It's Friday

It was a gorgeous day today. The sun was out. The sky was blue. The temps went the low 80s and the humidity was decent. It’s July 25 already, but we’ve still got a week left in the month and the entire month of August and, with any luck, at least half of September before thoughts turn seriously to winter. Yeahhhhh!!

Yesterday with Ember was exhausting for me. She did take nap for almost 2 hours, which gave me a much-needed break. Em wasn’t difficult or “bad.” She was actually easy-going and pretty much agreeable. Nonetheless, it is extremely tiring to be constantly up as is necessary when with a 2+ year old. The activity, the chatter – God, the constant chatter – is so wearing.

Ron had been in Albany around lunchtime for blood work and drove up to have lunch with Em and me. He is constantly amazed at her ever expanding vocabulary and complicated sentences. She lived up to her nickname of Motor Mouth, but it’s said with pride because she does speak at a level equal to a child of 3 years old. Other kids her age are typically using 3, 4 and 5-word sentences, composed of simple words. Em is saying/asking things like, “Why is the air conditioner (conditioner is rather garbled) making so much noise, Gramma?” And she will listen to the answer that it’s the motor inside the air conditioner making a lot of noise. Which prompts her to ask. “Whassa motor?”

She can count to 20+ now. She’s been counting to 15 for months, but there are numbers beyond. Last week I introduced 15 on up to 20. Quickly learned, she then applied the principle and went on to say 21, 22, 23, 24. She’s also grasping the concept that counting tracks how many of something she has. She’ll count her hot wheel cars, correctly separating 4 cars from the rest. Above 4 of anything, though, she just grabs a bunch and says, “Now I’ve got 5!”

She loves to write and draw. Right now her favorite thing to draw is a whale. “I made a whale, Gramma,” which is pretty neat and sorta looks like one, but what is seriously significant is she’ll put an eye and a mouth on it. Facial features is not something a child her age does.

I love it all…it makes me oh so tired some days.

The ad for the hotrod hit the printed edition of Want Ad Digest yesterday, and last night we got a call about it. The man came today to look at it. He said he’d call Ron if interested, but I got the feeling that his interest isn’t that great. Oh well.

It’s been a slow day today. A fun day. Did laundry; stripped/remade bed; ran a couple of errands; watched some TV of DVR-saved shows. Made a simple casserole of ziti and beef for supper plus a salad and had all wash-by-hand dishes done before we sat down to eat.

Exercise – Did a 2-mile Leslie Sansone DVD. I’m achy but feeling good.

Gas prices – Cumberland in Greenville is down to $4.179. Not that great considering 22 miles away, Cumberland in Glenmont is $4.059.

Today’s weather – Beautiful day today. Sunny, warm, low humidity.

Life lessons – A life lesson that took me years to learn, but is now instilled, is not to get my hopes up. This lesson was put to good use when the hotrod didn’t sell today. Though the potential buyer said he’d think about it and get back to Ron, it means nothing.