Tuesday Randomness

I am just exhausted today, I KNOW it is only 6:30 AM, but I barely dragged myself out of bed to have coffee with my hubby. You'd think with grad school being on break, I would be relaxing, but NO. So, because I am so tired, I am going to give you the abbreviated version of a post via bullets.

• My hubby brought the kids to the mall to buy me a birthday present over the weekend. They wanted to buy me the Buxton purse, but since they couldn't find it, they settled on 2 shirts. Now, I SPECIFICALLY told them to buy XLs as I have not been able to wear anything else in YEARS, but they came home with Larges. I protested. My husband said, "Look, try them on, those XLs are WAY too big for you now. Seriously." I didn't want to try them on because I thought for sure they would not fit and I would be embarrassed. But, guess what...They did fit. A Size Large. Wow. Too bad the shirts are U-G-L-Y. Hey, they tried.

• I got another 2 A's on my grad school classes, including the one on my thesis topic and beginning of the paper. I start another 2 classes on March 31st.

• The kids got a Wii from the Easter Bunny. I know, I KNOW - it seems ridiculous, but we had been looking for one for MONTHS and had put my BIL on the case and lo and behold, he came through 2 weeks before Easter. The kids LOVED it. And I gotta say, it is REALLY fun. And more surprising is the fact that NEITHER kid even questioned the existence on the Easter Bunny. I thought FOR SURE it would have come up, but it didn't and I'm glad.

• We booked a 2 week trip to Europe in the summer to see my SIL and her family. I am so excited. They are taking us to Paris and we're going to the LOUVRE! Never in my life, did I think I would be able to put my EYEBALLS on the great works that reside there. Seriously, as an artist, there is no more sacred of a place. I could cry right now thinking about it.

• For Easter, I hemmed my own pants. By MySELF. Well, not exactly, I had called my SISTER as she is the sewing chick in the family and I nearly had an audible deflation in confidence right on the phone. First, she asked if I had ironed them and then she laughed and laughed. Because anyone who knows me, knows I do not iron. Ever. I once sent my daughter over to my Mom's for the day and my mother started to iron and my daughter was very curious and strangely LOOKING at the weird steaming thing, as she asked my mother, "What IS that?" I have never lived that down. But, I did hem those pants and they were not awful.

• My son left the bathroom after showering in tears last night. I asked him why. His lip quivered. He said because he was the second fattest kid in his class. *heart sank* Let me say for the record, as I said to him, he is NOT fat. Not a skinny twig. NOT FAT. He is destined to be a larger kid genetically. However, he doesn't want to hear that in second grade. He has been very conscious of his weight over the past few months and I can't help but wonder if me dieting and working out pushes this to the forefront for him. My heart broke when he looked so sad. We made a pack to walk together every night for 10 minutes. I am NOT putting him on a diet as he absolutely does NOT need to be. A bit of exercise will make him feel good about himself and can't hurt, so that is how I am proceeding. But, FUCK if someone says something to him, I may have to bury the body. Any takers on my bail?

• And lastly, for those who played name the Gross Gene Simmons Sex Tape...the winner is Christine with "Detroit Cock City." Thanks everyone for playing.

Have a Sparkling Day!