Work was.... there. I have a wonderful job. I am thankful for my job. It's a great job. I'm glad I got my education so I could get this job. It would be a shame to lose this job.
IT'S NICE TO NOT HAVE TO GO TO WORK.
I got some good work done this week, but things were not nearly so busy nor urgent as my whining coworkers insisted in my absence. Maybe I just have a better set of priorities right now.
Jen and Betty got along fine (especially on the days the kids went to school), but we had a stomach bug come through the house, and Edgar took 2 days recovering, and Sabrina did me-too for one of those days. I don't think she ever got sick, but she liked the attention and time at home.
In fact, this morning, when we got up, Sabrina claimed she was sick to her stomach and ensconced herself in front of the TV downstairs with a throw-up bowl.
I slept in a bit, then was hurriedly awakened by Jen to get Edgar ready for soccer.
According to our calendar, Edgar and Sabrina had conflicting games at the same time and at different fields today. I was to take Edgar so Jen could watch Sabrina's game, as she had missed more Sabrina games when Betty was new.
I got Edgar all shoed up and ready to go to soccer, and on our way out the door, I hugged Sabrina and asked her if she was alright. She said she was better and wanted to play her game.
So, Edgar and I left while I suppose Jen frantically got Sabrina's soccer gear together.
I took Edgar to his game. Since we were taking my car (and had planned most of the morning to take Jen's car, which has all the soccer game gear in it), I forgot to bring a chair.
So, I stood on the sidelines and watched the game. Edgar played pretty well. He's really gotten better this season.
About 3/4 of the way through the game, I looked over and Jen and Sabrina were walking towards us. Apparently, I hadn't noticed the phone buzzing in my pocket, and had missed several Jen phone calls. I guess Sabrina's soccer game was NOT at the other field, but in fact right next to where Edgar was playing (at the same time). I hadn't noticed.
Sabrina was too embarrassed to run over and join her team, and was howling at us the whole time "I wanna go home! I WANNA GO HOME!". Jen got to catch a few minutes of Edgar's game. Edgar got to make goo goo faces at Betty on the sidelines.
The final whistle sounded, and I took Sabrina home in my car immediately, so that Jen could take Edgar out for some much needed school shopping.
Sabrina was sad, of course, but I suggested some ice cream might make her happy. Yes, our family treats hard days with ice cream. It's probably why I'm so fat.
Sabrina came home and immediately made this drawering for me:
It's a little hard to see, but it's:
(left to right)
-Baby Betty
-Me (with clown hair)
-Sabrina
-Jen "Mom has really thick hair, right, dad?"
-Edgar
-cousin Calvin
-cousin Lexi (with glasses!)
-Grandma Carmichael
-Grandpa Carmichael
Sabrina says that it's all of us jumping because we're happy. It's all the people that her daddy loves and that love her daddy!
Aww..
So, I left Sabrina to her devices (looks like she had some more drawing to do), and I took a well-deserved and missed afternoon nap.
As I was sleeping, Jen came home and fell asleep. I woke up to Edgar's request to fix the downstairs TV (which was not broken anyways). Since I was up, I forced myself to do some saturday chores. I did some minor yardwork (the most I've done in months). I cleaned the toilets in anticipation of this coming week's company. ...and... that was about it.
Then, I joined Edgar downstairs for some epic Pokemon Colosseum playing. I got humbled pretty badly by the bad guys, so I had to spend the rest of the evening training and strengthening my pokemon (=
At some point, Jen woke up and let me hold the cutest girl in the world.
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| (there she is!) |
Right before I took this picture, she was sleeping and doing the "For Great Justice!" pose and face. I couldn't get the camera to take a picture before she changed position, so you'll just have to imagine what it looked like:
I held Betty for a long time while Jen cleaned the house and got dinner ready.
Jen cooked a delicious dinner that Edgar refused to eat (are we seeing a pattern here?) It was tough at the end of the night telling him he absolutely could not have a snack of any kind and that his hunger was entirely 100% his fault.
After dinner, I did some baby snuggling while Jen defused a kid fight. I sure love this Betty and love every chance I get to play with her.
Now, it's back to the blog and bedtime. Tomorrow is church and our Primary Program that we have been working on all year. Should be crazy.
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