Let's see, since last time I posted we went to the beach ... in Delaware. Who knew that Delaware was so nice? Our neighbor's parents own a former B&B in Rehoboth Beach. Awesome backyard with outdoor kitchen, one short block from the beach, and they cooked for us all weekend. My great friend from LSU, Christine, and her husband and baby drove up from their home in Arlington, VA to meet us there. Great, great weekend. Hard to leave. We came dangerously close to returning home with another pet -- a hermit crab in a brightly painted shell -- but then remembered that with 2 kids and 2 pets (and our upstairs neighbors' pug, who we're keeping for the weekend again) we already have enough mouths to feed and s*** to clean up and don't need another living creature in the mix, even if it is just a hermit crab. Close call.
Brian's parents and his oldest nephew, Daniel, came to visit last weekend. Daniel wanted to see a Yankees game for his 12th birthday, so he got to spend a wide-eyed weekend doing all the NYC touristy stuff. We joined them for the Yankees game (so fun, even though the Yankees lost -- good thing I don't care), a Statue of Liberty outing, and a couple meals. It was really cool to see Daniel be exposed to things he has never seen before (his first plane ride, first big city, etc.), and probably become a Yankees fan for life because his Papa took him to a game in "the house that Ruth built" when he was 12 years old. He was so awe-struck that it made me really appreciate the city and our opportunity here, even if it's not our permanent home.
Work has been NUTS. We're understaffed and new business keeps coming in. I suppose that's a good problem in this economy, though. So far this week I've managed a client announcement, a new business presentation, a 2-hour client "check in" (which turned out to be less scary than it sounded), while keeping my existing clients running and happy. Wouldn't be so bad if we had another person or two helping out -- that's actually a pretty typical week -- but it's a lot to stay on top of and I can't shake the I'm-forgetting-something-really-important feeling.
Our car got broken into, which sucked. They took our GPS unit, and that's clearly all they wanted. It was in the glove compartment and they took the time to find it, make sure they had the right charger for it (left our phone chargers), and removed the base from the windshield. And left our car open in the rain. A tip to car breaker-inners: if you're going to break into a car, at least do it on a night that it's not raining. C'mon. Use your manners.
Dylan gave me a nose bleed this morning with a head-butt to the face. That was awesome. Kelsie apparently thinks she's in the running for Mother of the Year. She has taken it upon herself to discipline Dylan and take things from him that she deems inappropriate.
In the meantime, we're trying to do important things, like go green (under the theory that small changes can make a difference, we're trying to be a little nicer to the environment), save money on groceries (I'm not exaggerating when I say our grocery bills have almost doubled just in the 10 months that we've lived here), figure out our future, turn our million dollar ideas into ... well ... a million dollars, relax a little, get enough sleep, get some exercise (Brian's doing well on that, me not so much), teach the kids to be respectful and independent, keep our apartment clean (how is it that this is our biggest challenge?), stay in touch with friends ...
At least we're never bored. Saints play tonight. Go Saints!!!!
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