Woke up this morning as usual. 3:15 am, Jaymeson comes into my bedroom to say he is scared. There is a monster under his bed that made his feet cold. I love the imagination on that child. It is always something. 5:00 am comes pretty early when you have to get your 4 year old back to bed and the only way to do it is to succumb to his demands of "tickle my arm"... in his 4 year old Boston Accent. (We are not from Boston).
Justin's lunch escaped my mind this morning. I was focusing on other things. Him having to have "hot lunch" at school would have deemed another breakdown. Soooo, lunch was made with 3 minutes to get them to the bus. I am SOOOO awesome.
We are counting down the days till his birthday. Last night was his official breakdown on this new "adventure". He was crying so hard, my shirt was soaking from tears and snot. Poor child. He said he misses his cousins.... and that you cant have a birthday without cousins. His response was "I guess I will stay 5 another year". I has to explain to him that would be a great idea because I could be 25 for another year (yes, I lied to my children and told them I was only 25). So it is off to Sea World for a 6th birthday. I will never win best birthday mom again in my life, as last year on Jaymeson's birthday we went to Disneyland. I didn't think that one through. Oh well. Everyone has a less than stellar moment as a mom.
Soooo, this morning at the bus stop, after the kids left, a police officer showed up at the "Villas". Villas sounds so.... "Italian". He went thru the gate of our gated community and i never saw him again. In the meantime you could hear sirens also. I was thinking I was living in my own episode of Bad Boys.... when all of a sudden a cockroach jumped out of the bushes at my feet. Of course, I did the usual "Jackie Chan" move and I am sure I looked like an idiot when the sirens arrived at the Villas. Seriously. The first cockroach I saw was rather cute, just scurrying along trying to make his way in this big world, but I have learned that they like to hang in the bushes and rocks before the sun is actually up (which is when I take the kids to the bus). They wouldn't freak me out so bad if they just minded their own business. While I am walking in the early morning hours, you would think I am in a National Park, full of bears. I make a lot of noise thinking that will scare off the cockroaches. Next thing you know, I will be carrying around a cock roach bell. Oh Lord. I wonder if I could sell those here. I wonder if cockroaches do respond to noise? Hmmm, looks like some research is in my future.
While I was on the way back from the "Italian" fitness center here at the Villas, my hot sort of neighbor was sitting on that was stolen. I am not sure what he was talking about ( a car, a motorcycle) but I didn't stop because I had just done 6 miles on a "zone fitness program". I got to my house as soon as could but now I want to know what was stolen. I want to know if I actually live in the hood. We may have to change the name of our Villas to "The Hood at Oakwell Park".
Well, I am off to find my emotionally unstable 5 year old his birthday presents. I have to find a Star Wars comforter and sheets, a Battleship Lego set and a Star Wars movie he has been wanting. Oh ya, and I must find all the makings to put together a "Lego Cake". Wish me luck readers. This is a big city.
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