In the process

[newmama]

OH GOOD- I didn't sound too cold. Here is what I said to City Guy:
"Thank you so much for meeting with me and treating me to dinner- I was not intending to get a free meal or anything! But I have been emailing another fella and met him tonight. I feel more of a connection with him. I'm sorry- but you know how it goes...sometimes there is just really strong chemistry right away. Take care, NM"

ANd he replied "no worries. Take care,beautiful :)"

And I heard from Country Boy who said he would totally meet up on Saturday and wanted to know what was keeping me busy. "Work? Let me guess, grading?"

haha!

So much easier to play hard to get when you are really busy! I did reply and say that I was busy at work but also had some social events with friends and family (true! My aunt came over and I met a new friend..."city guy")

[smith18]

Good deal on letting Orenco down. Besides City Guy and Country Guy, there hopefully will be more.

Match lady sent me an email this morning asking about meeting this evening. I called her up to arrange a place to meet and we ended up talking for an hour and a half on the phone. She lives in Washington so we met and talked for about an hour or so at a Starbucks/Barnes and Nobel on an island between the two states. I get the feeling that we both hit it off well and she sure does have a lot of interests in common with me.

[fb2]

Confucius say: "Playing with matches start fire!"

[smith18]

Confucius say: "Man who read woman like book, prefer braille!"

[newmama]

Kerry- glad to hear about your date! Distance sucks but a benefit is that it helps things to go slower, right? And you sound wise to take a couple of days to process.

I will do the same tomorrow!

On another note- I was able to wear my size 10 jeans today- the first time in 7 years! Woohoo! So hopefully I can continue to wear them. They are Gap Jeans, bootcut and well made so they are still in style.

and fyi-- THE BOY from my class has been evaluated...normal IQ. Poor guy has a severe communication disorder. He is doing better but my boy with Autism is so flippin loud-- lots of noises and echolalia and stuff. He is so sweet--the other day he was obsessing with the electric pencil sharpener, I asked him "why are you sharpening pencils?" he answered "because it's a little bit fun." lol! Today I asked him to make up a story with a bat. So he said that Sharpy the Bat (Vampire Bat) tried to bite a dolphin. The dolphin said "there's no biting allowed!" and the bat flew away.

oh and my son...haven't reported much about S but he is still babbling away with jibberish and never stops moving. EVER. He and I went to my Gram's to deliver Costco stuff. He ran down the hallway in her assisted living home and all the old folks lit up when they saw him! Sometimes he cried when he saw them and other times he smiled back (some old people are scary looking I guess...?)
He is into stacking things now and still boogies. Today there was some song on the radio with a steady beat. I look back at him in his carseat and he is throwing his head back totally in time with the beat! Coincidence? probably but it was still adorable. And now he lifts his arms up to say "pick me up" and lays his head on my shoulder to initiate a hug.

[Mystik]

Aww, so sweet at this age aren't they? DS is the same way, always on the go.

Glad you finally have a diagnosis for THE BOY and now know what his special needs are.

[newmama]

This morning I made some hummus and salsa...in addition to breakfast for S. Then
S and I went to a different pumpkin patch that had a train ride and a boat ride and animals and a maze...it was supposed to be fun! It was all right. Here was the downside of going without someone else:

-we had to wait in line for 20 minutes which is a long time for a toddler who wants to walk around...other couples had one person hold their place in line while the other walked around with their toddler/kid.
*I guess in the future I could just ask someone behind me if it is ok that I get my spot back if I can take S around...

-I couldn't get a pumpkin because I couldn't carry the pumpkin and S (no strollers allowed on the train obviously)

-I couldn't get good pictures of S...he was wandering off, never looking at the camera. I had to stop him from going to the dangerous spot or I could take his picture. Very tough to do.

Well, on the way back we stopped at Sonic and I had a diet Cherry Ocean Water and got S an orange creamsicle type milkshake. He was able to intently suck from the straw because youknow how hard it is to get a milkshake from the straw! By the time we got home, he had broken the styrofoam cup and dug his fingers in it, and had milkshake on his clothes, car seat, hands...but not his hair! I went to take it away from him and luckily he only had about 1/3. I threw the rest away.

So now I am going to take a nap and be lazy until it is time to get ready to meet Country boy.I have 4 hours of lounging around! YIPPEE!! SO MUCH TV to get caught up on, too. Parenthood, 20/20, Nightline, Top Chef and Hell's Kitchen, The Office, 30 Rock, Oprah....and much much more!

[Mystik]

I love Hell's Kitchen. Cannot stand that Sabrina chick but she wasn't too bad this past episode. And The Office was great, too.

Sounds like the pumpkin patch was a bit tough. It is hard to have an active toddler all by yourself in a long line. And how funny but frustrating DS must have look with creamsicle shake all over himself. Some times you just have to laugh.

[gatsby11]

hi! just got caught up!

[awest1217]

Hope you enjoyed your afternoon. Sounds a lot like what I did today. Must have been single moms relax weekend.