AMomTwoBoys

And I realize I’m blending idioms, or euphamisms, or whatever the hell you’d call those sayings (anyone?  anyone?).  I tried to wikipedia it, but I got so confused after about the third sentence that I gave up. 

Anyway, what I’m trying to say is that this has been a LONG week.  The fact that I was exhausted (and maybe still hungover?) from being in San Francisco didn’t help, and it was just one thing after another ALL. WEEK. LONG.  Both good & bad. 

First let me start by saying THANK YOU to everyone who gave me a big virtual hug in regards to my post on Zach and his apparent eye problems.  There were a lot of tears this week, and a good bit of them were caused by your outpouring of support.  I love me some internets and you guys gave me great perspective.

We went to the Pediatric Ophthalmologist on Thursday morning, and he basically confirmed what the Optometrist had told us on Tuesday.  So, on Monday we’re heading over to an optical shop to pick out some nifty frames for baby Zach.  While the vain, superficial part of me wants to get him some cute little wire frames, the practical side of me, which is usually NOT very persuasive, realizes that I need to get him some sturdy (read: hard to break) plastic frames.  That look something like this:

So, until I’m comfortable enough to think that he won’t pull them off constantly, he’ll look something like this:

Which is much cuter and easier to deal with than what I was thinking he’d look like earlier in the week.  If you remember.  And while it still kills me everytime I think of covering up his beautiful blue eyes with glasses, especially of the uber thick, coke bottle variety lenses, I realize that it’s really what’s best for him.  Especially as his crossed eyes (or accomodative esotropia) seems to be getting worse as the week has progressed.  Glasses will completely correct that situation.  And let me tell you, it’s pretty pathetic.  Pretty freakin’ pathetic.

On top of all this, my computer crashed (NOT the one I won at BlogHer, which I’m typing on right now) so I haven’t had much access to email or pictures, or any of the information I had stored for the Great AllMediocre Giveaway of ‘08.  I don’t know if anyone has asked to be added to AM, or if anyone has emailed me at that address.  I can get, but not send, emails on my amomtwoboys account, so that’s something.  If you’ve emailed me and I haven’t responded, please don’t hold it against me.  If you’ve asked to be added to AM and haven’t been, don’t hold that against me either.  Nerds to the Rescue are supposed to come to my rescue on Monday and hopefully I’ll be back up and running.  In the meantime, if any of you can give me a lesson on setting up Outlook on two computers without totally fucking it up, I’d greatly appreciate it. 

AND, I have a RAGING sinus-y cold.  I’m not sure which one of you BlogHer bitches gave it to me, but if I ever figure it out I’m going to hunt you down and…I’m not sure what.  But it’s going to be BAD and you should be AFRAID.  Very afraid.  My nose is running, and completely stuffed at the same time, my eyes are watering, my head is stuffy…it’s very unpleasant.  And makes me very crabby.  And OH SO tired.  So very tired. 

On a good note, we got Dylan & Zach’s swingset finished today, which has produced MANY an excited giggle and shriek of joy from Dylan.  So that’s been fun.  I’d share photos and videos with you, but I don’t have this computer set up for that and frankly, I don’t feel like spending the time doing it.  I know you’re crushed.

I also got to make real life hang out plans with two of my new favorite people.  I’m sure you’re sick of hearing about them, which is stupid because they’re AWESOME, so I won’t tell you who it is…I’lljusttypethatit’stheSpohrsreallyfastandthenyouwon’tcare.  And I know you’re totally freakin’ jealous.  Bwah ha ha ha ha!

And!  We “won” a trip to Disneyland!  All we have to do to claim our “winnings” is attend an hour and a half long presentation.  For a timeshare.  It’s really AMAZING how lucky we are, isn’t it?  But we’re totally going to do it, because HELLO, free trip to DISNEYLAND!  How fun is that? 

Once again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of your support this week.  I really can’t even begin to tell you how much it’s meant to me.  And you can bet your little asses that I’ll put a picture up as soon as Zach’s got his glasses. 

I’m alive!  I survived!  I made it out of San Francisco yesterday and am sitting at the kitchen table at Grandmaother’s.  Zach and I are about to pack up and head home, but first we’re stopping to by see his Great Grandma Ann. 

So, you’re going to have to wait a bit longer to hear about my wild and crazy time at BlogHer ‘08.  Some of my mis-adventures include, but are NOT limited to:

• Setting my hair on fire
• Winning a laptop
• Being called a “dirty whore bitch” (or something of the sort) by a homeless man
• Ingesting copious amounts of alcohol
• Laughing so hard that I almost wet myself (courtesy of Moosh in Indy)
• Meeting so many amazing women (and man, or should I say “couple” because OMG, I LOVE his wife too.) that I can’t even BEGIN to figure out how I’m going to tell you about them all.  All I can say is that I’m going to be doing a whole bunch of linking. 
• Committing Zach to an arranged marriage.  I know that’s not technically the “thing” to do here, but I just couldn’t resist. 

I’ll leave you with that.  And until I can sit down and start writing about it, you’re just going to have to head over to AllMediocre and try to win some free stuff.  We’ve got some good shit to give away ALL WEEK LONG, so don’t miss out!   

I had a whole post in my head (and half written - HI Big Waste of Time!) and then deleted it. It was going to be about how my life getting ready for BlogHer has become a real life Mastercard Commercial, and how I’m pretty sure I’ve purchased EVERY item that is currently available at Ann Taylor Loft. But then I decided that if you aren’t going to BlogHer you probably don’t give a rat’s ass and don’t want to hear about it, and if you ARE going to BlogHer, you’ll see me there and don’t care about it either.

So…here we are. I really don’t have much else to say except that I should be getting shit done because I hope to leave my house within the next two hours. But I’m not, I’m sitting here writing a post about nothing because I don’t know where to even begin.

I’ll be checking in with you while I’m in San Francisco. I have NO DOUBT that I’ll have some awesome stories to share. And photos. Lots & lots of photos.

Quart (my sister & a non-blogger) and Z will be taking care of AllMediocrewhile I’m gone, so be sure to check in over there and see what they’ve got going on. And remember that MONDAY kicks off the Great AllMediocre Giveaway of ‘08. Spread the word! I’m still looking for (and receiving!) items for the Giveaway, so let me know if you’ve got something you’d like to share!

Have a great few days and I’ll see you in, or from, San Francisco!

And so should you.

Her name is Nicole Controneo and I want to be her BFF.  She writes the food & travel blog NY Girl Eats World and was a judge on the Venezuelan Arepa Throwdown (Mother-Fucking Throwdown with Bobby Flay if you remember) that I just watched.  She’s freakin’ adorable and so is her blog. 

If you’re like me (and I have a sneaking suspicion that a few of you are) and you LOVE food and LOVE to travel but don’t get to cook anything creative because all your children will eat is mechanically separated chicken formed into the shape of a dinosaur, and your husband won’t venture beyond the bland world of meat & potatoes and you don’t get to travel because of aforementioned kids and husband, then her website is for you (everybody stand up and cheer “Run On Sentence!”! 

 You can live vicariously through her!  Traveling the world and eating to your heart’s content!  With the added bonus of not ACTUALLY ingesting the fat & calories!  See?!  It’s win/win!  Live your REAL life and then live a whole other life on the side!  It’s like you’re a CIA operative…or something.

On another note, one of my original Blogger Girl Crushes has some exciting news!   The original Mother Fucking Throwdown with Bobby Flay particiapant, Amalah, is going to BlogHer!  And, she’s given me a whole new thing to sit here and worry about in the weeks leading up to it!  Not, what in the hell am I going to wear?  Not, what if I’m not the real life person that people expect and no one likes me (which I’m totally not really worried about because I’m AWESOME in real life)?  Not, what if I accidentally say something stupid?  Not, what if I trip and fall and create some sort of horribly embarrasing scene?  NOW I have to be worried that some smart ass comment I make (because you KNOW it’s going to happen. Often) is going to come back to haunt me.  What if it’s not even a smart ass comment and it’s totally misconstrued and STILL comes back to haunt me.  OMG…I think I’m going to claim laryngitis and lack of a voice. 

I’ll just sit in a corner with my laptop reading NY Girl Eats World.