The Queen's Rambles

It has been totally crazy around here. Sunday afternoon it was so hot I thought we were going to die. Suddenly it got really dark, the power went out, and we were hit with a whammy of a storm. I thought we were having a tornado.

Do you know what happens when you have a curious four year old who doesn’t think he really needs to listen to his mother in middle of a possible tornado? Mommy has to get a little cranky to get the kid away from the windows.

In the midst of it all Erik would not quit talking. He never quits talking, so that’s nothing new, but it is much more stressful to listen to constant yammering when you are worried a tree is going to come through the roof. He kept saying “I’m so scared I can’t talk!” Over and over and over and over again. I didn’t notice the not talking.

It was over pretty quickly, but I think there are still people without power and it happened two days ago. Yesterday there were still several intersections without power, but only a few of them were monitored by police. Do you really trust crazy Maryland drivers to handle darkened intersections? I don’t.

We showed up to Erik’s camp yesterday morning and found out they didn’t have power. No camp for the boy.

Luckily we had big plans! Bethany Actually and her daughter, Annnalie, were planning on coming over for lunch and then we were going to head to the splash park after we picked Erik up from camp. It worked out nicely that Erik was actually here. Happily he and Annalie got along really well and had a great time playing. We had a little lunch and I showed Bethany all my cloth diapers and sold her a few I loved (but are too small for my big girl–really, small diapers should last a lot longer than three months on a normal sized baby), and then we hit the splash park. Hopefully Bethany got some good pictures, but I am not so sure. The kids were not cooperative models and it was very wet. We both are yearning for a water proof camera so we can take amazing pictures like Brenda.

And now I better run and take a shower before baby wakes up. Then it’s off to pick up Erik, over to the bowling alley, back to the gym, cook dinner, go to bed. Whew! I might have to cancel the gym portion of the program, but Mike is working late so I need something to do with the kids. I was looking in the mirror today and wondered just how, exactly, I have ended up where I am. I try not to self-loathe or even talk about weight any more but some days it is very, very difficult.