Monday, April 4th

Lucas woke up telling me that his tummy hurt, but I assumed it was because he was full of mucus from having forgotten to take his allergy meds the day before. So off to preschool we went, and I had barely returned home when the cell phone rang, and Lucas was puking at preschool. I'd taken Casey's car since we'd be doing more driving than him, and with the light on in my car again, I didn't want it to flash the 'have it towed now' light. And Lucas had thrown up several times by the time I got there to get him. All I could think was please, do not let him barf all over Casey's leather seats!!! We made it home without any problems. Broke out the thermometer, 102.5. I panicked. This kid rarely gets this sick, and NEVER spikes a fever like this! Broke out the ibuprofen, and he barfed it right back up. Broke out the zofran, and after no more puking for half an hour, broke out the tylenol. Fever finally broke, and he took a few naps. By dinner time he was much improved!
Finally remembered to log on and get my first Bountiful Basket! I was so excited, I could hardly wait to pick it up and see what kinds of goodies I'd get!!!
Tuned in and watched Raw with Casey since it was the one right after Wrestlemania. I was so glad that I had! Stone Cold did the SCSA stunner. The Rock was back and stirring up crap with John Cena! And Trish Stratus was back...and looking super hot. It was humorous!

Sunday, April 3rd

Decided that I need to get my butt in gear with this half marathon training, and I'm failing miserably just because I hate running on the treadmill. So I mapped out how long it is from the McDonald's at the bottom of the hill at Glenwood/Chinden to home. 3.6 miles if I came home down Goddard and Edna. 4.8 miles if I back track to McMillan and down to Cloverdale. I was REALLY sore from doing both kick and zumba the day before, but I was sure I could still pull it off. Casey dropped me off after we dropped the kids off at Grandma's church. It's a good thing that he drove off and left me there, as we'd agreed. I hiked up that damn hill, and by the time I reached the other side of Capitol High School I was ready to call and beg him to come get my sorry unable to run butt!! My hamstrings were burning sooooo bad, and I was running against a head wind. It was cold and miserable. I'd forgotten to take my allergy meds, and I was so full of snot I felt like I couldn't breathe. I'd pretty much sabotaged myself. But I remember reading in the trainers notes that it didn't matter whether I walked it or ran it, just going the distance would help increase my endurance. So I walked home. But I walked the shorter route, and as fast as I could push myself, so I ended up with a 15 minute mile. Not bad given the above...but much worse than what I'd intended to accomplish. After the kids got home from church we headed out to the grocery store, and the darn check engine light came back on in the car. That means I have to get it back in and get the darn sensor replaced. And to save a little in labor costs, they were just going to do the 70,000 mile maintenance which included replacing the timing belt and water pump...to the tune of $1000. But like Casey said, whether it's now or in a few months, there's never a good time to repair your car when it's going to cost that much!!! After the grocery store I came home and decorated for Easter. The boys have so much stinking fun helping me decorate the house for the holidays. I found another 6 dozen eggs that we've collected from egg hunts over the past couple of years, so I stuffed those as well, to donate for the big hunt. Casey headed over to Ryan's for Wrestlemania, and I spent the evening with my little men. Since they had their Easter baskets and plastic eggs out, they insisted on doing a million egg hunts that evening...but once again, they were having so much fun that I just didn't have it in me to deny them another million egg hunts!!!! I was totally jealous that I didn't get to watch Wrestlemania though. Stone Cold was a guest referee, and the Rock is back! So was Trish Stratus. Oh well, there's always next year!!

Saturday, April 2nd

Not such a good Saturday! Started the day off right with an awesome group kick class at the Y. And since I had an hour to kill before zumba I decided to come home and chill until zumba, and it's a good thing that I did. Casey's dad had called and decided to stop by...which meant that the biopsy results were in, and probably weren't good. Sure enough, it's prostate cancer this time. But that's about the only thing that was a for sure at that point. They'd know more after the bone scan and CT scan on Tuesday, and then those results would be in on the 14th...which is an eternity away. It's one of those things that sucks on so many levels! I mean, we're all born knowing that we won't live forever, that we'll all eventually die, and how long you get between birth and death is different for everyone. But once you get that diagnosis of cancer, it's more eminent, and a death sentence. And after having battled it once with my mom, even though it was under completely different circumstances, and not my parent, I'm not sure I'm ready for this again. My father in law is a very strong man, with a very capable and loving spouse...but I'm not ready for my husband to have to experience the hurt of losing a parent (whether we get 5, 10 or 20 more years). Oh how I hate that darn C word!!!! I was glad that I had decided to go back to zumba...to get it off my chest and out of my thoughts, to just process. My zumba girls are chicken soup for my soul, as is the class. So I as feeling much better by the time I got home. Casey and I decided to watch the movie Date Night after the boys went to bed...pretty darn funny! And just what our spirits needed!

Friday, April 1st

Their cool crowns from Buffalo Wild Wings

Stupid me, signed up for an extra shift on April Fool's Day! Guess we all know who the fool is!! ; ) Disneyland airfare and hotel are now paid for after working my two extra shifts, so I'm done doing anymore of those for awhile now! It was a very busy day so I literally didn't have anything to eat other than a pack of fruit snacks! My hubby took pitty on me and my starvation and let us go to Buffalo Wild Wings for dinner! I love their stuff!! Casey had a fabulous day, for his birthday present, the new widescreen monitor had arrived. So after dinner he came home and got it set up, and then got to try it out with a rousing evening of Left for Dead with his buddies. He's lucky I let him have his birthday present a whole week early! Especially since we all know that he would've made me wait had the tables been turned! But I love how excited he gets about his new techie toys!! And a few extra good wife brownie points never hurt! : )

Thursday, March 31st

The boys running wild at the school behind our house!

Another gorgeous weather day, so we decided we needed to start up the park touring again. We packed a picnic lunch and headed out to Settler's park, along with nine million other people! The biggest mistake I've made as far as park touring goes!!! I should've known better when it was the first really nice day during spring break! Oh well! My friend Jeny and her kids were also there having a picnic lunch, so the boys had a friend to run around and play with, and they had a blast and a half! I was very proud of myself and my patience, which is normally nonexistant in those sorts of situations...I made it a little over 2 hours at the park before we came home! But the boys hadn't had enough, so we went back outside! We went to the school right behind our house and played back there some more. That still wasn't enough, so we played out in the backyard until just before dad got home from work! We even busted out the bubbles and bubble wands, and the sidewalk chalk. The boys had so much fun, it's seriously good for my soul to see them playing and having so much fun together!!! I stuffed some more eggs while they were out back playing. Another plus to them being older and more coordinated this year...I can take care of stuff that I need to get done inside the house while they are out back playing. They don't feel the need for me to be out there playing with them every single second that they're out there. And they know what the rules are about playing out there. It's truly a win-win situation for all of us! There had to be some downside to all of this though, and shortly after coming inside I figured out what that was....I forgot to put sunscreen on all of us, and we all ended up with slight sunburns!! Days like this are what make my choice to be a full time mommy, and only a part time pharmacist the right choice!! Of course it's also days like this that make me want to give up the part time gig completely!!!!!!

Wednesday, March 30th

Grandma came over first thing in the morning to watch the boys while I headed out to group kick class at the Y. I wanted to try it, but I really don't like the idea of having the kids at the childwatch center, exposing them to more germs than necessary...with Zach's asthma we always end up in trouble when it moves straight to his chest. So off I went, knowing that I was going to be getting a butt kicking! It was a ton of fun, and yes, I was sore...but it wasn't as bad as I had imagined it would be! Definitely a class that I want to do again!!! After some lunch with the boys and Casey we headed out to run errands. We stopped at McDonald's and got some drinks, the only mistake there is that they don't have lemonade and Zach didn't drink but like 2 sips of his orange drink...he so doesn't drink juice unless it's lemonade! Anyways, then we went to the library and got a bunch of new books for the boys to read. Then we headed over to the post office to mail a ton of Zach's old clothes to friends in Portland, and the boys insisted that they stay and wait in the car...they're getting so big! They sat and read their new books while I mailed the package! We came home and since it was a gorgeous day we decided to head out on the bikes/scooter. They were working on the underground power lines at the school and on the street in front of our house, so we had to stop and watch the noisy big trucks for a little bit. The boys were absolutely fascinated with the big diggers and dump trucks! On the way home the neighbors were out, so we stopped to visit with them...the boys could care less about the actual neighbors, but they love the dogs!! George was telling us about all of the crime in the area lately. Some idiot smashed in the window on his little truck that he parks on the street at like 2 in the morning. They didn't take anything from inside his truck...they just did it to be jerks! They think it's the same idiots that smashed in the other neighbors back window on their motor home. I did some pretty stupid stuff when I was a teenager/young adult. But I just don't understand the need to destroy random people's stuff. WTF???? After dinner we decided that since we had The Jungle Book movie, we'd make it a family movie night. The boys have read the first and 2nd books, so they thoroughly enjoyed the movie. It was an absolutely FABULOUS day with my little men and my hubby! I wish that every day could be so wonderful, but then I probably wouldn't think they were as special then!

Tuesday, March 29th

Up and at em for work first thing, thank goodness for Starbucks, it gives me that little extra get up and go that I need to deal with that place first thing in the morning! And after another crappy day at the office, I came home to find the Oriental Trading box full of easter eggs and the stuffers on my doorstep. I headed off to zumba, and came home to watch Biggest Loser and stuff some eggs! I managed to get thru 144 of the 288 eggs, without any cramping or pain!! I'm so excited about the easter egg hunt, and the fact that I'm not only donating eggs this year, but I'm also volunteering my time to make so many kids oh so happy!!!! It was a good Tuesday all in all!