Atlanta

The kids and I spent the weekend in Atlanta. We saw the Georgia Aquarium on Saturday and spent the day at Six Flags on Sunday. We ate at the Cheesecake Factory (we don't have one here in SC) and spent a lot of time turning around on streets because we passed the street we were supposed to turn on... Atlanta is a confusing place to drive... I didn't much enjoy that part of it. All the directions we had involved u-turns, go figure.

The Aquarium was pretty cool - we saw penguins and beluga whales. The place is pretty big and there were like a bijillion people there. It was smart to have tickets and a reservation time prior to getting there. People were in line at 2 getting tickets to enter at 4. The weather wasn't horribly hot so waiting might not have been that bad but I can't imagine waiting like that in 100 degree+ heat.

Six Flags was fun! We rode all the coasters, um yeah... I've decided I'm a tad bit old to be doing stuff like that. There were three coasters I won't get on again - they flung my head around and really hurt. I'm still feeling it today. My favorties were the Batman and the Superman (is that a theme?). Superman was cool because they strap you in and then put you on your stomach. Those two rides didn't fling my poor little noggin around like the others did. I rode the Goliath once with the kids - it's wild because it only has one little thing across your front and the big deal with the coaster is it makes you almost weightless by suspending you for a split second in the air as you come down from the coaster's ups. They wanted to ride it one more time before we left the park, I declined and they went without me. The rode in the front seats and, well... the picture says it all!

We had a great time... but it's good to be home!

Tango

How absolutely awesome is that?

Whew

Recital went well. She was awesome, as always, says the mother... take it for what it's worth, but really she was. It was exhausting but a lot of fun and I was very proud of her. My mom, dad and brother came to the morning show, as well as the office intern and her granddaughter. Joshua and Holly were supportive, as always, and braved both shows to support Rebecca. It's such a sweet thing. Her other grandparents were at a wedding out of town and her dad is still on house arrest and couldn't get permission to come. That's for another blog post.

I took my mom up the road today and we saw Riverdance. Let me tell you, it wasn't what I expected. But to be honest I'm not sure what I expected. It was awesome though, I've got to tell you. Impressive. The tickets were part of the package I purchased last spring. I don't think they were something I would have purchased separately but after seeing it I am wrong. It was well worth the time and money. It was a lovely evening!

Ok... it is late, time for bed. Nightie night.

Recital Practice 2010

So once again here we are... another rehearsal tomorrow night and then rectial all day on Saturday - one performance at 10 and the other at 6. It will be a long exhausting day... until then here are a few highlights from tonight.

May 9th...

Today is Mother's Day and it's really been a lovely one. I slept in a tad, got up and popped the baked beans into the oven and the kids surprised me with the most lovely gift: a set of copper rain cups! I've always wanted a set and a few weeks ago we were in a store that had a set hanging up and I mentioned how pretty they were, then today bingo! That was so thoughtful of them, not only for the gift but for hearing me say something and really taking that to heart. I'm touched!

We drove out and had a visit with my mom and dad. Mom hates my hair - she didn't say as much but she said she didn't like it as much as some of the other cuts I've had... you read between the lines. We had a nice visit though. I told her I was sorry her gift wasn't ready yet, but she didn't care so much about that I don't think - she just enjoyed seeing the kids. After we left there we called the in laws to see if there were home and we stopped by there to drop the card for ex mother in law off. We visited for a little while and explained the gift wasn't ready. Ex came down from upstairs for a split second and said hello to the kids then went outside. He was out there for a long while then came in and said hi to the kids again and said he he'd leave us so we could visit and then went upstairs. No goodbyes were said when we left. We got in the car and Joshua said, "Could home-dude get any weirder?"

Tomorrow I have the day off... I plan to spend most of it here at the house. I have some plants I want to set in pots. I need to run to the dump and pay a few bills - I'll do all that either as I drop Rebecca off or pick her up. She has dance in the evening and I have a board meeting to attend. But I like the fact I have a day to just chill. Snaps for me!

Merry Month of May

Well my fear was not realized... I woke up Saturday and it was, in fact, May 1st. I had this fear I would wake up and it would be April 1st all over again - I just couldn't take that! I could not do the month of April all over again! I didn't think it was ever gonna end.... but, whew, it did and I say "Arrivederci" to that long, rough ol' month. What made it so rough you ask... well that's a tough one - I really can't put a finger on it. Work was demanding, yes. The same running I always do. So to be honest, I'm not sure. It just was and perhaps that's enough of an explanation. At least I have two, yes TWO, state holidays this month - WooHoo!

So let's see... the ex is on house arrest. Somehow his sentence was reduced to a few month's worth of house restriction. He did not share that with me, his parents did not share that with me... the kids came home asking about it because some man showed up while they were there on Saturday and the grandparents had a moment of trying to cover it up, which of course raised the heightened awareness by the kids - they aren't stupid. They came home asking me and, of course I had no idea, so I called our minster and asked. Once he's finished with this he goes back to being a productive member of society (yeah right) and all will be right with the world. Barf.

Ah well, whatcha gonna do? He still continues to be a void in the kids' lives. They go have dinner and he spends the majority of his time upstairs. I really don't know what the deal is. Embarrassment? Gee, that really can only get a person so far. They didn't see him the whole month of April... and he was stuck at home. His loss, truly.

I think I'm going to treat myself to a coconut fruit bar...