Going Rogue

This will probably be the last blog entry I write before I have to go rogue. Communication will be going dark in a few days and I will see you on the other side, after the move. So much to say, so little time. So here it is short and sweet, which is likely not short and sweet at all since I tend to be wordy and not all that sugarcoated:

1. Thank you Cara for explaining the fantastic thing called coffee. Sure, I have drank it before but I really don't like all that much. I totally forgot though that it isn't always about the thing. Sometimes it is about the thing that that thing does. Not all that appealing going down, but when the caffeine kicks in, BAM! Life is good.

2. Packing is progressing. People keep asking for updates but I don't really know how to update them. I feel like we have been almost done for over a week now, but then I turn around and realize something else that needs dealt with. I was planning on doing the kitchen today while the kids slept. Didn't even get started. I have a bunch of meals frozen. We are planning on eating those starting today so cooking is done with for over a week. Therefore, time to pack the kitchen up and eat off of paper plates for a few days. I should probably be working on that instead of blogging. Blogging is just higher priority.

3. Just in case there are any questions, I just want to get it out in the open that I am cool personified. On the flip side, I am also complete dork personified. I am happy to report, this morning I finished watching every single episode from all 10 seasons of Beverly Hills, 90210 from start to finish. That's right, I have seen everything from Brandon and Brenda's first day of school at West Beverly High to the sacred and eternal unity of Donna and David. It has taken me over a year. I don't know the exact date of starting it but I am thinking it was around June of 2007 when I watched season 1, episode 1. I watched the show for the first few seasons when it first aired. At the time it came on, I was in middle school but somewhere around season 5 or 6, I was in high school and was way cooler than the 90210 gang. The first season of the show was pretty bad, but very entertaining with their big hair, spandex shorts, and general bad prime time television writing. Seasons 2-6 were actually very entertaining for the most part. Then things went downhill the last four seasons and the writers were really grasping at straws for story ideas. By the end, a lot of the original cast was gone which was just not right either. For the most part, I downloaded just about every episode from somewhere on the internet. (Ask me where if you want to try out this fine viewing task and be as cool as me!) I had also saved lots of episodes on our DVR which made Greg a little grumpy since there were so many episodes saved on their at one point that we didn't have much room for anything else on there. I had to take several breaks from watching multiple episodes a day, sometimes lasting a couple a months at a time, just because I couldn't locate whatever episode came next. I refused to watch out of order or skip episodes so that is just how it was. I know, you are all so jealous that you didn't take on this task yourself. Now I am trying to figure out what to do with all my free time...

4. Since Marcus was born with man hair (as opposed to no hair or that baby fine stuff), I have been trying for 2 years now to figure out what to do with his mop. I've been letting it grow out a bit on the top. Last night I thought it was a good idea to give him pigtails. He thought it was hilarious but for some reason would not cooperate so I could get a good picture of him. I think he knew the pictures would later be used for blackmailing purposes... not that I would EVER do that... probably.



5. We had a play date with Lola this morning. Friends of theirs were visiting from Guatemala. I had met the woman, Dianna, before. She was our tour guide when we went to Antigua while on our pickup trip for Will. It was great to see her again and to meet her husband Hugo. Hopefully I will get to spend more time with them this weekend. Dianna commented that Marcus is very big for his age. I found this kinda funny since several of my friends' kids that are younger than Marcus are as big as him. So maybe he is big for a Guatemalan boy, but still on the small side by US standards. Seeing Dianna and Hugo made me miss Guatemala and all the wonderful people there. I can't wait for our kids to get a little bigger so we can take them back to Guatemala and they might actually have a chance of remembering some of their home country.