I'm deciding to change my blogging format. I'm just able to keep up with my lists anymore. Some days just get too crazy and I get behind, and then catching back up just becomes daunting and then I get even FURTHER behind.
This post is a "hold" so I can post a recap of a few days, but it's something I'm going to have to come back too. So come back and check it out later on this weekend if you like....
Friday, November 27, 2009
Saturday, November 21, 2009
THURSDAY 11/19/09 - ROUGH MORNING. ROUGH EVENING
MORNING
- ROUGH MORNING...Caden didn't sleep well AT ALL. He was up numerous time and just cried. He didn't have a fever, but he was stuffy, so it could just be a cold thing. Most of the night was a blur, but he was up from basically 3:00 to 4:30. We gave him a bottle and he just cried. I took him of the crib and laid with him in the bed and he fell asleep, but when I moved him to the crib, he woke up again. I let him cry for about a half hour and he didn't seem to let up, so I got out of the bed and brought him into the living room. Scott moved to the bedroom and I cuddled with Caden on the couch. he finished a bottle of juice, and then was wide awake. He just wanted to sit there and clap. Eventually he wanted to get down and play. I was too tired to fight him, so I let him crawl around for a little bit while I sat on the rocking chair and tried to stay awake. I eventually got him on my lap and rocked him a bit until he started to look tired. Finally I was too tired, so I decided to try and put him in the crib again. This time he didn't cry and I went back to bed. A half hour later, Scott started coughing and it the noise woke Caden up again...SIGH! he didn't totally wake up, with was good, and Scott moved back to the living room and slept the rest of the night on the couch.
- Alarm clock eventually went off at 6:15 and I hit the snooze button 3 or 4 times before getting up. Caden didn't flitch...of course.
- It was closing in on 7:00 and Walker wasn't awake yet. I opened his bedroom door and got his clothes together. Went into his room just past 7:00 and tried to get him up, but he was VERY groggy. Had to tickle, kiss, and wiggle him to finally get him up. Noticed that is was almost 10 past 7, and he had to be to the bus stop in 10 minutes. Helped him get dressed and then went into the kitchen to put his lunch in his lunch box and realized Scott hadn't prepared his lunch. I ran into the living room and told Scott he had to get up and help Walker get ready because I had to make his lunch. Cut up apples, made a sandwich, put some carrots and crackers in bags and put it all into his lunch box. Scott got Walker's shoes and jacket on and they were out the door by 7:19.
- Scott got back in the house and laid back down in the bed while I took a shower and got ready for work. Caden was STILL sleeping.
- Got out of the shower and got dressed. Dried my hair and put on my make-up. Got out of the bathroom and could hear Caden chatting in his crib. Took him out and he had leaked. Changed his diaper and his clothes. Woke Scott up to move his car and then headed into work...20 minutes late!
WORK
- Got into the office, turned on the computer, and IMed a coworker who was out yesterday, but was in today. I wanted to update her on a meeting I had the day before, so we went down to get coffee together and we had about a 20 minute meeting.
- Got back up to the office and had a round-table conversation about a project that our department is struggling with. Had an additional conversation with my boss about two upcoming meetings today.
- Updated my list.
- Went to a meeting about some language for an invite, but the client didn't show, so we headed back to the our office. Had a short chat with my boss about an another upcoming meeting today.
- 10:45: back to my desk!
- 11:00 - 12:00: Design Challenges Magnets: finalizing design options and then trouble-shooting printing issues I was having...WHY isn't my white text PRINTING???
- Reviewed a program layout that the design intern worked on earlier in the week and marked up some changes. Sent the magnet designs to the client for her feedback.
- 12:10: LUNCH! Checked out FB and updated Caden's Birthday Party blog entry to include photos, now that I've downloaded them off the camera.
- Got a response from the client on the magnet designs and sent back an email asking for a final decision.
- 1:30: Monthly meeting with the Museum's COO.
- Chatted with the print shop supervisor. Did a sample print of a project I'm working on. And started working on a membership promotional poster.
- Chatted with the Managing Editor about some changes to the February/March issue of Sparks.
- Updated my time log.
- Attended the Weekly Coordinator Meeting.
- Checked email. Met a print rep down in the lobby to get a CD of art. Came back up to the office and got ready to go: 4:15
AFTER WORK
- Got home about 20 minutes late. Came into the house, Caden was crawling around and Walker was curled up on the couch under blankets. I said "Honey, are you tired?" and he said "I don't feel well." My mother-in-law said he was fine when he got off the bus, but he started complaining he was sick when they were at Target. They got home and he just climbed on the couch and under the covers.
- I chatted with my mother-in-law for a little while and gave her some clothes to pass on to my brother-in-law for his new baby and she headed home.
- I wanted to go to my the craft show that my sister was doing tonight, but with Walker being sick, it didn't look like that was going to be possible. I called my parents too see if they could watch him while I went to the craft show. My mom wanted to go as well, so we planned to go together and leave Walker with my dad, but Walker didn't like that idea, so we ended up bringing him.
- My mom pushed Walker around in an umbrella stroller and I carried Caden. The show was really small, so we walked around it quickly. Caden was getting fidgety and Walker REALLY wasn't feeling well. My mom and I bought some raffle tickets and then we headed out.
- I dropped my mom off at home and then brought the boys home. Walker went straight for the couch and I changed him into his PJs. He said he wanted dinner, but ended up falling asleep before I could get it for him.
- Changed into my own PJs. Changed Caden into his PJs and put him into his high chair and gave him some crackers and Cheerios while I checked FB and updated my list.
- Fed Caden while we watched Survivor.
- Put Caden to bed. Sat on the couch to watch Survivor in the peace and quiet. Started to watch CSI and fell asleep. Scott called and woke me up. He was running an errand. I told him I was very tired, so he decided to pick-up his own dinner.
- Scott got home and moved Walker to his bed, as he was still sleeping on the couch. I had fallen asleep myself, and woke up half-way through The Mentalist. I finished watching it and fell asleep...I was too tired even for dinner :(
- ROUGH MORNING...Caden didn't sleep well AT ALL. He was up numerous time and just cried. He didn't have a fever, but he was stuffy, so it could just be a cold thing. Most of the night was a blur, but he was up from basically 3:00 to 4:30. We gave him a bottle and he just cried. I took him of the crib and laid with him in the bed and he fell asleep, but when I moved him to the crib, he woke up again. I let him cry for about a half hour and he didn't seem to let up, so I got out of the bed and brought him into the living room. Scott moved to the bedroom and I cuddled with Caden on the couch. he finished a bottle of juice, and then was wide awake. He just wanted to sit there and clap. Eventually he wanted to get down and play. I was too tired to fight him, so I let him crawl around for a little bit while I sat on the rocking chair and tried to stay awake. I eventually got him on my lap and rocked him a bit until he started to look tired. Finally I was too tired, so I decided to try and put him in the crib again. This time he didn't cry and I went back to bed. A half hour later, Scott started coughing and it the noise woke Caden up again...SIGH! he didn't totally wake up, with was good, and Scott moved back to the living room and slept the rest of the night on the couch.
- Alarm clock eventually went off at 6:15 and I hit the snooze button 3 or 4 times before getting up. Caden didn't flitch...of course.
- It was closing in on 7:00 and Walker wasn't awake yet. I opened his bedroom door and got his clothes together. Went into his room just past 7:00 and tried to get him up, but he was VERY groggy. Had to tickle, kiss, and wiggle him to finally get him up. Noticed that is was almost 10 past 7, and he had to be to the bus stop in 10 minutes. Helped him get dressed and then went into the kitchen to put his lunch in his lunch box and realized Scott hadn't prepared his lunch. I ran into the living room and told Scott he had to get up and help Walker get ready because I had to make his lunch. Cut up apples, made a sandwich, put some carrots and crackers in bags and put it all into his lunch box. Scott got Walker's shoes and jacket on and they were out the door by 7:19.
- Scott got back in the house and laid back down in the bed while I took a shower and got ready for work. Caden was STILL sleeping.
- Got out of the shower and got dressed. Dried my hair and put on my make-up. Got out of the bathroom and could hear Caden chatting in his crib. Took him out and he had leaked. Changed his diaper and his clothes. Woke Scott up to move his car and then headed into work...20 minutes late!
WORK
- Got into the office, turned on the computer, and IMed a coworker who was out yesterday, but was in today. I wanted to update her on a meeting I had the day before, so we went down to get coffee together and we had about a 20 minute meeting.
- Got back up to the office and had a round-table conversation about a project that our department is struggling with. Had an additional conversation with my boss about two upcoming meetings today.
- Updated my list.
- Went to a meeting about some language for an invite, but the client didn't show, so we headed back to the our office. Had a short chat with my boss about an another upcoming meeting today.
- 10:45: back to my desk!
- 11:00 - 12:00: Design Challenges Magnets: finalizing design options and then trouble-shooting printing issues I was having...WHY isn't my white text PRINTING???
- Reviewed a program layout that the design intern worked on earlier in the week and marked up some changes. Sent the magnet designs to the client for her feedback.
- 12:10: LUNCH! Checked out FB and updated Caden's Birthday Party blog entry to include photos, now that I've downloaded them off the camera.
- Got a response from the client on the magnet designs and sent back an email asking for a final decision.
- 1:30: Monthly meeting with the Museum's COO.
- Chatted with the print shop supervisor. Did a sample print of a project I'm working on. And started working on a membership promotional poster.
- Chatted with the Managing Editor about some changes to the February/March issue of Sparks.
- Updated my time log.
- Attended the Weekly Coordinator Meeting.
- Checked email. Met a print rep down in the lobby to get a CD of art. Came back up to the office and got ready to go: 4:15
AFTER WORK
- Got home about 20 minutes late. Came into the house, Caden was crawling around and Walker was curled up on the couch under blankets. I said "Honey, are you tired?" and he said "I don't feel well." My mother-in-law said he was fine when he got off the bus, but he started complaining he was sick when they were at Target. They got home and he just climbed on the couch and under the covers.
- I chatted with my mother-in-law for a little while and gave her some clothes to pass on to my brother-in-law for his new baby and she headed home.
- I wanted to go to my the craft show that my sister was doing tonight, but with Walker being sick, it didn't look like that was going to be possible. I called my parents too see if they could watch him while I went to the craft show. My mom wanted to go as well, so we planned to go together and leave Walker with my dad, but Walker didn't like that idea, so we ended up bringing him.
- My mom pushed Walker around in an umbrella stroller and I carried Caden. The show was really small, so we walked around it quickly. Caden was getting fidgety and Walker REALLY wasn't feeling well. My mom and I bought some raffle tickets and then we headed out.
- I dropped my mom off at home and then brought the boys home. Walker went straight for the couch and I changed him into his PJs. He said he wanted dinner, but ended up falling asleep before I could get it for him.
- Changed into my own PJs. Changed Caden into his PJs and put him into his high chair and gave him some crackers and Cheerios while I checked FB and updated my list.
- Fed Caden while we watched Survivor.
- Put Caden to bed. Sat on the couch to watch Survivor in the peace and quiet. Started to watch CSI and fell asleep. Scott called and woke me up. He was running an errand. I told him I was very tired, so he decided to pick-up his own dinner.
- Scott got home and moved Walker to his bed, as he was still sleeping on the couch. I had fallen asleep myself, and woke up half-way through The Mentalist. I finished watching it and fell asleep...I was too tired even for dinner :(
WEDNESDAY 11/18/09
MORNING
- 6:15: Alarm clock goes off, and I get up, because I promised Scott that I'd do his calendar for the school in the morning when I was too tired to do it last night after dinner.
- 6:45: finished updating the calendar. Have to wait until Scott gets up to check it before I can print it. Do a quick check of Facebook.
- 6:55: Open Walker's bedroom door to start getting him up and see that he is already awake. Give him hugs and tickles and then carry him into the living room (because he asked me too) and turned on Clone Wars (because he asked as well).
- We hear Caden and I go get him and then get a cup of milk for Walker. I give Caden a bottle and then find clothes for Walker. I help him get dressed as time is tick-tick-ticking by.
- Pack up Walker's lunch and put on his socks and shoes. Get his jacket on and put Caden in his crib so I can bring Walker down to the bus stop...it looks COLD outside with frost all over the front lawn.
- Put coats on me and Walker and head to bus.
- Get back and take Caden out of the crib and get myself dressed while trying to wake up Scott.
- Scott gets up and checks the calendar and I make a few changes that are needed and then make a PDF and send it along to the student who posts it online for us.
- 8:00: Time to finish getting ready for work.
WORK
- Got in 20 minutes late...how is it I get up early, but still get in late? I'm sure it has something to do with the fact that my husband doesn't like to get up early...or even on time ;)
- Got my computer started and then ran down to get coffee and breakfast...as I didn't have it on the way in :(
- Did a quick check of email and then finished up my Sparks pages for "First Editorial Review".
- 10:15: Had a meeting with my boss.
- 10:45: Back to my Sparks pages. Printed out Sparks for the editors and then updated my time log from yesterday AND today. Checked emails. Filled out my time sheet. Printed out our project list so I can assign designers to new projects that came in this week.
- Couldn't help myself. Had to pop on Facebook.
- Worked on Design Challenges magnet designs.
- 12:00: Lunch! Ate pot pie and uploaded photos to FB.
- Met with project coordinator to review design assignments.
- Back to my Design Challenges magnets.
- 1:30: went and saw "Planet You" in the 3D cinema. We've been asked to help out with a new marketing plan for the film, but first we needed to see it. If you like "creepy crawly" things, then you'd probably like this film. Me, I'd rather not have known...
- 2:05: Had a quick pow-wow with the MarCom staff to discuss out thoughts on "Planet You" film.
- Back to my desk to check email and work on magnet designs.
- 2:30: Design Assignments meeting. Share my magnet design concepts with the design staff.
- 3:00: More work on my magnet designs.
- 3:30: Head out! Don't have any childcare for Caden this afternoon, as my parents had to go to a wake, so I had to get to kung fu by 4:30 to take Caden...
AFTER WORK
- Left work and the traffic was bad. Got to kung fu 15 minutes late. Grabbed Caden out of the workout room and brought him into the waiting area while Walker colored with one of the little brothers of a Junior student. Changed Caden's diaper and then packed up the boys and headed out.
- Scott asked me to pick him up something at Michael's. We were almost there when I got a phone call from him saying "You probably figured out that you left your pocketbook behind..." Guess I won't be stopping at Michael's. Luckily I hadn't left the phone in my pocketbook.
- Headed home, but Walker wanted to detour past the "Christmas house"...the neighbor who has their Christmas lights up already. After battling traffic to get there, the lights weren't on AND then I took a wrong turn down a one-way street...it's just one of those nights :(
- Finally got home and settle the boys in the kitchen with dinner for Walker and a snack and a bottle for Caden. Changed into my own pajamas and filled a basket with dirty clothes to bring down to the washer. Popped on the computer to start my evening list before my night got away from me.
- Had a bowl of cereal...I was starved...and switched out a load of laundry.
- Checked email.
- Made a couple of blog posts. Got interrupted a couple of times to get Caden out of the trash...finally moving it to the back hall as it's trash night anyway...and getting milk for Walker.
- Checked FB and turned to see Caden standing in the middle of the floor, not holding on to anything. As I watched him, he swayed back and forth like the was deciding what to do next. He finally realized I was watching him and as we stared at each other, he took ONE STEP! YAY CADEN!!!
- Turned on Clone Wars via the DVR for Walker and started a bath for the boys.
- Washed down the tub and filled it for the boys. Put Caden in first, who was VERY excited about getting into the water, he almost went head-first into the tub. Walker finished watching Clone Wars and then joined Caden in the tub. Caden is a MAD MAN in the tub...slipping and sliding everywhere, throwing things, and splashing. Walker enjoys it, but Caden is a little too active for his comfort level. I washed Caden down and got him out of the tub and let Walker play for a little while by himself while I got Caden into his PJs.
- Put Caden in his high chair with some cheerios and finished washing up Walker. Got him out of the tub, dried off, and into PJs.
- Cleaned out the tub and put the towels up to dry. Went into the kitchen and fed Caden his dinner. Swept the floor of Cheerios and crackers after he was done dinner and did a quick list update before putting Caden to bed.
- Put Caden down, but he cried. Picked him back up and sat on the couch and cuddled with him for a few minutes. Walker whined because he was getting tired and wanted to do his homework. We all watched America's Next Top Model together. At the first commercial I picked Caden back up and put him in his crib. He cried again, but I let him cry and sat on the couch and did homework with Walker.
- Walker drew a couple of pictures of objects that started with "n" and then drew a picture of his favorite breakfast...pancakes...which is NOT his favorite breakfast...he doesn't even like breakfast. He only choose it because it's in one of his favorite story books - lol!
- Walker laid down on the couch and fell asleep as I watched the end of ANTM.
- 9:00: back online to check email and try to get a couple more blog entries posted.
- Scott got home and I made dinner...steak and pasta. We watched some TV and I crashed...night! night!
- 6:15: Alarm clock goes off, and I get up, because I promised Scott that I'd do his calendar for the school in the morning when I was too tired to do it last night after dinner.
- 6:45: finished updating the calendar. Have to wait until Scott gets up to check it before I can print it. Do a quick check of Facebook.
- 6:55: Open Walker's bedroom door to start getting him up and see that he is already awake. Give him hugs and tickles and then carry him into the living room (because he asked me too) and turned on Clone Wars (because he asked as well).
- We hear Caden and I go get him and then get a cup of milk for Walker. I give Caden a bottle and then find clothes for Walker. I help him get dressed as time is tick-tick-ticking by.
- Pack up Walker's lunch and put on his socks and shoes. Get his jacket on and put Caden in his crib so I can bring Walker down to the bus stop...it looks COLD outside with frost all over the front lawn.
- Put coats on me and Walker and head to bus.
- Get back and take Caden out of the crib and get myself dressed while trying to wake up Scott.
- Scott gets up and checks the calendar and I make a few changes that are needed and then make a PDF and send it along to the student who posts it online for us.
- 8:00: Time to finish getting ready for work.
WORK
- Got in 20 minutes late...how is it I get up early, but still get in late? I'm sure it has something to do with the fact that my husband doesn't like to get up early...or even on time ;)
- Got my computer started and then ran down to get coffee and breakfast...as I didn't have it on the way in :(
- Did a quick check of email and then finished up my Sparks pages for "First Editorial Review".
- 10:15: Had a meeting with my boss.
- 10:45: Back to my Sparks pages. Printed out Sparks for the editors and then updated my time log from yesterday AND today. Checked emails. Filled out my time sheet. Printed out our project list so I can assign designers to new projects that came in this week.
- Couldn't help myself. Had to pop on Facebook.
- Worked on Design Challenges magnet designs.
- 12:00: Lunch! Ate pot pie and uploaded photos to FB.
- Met with project coordinator to review design assignments.
- Back to my Design Challenges magnets.
- 1:30: went and saw "Planet You" in the 3D cinema. We've been asked to help out with a new marketing plan for the film, but first we needed to see it. If you like "creepy crawly" things, then you'd probably like this film. Me, I'd rather not have known...
- 2:05: Had a quick pow-wow with the MarCom staff to discuss out thoughts on "Planet You" film.
- Back to my desk to check email and work on magnet designs.
- 2:30: Design Assignments meeting. Share my magnet design concepts with the design staff.
- 3:00: More work on my magnet designs.
- 3:30: Head out! Don't have any childcare for Caden this afternoon, as my parents had to go to a wake, so I had to get to kung fu by 4:30 to take Caden...
AFTER WORK
- Left work and the traffic was bad. Got to kung fu 15 minutes late. Grabbed Caden out of the workout room and brought him into the waiting area while Walker colored with one of the little brothers of a Junior student. Changed Caden's diaper and then packed up the boys and headed out.
- Scott asked me to pick him up something at Michael's. We were almost there when I got a phone call from him saying "You probably figured out that you left your pocketbook behind..." Guess I won't be stopping at Michael's. Luckily I hadn't left the phone in my pocketbook.
- Headed home, but Walker wanted to detour past the "Christmas house"...the neighbor who has their Christmas lights up already. After battling traffic to get there, the lights weren't on AND then I took a wrong turn down a one-way street...it's just one of those nights :(
- Finally got home and settle the boys in the kitchen with dinner for Walker and a snack and a bottle for Caden. Changed into my own pajamas and filled a basket with dirty clothes to bring down to the washer. Popped on the computer to start my evening list before my night got away from me.
- Had a bowl of cereal...I was starved...and switched out a load of laundry.
- Checked email.
- Made a couple of blog posts. Got interrupted a couple of times to get Caden out of the trash...finally moving it to the back hall as it's trash night anyway...and getting milk for Walker.
- Checked FB and turned to see Caden standing in the middle of the floor, not holding on to anything. As I watched him, he swayed back and forth like the was deciding what to do next. He finally realized I was watching him and as we stared at each other, he took ONE STEP! YAY CADEN!!!
- Turned on Clone Wars via the DVR for Walker and started a bath for the boys.
- Washed down the tub and filled it for the boys. Put Caden in first, who was VERY excited about getting into the water, he almost went head-first into the tub. Walker finished watching Clone Wars and then joined Caden in the tub. Caden is a MAD MAN in the tub...slipping and sliding everywhere, throwing things, and splashing. Walker enjoys it, but Caden is a little too active for his comfort level. I washed Caden down and got him out of the tub and let Walker play for a little while by himself while I got Caden into his PJs.
- Put Caden in his high chair with some cheerios and finished washing up Walker. Got him out of the tub, dried off, and into PJs.
- Cleaned out the tub and put the towels up to dry. Went into the kitchen and fed Caden his dinner. Swept the floor of Cheerios and crackers after he was done dinner and did a quick list update before putting Caden to bed.
- Put Caden down, but he cried. Picked him back up and sat on the couch and cuddled with him for a few minutes. Walker whined because he was getting tired and wanted to do his homework. We all watched America's Next Top Model together. At the first commercial I picked Caden back up and put him in his crib. He cried again, but I let him cry and sat on the couch and did homework with Walker.
- Walker drew a couple of pictures of objects that started with "n" and then drew a picture of his favorite breakfast...pancakes...which is NOT his favorite breakfast...he doesn't even like breakfast. He only choose it because it's in one of his favorite story books - lol!
- Walker laid down on the couch and fell asleep as I watched the end of ANTM.
- 9:00: back online to check email and try to get a couple more blog entries posted.
- Scott got home and I made dinner...steak and pasta. We watched some TV and I crashed...night! night!
TUESDAY 11/17/09
MORNING
- 3:00: Walker is standing in the living room door. "Mamma, get up, I leaked!" He had wet the bed. I get off the couch, go and get him stripped down, cleaned up, and redressed. We both settle back down on the couch and fall back to sleep.
- 6:15: Alarm clock; snooze. 6:24: Alarm goes off, and, myself, Caden, and Walker get up. Play. Turn on cartoons. Get clothes for Walker. Milk for both boys.
- Set Caden up in his chair outside the bathroom and take a shower. Just as I get out the central fire alarm goes off and a minute later my door bell rings. I wrap a towel around me and wake up Scott and tell him to investigate. The boys are wondering what the noise it. Scott answers the door, it's the upstairs neighbor. She wants to know if we know why it's going off. Her and Scott start investigating, but then it stops and we never find out why it went off.
- Walker got himself dressed. I packed his backpack. I change Caden and get Scott up to take Walker to the bus.
- I get dressed, dry my hair, and put on my make-up. I play with Caden for a little bit. I try to find a Toys-R-Us receipt for a toy I bought Walker that we want to return. No luck :(
- I pack myself up and head to work.
WORK
- I got to work early!!!! 8:40...but I listen to Tom Brady on the radio for a few minutes, so I don't get into the office until just before 9:00...but at least it's BEFORE 9.
- Turn on the computer and run down for coffee. I had a muffin and water on the way in, but I really need a coffee.
- Come back up and check email and start my list. Need to catch up on my time-log from yesterday...which I never opened - doh!
- Consult with my boss about the best way to hide some velcro strips that are on some walls around the museum, but currently don't have signs posted on them.
- Had a conversation with a coworker about an upcoming meeting and responded to the meeting request via an email because I had some concerns.
- 9:45: Work on my Sparks newsletter layout.
- 11:00: Had a meeting with a design consultant that we have contracted to work on a "sub-brand" concept for our Adult Programming division.
- 12:45: Lunch
- Chatted with designer about an invite project she's working on. Trying to trouble-shoot some design ideas and how to make them work.
- Back to Sparks.
- More design consulting on the invite project.
- 2:00: Job Assignment Mtg. Get a weekly update on the projects that have been requested.
- Back to Sparks.
- 3:00: "Show & Tell" and tell with the design staff. Fanny had a cool direct marketing piece she got in the mail from DelConte. I forgot to bring my "show & tell" item...though I did show pictures of Caden's birthday party at the end of the meeting :)
- Checked email and then went down for coffee.
- Chatted with coworkers about an assortment of stuff and then goofed off on FB for far longer than I should have - DOH!
- 5:45: I'm SOOOOO LATE
AFTER WORK
- Got to kung fu later than I should have. Picked up the boys and brought them home.
After that, I don't know what I did. I didn't get a chance to update my list. I'm sure it had something to do with watching Dancing With the Stars, putting the boys to bed, and cooking dinner.
- 3:00: Walker is standing in the living room door. "Mamma, get up, I leaked!" He had wet the bed. I get off the couch, go and get him stripped down, cleaned up, and redressed. We both settle back down on the couch and fall back to sleep.
- 6:15: Alarm clock; snooze. 6:24: Alarm goes off, and, myself, Caden, and Walker get up. Play. Turn on cartoons. Get clothes for Walker. Milk for both boys.
- Set Caden up in his chair outside the bathroom and take a shower. Just as I get out the central fire alarm goes off and a minute later my door bell rings. I wrap a towel around me and wake up Scott and tell him to investigate. The boys are wondering what the noise it. Scott answers the door, it's the upstairs neighbor. She wants to know if we know why it's going off. Her and Scott start investigating, but then it stops and we never find out why it went off.
- Walker got himself dressed. I packed his backpack. I change Caden and get Scott up to take Walker to the bus.
- I get dressed, dry my hair, and put on my make-up. I play with Caden for a little bit. I try to find a Toys-R-Us receipt for a toy I bought Walker that we want to return. No luck :(
- I pack myself up and head to work.
WORK
- I got to work early!!!! 8:40...but I listen to Tom Brady on the radio for a few minutes, so I don't get into the office until just before 9:00...but at least it's BEFORE 9.
- Turn on the computer and run down for coffee. I had a muffin and water on the way in, but I really need a coffee.
- Come back up and check email and start my list. Need to catch up on my time-log from yesterday...which I never opened - doh!
- Consult with my boss about the best way to hide some velcro strips that are on some walls around the museum, but currently don't have signs posted on them.
- Had a conversation with a coworker about an upcoming meeting and responded to the meeting request via an email because I had some concerns.
- 9:45: Work on my Sparks newsletter layout.
- 11:00: Had a meeting with a design consultant that we have contracted to work on a "sub-brand" concept for our Adult Programming division.
- 12:45: Lunch
- Chatted with designer about an invite project she's working on. Trying to trouble-shoot some design ideas and how to make them work.
- Back to Sparks.
- More design consulting on the invite project.
- 2:00: Job Assignment Mtg. Get a weekly update on the projects that have been requested.
- Back to Sparks.
- 3:00: "Show & Tell" and tell with the design staff. Fanny had a cool direct marketing piece she got in the mail from DelConte. I forgot to bring my "show & tell" item...though I did show pictures of Caden's birthday party at the end of the meeting :)
- Checked email and then went down for coffee.
- Chatted with coworkers about an assortment of stuff and then goofed off on FB for far longer than I should have - DOH!
- 5:45: I'm SOOOOO LATE
AFTER WORK
- Got to kung fu later than I should have. Picked up the boys and brought them home.
After that, I don't know what I did. I didn't get a chance to update my list. I'm sure it had something to do with watching Dancing With the Stars, putting the boys to bed, and cooking dinner.
MONDAY 11/16/09
MORNING
- 6:00: Walker's up. We cuddle. 6:15: Alarm clock goes off. Hit the snooze. 6:24: Alarm clock goes off. We get up.
- Cartoons. Milk. Play. Caden wakes up. Play some more. Bottle for Caden. Clothes for Walker. Dress Walker. Pack lunch.
- Go over report card with Walker. He was actually very interested in what it said.
- Socks. Shoes. Jackets. Time to head out to the bus.
- Back. Update list. Time to get ready for work: 7:35.
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I lost this day...must not have kept that running list...
- 6:00: Walker's up. We cuddle. 6:15: Alarm clock goes off. Hit the snooze. 6:24: Alarm clock goes off. We get up.
- Cartoons. Milk. Play. Caden wakes up. Play some more. Bottle for Caden. Clothes for Walker. Dress Walker. Pack lunch.
- Go over report card with Walker. He was actually very interested in what it said.
- Socks. Shoes. Jackets. Time to head out to the bus.
- Back. Update list. Time to get ready for work: 7:35.
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I lost this day...must not have kept that running list...
SUNDAY 11/15/09 - A DAY AT BASS PRO
- Woken up by Walker around 6ish. He was confused why I was sleeping on the floor. Turned on cartoons for Walker and tried to catch a few more winks before Caden woke up.
- Almost 7ish, Caden woke up. Time to really get up. Get Caden out of the crib. Let him play around the living room. Check email and see a post from a family member that a cousin of mine has died :( Sent a text to my parents to find out more.
- Put Caden in his high chair and gave him some Cheerios. Walker set up on the kitchen table with LOTS of toys that have now taken over my kitchen.
- Milk for Walker. Bottle for Caden. Wash dishes. Unload and load dishwasher.
- Scott gets up to take a shower and head to work, he has some classes to teach this morning.
- Walker asks for help putting some Lego pieces together. He runs around the house looking for pieces and tells me where to put them.
- Walker's new little key chain lightsaber he got at last night's concert isn't working. Discover, after a little investigating, that he opened it and lost two of the batteries. Finally end up finding them when I was picking up the blankets and pillows off the living room floor.
- Feed Caden breakfast.
- Talk to my mom about my cousin, Billy. He had diabetes and must have let his sugar level get out of control. He was home alone. :( He was 47.
- Fold clothes and find outfits for the boys. Get myself dressed. Get Walker dressed. Start packing Caden's bag. Get Caden dressed.
- Set Walker up on the computer to watch You Can Draw Star Wars DVD and put Caden down for a nap. Give Walker breakfast (peanut butter crackers...that 's what he wanted). Make myself some toast and chill in the kitchen for a few minutes while watching The Phantom Gourmet.
- 11:30: Waiting for Scott to get home so we can take the boys out to Bass Pro Shop. Walker is back playing with his toys in the kitchen, so I can finally start my daily list...I've been up for 5.5 hours.
- Scott got home and we packed up the boys into the car and headed out for the day. Stopped at Dunkin's for a light breakfast and headed to Foxboro.
- Got to Bass Pro Shop at Patriots Place and walked around. The place is AMAZING! We've heard alot about it, but have never seen it ourselves...well, Walker has. Scoped out everything. They were having free pictures with Santa and doing Christmas crafts. We got a "Bass Pass" to see Santa at 4:30...it was currently 1:30...could we really spend 3 hours in Bass Pro Shop?
- Scott sat at the kids crafting area and made a reindeer ornament with Walker and then Walker colored in a picture of a train and filled out his letter for Santa.
- I took Caden for a walk around the store while Scott did crafts with Walker. We went and saw the big fish tank filled with trout, bass, pike, and more. We then checked out the turtle pond.
- Walker wanted to get a toy and we figured we could find something cheaper at the Christmas Tree Shops which was a couple of doors down. We took a walk to the other side of the shopping area and checked out the Christmas Tree Shop there. We walked around the Christmas Tree Shops. The place was MOBBED! We only wanted to buy 2 things: a Power Ranger toy for Walker and a "Night Before Christmas" story book (which I had just said to Scott when we got into the store that I needed to look the book up on Amazon.com because I couldn't seem to find it anywhere, and then we passed an end-cap with one...funny. It took us about 15 minutes to get through the register line.
- It was now creeping up to 3:00 and we figured we should grab something to eat. In the are we had the Olive Garden and the restaurant IN Bass Pro Shop. We decided to try the latter. It was a cool looking place, but unfortunately they didn't have much of a choice. We got sandwiches and ordered 2 sliders for Walker with fries. About 10 minutes after taking our order, the waitress came back and said "we're out of fries." That was the only thing Walker would eat and it was the one thing I was really looking forward to. We switched Walker's order to mac & cheese and Scott and I got potato salad with our sandwiches. I only ate the sandwich.
- After we were done with our late lunch, it was time to go visit Santa. After ALL that waiting, we were glad the boys were still awake, and not all that cranky. Unfortunately as soon as I put Caden on Santa's lap, he flipped out...and so here is the picture we got...oh well. Walker dropped his letter into Santa's mailbox and told him that he wanted a Tank with Clone Troopers. I'm not really sure if Santa knew what that was - LOL!
- Scott wanted to check out the archery section, as that is the one thing we hadn't seen in the store since arriving 3 hours earlier. Walker saw that the craft area had a new activity and wanted to participate. Scott took Caden for a walk to the archery section and sat with Walker and did more crafting and coloring. about 30 minutes later, Scott rejoined us and we headed for the car.
- The boys fell asleep in the car as they hadn't napped all day. We got home just before 6:00 and I turned on a football game in the kitchen...as I was going through withdrawals in not watching ANY football all day...and then popped on the computer to update my list of all the fun things we did today.
- Scanned in the boys' picture with Santa and posted it to Facebook. Played with Caden for a bit and then put him in his high chair with a bottle of milk. He's very cranky. He's not feeling well, though he has not developed a fever.
- Made a couple of blog posts and played with Caden.
- 7:30: went into the bedroom to wake Scott up from his nap. Put away a bunch of clothes I had folded YESTERDAY. Walker came into the room all groggy and I picked him up and cuddled with him for a bit. Brought Walker back into the living room and turned on cartoons and then played with Caden on the bed while we tried to get Scott up.
- Scott finally got out of bed and I got ready to go and watch the Pats with my dad.
- It was nice to sit and watch the game with my dad and not have to juggle the two boys through out the game. I WAS a good game...at least till the last quarter. The Pats lost in the last 2 minutes - MAN!!!!
- I headed home and made a quick stop by Walgreens to pick up diapers for Caden. Got home and cuddled on the the couch with Scott until I fell asleep...sometime after 12:30.
- Almost 7ish, Caden woke up. Time to really get up. Get Caden out of the crib. Let him play around the living room. Check email and see a post from a family member that a cousin of mine has died :( Sent a text to my parents to find out more.
- Put Caden in his high chair and gave him some Cheerios. Walker set up on the kitchen table with LOTS of toys that have now taken over my kitchen.
- Milk for Walker. Bottle for Caden. Wash dishes. Unload and load dishwasher.
- Scott gets up to take a shower and head to work, he has some classes to teach this morning.
- Walker asks for help putting some Lego pieces together. He runs around the house looking for pieces and tells me where to put them.
- Walker's new little key chain lightsaber he got at last night's concert isn't working. Discover, after a little investigating, that he opened it and lost two of the batteries. Finally end up finding them when I was picking up the blankets and pillows off the living room floor.
- Feed Caden breakfast.
- Talk to my mom about my cousin, Billy. He had diabetes and must have let his sugar level get out of control. He was home alone. :( He was 47.
- Fold clothes and find outfits for the boys. Get myself dressed. Get Walker dressed. Start packing Caden's bag. Get Caden dressed.
- Set Walker up on the computer to watch You Can Draw Star Wars DVD and put Caden down for a nap. Give Walker breakfast (peanut butter crackers...that 's what he wanted). Make myself some toast and chill in the kitchen for a few minutes while watching The Phantom Gourmet.
- 11:30: Waiting for Scott to get home so we can take the boys out to Bass Pro Shop. Walker is back playing with his toys in the kitchen, so I can finally start my daily list...I've been up for 5.5 hours.
- Scott got home and we packed up the boys into the car and headed out for the day. Stopped at Dunkin's for a light breakfast and headed to Foxboro.
- Got to Bass Pro Shop at Patriots Place and walked around. The place is AMAZING! We've heard alot about it, but have never seen it ourselves...well, Walker has. Scoped out everything. They were having free pictures with Santa and doing Christmas crafts. We got a "Bass Pass" to see Santa at 4:30...it was currently 1:30...could we really spend 3 hours in Bass Pro Shop?
- Scott sat at the kids crafting area and made a reindeer ornament with Walker and then Walker colored in a picture of a train and filled out his letter for Santa.
- I took Caden for a walk around the store while Scott did crafts with Walker. We went and saw the big fish tank filled with trout, bass, pike, and more. We then checked out the turtle pond.
- Walker wanted to get a toy and we figured we could find something cheaper at the Christmas Tree Shops which was a couple of doors down. We took a walk to the other side of the shopping area and checked out the Christmas Tree Shop there. We walked around the Christmas Tree Shops. The place was MOBBED! We only wanted to buy 2 things: a Power Ranger toy for Walker and a "Night Before Christmas" story book (which I had just said to Scott when we got into the store that I needed to look the book up on Amazon.com because I couldn't seem to find it anywhere, and then we passed an end-cap with one...funny. It took us about 15 minutes to get through the register line.
- It was now creeping up to 3:00 and we figured we should grab something to eat. In the are we had the Olive Garden and the restaurant IN Bass Pro Shop. We decided to try the latter. It was a cool looking place, but unfortunately they didn't have much of a choice. We got sandwiches and ordered 2 sliders for Walker with fries. About 10 minutes after taking our order, the waitress came back and said "we're out of fries." That was the only thing Walker would eat and it was the one thing I was really looking forward to. We switched Walker's order to mac & cheese and Scott and I got potato salad with our sandwiches. I only ate the sandwich.
- After we were done with our late lunch, it was time to go visit Santa. After ALL that waiting, we were glad the boys were still awake, and not all that cranky. Unfortunately as soon as I put Caden on Santa's lap, he flipped out...and so here is the picture we got...oh well. Walker dropped his letter into Santa's mailbox and told him that he wanted a Tank with Clone Troopers. I'm not really sure if Santa knew what that was - LOL!
- Scott wanted to check out the archery section, as that is the one thing we hadn't seen in the store since arriving 3 hours earlier. Walker saw that the craft area had a new activity and wanted to participate. Scott took Caden for a walk to the archery section and sat with Walker and did more crafting and coloring. about 30 minutes later, Scott rejoined us and we headed for the car.
- The boys fell asleep in the car as they hadn't napped all day. We got home just before 6:00 and I turned on a football game in the kitchen...as I was going through withdrawals in not watching ANY football all day...and then popped on the computer to update my list of all the fun things we did today.
- Scanned in the boys' picture with Santa and posted it to Facebook. Played with Caden for a bit and then put him in his high chair with a bottle of milk. He's very cranky. He's not feeling well, though he has not developed a fever.
- Made a couple of blog posts and played with Caden.
- 7:30: went into the bedroom to wake Scott up from his nap. Put away a bunch of clothes I had folded YESTERDAY. Walker came into the room all groggy and I picked him up and cuddled with him for a bit. Brought Walker back into the living room and turned on cartoons and then played with Caden on the bed while we tried to get Scott up.
- Scott finally got out of bed and I got ready to go and watch the Pats with my dad.
- It was nice to sit and watch the game with my dad and not have to juggle the two boys through out the game. I WAS a good game...at least till the last quarter. The Pats lost in the last 2 minutes - MAN!!!!
- I headed home and made a quick stop by Walgreens to pick up diapers for Caden. Got home and cuddled on the the couch with Scott until I fell asleep...sometime after 12:30.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
SATURDAY 11/14/09 - STAR WARS: IN CONCERT DAY
- 3:30 am: Walker wakes up and wants to watch cartoons. I tell him "no, it's too early. Lay down and go back to bed." He keeps talking and I keep telling him to go to sleep that it's still night time. Eventually we hear Caden making noise. I go in and change his diaper and give him a bottle and put him back to bed. Come back into the living room and Walker is still awake. I tell him he really needs to sleep or he'll be too tired for the "surprise" happening later today. I try to fall back to sleep, but Walker just sits on the the other end of the couch coloring on the receipt from the last night's pizza. Eventually I fall asleep, I think Walker does too.
- 6-something, Walker wakes back up and says "Mamma, it's morning, I want to watch cartoons now." I look at the clock and it's in the 6 o'clock hour so I say "fine" and turn on Clone Wars which he missed the night before.
- I try to go back to sleep, but Caden wakes up just before 7. Get him out of the crib, change his diaper and let him play. Jump on the computer to see what happened on Facebook. Exchange more emails with my neighbor about moving. Set Walker up in the kitchen to play with some toys on the table that Caden can't get into. Put Caden in his high chair to eat Cheerios and drink a bottle.
- Play around online while being interrupted by the boys to get them something or out of something and waking up Scott.
- Fed the boys breakfast. Changed diapers. Played with the boys. Sat and cuddled on the couch watching the neighbors move while Caden drank his bottle.
- Washed bottles. Swept the kitchen floor. Picked up toys. Folded clothes...I'm sure all these will have to be repeated again sometime today.
- 10:15: Hoping Caden will go down for a nap soon so I can go take a shower in peace. Did more bottle washing and folding of clothes. Picked up more toys, only for Walker to empty more on the floor...sigh.
- Got Caden down for a nap and took a shower. Packed Caden's bag. Found some "fun" Star Wars themed clothes to wear to the concert today. Dried my hair and put on my make up. Got Walker dressed.
- Caden got up and I got him dressed. Helped Walker find "arms" for his Lego guys. Checked email and saw that a few other friends are also going to the SW concert today.
- Scott got home. Finished getting ready to go to the concert and then packed up the boys into the car. Dropped Caden off with my parents and headed to the T to take the train into town.
- Walker was very excited to take the train. He had asked Scott the other day if we could go on a train. There were lots of other people and children on the train heading the same place we were. Walker still didn't know what his "surprise" was, but he was pretty sure it had to do with "Star Wars" as we were all wearing SW clothes...plus he knows it's ALWAYS Star Wars - lol!
- We got to the Garden and headed up. We saw some exhibit cases of Star Wars costumes and when we made it up to the concourse level, we found many of our friends in their Star Wars costumes. We first ran into Aaron in this Biker Scout and then Terry as Mon Mothma. We saw Darth Vader and some stormtroopers from afar, but the concourse area was MOBBED and everyone was trying to get close to the costumed characters. We decided to head to our seat about 25 minutes before the show started and was able to squeeze in and say "Hi" to "Commander Gree" (aka Sean) on the way.
- We had GREAT seats. We were at the far end of the "court" and in the first row, so we had no one in front of us. It was perfect. Walker noticed it looked like "Star Wars" right off the bat. "Look Mom, it's the Death Star!" While we sat there they played different SW sounds like lightsabers, ships, and Wookiees. He was getting VERY excited, and so were we :)
- Before the show started we saw that our 501st friends were in the section next to us. They had pretty good seats as well. Scott had wanted to troops the event, but once he got the flu, he knew he wouldn't have the energy. We had bought our tickets weeks ago, only because we wanted to bring Walker and we weren't sure what the plans were for trooping the Garden. It was better to be safe than sorry.
- The show started off with a BANG...kicking right off into the 20th Century Fox theme and into the Star Wars theme...including "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away" appearing on the large IMAX screen in front of us. It was AWESOME. As soon as the Star Wars logo appeared on the screen, the crowd went wild...as usual, I got emotional. I don't know what it is, but whenever I see those words on the screen it sends me right back to when I was 6. Whenever I see a new Star Wars movie with Walker it makes me even more emotional, because I know he's just excited as I was 30 years ago. It's amazing!
- The show was wonderful. It was such a different way to re-see the films. The story is "retold" via a narration from Anthony Daniels (C-3PO) and the music of the film. Each music score/theme is accompanied by clips of all 6 movies re-edited together to go along with the music. It was great to see, say, all the Anakin clips from Episode 1 - 3 combined together. You really got to see how his transformation happened AND how it really DOES all flow together. It was also cool to see scenes from the Original Trilogy combined with the Prequals. There IS a common thread that goes through-out all the films and this "version" of the story really high-lights that. At the end, I was left amazed that I could re-experience a story I have seen so many times over the past 30 years and that it really felt "new."
- Walker was pretty tired by the time the concert was over. He hadn't had his daily nap and he was getting pretty cranky, but when we started leaving he did want to see some of the costumes that were on exhibit. We fought the crowds and were able to get up to some of the cases he wanted to see. We also ran into several friends that were also at the concert. It always amazes me that in a crowd of 10s of thousands of people, you can STILL cross paths with those people that you know.
- On the way out of the Garden we did come across Commander Gree again and we waved "goodbye." We then stopped at the Dunkin Donuts counter as I hadn't really had anything to eat since breakfast and my head was POUNDING!!! I figured a cup of coffee may help. We ran into more friends in the Dunkin's line and chatted with them for a bit. I got stopped by a few people who were coming and going to tell me they loved my skirt and wanted to know where I got it. I explained that I made it from old Star Wars T-shirts and they were very impressed. It's one of my favorite items I've made as well :)
- We then headed back to the train. We took the Green Line to the Red and Walker promptly fell asleep once the Red Line started moving. We got back to the Braintree T and Scott carried Walker to the car and we went to pick up Caden at my parents.
- We visited with my mom for a little while, but Walker was cranky, and Scott and I were HUNGRY. We decided to "risk" going out for dinner because otherwise we'd probably just end up with greasy subs for dinner if we went home.
- We went to Uno's and the boys were good for the most part, Caden was tired as he didn't nap either and was the first to get cranky. We did manage to eat ALL our dinner then headed home.
- Caden was VERY cranky in the car, so I dropped Scott off with the boys at home and then drove to the store to pick-up baby food and milk.
- When I got home Caden was in bed and Walker was again cranky. He wanted to stay up and Watch TV, but I told him it was late and he had to go to bed. I read him a bedtime story and then kissed him goodnight.
- Scott and I cuddled on the couch. My head wasn't pounding as bad as it had been earlier in the evening, but it was still aching. I quickly fell asleep on the couch.
- 12:30: I wake up to Caden crying. Scott isn't on the couch so I figure he's trying to take care of Caden. He walks through the room and goes into the bedroom with a bottle. He comes back out again and Cade is still crying. I suggest that maybe he needs to be changed. Scott grumbles and goes back into the room. I lay on the couch for a few more minutes trying to wake up and then finally head for the bedroom. Scott comes out with a defeated look on his face and says he doesn't know what's wrong. I go in and take Caden out of the crib and just rock him for a little while. He settles down, but when I put him back in the crib and cries again.
- I take Caden into the living room and rock him in the glider. He's very tired, but won't close his eyes. He's not hot. We think he's just over tired. I finally get him to take a bottle of juice and settle down. I put him back in the crib and find that Scott is asleep on the couch. I don't want to go back into the bedroom just yet, because I don't know if Caden is fully asleep, so I grab a pillow and a blanket and lay on the floor. That is where I end up sleeping for the rest of the night.
- 6-something, Walker wakes back up and says "Mamma, it's morning, I want to watch cartoons now." I look at the clock and it's in the 6 o'clock hour so I say "fine" and turn on Clone Wars which he missed the night before.
- I try to go back to sleep, but Caden wakes up just before 7. Get him out of the crib, change his diaper and let him play. Jump on the computer to see what happened on Facebook. Exchange more emails with my neighbor about moving. Set Walker up in the kitchen to play with some toys on the table that Caden can't get into. Put Caden in his high chair to eat Cheerios and drink a bottle.
- Play around online while being interrupted by the boys to get them something or out of something and waking up Scott.
- Fed the boys breakfast. Changed diapers. Played with the boys. Sat and cuddled on the couch watching the neighbors move while Caden drank his bottle.
- Washed bottles. Swept the kitchen floor. Picked up toys. Folded clothes...I'm sure all these will have to be repeated again sometime today.
- 10:15: Hoping Caden will go down for a nap soon so I can go take a shower in peace. Did more bottle washing and folding of clothes. Picked up more toys, only for Walker to empty more on the floor...sigh.
- Got Caden down for a nap and took a shower. Packed Caden's bag. Found some "fun" Star Wars themed clothes to wear to the concert today. Dried my hair and put on my make up. Got Walker dressed.
- Caden got up and I got him dressed. Helped Walker find "arms" for his Lego guys. Checked email and saw that a few other friends are also going to the SW concert today.
- Scott got home. Finished getting ready to go to the concert and then packed up the boys into the car. Dropped Caden off with my parents and headed to the T to take the train into town.
- Walker was very excited to take the train. He had asked Scott the other day if we could go on a train. There were lots of other people and children on the train heading the same place we were. Walker still didn't know what his "surprise" was, but he was pretty sure it had to do with "Star Wars" as we were all wearing SW clothes...plus he knows it's ALWAYS Star Wars - lol!
- We got to the Garden and headed up. We saw some exhibit cases of Star Wars costumes and when we made it up to the concourse level, we found many of our friends in their Star Wars costumes. We first ran into Aaron in this Biker Scout and then Terry as Mon Mothma. We saw Darth Vader and some stormtroopers from afar, but the concourse area was MOBBED and everyone was trying to get close to the costumed characters. We decided to head to our seat about 25 minutes before the show started and was able to squeeze in and say "Hi" to "Commander Gree" (aka Sean) on the way.
- We had GREAT seats. We were at the far end of the "court" and in the first row, so we had no one in front of us. It was perfect. Walker noticed it looked like "Star Wars" right off the bat. "Look Mom, it's the Death Star!" While we sat there they played different SW sounds like lightsabers, ships, and Wookiees. He was getting VERY excited, and so were we :)
- Before the show started we saw that our 501st friends were in the section next to us. They had pretty good seats as well. Scott had wanted to troops the event, but once he got the flu, he knew he wouldn't have the energy. We had bought our tickets weeks ago, only because we wanted to bring Walker and we weren't sure what the plans were for trooping the Garden. It was better to be safe than sorry.
- The show started off with a BANG...kicking right off into the 20th Century Fox theme and into the Star Wars theme...including "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away" appearing on the large IMAX screen in front of us. It was AWESOME. As soon as the Star Wars logo appeared on the screen, the crowd went wild...as usual, I got emotional. I don't know what it is, but whenever I see those words on the screen it sends me right back to when I was 6. Whenever I see a new Star Wars movie with Walker it makes me even more emotional, because I know he's just excited as I was 30 years ago. It's amazing!
- The show was wonderful. It was such a different way to re-see the films. The story is "retold" via a narration from Anthony Daniels (C-3PO) and the music of the film. Each music score/theme is accompanied by clips of all 6 movies re-edited together to go along with the music. It was great to see, say, all the Anakin clips from Episode 1 - 3 combined together. You really got to see how his transformation happened AND how it really DOES all flow together. It was also cool to see scenes from the Original Trilogy combined with the Prequals. There IS a common thread that goes through-out all the films and this "version" of the story really high-lights that. At the end, I was left amazed that I could re-experience a story I have seen so many times over the past 30 years and that it really felt "new."
- Walker was pretty tired by the time the concert was over. He hadn't had his daily nap and he was getting pretty cranky, but when we started leaving he did want to see some of the costumes that were on exhibit. We fought the crowds and were able to get up to some of the cases he wanted to see. We also ran into several friends that were also at the concert. It always amazes me that in a crowd of 10s of thousands of people, you can STILL cross paths with those people that you know.
- On the way out of the Garden we did come across Commander Gree again and we waved "goodbye." We then stopped at the Dunkin Donuts counter as I hadn't really had anything to eat since breakfast and my head was POUNDING!!! I figured a cup of coffee may help. We ran into more friends in the Dunkin's line and chatted with them for a bit. I got stopped by a few people who were coming and going to tell me they loved my skirt and wanted to know where I got it. I explained that I made it from old Star Wars T-shirts and they were very impressed. It's one of my favorite items I've made as well :)
- We then headed back to the train. We took the Green Line to the Red and Walker promptly fell asleep once the Red Line started moving. We got back to the Braintree T and Scott carried Walker to the car and we went to pick up Caden at my parents.
- We visited with my mom for a little while, but Walker was cranky, and Scott and I were HUNGRY. We decided to "risk" going out for dinner because otherwise we'd probably just end up with greasy subs for dinner if we went home.
- We went to Uno's and the boys were good for the most part, Caden was tired as he didn't nap either and was the first to get cranky. We did manage to eat ALL our dinner then headed home.
- Caden was VERY cranky in the car, so I dropped Scott off with the boys at home and then drove to the store to pick-up baby food and milk.
- When I got home Caden was in bed and Walker was again cranky. He wanted to stay up and Watch TV, but I told him it was late and he had to go to bed. I read him a bedtime story and then kissed him goodnight.
- Scott and I cuddled on the couch. My head wasn't pounding as bad as it had been earlier in the evening, but it was still aching. I quickly fell asleep on the couch.
- 12:30: I wake up to Caden crying. Scott isn't on the couch so I figure he's trying to take care of Caden. He walks through the room and goes into the bedroom with a bottle. He comes back out again and Cade is still crying. I suggest that maybe he needs to be changed. Scott grumbles and goes back into the room. I lay on the couch for a few more minutes trying to wake up and then finally head for the bedroom. Scott comes out with a defeated look on his face and says he doesn't know what's wrong. I go in and take Caden out of the crib and just rock him for a little while. He settles down, but when I put him back in the crib and cries again.
- I take Caden into the living room and rock him in the glider. He's very tired, but won't close his eyes. He's not hot. We think he's just over tired. I finally get him to take a bottle of juice and settle down. I put him back in the crib and find that Scott is asleep on the couch. I don't want to go back into the bedroom just yet, because I don't know if Caden is fully asleep, so I grab a pillow and a blanket and lay on the floor. That is where I end up sleeping for the rest of the night.
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