The Queen's Rambles

*Santa is not going to make Erik happy this year. The child wants a gas station. Not a play gas station. A real gas station, with a real car wash that will sit in our real yard. When quizzed, he says he needs a gas station so he can talk to all the people getting gas and they’ll give him a ride through the car wash. I just don’t know what to say to that.

*Santa will be bringing those building panels I posted about earlier. Just got the e-mail that Hearthsong is having free shipping for the next week. Score!

*I decided against threading, mainly because I know what I’m getting in to with the waxing. Plus, I can walk into Hair Cuttery with Erik and know that I will be seen right away and that Erik won’t be frowned at. The only places I know that do threading are fancy salons that require appointments and would probably be irritated with Erik or the kiosk in middle of the mall. Call me vain, but I prefer not to have my personal grooming taken care of in full view of anyone who happens to walk by. I don’t understand why people would choose to do their threading or teeth whitening in such a public place.

*I probably should spring for electrolysis. They do that for eyebrows, right? I am horrible at beauty maintenance, but shaped eyebrows sure do look a lot better than my big caterpillar bushes. And then I wouldn’t have to drag Erik to the Hair Cuttery any more. The woman doing my brows asked if he ever stops talking. No, he really doesn’t.

*After eating tacos for 10 straight meals, not counting breakfast, I think I’m done. I’m sure Mike will be relieved. At least Erik has been enjoying them. I’ve decided he is old enough to eat what we eat if he’s hungry and he’s been doing really well with that. He still gets weird kid stuff for lunch, but I’m so happy he is eating real food for dinner and not complaining about it much.

*My wedding ring was hurting the other day so I removed it. Now I can’t get it back on. I think I need to get it cleaned, re-sized and possibly repaired. When I first got my engagement ring it broke two different times. It just randomly split! Crazy! It looks like it has another split in it, which is really irritating. I love my ring.

*I want a new ring for Christmas.

*Erik came in my room at 6:30 this morning, asked if I was ok, then went back to his bed. Very strange. I don’t think he want back to sleep, though, since he came back at 7 am raring to play the goo game.