Queen of Rambles

Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day!

This is as close to a pirate ship as I can get. Can you tell it is a play ship? No? Just use your imagination. It’s the good ship Feathersword, being captained by Captain Crazy Smiley Face. The girls are clearly looking at a shark that’s following them or maybe some landlubber they just abandoned on a desert island. Erik is about to swab the deck.

My TLAPD was all excitement, all the time!

I was flat on my back for two hours while a mysterious man drilled me over and over and over again. Sometimes he even let me hold his tool! My poor tissues are sore after all that drilling and drilling and drilling.

Julie, get your mind out of the gutter.

Can you believe it took the dentist two hours to get my temp crown on? All of his assistants had emergencies today, which meant he was a lone wolf. I helped a bit with the holding of tools, but you could tell it really slowed him down to have to do everything he normally does plus everything the assistant usually does. At least he is very gentle and I was never really in any pain, except for leg heebie-jeebies. I’ve been on shorter flights! I am not all that good at sitting still, especially when I’m hungry, thirsty and about to fart.

I spent the rest of the day staring at a computer screen that wouldn’t change no matter what I did. I am so frustrated with my domain register people right now! Their site says they will get in touch within one business day, but I didn’t get jack back from them today. I finally logged into their support chat even though I knew it was only for websites that actually host with them. SO FRUSTRATING! Of course, all the person told me was that he couldn’t help me and I should call in tomorrow. That’s the first thing on my list of things to do.

I was so angry I decided to just transfer the domain name to my new host, but I had to have an authorization number for the old registrar. There’s nothing like that on their site, of course, so tomorrow they will either fix my problem or give me the number or I will come unglued and throw a hissy fit the size of Britney Spear’s monthly drug bill. I guess I shouldn’t let this get to me, but it should be the easiest step in this whole process and their stupid website is broken.

On the up side, we finally remembered to bring in our big garage sale purchase–a little indoor/outdoor slide. Every small apartment needs a little toddler slide in the living room, don’t you think? Even if it is a way too big piece of plastic, it was worth every single penny! The boy was excited and spent a lot of time on it. I was really happy to find it for a measly $7. They retail at a whole heck of a lot more than that.

I’m really glad the weather is cooling off because I can finally start wearing my dark colored clothing! I wore a black shirt tonight and it was an instant -10 pound ego boost.

I can’t believe I only have two days until we leave! Maybe I better pack Erik’s suitcase tomorrow. I should also try to get him to wear his monkey backpack/leash. He’s going to have to wear it in the airport. There’s just no way I can keep track of luggage, him, and stand in line. He bolts and refuses to come back, even when he is punished when I finally catch him. He is not going to like the leash at all, but I guess it’s better to deal with the screaming at home while he gets used to it than introduce it fresh at the airport. Any parents have any tips? Any non-parents want to tell me how awful those leashes are? I thought they were awful before I had kids. Now I see it as an essential tool for keeping my child safe and out of danger at the airport.

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