1) eric's birthday weekend turned out to be a smashing success! i tried to throw him a surprise party and that didn't really pan out... well- the surprise part didnt, the party part did! i think it's kinda tricky to keep secrets from your spouse... kinda dangerous if you ask me, and when i began to get questioned, i buckled and hadta spill. BUT! it was a fun time none-the-less. i felt blessed to have so many people take time out of their busy lives to come and celebrate my mister. here's a pic of the old man blowing out his over the hill candles- him being THIRTY and all, i thought it was appropriate. :)
so we celebrated the night of his birthday at one of our favorite little hangs up the road- jonny's and then spent the weekend celebrating too. we had a cook out on saturday and ill be honest- it's times like those that i really wish you all lived closer! woulda made the cook out WAY MORE FUN to say the least. :) sunday was spent birthday shopping, where he chose these...
so basically, it was kind of a four day long celebration, which i thought was pretty great! he deserves it. and with his bat-outta-hell mom being m.i.a. and all, i found it totally and completely necessary to go a bit overboard to make sure he felt loved and celebrated. :)
2) eric's been super busy in the evenings doing this little side business thing and though it's pretty awesome that he's been given the opportunity, i kinda hate him being gone all the time. im way too selfish with our time for us, to just feel fine about him leaving 3 - 4 evenings a week. BUT! it's a good opportunity, and will end up making him quite a bit of extra money, and that's kinda hard to pass up so i get it. basically, the old owner of his company also owns this shelving company (as well as several other random companies... weird) and basically what it is, is they go into medical facilities and hospitals and replace the existing shelving (for files) with the nicer, rolling shelves. who woulda thought, right? but pope (the guy who started the company) doesn't really want to deal with the shelving thing anymore because he's like a bah-zillion-are, and an extra 5K here and there is like chump change to him. so he's GIVING THE COMPANY TO ERIC! crazy, right?? so yeah- like i said, obviously a really good opportunity, but i do miss him when he's gone. lately, ill see him for 20 - 30 minutes when i get home from work, and then he's gone. he won't get home till much, much, MUCH later, and usually im konked out sleeping by then. kinda blows, but we're hoping this will be a nice opportunity to save some money, etc.
3) there have been so many ross-isms lately it's hard to remember but a few of his most recent funny-guy statements are as follows:
ross: "ms. maryellen?"
me: "yes ross?"
ross: "who invented the idea of homework?"
me: "hmm, im not sure ross, why?"
ross: "because, id like to have a niiiiiiccccceeeee, looooooooooonnnnngggg chat with THAT guy!"
(he HATES homework!)
he has lately been having quite a bit of trouble blurting out in school. he has been working on this all school year, but after his rendevous in mexico for spring break, he seemed to come back forgetting exactly what was expected, etc. when he gets a "1" (meaning he did a bad job in that particular area for the day), he looses his priveledges at home (tv, computer, video games, etc). so after a week straight with 1's, his dad asked him "ross, if you KNOW you're going to loose your privledges for blurting out, and you KNOW that it's just not going to be good for you in the end, why do you still do it?" and ross said "dad, the best thing i can say to explain it is this- ya know how a guy can get on cigarettes? and he KNOWS that theyre back for him, but he just cant stop and he does it anyway?" and his dad said "yeah." then ross said "well for me- blurting out is my cigarette. i KNOW it's bad for me, but i just cant stop."
this kid has a way of putting things into such perspective. it's so true. and don't we ALL do things that we KNOW are not in our best interest? and yet we demand perfection from our kids... well- not really in this case actually... but you know what i mean. sometimes, i think it's easy to forget that life is just not so black/white. we are quick to say "just stop it! don't do that anymore!" but in reality, it's a lot harder than we remember to realize. never the less- this kid makes me happy. he's so, so, so cute, and sweet and fun to be around. growing like a weed too!
i am a lucky, lucky lady to have this life. i learn something new every single day because ive been given the opportunity to see what life is like through the eyes of a child. i am grateful.
4) lastly, id like to leave you with this little tid-bit... can i just say how lucky i am that i get to come to "work" each day and am greeted by THIS?
gosh i love her!
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