The Queen's Rambles

My kids have been driving me crazy and my head has felt woozy. Finally figured out why! Just another month gone by with dear Aunt Flo visiting. Except I really have an Aunt Flo and she’s never visited me, so it always feels funny to call my period Aunt Flo. She’s really my great-aunt, but whatever. I grew up calling her Aunt Flo.

I had a margarita tonight. This is going to be fun. I can barely see the screen, but I think that has more to do with my eyesight going bad than the margarita.

I think my website that I’ve had for over a decade finally went kaput on me. Fantasy Freaks Forum is refusing to work for me. I haven’t changed anything, but every link just goes back to the home page. It’s been so long since I’ve done any webstuff that I don’t have a clue how to even start tracking down the problem. It sees such very little use that I’m wondering if I should just bag it. It would be the end of an era. I’d hate to let it go, but is it worth the hassle of keeping?

We have a new plan for Erik’s birthday party and he’s not really that happy about it. He was going to have a pontoon boat party with a guided tour by a naturalist but the engine blew up on the boat and apparently ti’s really hard to get a new pontoon boat engine. They’ve known about this for months but thought it would be fixed well before the party. I was able to convince Erik to go with another option through the nature center, so now he’ll be having a campfire party with s’mores, songs and campfire games. It will all be led by a naturalist so I don’t have to do much except pray it doesn’t rain.

Oh. . . and create new invitations that hopefully people who don’t really know much English will understand. He invited four kids from school and I don’t believe any of them have parents that are native English speakers. I think they probably understood the first invitation just fine but I am afraid the updated invitation will confuse them. I don’t have any phone numbers or e-mails for them so I can’t even call or e-mail to make sure they understand. It makes me nervous. He has a very short invitation list to begin with. He used to be Mr. Social, but is becoming much more discriminating in who he hangs out with. I even asked if he wanted to invite anyone from soccer, but he wasn’t interested. In fact, he told me he doesn’t want to do soccer again (he’s not that great of a player). I told him that’s fine, but the he has to do something active to replace the soccer. He said no, he’s only going to play video games for the rest of his life.

Ha.

Hahahahahahaha.

No.

He will do something active even if I have to fight him tooth and nail. I already allow too much screen time. I am afraid I’m going to have to become a hardass and take away all screen time completely during the weeks, which will be more painful for me than him.

He’s a really good speller, though! He has spelling tests for the first time this year. They have to do 15 words and have a test every two weeks. His test is tomorrow so I made him do a practice test because I didn’t think there was any way he could ever spell the words (dramatic, acrobat, habitat, flashlight. . . ) but he got every single one of them right. He’s in the top reading group even though he fusses about it and says he doesn’t know how to read.

I’ve continued on my plan to take the kids to a park or make them do something active every day after school. Yesterday we went to a park and I kept having little tiny bugs get in my sleeves (short cap sleeves). I knew I got a bite on each tricep and they were itchy. I had no idea I was having some kind of freaky allergic reaction! I have a huge ovvile (ha! that margarita is starting to kick in. I have no idea how to spell the word I am trying to spell and spell check won’t help me) welt on one arm. I measured and it was 8″ x 3″ and itches like crazy. The welt on the other arm is more circular and is 4 inches across. They both have a really bright red area. I don’t understand! They are definetly not mosquito bites. I am wondering if i should go to the doctor. I’m also wondering if they are being aggravated by my laundry detergent. I switched to Kirkland free and clear a few months ago from Method. It was soooooooooo much cheaper. I haven’t had any issues, but that’s the only thing I can think of since both welts seemed to be super bothered by the edge of my sleeve rubbing on them. I’m going to have an interesting look at BodyPump tomorrow when we do triceps. I always wear a tank top to class.

Ok, why am I still up? I can barely see anything! I have to go to bed. I hope Elsa isn’t in my bed. She likes to poke me in my arm pits and it drives me insane, esp with these weird arm welts.