Not much time today

Hi,
Not much time to write today - Emmett was trying so hard to get all this stuff done around the house this morning and was clanging around so much that he woke up both Thomas and I at 7:30am, so there really isn't much time to recap yesterday. Which I suppose is okay because it was not a particularly exceptional day. I didn't realize how quickly I'd become accustmomed to having that little bit of time to myself until this morning, I feel already to frazzled and it's not even 10:30 yet.

I went home yesterday and faxed in the application for that house in Woodside. The landowner never called me back, which wasn't a big surprise, but I DO feel that it is extremely rude. If someone takes the time to fill out all of that personal and financial information the very least you can do is show enough respect to pick up the phone and call. Even if we are not teachers at Stanford, we are human beings and deserve to be treated with respect. Ahhh well, maybe it's just my own insecurities and self esteem talking. Shake it off, Melissa, shake it off. At least there wasn't an application fee, so we haven't lost anything.

After faxing over the application, I went to sleep for a while on the couch. I was so tired, I probably should have just went upstairs, but I find that I don't sleep so long on the couch and I wanted to get up early and work on those Ebay ads before the boys got home. That didn't happen because although I did wake up at 2pm, I was still really tired so I ended up just talking to my Mom for a really long time and then getting up to cook dinner. I made chicken legs, which I simmered in onions, apple juice and curry. It wasn't bad, but I think I used a little too much apple juice and not enough curry. With that we had rice and sauteed zucchini (sp?). It was pretty good for a thrown together meal. I MUST go grocery shopping on Wednesday, we are getting really low on groceries again. The chicken legs were of the cheap Safeway variety and there sure is a difference between those and the organic ones, the cheap ones are so much more fatty. I do think the organic chicken is worth every cent, both from a taste standpoint and also from feeling good about the ethics involved. I know that we are on a budget, but buying cheap groceries is just not an option, we will have to figure out another way to save money.

After dinner Thomas and I took a bath. It was fun, I enjoy that time with him, and he seems to enjoy it too. We played a game together of dumping water on each other's heads, this helps me to get his hair washed and rinsed. We also practiced his kicking in the water to get a leg up, so to speak, on his swimming lessons.

After that we went upstairs and I read several of this books to him. I love this so much, him sitting in my lap for so long. I love that child so much that it hurts inside sometimes. He was really tired and so he went to sleep a little bit early.

Emmett and I watched another episode of Six Feet Under, our latest dvd from Green Cine. After that was over, I went to bed, I was really tired.

Not a very exciting day, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. :-)


Love,
Melissa