Musing on Monday Again

Monday.

Back to it.

Another week already.

I cannot believe how quickly the time is flying by.
Last week was just a blur of activities, between Edward's illness that he very kindly shared with his dad and sister and the PSSAs and our homeschool co-op and a birthday party sleepover...and...and...

You get the picture.

I should have had some of the new...drumroll, please...24 GUM! (What they won't think of!) Apparently the motto is "Chew More, Do More." Hmmmm..... I'll have to watch Jack Bauer on tonight's episode to see if he's chewing gum. Maybe that's the secret to his "weebling."

Anyways...

I'm looking at the calendar this week and sighing. It's not quite as busy. Yay!

* * *

Emily survived her tests without a problem. She actually enjoyed the time and even made a new friend named...Emily.

Edward is finished his medicines and the nebulizer treatments. We go for a second follow-up visit next week to make sure everything is cleared up.

* * *

Edward experienced his first sleepover at a friend's house last Friday. His friend invited him and two other little boys to have a pizza-movie-sleepover. I asked if I could help out -- a. k. a. hang out with my friend and watch movies -- in case Edward decided he didn't want to stay.

But come bedtime around 9 p.m., he was really psyched and excited to be sleeping at a friend's house.

By 12:30 a.m., we really "laid down the law" and told the boys they had to go to sleep. Seems each of them had been taking it in turn to wind up the others. All part of the fun of a sleepover. In the end, they all finally crashed on his friend's bunkbed, three on top and one on the bottom.

Edward was quite a tired boy the next day...but he had a great time. And that was what it was all about. Naptime came early Saturday.

* * *

5 THINGS TO BE HAPPY ABOUT

• Spanish moss
• a burst of energy
• the backseat of a stretch limousine
• a softly rainy spring day
• extra batteries when you need them

* * *

Stuart had to travel to the English office of GAI-Tronics several times when Emily was still a baby so we took the opportunity to travel along. It was fun because we got to ride in style with him in a limo on the way to the airport.

On one of the trips, Emily -- newly potty-trained -- had to go "tinkles." And when she was first starting out on the "potty train," having to go meant NOW.

The woman driving the limo was new and went the wrong direction on the turnpike, putting us 20 miutes behind schedule and many more miles away from the airport.

Needless to say, we were further from our destination and...a bathroom.

So what do you do in that sort of situation?

Use a soda glass.

Our poor little girl got "pee-lock" from it (probably not a bad thing considering that the alternative may have been harder to contain than we thought...plus, quite a shock to the limo company on the car's return to base).

We rushed from the limo into the airport, carting our "potty princess" to the nearest bathroom.

The result?

The bathroom was equipped with automatic-flushing toilets which scared Emily so much she continued to have "pee-lock" until we got on the airplane.

Happily, she didn't hear the airplane's toilet flush until we were on our way out....otherwise, she might have held it all the way to England.