Up to her old tricks again....

Nov is up to her "I think I have a fever, can I take my temperature" tricks again. We went through this for a couple of months at the beginning of the year. Well, today she started up again. I told her to go upstairs and take it (mostly cuz I didn't want to witness the drama). She goes upstairs and a minute or two later she slinks back down the stairs with a glum face.

"Mom, it's says 99.1, but there's a F there, so I must have a fever."

:)

I assured her that the F meant Fahrenheit, not fever, and that she wasn't going to die. :)

Jersey Boys

Just got back from seeing Jersey Boys in the city. GREAT SHOW! If it comes to a city near you, you should definitely check it out.

This show was the story of Franky Valli and the Four Seasons. It rocked, but it also had its poignant times as well. As the show ended, I had an slight feeling of sadness that I can't quite put my finger on. As I sat on the BART train on the way home, I wondered to myself why I was feeling this way. Here are somethings I have come up with:

1) The music in the show reminds me of my dad and our family road trip in the summer of 89. He bought some tapes (yes, tapes) of 60's music and he and I listened to them over and over in his old red truck on our trip.

2) Theatre in general seems to remind me of high school. It's where I met Who's Bond-o and another great friend. Thinking about all that was going on backstage (where we used to be) took me back 15 years. Even though I only got into theatre for a guy, I still miss it. I think it also made me miss doing the drama thing. I used to do the drama club in Indiana, and I think I miss it more than I realized.

3) Thinking about the story line and how these guys worked so hard to make it in the music business at the cost of their families (wives and children) is a little sad to me.

4) The show was so great, I didn't want it to end! I could have stayed there all night. Plus, I really enjoyed getting out with my Who's Bond-o for a night on the town.

That's all I can come up with now. Who's Bond-o suggested I take my mom before the show leaves in September. I can't wait to go back.

Good night everyone! :)

Potty training update

Well.........last night U-man had a HUGE meltdown in the bathtub. I've never seen him so worked up. I think he was so stressed out from being asked literally every 10 minutes if he had to go potty. So, today (day 3) I decided to reduce the stress a bit. I put underwear on and then a pull up over them. I put him on the potty every hour. Today went MUCH better. He still hasn't gone on the toilet, but he was much more chilled out today. I think it also helped that it was just he and I at home today.

I'll give it a try again tomorrow.

Adventures in potty training

Well, today was day one of potty training for U-man. I put on his first pair of underwear at 3:30 (didn't get back from the gym til 1:00). When I took him upstairs and got the underwear out of his drawer, he said "No! put it back!" I should have listened to him.

Within 15 minutes he had gone into the kitchen and closed the door long enough to pee on the kitchen floor. I took his last pair off him at 8:00 to put him in the bath. So, between 3:30 and 8:00, he peed in 6 pairs of underwear. Not once did he pee in the potty despite being placed there no less than 5 times.

The worst part is that after he got out of the bathtub, Who's Bond-o put a diaper on him for bed. Within 10 minutes it was saturated!

Ugh! I guess I'll try again tomorrow.

Day 15

Been on Atkins (kinda) for 2 weeks now. Down 4.2 pounds. Last I heard Who's Bond-o was down 18! Yippee!