I love my husband, so I married him. I love kids, so I had 2 of them. I love friends, so I made a whole mess of great ones. I love my family, so we grow closer everyday!
Laura came up with the best idea ever today. We are going to drive to Forks on Saturday and go see the town and all the places that do actually exist there that are in the books. I am so incredibly pumped. The visitors center has a whole tour list you can pick up. Then places all around the town have Twilight food and items. I can't wait... pics to follow.
Lo and I decided to do something we have never done before... go see a MOVIE! The only kid movie playing was Igor, so off we went. I decided to get popcorn and drinks, Lo had her first real soda. She's had sips, but never her own. She of course got Sprite. She loved it and sucked all 24 ounces down before the movie even began. Which made for a TON of potty breaks. She did really well considering it wasn't probably the best movie for a 2 year old. She sat in her own chair for half the movie, on my lap for a quarter and stood up for the rest. I was all in all impressed and I think we will make it a new fall/winter activity! I forgot my camera, so here is the cell phone pic:
So last night was the big night. I had some issues getting someone to go with me, luckily Michelle was free and I am so glad she was. We had to much fun!!
Our summer is totally over and it's been raining for a week, but yesterday it was semi-warm and no rain. I had sprung for the covered seats, but it didn't look like that was going to matter. We left around 4:30, stopped by Kadyn's birthday party and then off we went!
We got there and found a latte stand. The line was SOOOOO long and not hardly moving, but we were willing to wait for a coffee. It started sprinkling, no big deal. It started raining a bit, ok... we can handle it. It started monsoon raining, we freaked. Of course it wasn't enough to make us leave, but we got drenched! After getting the coffee we went straight to our seats. Augustana was opening but I knew CC was next. And yes, our seats were covered, but on the very last row of covered seating, so sideways rain hit us all night.
The second I saw Adam Durst, none of it mattered. I instantly had tears well up in my eyes. 15 years with this band. Every teen and adult moment in my life had been tagged by Counting Crows songs and here I was. It was just amazing. My favorite song is Anna Begins and sure enough, second song into the set list and it's playing. It was unreal to me. What was probably 10-12 songs, felt like it passed in 30 seconds. Before I could even breath they were leaving the stage and I was screaming for the encore. It was truely life changing for me. I loved every second of it. Wish I could do it all over again.
Maroon 5 rocked it too. We didn't stay for the entire show, but most of it. I think Adam Lavine is so incredibly hot. He sang a song to me... ;)
Here are a couple pics and a video of Anna Begins.
I've started digital scrapbooking, I know some day I will look back at this and be embarassed at how amateur it is. But for now... I'm pretty tickled!!
Lo has been potty training for a long time now. She rarely has pee accidents these days, but every single day she poops in her panties. I can not figure out how to get her to poop in the pooty, I've tried everything. She even has a Yo Gabba Gabba toy waiting for her when she decides to finally poop in the potty. So yesterday I video taped what we go thru daily when I try to teach her how to poop. It's pretty funny if you ask me.
I am FINALLY going to get to see a Counting Crows concert on September 21st. They are my all time favorite band since I was 14 and I have always, for one reason or another, missed out on their concerts. I have a life list in my head and seeing this concert is definitely a BIG CHECK! next to that place on my list.
Maroon 5 is also playing with them, which is totally exiting to me. I have changedmy play list to only have Maroon 5 and Counting Crows tunes. I also had to move it to the bottom of the blog so it didn't get cut off.
So about a week after I started feeling better from the meningitis, I woke up in the middle of the night with uncontrollable tears coming out of my left eye and was feeling like there was something in it. I got a wet rag and put it on my eye and went back to sleep. I woke up with the same issues only I was having serious light sensitivity. I thought maybe I scratched it so I just dealt with it and went on with my day.
The next morning I woke up and it was swollen almost closed and was horribly painful. I got into the eye doc and learned I had a corneal ulceration, one of the worst he has seen. He gave me an ointment cocktail of antibiotic and steroid and sent me home.
Because of the light sensitivity, I have been in the dark for almost a week. I broke down and went to bumbershoot, but other than that, all my shades have been drawn and I haven't been outside the house during daylight hours except to go to daily appts with my doc.
I am so sick of being sick. However, I have a new appreciation for my health and I will definitely work on taking care of myself more. Both diseases have been because of a weakened immune so I need to make sure I am getting sleep and eating much healthier. Of course I am saying this at almost midnight and I'm on my blackberry writing a blog.
So on that note, I'm going to bed. All of us mommies out there need to take care of ourselves!! It's not just us that suffer when we don't!!
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