This and That

~ Recently Riley has made some comments about her future as a mother. I'm not sure where it's coming from, but it's now come up multiple times. When she mentioned that a friend wanted to grow up to be a singer we thought she would want the same thing (since she sings all the time), but she declared that she wanted to be a mommy like me. The next week when I dropped her off at school she told me that she would probably have babies when she was my age "or maybe 30 or 32 or 34...".

The best conversation we had about this was on the way to swim class when she wondered aloud "I wonder what I will name my baby when I have one?" I encouraged her to brainstorm ideas and she came up with Henry, Liam, Bob, or Sam for a boy and Rose, Crystal, Mindy, or Laney for a girl. Lol. I wish I could peak into her brain from time to time to figure out where this all comes from. Also, it's funny to think I could be a grandma to a baby Bob one day.


~ Last year I decided that I was going to plan out my own birthday this year. I even thought about going on a trip (perhaps alone, with a friend, or with my family), but that never happened. Instead I decided to plan a day of zen. Unfortunately, I ended up with a cold right before the big day so I scaled back on my plans (I didn't get to the salt cave or the float tank, but will do those in the future). Jesse was a little bummed when I suggested he not take the day off of work as I did. I knew I wanted to do some things that he might not want to do and I wanted some me time.

I started the day out with a massage. Even though she spent the entire hour on my shoulder (which I've recently been having issues with) it was still wonderful and relaxing. I followed that up with a sushi lunch with my husband at Raku. He went back to work and I decided to go book shopping. Once home I shoveled which was actually incredible peaceful as it was so quiet out - just some birds chirping and the shovel scraping against the driveway.

I also read a book in bed, and watched several episodes of Parenthood (I've now since completed the series and am soooo sad the show is over. I don't know how they did it, but I'm pretty sure I cried with every episode - especially the last. I'll miss you Braverman's, annoying bickering and all). Once my people came home we headed out to Byerlys for our traditional birthday cupcakes. I finished up my day gobbling up a chocolate mousse cupcake with my family. I was a very good day and something that I think I will do again in the future - a day for me.

Oh, Jesse gave me a card that day which was super funny because there were pictures of a husband and wife and he took a cream colored piece of paper and put it over the guys head to simulate his own bald head. The week before, my birthday gift was delivered - a treadmill! I mentioned it in my day in the life post, but basically, it's meant to be used with a desk so there isn't a railing/consul that you would typically have. Right now, I have it in my office, but not at my desk. The logistics just weren't working out for that. I pull a chair over next to it so I have something to hold on to if needed.

Apparently, Jesse had asked Riley earlier in the week if she wanted to make me a card and get me a gift and she said no, but the Friday after my birthday she had a total break down and needed to get her mom a gift now! She had the day off of school and Jesse was home with her so I could hear a meltdown happening while I was working in the basement, but I didn't know why. Anyway, Jesse took Riley shopping and she took 20 minutes to pick out just the right card. She then bought a necklace making kit and made me a necklace with hearts and beads that say "mom", "love", and "heart". Love gifts from the heart.


~ Last year we wanted to go the the Ice Castles in Eden Prairie, but for some reason it never really fit into our schedule - whether it was a weekday or too cold or something. Weekdays feel much more manageable this year so we went on a Wednesday night (we were going to go on my birthday, but they are closed on Tuesdays). If you decide to go, make sure to order your tickets online as they are far cheaper than when you pay at the 'door'. We went on a warmer day so I expected there to be a larger crowds, but was still within my comfort level.

Riley and Jesse went down a slide together, although it wasn't that big that she could do it on her own. She also found a small slide that she went down over and over and over and which contributed to her being soaking wet by the time we left. There was a tunnel she crawled through too which looked like a lot of fun for a small one.

It was about 40 degrees this day which meant that ice was melting. Staff was harnessed on top of the structures and gently knocking over ice that was unstable. As we walked under arches, water dripped on us. I stopped at one of the arches to take another picture of the cool icicles hanging down and then almost got hit by some large ones that fell down right in front of my face. Some people rushed over to check on me, but I was fine. I told Jesse that I was grateful that my camera didn't get hit and he pointed out that I should be grateful that my face wasn't gouged open. I suppose. We apparently have different priorities.

I took most of these pictures when the ice was blue/white since it was brighter, but the ice changed to many different colors... red, purple, green, and so on. Music accompanied the changing of the colors which was fun until it was a fast tempo'd song. A warning to those with sensitivity issues - the fast flashing can be way too much (I had to close my eyes, but even Jesse complained about this). Luckily, it didn't happen too much. There are bon fires to keep you warm (but also an issue for those of us with sensitivity issues), a frozen Olaf, and a 'real' Anna walking around. Oh, there are also hot drinks and food (mostly, cookies I think), but we didn't get any of that.

It's a little spendy, but worth going to see at least once. Jesse was a little confused that it wasn't a 'castle' made of blocks of ice like the St. Paul Winter Carnival used to do (and apparently plan to do in 2018 again), but he still agreed that it was a cool set up. We will certainly go back in the future.

Catching up

I have a number of random items that I realized I never blogged about. Some of it is old news... some not, but still wanted to document it for the records.


Feel Good Jar

I realized I totally forgot to talk about going through our feel good jar at the end of the year. This was our second year doing this and actually our first full year as I think we started 'year one' in March. At any rate, I didn't peak throughout the year which seems like it would be hard to do, but wasn't after all. During the first year Jesse didn't add many slips so I tried to encourage him throughout the year. In fact, during the first year there were a couple slips that mentioned Riley and I, but other's were along the line of  "wine!". So yeah, I gently prodded him to add more during this past year, but he actually added less. Three to be exact. *sigh*

Ok, maybe this isn't his thing, but this was the year that Riley embraced it full force. I loved how throughout the year she would randomly state to Jesse or myself that she wanted to add to the feel good jar. Some she wrote herself (with a little spelling help from us) and some she would dictate a list of things to us.

It was fun to sit down at the end of the year and relive some of the activities of the year through this project. Although, during last winter's horribly cold weather there were a lot of pieces of paper that simply said "the sun!" as if we (me) were really trying to find something to feel good about during that brutal cold or one that mentioned how grateful I was for the weather to get back up to 50 degrees or something after 5 months being below that. Anyway, lots and lots of weather related comments.

My favorite comments, though, probably came from Riley. There were at least four comments about how much she loved hugs from mommy. That kid is too sweet.

My Birthday

My birthday fell on a Monday so Jesse, Riley and I went out to dinner on the Saturday before. I wasn't feeling the greatest so I scrapped a plan to find someplace new to go. Instead we went to an area near our house that has a number of restaurants and can be quite busy. We went early to avoid the crowds, but even then there were 45 minute waits at the first two places we went to. Eventually, we found a place with immediate seating and then followed dinner up with some frozen yogurt. Not much different from a regular day, but still nice.

I never take my birthday off of work, but had planned to this year and treat myself with a massage or something. As the day neared, I actually debated working since I was still in the hole for PTO from getting sick at the end of December. I still wasn't feeling well so in the end I decided to go to the doctor on my birthday. I guess that could be considered a way to pamper myself since I was taking care of myself, but not really what I wanted to do. I still had a cough and asthma symptoms so the doctor put me on some new meds to address it. One doesn't do much, but the other lets me breath normal again so that's pretty exciting (and as of a couple weeks ago my cough is finally gone). Now that I've been on the medications for a month I need to check back in with my doctor to see what the plan is moving forward. I forgot to take it one day a couple weeks ago and went right back into having issues with breathing. I hope this asthma thing isn't a long term issue. I appreciate the ability to breath normally soooooo much.

Oh, and Jesse didn't get me a gift again this year, but did get me a card which was an improvement over last year. Yeah, we had a talk about it. Not sure why it's so hard for him, but I think I might just have to plan a getaway for myself next year... or I might invite him or go with a friend. Whatever it is I will just have to take control to make sure I feel special on my birthday. And to be clear, he wasn't a jerk - he was actually really loving and attentive on this day so I don't want to paint him to be a total jerk, because he's not. He's actually a really awesome guy.

Also, while I am totally ok with being 43, it's weird to know that I am way closer to 50 than I am to 25.



My Birth Family

We've been invited to a couple birthday parties in my birth family recently and were able to make one of them. I feel bad that we missed my birth grandma's birthday party, but it was on my dad's birthday. The following weekend we did make it to my niece's 2nd birthday party for her 'pool paw-ty'. She loves puppies so the party was dog themed, including snacks in dog dishes. They have a couple large dogs and my sister in law is a vet so it seemed like it all tied in together.

The party was at the AmercInn so I wasn't sure how it was going to work, but they had a party room right off the pool so it was a pretty decent set up. It was determined that I would be the designated pool parent for Riley which was fine with me. I enjoy floating in the water with my kid.

Riley's still pretty hesitant about being in the water and really needs more experience. We keep talking about getting her in swimming lessons, but these dance lessons turned out to be such a commitment that I think we are waiting until it warms up a little and for the end of the dance lessons to be in sight. At any rate, Riley basically clung on to me in the water and would freak out if I tried to move her a little. Apparently, she doesn't trust me much and must think I'm going to dunk her or something. Eventually, I did get her to stand in the shallow part and she was delighted once she realized the could touch the ground and still have her head above water. She somehow gained the courage to let go of me and would walk back and forth to me as I was a couple feet away. Eventually, she started raising herself out of the pool and then sliding back in while Jesse and I gave each other gazes of amazement.

Her armpits were in a death grip on my hands
since she thought I was going to drop her.

After playing in the water we ate cake (or Riley did) and watched Rowan open her gifts while also watching my other niece, Maddison, explore the room.

Riley was very proud of the card she made Rowan and Rowan seemed especially drawn to the ninja book we got her.

Miss Maddy

Riley and grandpa Leo

 Riley has requested to specifically go back to this pool since she can touch the ground in it. Hopefully, our gym pool is the same way. We just need to make it a habit to go to the pool more often.

Edit: I totally forgot to mention one of my favorite parts of this day. My, um, step-birth niece? - My birth sister's half brother's daughter? Anyway, she's a twin and I never see them enough to know who is who, but one of the twins was saying her goodbyes and came right up to me to give me a big hug and a kiss. It was so sweet since she barely knows me and it totally made my day.


Lucy

Since Diablo passed away a few weeks ago we are all getting used to life without him. Since I no longer have an elaborate food prep for him in the morning I have to constantly remind myself to fill the water dish with fresh water (it was just part of the old process) for Lucy. Poor Lucy has probably had a little stale water here and there, but I'm getting better at it. A couple weeks in we decided to reset the cat feeder to really crack down on her food consumption. We want her to lose some weight for health reasons and it was hard to control when we had two cats on very different foods. She's absolutely obsessed with food and will create great destruction - mostly with toilet paper when she doesn't get food when she wants it. However, while there have been some damaged TP in the house, her favorite thing to do when hungry is get right in my face. Lucky me.

Where's my food?

I'm not sure what she's feeling, but I have this tendency to attach human feelings to my cats when they probably just see me as the food provider and the person to snuggle with simply to keep warm. Lucy did have a couple days of sitting at the back door and had some weird meow cry out one day in the week after Diablo died, but has been somewhat normal since then. Well, except she wants to be on my desk all the time now and needs a little more attention than before. When I gently try to get her to move (like when she's right in front of my computer or she puts her face right in mine) she get's pissy and will even hiss at me before running off. I guess that hasn't really changed - she did that before. She's always a little moody - wants to be right up in your face and gets mad when you nudge her a inch back.

When Diablo first died I felt inclined to give her extra love and attention, but then she started doing all her annoying 'in your face' stuff. I really want to enjoy her as much as Diablo, but no. She can be super sweet, but just too much.

She's been sleeping in bed with us all the time, which started a couple months before Diablo died. She'd sleep with us before, but not all night like she is now. The big change though, is that before she always slept by my feet, but now I wake up at 4 am with a 13 pound cat on my chest. No wonder I've been having trouble breathing. I'm guessing it's about the time she starts to get hungry so she wants to wake me up, and she does, but I think she gets that she has to wait for the feeder to go off.

Anyway, I think she's doing ok, but may be a little lonely. I think I am her Diablo replacement, which doesn't really surprise me. I am the cat lady in the house, after all.


Dreams

I've been having a lot of dreams lately and the one I had last night was disturbing. I don't remember a lot of the details, but I do remember living in a different world (in the future, on another planet... not quite sure). Mostly what I remember is that residents were not valued and were often turned into slaves... and when no longer useful, they were disposed of (in a horrible way). I woke up crabby and had a hard time shaking it (and it might be setting the tone for this post now that I think about it - complaining about the hubby and Lucy).

But the dream wasn't as disturbing as the one I had Sunday night. I won't go into too many details, but I remember soooo many it's weird. My brother Scott was in the dream and my current house was his home. In real life, this brother did live in this house as a kid and passed away about 7 years ago. Anyway, I remember sitting at his desk waiting for him to get up when I noticed a small, maybe inch by inch, lined paper that was on a stand on his desk. On the top, it said "Frank" which is my dad's name and below it had the definition of "Frank". I don't remember the entire thing, but I clearly remember it saying "hero" and it might have said "friend". One other part of the dream that stood out is that I found a bunch of yellow legal paper that was written on hidden under the sidewalk. Makes me want to dig up that specific sidewalk panel once it thaws out to see if there is anything there.

There was another part of the dream where my dad and I were helping my brother move out of a duplex and we were going through some stuff in a shed. Scott pulled out an old animal like puppet and commented on how my sister, Karen, and I gave that to him and he had some gifts to give us in return. I don't remember seeing my sister in the dream, but know she was standing behind me. (I also remember the silver and black hair binder that was in the puppet animal's hair - those are the sorts of itty bitty details that I remember in these dreams). oh, and I woke before he gave us the gifts so I have no idea what it was.

I don't know about you, but I feel a little weird when I dream about people in my life that have passed away. People who end up in my dreams normally are those that I just saw or emailed... or even read a blog post about before going to bed. But when dead people who I haven't talked to in 7 years visit me in a dream, I just don't know. Plus, with my dad just turning 87 (and his two siblings dying in the last year) I worry that my time with him is limited and that there was some message in this dream about that. I have to say I wanted to call him right away after having this dream to make sure he was ok, but since I had just talked to him I couldn't think of one reason to call without it being weird -  "Just want to make sure you are alive, dad". Today, I used the snowfall to call him and he sounded great.


Anyway, enough of my rambling. That's what's been happening lately. I think we are all looking forward to some warmer weather soon and are even thinking about the summer getaway we want to go on. Right now we are thinking of the Badlands... Mount Rushmore, Wall Drug, the Corn Palace, Crazy Horse... Have you been? What would you suggest for places to stay or see? It's been probably 35 years since I went and I'm sure some things have changed.

Project 52 - black and white - Week 3

3/52

Getting this post up a little later than planned as it's been a busy week. I had a completely different plan for this week, but yeah... busy week. What I decided to go with is a picture that I actually took on my Day in the Life day. It wasn't the greatest picture straight out of camera as the lighting was pretty bad, but changing it to black and white made it much better. Plus, it's a picture of my birth sister, Megan, who I haven't seen face to face in a couple years since she's been in Senegal for the Peace Corps so I am glad I got a picture of her.

When I think about what I want this project 52 to represent, I think of two things:

•  I want these pictures to represent our life - what we do, who we are, etc, and...
•  I want to learn, explore, and experiment with photography techniques and styles.

This week definitely falls into the first category, but I have been trying to put together some other ideas to explore. There are a number of things I want to try out this year - some of which I may or may not have tried before. I'd love to do light painting again. Last time I did this I only held the flashlight while Jesse set up the camera:

2006 Jay Cooke State Park

It was quite dark out when we took this picture so I was cool to see how the stars were exposed and how light the sky was. I would love to try this with a person too.

I would also love to try out some different editing styles such as the Dragan style portrait effect, get to know my external flash better, play with light trails, maybe do some panning, and use my reflector more.

I've been trying to find my 'voice' in the pictures I take and feel like I am getting closer to that spot. I follow a lot of photographers and don't want to end up copying someone's style, but instead get inspiration from them. Some of the photographers that I love are My Four Hens, Kate T. Parker, Marissa Gifford, and Paint the Moon.

Now off to think about next weeks picture...

Day in the Life - Winter 2015

Thanks again to Navigating the Mothership for hosting this round up of a Day in the Life. I've been putting these into books which Riley loves to read and it's fun for me to look back on the changes too.

Monday, 1/19/15 (MLK, Jr day)
Riley is just short of 5 (on 2/9)
I am a week shy of 43 and Jesse is 40

Sorry about the blur

12:12 - I went to bed just after 10:00 PM and ended up taking some Naproxen and Muscle relaxers because I've had some bad body pain. Typically, if I do this for a few nights in a row it helps to keep me from flaring up too much and it helps me sleep. I still get up a couple times a night to go to the bathroom, but otherwise I tend to sleep solidly. I almost forget to take a picture at this time I am so tired, but remember at the last minute. Unfortunately, I didn't check the settings on my camera before bed and the flash goes off. I'm sure Jesse loved that. I turn the flash off, retake the picture, and get back in bed.

Haha, blur again. I blame the meds.

5:09 - I wake again. I always worry that when I wake this late and go to the bathroom I am going to wake up Riley. I debate about trying to sleep through it, but get up and see that Riley's door is open and her lava lamp is still on. The night before I opened her door and looked in on her, but left the light on and the door open for Jesse since he hadn't come up to bed yet. It's this thing that we do. The last person up makes sure her light is off and her door is closed. He must have been really tired to miss that. And I must have been super tired when I got up earlier to not notice this. I sneak into her room and turn of the light hoping not to wake her. The cat is in the room so I try to get her out without her making a peep and then I head back to bed.

6:57 - The day before, Riley and I were talking about when she sleeps over at her grandparent's house that in the morning she just comes out of her room. At home she calls out for us until one of us comes and gets her. We've told her before that she can come out of her room and walk across the hall, but she only seems to do that the day after we tell her and then she's back to yelling for us. This day I hear her door crack open and her little steps all the way to our bed. I pull her in and we snuggle a bit, but decide to get up so Jesse can sleep a little longer (the next morning she was back to yelling for us). We all have the day off of work/school so we can ease into the day.

Riley and I head downstairs. I put my eye drops in, drink my Citrocel, and then we work on our pictures we were coloring the day before. I use it as an opportunity to test Riley's markers and we agree to throw a bunch away. I get up and do some dishes, and other random things around the house before Jesse comes down. We decide to skip the gym today so it ends up being a very lazy morning.

I might have given her some suggestions of what to write before she took over.

7:45 - Riley eats breakfast while I make poached eggs, and toast with soynut butter for myself. I sit in front of the computer and check out links people posted on Facebook including the cop who 'danced' in his car to Taylor Swift and Dan Wilson sharing a story behind the song Closing Time and for some reason I feel moved by both of them. I also realize that I had no idea how 'poppy' Taylor Swift's music is as I thought she was country or something. #totallyoutoftouchwithmusic

After I eat I head upstairs and clean up Riley's room which mostly means putting away all the books she read last night. We usually read one or two books together at bedtime and then let her read three or four on her own. Lately, I've been coming in to 10 - 15 books stacked next to her bed in the morning. Whatever. At least she knows that she has to have her lights out by 9:00 pm so if she's content reading until then I am ok with that. I also clean up our bedroom and then head back downstairs.

Some of her library

9:00 - My lower back is really bothering me - the right side feels very compressed which often makes me feel nauseous so I decide to attend to this issue. Riley is watching a little morning TV and Jesse is playing a video game or something so I head to the basement where the heating pad and massage chair is. I bring my book with to get caught up on some reading. My book is pretty good, but I've been reading it in random spurts so I feel like I am starting a new book each time I pick it up. I need to stick with it more.

9:30 - I head upstairs where Jesse is now cleaning and Riley is playing guitar and singing. The tent that was in the living room is finally down and the house is starting to look far more organized. I sit down and have an apple snack and read an article about a local adopted woman who met her birth parents. I always find these stories interesting and can't help but compare them to my own adoption and reunion story. I then jump in and help straighten up, do dishes, wash laundry, etc. Jesse also pulls out our computers to clean them up and he adds a blueray burner to mine so I can burn my pictures to disk as an extra backup measure.

10:00 - We are meeting my birth sister for lunch today so I decide to bring some clothes down for Riley to change into and I jump in the shower. When I get out Riley is playing with her Goldi Blox toy she got for her birthday last year. We bought her another one that we plan to give her this year for her birthday now that she seems to really get what it's about. As I get ready she switches to reading a book about princesses and eventually makes me a picture.

I'm on the left, Riley on the right and a smiley flower above us.

11:25 - We decide to drive separately to the restaurant since I have a haircut at 2:00 that is close by. My birth sister, Megan, recently returned from a couple years in Senegal where she was stationed for the Peace Corps. Soon she'll be off again to the island of Grenada where she will be able to focus more on bee keeping (a big interest of hers) versus the agriculture focus she had in Senegal.

11:45 - arrive at The Loop. This is one of Jesse's favorite restaurants based on a particular salad they serve. He's joked in the past that he wished that they would open a location closer to our house, but we never, ever thought that would happen. However, Jesse's dreams have come true as another location is opening later this month a couple miles from our house and across the street from Jesse's work.

Not a bad January day in MN - 35 degrees.

Jesse and Riley arrive shortly after I do and we all catch up with Megan... learning more about her time in Africa and what to expect when she heads to Grenada. We talk about visiting her there and I hope we can really make that happen.

1:45 - I'm guessing Jesse and Riley leave somewhere between 1:00 and 1:30 while Megan and I continue to catch up. We have a good conversation and connect on a couple points in particular. It feels good to connect with her in this way. In some ways I think we are very different as she is much more outgoing and way more talkative than me, but then we find this common ground. Plus, I love how she is living a somewhat unconventional life. Part of me wishes I had explored something like that when I was younger. We finally leave the restaurant as I have to get to my hair cut. I feel bad that I leave her to walk to the bus, but I need to get going.

1:54 - I get to my hair salon well overdue for a haircut. I think I last got my hair cut at the end of October and it definitely feels overgrown. My stylist, Jamie, and I catch up mostly about our kids. She has a daughter who is a little younger than Riley and 2 year old twin boys. I've been going to her before we had kids or even got married so it's funny how our conversations have evolved over time.

2:57 - I feel so much lighter! Jamie jokes that there is a full head of hair on the floor due to my thick hair and all the trimming she did. I head home and just want to be home at that very minute. I realize that I'd spent the last three plus hours in conversation and the introvert in me wants to get home and re-charge. And yet, on the way home I pass landmarks in my old neighborhood that makes me think that if I didn't have a kid and hubby to go home to I might be calling up one of my friends to hang out. Oh, how life has changed.

3:20 - I get home and marvel at the melting snow and ok weather. Last year seemed so much more brutal. I know the winter is far from over, but grateful that I find this bearable. Riley is napping when I return so I sit in front of the computer and check email while also watching Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations that Jesse had on the TV.

Hairs cut

4ish - Jesse goes to wake Riley up so she doesn't end up staying up too late. I thought naps were gone long ago, but I think she's gotten into the habit of staying up late to read so those naps come in handy. I imagine things will change next year when she starts Kindergarten. Jesse lets her watch a little TV again and I take her picture. Jesse decides he wants to go on a walk so Riley and I just hang out.

Looks like the cats like our new windows #kittynose

"I love having my picture taken"

The calendar

4:50 - I jump in the shower. My hair dresser used this stuff in my hair that is too strong smell wise and it's starting to give me a headache. Plus, I have a couple cut hairs poking into my back. So much for enjoying the nicely styled hair for a day or two. When I get out of the shower I decide to jump right into my pajamas. I'm not going anywhere so it only makes sense. Jesse has returned while I am in the shower.

5:30 - There seems to be some lost time in here that I'm not sure what I did, but eventually I make Riley's dinner while Jesse grills up some carne asada.

Hugs from my girl

5:50 - Food is finally done and Jesse eats his meat in a salad and I eat it with some green beans and the rest of the leftover rice. Once Riley is done with her dinner she eats one of the cookies she and grandma made over the weekend. After dinner, Riley and I play a bunch of games: The Ladybug game (my favorite), Candyland, and the Squirrel game.

6:20 - Riley decides to put some of her dress up stuff on and play the guitar while she sings. I love when she's content entertaining us (and herself) in this way.

6:30 - Jesse gives Riley a bath while I probably hang out in front of the computer again. OK, it seems like I had a lot of computer time today. Oddly, I don't write any of my day down like I usually do when doing a Day in the Life (and instead scramble a couple days later to remember what I did). I think I watch more Anthony Bourdain during this time too.

Yup, here he is

6:48 - Head upstairs with Riley for our bedtime ritual: get jammies on, brush teeth, do the calendar (which we only seem to do every couple weeks now), go to the bathroom, and pick out books. We read one book together and then she contently reads on her own.

My little fashionista

Apparently a little behind

Lucy likes to join us for book time

I'd totally recommend this book

7:30ish - I head downstairs and get the laundry out of the dryer. Jesse is watching Neil Degrasse Tyson's Cosmos in the basement, but asks if I want to watch a movie. He got his hands on Gone Girl so we decide to watch that. Jesse and I both read the book which is sort of odd as Jesse doesn't normally read these type of books. Good movie, but since we totally knew what was going to happen it wasn't all that suspenseful like it was supposed to be. My film major nephew announced on FaceBook that it was the best movie he saw this year. I'm guessing he hadn't read the book.

9:04 - Riley calls for her dad. Yup, she's still up, but seems to quiet down shortly after.

10:10 - The movie was longer than I thought it would be. I am tired and ready for bed. By the time I get up to bed it's 10:17. Good night.