My birthday

Monday the 24th was my 26th birthday. If you know anything about me, you will not be surprised to know that the whole weekedn was my birhtday weekend. It was great. On Saturday, we went up to Mt. Vernon (the residence of George Washington) where they were displaying a replica of The Godspeed; one of the first ships to sail into Jamestown. It was really interesting to learn some of the history of Jamestown and how the settlers, Natives, and African slaves lived during that time. Here is a picture of the Godspeed.



Before Mt. Vernon, we had a wonderful little picnic next to the Potomac River. It isn't a beautiful river by any means, but the history surrounding it makes it pretty special. After Mt. Vernon, we came back to our house and ate dinner. I bought a Tres Leches cake from this Latino bakery down the road and it was DELICIOSO!! It was ten times better than my baby shower cake and everyone seemed to enjoy it. Oh, the attendees were Gavin and Cheryl, Elizabeth and her children Jackson and Lindsay and Collin and I. It was great.

On Sunday, Elizabeth made me a special birthday dinner at her house. Instead of cake, ( I am not allowed to eat too many sweets because I am on a special diet) we had sugar free pudding. It was quite tatesty actually.

On Monday, the actual day of my birthday, Collin and I walked around a little Urban town not too far away from us called Shirlington and ate Mexican food at Guapo's. It was great. I had a fantastic birthday weekend.

One of the gifts I recieved was a game for my Nintendo DS ( I got the DS for free when we signed up for cable and internet) was a game called Brain Age 2. If you don't know what it is, I will explain. It is a game that trains your brain using several different techniques. When you first begin, the game tells you what your current brain age is. My brain age was 80 yeas old yesterday. Today it was 46. The idea is to keep it around 20. The more you train, the less the game makes fun of your stupidity. Collin must use his brain much more than me because his age started at 49 and went down to 29 today. The idea is to use the game to keep your brain young...you know...use it or lose it.

I had a great birthday. Thanks to all my friends and thanks to all who called me and sent me emails. I felt very special.

Amercia's youth gets dumber by the minute

You have to copy this link into your search engine. I was so confused, that I couldn't even listen to the whole thing. I hope some of us will be sure to teach our children the importance of a good education and the value of being able to articulate oneself. Poor girl, I actually feel bad for her.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WALIARHHLII&mode=related&search=

Show some respect

So we finally have everything we need for the baby. We finished putting together the crib, the pack and play, the stroller (who knew you had to put that together?), our changing table and our bookshelf. I think our child has heard every single swear word before it has even come into this world. Our dresser was purchased from Ikea and that was probably the hardest peice of furniture to assemble. First of all, there are no words, so you have to follow the pictures. Don't these people know that we Americans need pictures AND words?! Poor Collin. I let him tackle that one on his own.

I spent a good 45 minutes putting together the stroller. I couldn't believe I had to assemble that son of a gun. The crib was easier to put together than the stroller. The worst thing was the pack and play. No one tells you that you have to read and follow the directions. Isn't that false advertising?...pack and play? You may think I am slightly retarted, but I promise, this sucker was really difficult. I had to call in reinforcements. (Thanks Cheryl for helping me) Anyway, I just wanted to complain about having to assemble all of these products. I think we should get a special discount for having to do this on my own.

Stay at home...almost mom

Collin says that I shouldn't report this, but I will rub it in. I honestly feel like I have slaved away the last 8 years of my life when I consider that these last years have been nothing but working fulltime or going to school or both. I am not working right now, and I couldn't be happier. Here is my current schedule: 7:45 am - Say goodbye to Collin as he goes to work. 7:46 am - roll over and go back to bed 10:00am - wake up and make a mental list of things I want to do for the day 11:00 - get out of bed and eat breakfast 12:00pm - clean up last night's dinner and any other chores around the house 1:00 pm - get dressed for the day 2:00pm - 4:00pm - run errands or take a nap 5:00pm - decide what I want to make for dinner 5:30pm - start preparing dinner 6:15pm- Collin comes home and we eat dinner and hang out for the rest of the night. My day starts all over at 7:45am.

Now, I know what you are thinking...what a lazy sack of bones. I have to let you know that I am at the point in my pregnancy where I sleep so little in the evening because I am either uncomfortable, having to use the bathroom, or suffering from indigestion. I probably wake up between 4 and 5 times per night and it takes about an hour to get back to sleep after I wake up. So, what I am trying to say is that i am not COMPLETELY lazy...I would like to describe it as taking time to enjoy myself and the peace and quiet of knowing that I don't have to be anywhere for anyone. This is awesome. I don't even get tired of it. I love it. I could go one whole week without leaving my house and I feel grrreat.

So, I am rubbing it in. I stay at home and I love it.