble prying Dylan out of). He would float around the lazy river, and watching him was like watching a deer hopping through a meadow… boing, boing, boing… and the smile on his face was just enormous.

Then, after the kids had been swimming for about two hours, it happened. Somebody pooped in the pool. They blew all kinds of whistles and hustled everyone out, but it wasn’t that bad a deal, because the birthday-party-part of our time was just about to start anyways.

Apparently, the new thing that the girls are into is called “Littlest Pet Shop.” My daughter has a few of these bobble-head animals, and her girlfriends apparently do too, because everyone (including the girl’s parents) got her a Littlest Pet toy for her birthday. They go through phases like this, all of our kids do.

I think I’m going to go buy a bottle of Mountain Dew. I need something to keep my ass awake.

And on this day,
September 10, 2005… It was SO FRIGGIN HOT at Six Flags that day. Rainlin’s cheerleading team kind of froze up on stage.