The Day That Gets Me Through The Week!!

Hey!!
I am SO glad today is Friday!! This week, although short 1 day, has felt so incredibly long!!!!! I honestly did not think I would survive to see this day...I thought I would be found dead in my chair Thursday afternoon...cause of death: BOREDOM!!! BUT...here we are!! Is anyone planning to do anything fun this weekend? Ronnie and I have NO plans...and that is just how we like it. We got some new movies in from Netflix...and we will probably camp out on the couch and just watch the weekend slip by.

I think my poor little baby boy is officially beginning the teething process. Last night he was a total grumpy bear! He fussed and fussed...and he would not tolerate being set down or being held by his daddy. It was mama or screaming...wonderful. On top of that, he would NOT go into his usual deep sleep, he woke up about 3 times in the middle of the night...again, the only one he wanted was mama. Oh, joy. I guess we will be starting a Tylenol regiment tonight and try to keep him from feeling too miserable. Why does it have to be so difficult? I can't imagine what this would have been like if he had been a twin and I was going through this with TWO babies at the same time...and GOD BLESS those women that have multiples!!

My mom called me yesterday with some news. She called me a little before lunch time and told me she was in the emergency room with my dad...he had been out jogging and fell off the side of the road and broke his ankle!!! We all know he is not the most coordinated person...none of us really are...but it always seems like the really goofy injuries happen to him...anyone remember him nearly cutting his fingertips off while making a bow?!?!? She told me that he made her stop and Starbucks on the way to the emergency room so he could have his morning coffee!!! Seriously. FORTUNATELY, she did call me back a little later in the afternoon to tell me that the x-rays showed he just had a nasty sprain. And there was a GREAT sigh of relief from the family in Nebraska!!! The funny part to all of this...when they got home, Dad wanted to go upstairs so he could lay on his bed with an ice pack on his ankle. They live in a really old house with rickety, skinny, spirally stairs. So, Mom told him to turn around and scoot up the stairs on his backside so he would be more steady (these stairs are dangerous even if you are 100% OK). Well, his reply was, "I will NOT do that, I still have my dignity!!" Mom said about 3 seconds later she hear a major clatter and some thumps...genius had tripped on the stairs...she hollered out, "How's that dignity now?" I love my family...no sympathy...straight to the humiliation!!

Anyways, I guess since I am at work and on the clock I should probably try to get some work done...that IS why they pay me the big bucks ;)!!!
I'll talk to y'all later...peace out!!

Well, I have done it...I am succumbing to the urge to BLOG!!! Actually, I just wanted to be cool like all my friends, so I am going to give this a shot. Many of you out there are rolling your eyes because you know that I am HORRIBLE at returning phone calls, letters, emails, etc...so how will this be any better? Well, it won't. I'm sure I will leave it horribly neglected and only write updates when there is a major crisis. But that's OK! I still want to be cool anyways! And if anyone gets tired of me rambling about stuff they don't really care about...it's pretty easy to just click that little "x" in your upper right hand corner and put me out of your mind.

I'm pretty bored right now. I'm sitting at work wishing I was ANYWHERE but here. Why did they make the walls of my cubicle to beigh-ey? I think it needs to be a more warm and inviting color so that when I see them my gag reflex is not stimulated. Or a window would be nice...a nice big one that does not overlook the enormous parking lot (that is the view my boss has, woop-dee-dooo!!!). Oh well, I guess I will just keep surfing the internet for useless knowledge (I learned today on Wikipedia that cops will use crushed macadamia nuts as a decoy for crack cocaine...apparently they look exactly the same) and job openings that I will never apply for (the CSX railroad is hiring, so is Alabama Power).

Maybe someone is interested in some Cole news. We had his 6-month check-up last Friday (even though he is nearly 7 months old now) and it went really well. He weighs 16 1/2 lbs and he is 28 1/2 inches long...and a big 'ol head. They measured his head 5 times to make sure they were reading it correctly. But, at the end of it all, they said he was perfect and that we should start putting everything in hiding because they think he will be up and walking any time now. I hate that he is growing up so quickly. It honestly blows my mind that it has been 7 months already!! I have enjoyed EVERY stage, and look forward to the next. It is so neat to see how he develops and learns on a daily basis. He loves to imitate facial expressions...and he is GOOD at them!

Ronnie news...he is on the hunt for a new job. We are both SO over the one he has now. I swear the place is ran by a bunch of dumb rednecks who flunked out of business school!! It's taken me a little while to get him to see the light...but I think I have lit a little flame of excitement within him (that sounded SO cheesy). He is now looking at several different types of jobs and considering things that he has never done before...possibly even going back to school...which I support wholeheartedly!! So, pray for us that he succeeds in this endeavor.

OK, I am going to go take my lunch now...the one high-point in the day. Y'all come back now...y'hear!!