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Good news-After 6 hours on the phone with Verizon (I am not exaggerating 3 last night, 3 this afternoon while sick Michael napped and watched TV (see below)) Internet at home works! Yeah!!!But can we stop for a minute and talk about how my family has wasted 6 hours of our lives on Verizon.
Bad news-Michael is sick. He is running a really high fever. We may not be going on vacation after all. Two of his friends in his playgroup have the same thing, one had a fever so high he had seizures. So we may be staying put.
Our internet connection isn't working at home. Doug was on the phone until midnight with Verizon and got nowhere. Those people suck so much, but he was making it up to me after my weeks of arguments with Direct TV So it's going to be all quiet on the Western front for a while. I'm going on my first of two BIG family vacations this summer. And, since no one knows I blog, it will be very hard to blog. But I might try. If not, you will hear from me in a few weeks. But I leave you with gratuitous shots of my kid. And proof of the aforementioned propensity for climbing. 
My hits are way down and my comment numbers are shrinking. Are people finally sick of me, or does blog reading just stop in the summer when the kids are out of school and the weather is nice?
Are people still out there?
I saw these guys in concert when I was 12 years old. My best friend SLEPT OUT with her dad for the tickets. (He was the coolest dad ever). He went to the "parent club" (a room within the arena for parents who didn't have tickets or want to see the show but were accompanying minors). 4 teenage girls screamed until they were hoarse to Living on a Prayer and You Give Love a Bad Name.
I saw these guys in concert when I was 31 years old. A close friend and I screamed until we were hoarse to Living on a Prayer, You Give Love a Bad Name, It's My Life, and Have a Nice Day.
Doug went out with some friends Saturday Night. I had a hard time falling asleep and was flipping channels late that night. I stumbled upon Bon Jovi unplugged. And I fell in love with them all over again.
Michael counted to 10 today. Completely unprompted and unassisted.
As I was backing my car out of a parking space, he said, "Mommy, we are going backwards."
He says, "Oh, man" with such a teenage inflection I laugh every time.
"No Mommy, I do by self," is his new favorite phrase.
He has taken up golf, no lie. He got a set of plastic golf clubs from my Dad and says, "I play golf." When I told him he was my little Tiger, he roared.
His new favorite game is hide and seek. He says, "Mommy you hide," puts his hands over his eyes, counts to three, and say "found you." I never have enough time to actually hide.
Michael is such a monkey, he can climb anything. Playground equipment is no match for him, either are ladders to bunk beds. He can climb up a slide, any slide. I turn my back for a second, and he is on top of things. I'm convinced one day he will be on top of the refrigerator. He has not climbed out of the crib yet, thank G-d.
Every night before bed I say, "who loves Micheal?" He looks at me, sighs, and says, "everybody."
I think if he could articulate it, "you moron" would end that sentence.
These guys are now married with kids.
I remember the summer this song came out. It was everywhere. I had just broken up with my college boyfriend and it was the only song that was not about love. I listened to it constantly.
How can 10 years have passed by? How can these guys have grown up when I clearly haven't? Oh wait, I'm married with a kid.
Even so, I feel like these guys should still be 14.
Edited to add: When I posted this, I played the video to make sure it was working. Michael started dancing around the room and singing along. MMMM bop appeals to all age groups.
Instead of working today and I'm going to the outlets, with my mom. Michael is in daycare.
I had to work on Monday, which I normally don't, so Michael went to an extra day of daycare. But, since I pay for today anyway, I figured why not? Have a fun day to myself.
I feel like I should I feel guilty, but I don't. Michael spent 4 days in daycare instead of the normal 3, and I totally could have spent the day with him today. Instead I chose shopping. Calm, peaceful adult shopping, without chasing a toddler or listening to "I want to go home."
I should have wine with lunch.
I have no idea what is up with Michael's naps. I can't figure out why sometimes he naps, and sometimes he doesn't. Nothing I do seems to be working. So, I'm going to give you the evidence and leave it up to you. Seriously, tell me what to do, tell me what I'm doing wrong.
At daycare 3 days a week, he consistently takes naps from 1-3. On a cot, in a bright room with 7 other kids.
Friday we went to Doug's office picnic, we got home at 2:00 pm. No nap, we try for two hours and give up. Periodically one of us goes in his room and tells him to go sleep. We figure he missed his "nap window", give up, go on a walk.
Saturday, we go to the wine festival. I say screw it, if he is not going to nap anyway, we might as well have fun. We get back at 3:00, he takes a two hour nap.
Sunday, I go to the gym from 10-12. He plays in the kids club. He goes down for a nap at 12:30, does not nap, chats in his crib until 2:30 when I am ready to give up, and falls asleep. Of course, we are late for my parents Father's Day barbecue.
Please, please help me. This is a kid who needs a nap. If he doesn't nap, he goes to bed at 6:30, and that is just so early, if it's a weeknight Doug doesn't even get to see him.
Plus, I'm seriously about to lose my mind.
When I was first pregnant, Doug and I had a conversation about people we knew with kids. Doug commented that there seems to be a trend among women to criticize whatever the husband does with the kids. In fact, with one couple we know, it went so far that Dad just stopped helping. Doug blatantly said to me, "don't do that." And I vowed I wouldn't. I take the attitude of, Doug may do it different than me, but as long as Michael isn't dead, it's fine. I don't criticize Doug's parenting (all right, every once in a while, but that outfit really didn't match.)
And Doug is Michael's favorite, by far. He only ever wants Daddy. And I'm okay with that.
A recent article confirmed what I already knew. Kids need Daddy's different way of parenting. Their way is just as ok as your way, it's just different.
Shannon tagged me for the coolest meme. (And I just have to say if you are not reading her you should be. No one writes with the brutal honesty that Shannon does. Even through difficult times, Shannon never minces words.) If you read me often enough, you know I never met a meme I didn't like. But this one is different.
The rules are simple, copy the list of charities and links (grab it from whomever tags you) and add your 5 favorite charities or non-profit organizations to the end (link to their sites with anchor text of the causes they champion). Of course finish things off by tagging 5 other webmasters/bloggers and then publishing the post or the webpage.
Court Appointed Special Advocates-(CASA)- The mission of the National Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Association, together with its state and local members, is to support and promote court-appointed volunteer advocacy for abused and neglected children so that they can thrive in safe, permanent homes.
House of Ruth-advocate for and assist women and children victimized by domestic violence by providing shelter, programs, opportunity and education; to contribute to social change through intervention, education, prevention programs, and community awareness.
Children's Hospital-I linked to DC's, but nearly every major city has one. Children’s has provided hope to sick children and their families throughout the region for more than 130 years. What started as a small hospital in the city has grown to a nationally recognized leader in pediatric medicine with research facilities, satellite offices around the beltway, and primary care centers. Our physicians and nurses are among the best in the nation -- providing everything from routine well-baby exams to pediatric specialists in all medical disciplines. Children's is also a research facility, with hundreds of grants and studies performed each year.
The National Children's Advocacy Center-The National Children's Advocacy Center (NCAC) is a non-profit organization that provides training, prevention, intervention and treatment services to fight child abuse and neglect.
Avon Foundation-Since it was founded in 1955, the Avon Foundation has been committed to the mission to improve the lives of women and their families. Now past the half century milestone, the Avon Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity that brings this mission to life through two key areas of focus: breast cancer and domestic violence.
Now, the list, with Shannon's additions-
- Bosom Buddies
- Modest Needs
- Autism Speaks
- Your local food pantry
- Your local Domestic Violence Shelter
- LDS Humanitarian Services – donate to charity
- American Red Cross – emergency response
- Wasatch Homeless Health Care Incorporated/4th Street Clinic – health care for the homeless
- Newborns in Need – knitting for preemies
- Habitat for Humanity
- American Red Cross - disaster relief
- Raleigh Rescue Mission - homeless raleigh
- SOS Children’s Villages - sponsor a child
- Samaritan’s Purse - emergency relief programs
- St. Jude Children’s Hospital - cancer research
- The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation - children with AIDS
- Make a Wish Foundation - grant a child's wish
- Save the Children - children in poverty
- Ronald McDonald House - helping sick children and families
- Toys for Tots - toys for all kids
Before I tag people I need to give a shout out to my friend Beth's charity drive, Small Change, please go check out this month's challenge. I came up with it!
My tags-
1. Allison-but she's on vacation, so we will give her a pass until she gets back.
2. Tiffany
3. Dena
4. Alex
5. Ken
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