Code word: GALAXY

So the other night i wasn't feeling so well so I excused myself. I was gone for a while and when I came back John asked if I felt better. Long story short - H asked if I had "galaxy." Yea, I was just as confused.
"What?"
"Did you have galaxy?" very adamantly.
"H what do you mean did I have galaxy? John do you know what he's talking about?" He shakes his head.
"You know it's when you have pee poop." Trying not laugh.
Now for the weak at heart you may want to stop here.
He continues. "It's like you're peeing, but it's coming out of the place that you poop. You're poop is like pee - pee poop - galaxy." C looks on like "yea that's right"
"H that's called diarrhea."
"Oh."
Cut to 2 days later.
H stops playing. " I have to go to the bathroom."
"Do you have galaxy?"
both of us laugh.
So from now on when I used the word "galaxy" in public and it makes no sense at all, you will know what I mean.

per request

So one of my friends asked why I haven't blogged in awhile. I don't really have an answer. I do know that with each successive child I have had I have become less and less social. It's not that I don't want to talk to my friends, but I as you know and I hope agree with me, it takes a lot of work to keep up with friends! And a lot of times I have very little to share that I think will be of interest to them. I don't want to be constantly talking to them about my kids bc I know that can be annoying, but my kids take up the majority of my time and energy. Which is another reason I probably don't blog often. I don't have the energy to think about what to write. BUT you're in luck! Here are the things that have been on my mind/going on these past few days.

1) I don't get why people "reply all" to some emails. Sure if "all" absolutely need to know your response then a reply all is okay. But say your rsvping for an event in which 50 people were invited. I don't need to know if you're coming. I once got emails bt a husband and wife who were discussing which way something would be better. No kidding 4 emails from each spouse each email less than 2 sentences. I have learned to just delete all re: emails except for the first and last ones.

2) One of my friends and I took swimming lessons last week. My parents never took me for lessons so I never learned to float, tread water, or doggie paddle. And for some reason as I got older I became more and more afraid of the water. My friend was the same way. We decided to take the class figuring it couldn't do us any harm. Well I learned how to breathe and how to tread water in a matter of 4 days. I won't be setting any records any time soon, but I'm hoping I can survive if thrown overboard. It has been particularly interesting watching the Olympics and relating what the coach taught us to what I see in the games.

3)I didn't catch anyof the opening cermonies of the Olympics. My co teacher did and said it made him proud to be Asian. I'm hoping he didn't mean that he wasn't proud before. Also later the news was showing a group of Asian people watching the China vs US basketball team. They interviewed a woman who definitly wasn't ABC to see who she was rooting for. Her reply was very "asian" if you know what I mean. John laughed and told me to tape that then show my co teacher if that made him proud to be asian.

that's all for now. I have to pick up my kids....

Awww...

So on my way home today
Carter asks, "Are we going home Mommy?"
Me: "Yes."
Carter: "Good, then I will be safe."
In my mind I was a bit concerned at first, then I heard
Harrison, "Carter you are always safe, because God is always with you. Even when you are lonely He is there."
I got a little choked up.

old man in gym

for those of you who may still remember and are wondering about the old man in the gym story and what I did...when I got home I took a shower and scrubbed my arm A LOT. A few weeks later I was taking the boys to swim lessons and i bumped into one of the girls who works in the child care center. She asked me where Riley and I had been and I told her about the old guy. We were standing at the front desk and another employee told me I should have reported him. I haven't been to the Y in quite some time.

my mom fwded this to me.....just another reason among the many not to go there...my only question is did they take it the party without looking at it or take it as is for a good laugh

From: the “Well, that’s what you said”…..Department



We had a "going away" party yesterday. One of the supervisors called a Wal-Mart and ordered the cake. He told them to write:

"Best Wishes Suzanne" and underneath that write "We will miss you".

Jesus and Poker

So I admit it, John likes to play Hold 'em...for real money. He also likes to watch it on TV which to me is like the equivilent of my dad watching bowling (he still does). There's this Asian guy on the poker circiut who every hand "prays" to Jesus to let him win the hand. His wife also is in the stands giving God the glory for his winning. What do you think of this?

The cowboys can stay away

There used to be a song titled "Where have all the Cowboys Gone" which talked about a lady/girl/woman who I guess used to get a lot of attention from guys and now that she's older doesn't. Maybe it's just me, but I don't want guys "hitting" on me (not that it happpend a lot before or even now) AND I never have considered my self a real beauty. Given that, let me tell you about these 2 encounters I experienced.
During the summer I joined the YMCA so I could work out and have babysitting for Riley (most gyms won't sit for children under 6 months). The demographics of those there were mostly people in their 40's and on with a few younger ones. When I go to the gym 99% of the time I have on my headphones and music playing fairly loud. I am not there to socialize and the music helps to block out a lot of grunting going on elsewhere. I say hi to those who I see on a regular basis, but my conversations are never more than 2 sentences long. I pretty much wake up brush my teeth, wash my face, put on deodorant, pull my hair back then go. So I had been going to the Y for about a month when I walk in to a bench and get out my headphones when an man in at least his 60's walks up to me. He says something like "Miss I just wanted to let you know that you have lovely legs, just lovely" Me being the polite person I am, says thanks and puts on my headphones. I check to see that he has left before going on with my routine. That evening I tell John that some old man creeped me out and why.
Fast forward 4 months.
Going into gym as usual. Haven't seen the old creepy guy since last time. I'm sitting down doing a set when I look in the mirror and here he comes. I'm hoping he just coming my direction to get some weights, but alas he stops. He kneels down beside me and starts talking. Mind you I have my headphones on and am in the middle of a set. Politely I ask him to wait for me to finish. I finish and take of my headphones. He tells me he's thinks he has talked to me before. I pretend I don't remember. NO KIDDING he asks me if I am a model. I'm thinking "What are you on? Have you ever seen a 5 foot 2 model? And what kind of lame line is this?" I laugh the polite haha laugh and tell him, "No I'm not." Creepy old guy. "Well I just think you should be bc you are absolutely lovely, just lovely" (Again with the lovely, who uses that word?) Then...HE TOUCHES MY ARM!!! Politely I say "Thank you." then put on my headphones and go on with another set. Creepy old guy gets up and walks away. A few minutes later he comes my way, but I see him and I pick up my towel and head elsewere.
If this happened to you, what would you do? After the whole thing there were several things I thought about doing. 1. Telling the staff about him. 2.Asking the people next to me, if they heard it and what they thought. 3. Biting his head off and telling him if he touched me again he would painfully regret it. 4. Never returning.
I'll tell you what I did end up doing later.