Random Notes from the Sandwich Life
1. The other day Owen was complaining about his fingertips hurting from playing bass. I yelled from the other room, "well just try breastfeeding and see what happens to your nipples." He did not dignify my comment with a response. In fact, if I recall correctly, he just closed the door.
2. Leo and poetry just don't mix. The other day he stuck his head in the room we were in and said, "I finished my homework...reading some poems." I asked what they were and he said they were by some guy named Tupac and, "his grammar is TERRIBLE." I love that boy.
3. Ernie took Owen to the middle school open house last night. I was supposed to make dinner while they were gone. It was a long day and I thought I was missing an ingredient....what can I say. I had them pick up Chipotle on the way home. They screwed up our order and it was less than impressive. And Ernie pointed out where my missing ingredient was. Not that he was complaining about dinner, he just likes to point out the fact that neither Leo or I can find a damn thing.
4. I was so tired when we stumbled up to bed that upon finding that the bed had been stripped and we'd forgotten to put the clean sheets on I said, "oh, how bad can it be to just sleep on the mattress liner with a blanket." Ernie tiredly agreed. For some reason it made me think of when we used to sleep in our van when we set up at outside antique markets like Sandwich and Ann Arbor and another one in Michigan that I can't remember the name of now.... We would lay there in the dark, a cooler for our headboard, a dusty boombox set on top playing music. Despite the discomfort it was delightful.
5. I want my clean sheets tonight though because I woke up unable to sleep and missing the coolness of the sheet....AND we need to fix the smoke alarm that kept beeping. I began worrying unnecessarily about all sorts of random things. I would start to drift off and then BEEP....
6. The new Eric Brace and Peter Cooper album is WONDERFUL! Just imagine me sighing happily right now. I can not WAIT to have the guys back at our house! Saturday, April 27th folks!
We'll be doing Japanese that night. A friend of mine that I work with is Japanese and a fabulous cook. It will still be potluck and don't feel like you need to bring something Japanese...it can be anything...or if you want to contribute to what she'll be cooking instead of bringing something you can do that to...just send me a bit of money for that too...whatever works...
7. Water in our basement from the storms....and this weather isn't helping the cherry blossoms at work either. Oh well..they will be here eventually....