Have I mentioned that my birthday is coming up?
No?
Oh, I have?
Well, surely I haven’t said yet how old I’m going to be?
Oh.
I have said that too, have I?
One can say that I’m just a teeny-tiny obsessed about turning 40 this year. This could be because I clearly remember my mother turning 40 (I was 16! Sixteen!!!!). Or, it could be because I am now due for a lovely date with a tube in an uncomfortable place (yup, colonoscopy at 40; part of my father’s inheritance).
It may just be that 40 sounds so OLD to me. While I believe that whole spiel about “you are only as old as you feel”, let’s face it, I’m not a 20-year old. In fact, 20-year olds call me “ma’am” (bastards!). Forty is (sob) middle aged.
Fortunately, Fairly Odd Father is doing his best to keep me from wailing too much. A few days ago, a Fed Ex truck drove up and gave me these:
Wait, there is more:
The card said this:
“Please do not schedule anything for July 20-22. Your time has already been accounted for.”
Apparently, I am being taken somewhere for the weekend. A weekend without children. Without children. This will be the first time we have gone away together without the kids.
Who will watch the kids? Oh, just my mom and my sister. Yes, this sister, who is clearly suffering from some sort of post-partum insanity. I am terribly grateful for this insanity. The insanity of my mother will be a bit more interesting. I can just hear her shouting commands in German at my three children: “Nein!” “Schnell!” “Dummkopf!” Oh, it will be an interesting weekend in the Fairly Odd Home.
As for the husband and I, I have no idea where we are going or what we are doing (I do know we are not skiing; I asked). I wish I had time to get into bikini shape, because it seems like a weekend away for the first time in almost seven years would warrant “bikini shape”, but it ain’t gonna happen. Stay tuned for more info.
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On a separate, but still happy, note: I WON! I WON!
I won the Cool Mom Picks’ Mother’s Day contest (yes, I know that Mother’s Day was a while ago, but still jump up and down and squeal with me, ok?); all I did was put their pretty little Mother’s Day banner on my site, and I was picked randomly as the winner of such awesome prizes:
First there is a Zutano gift card worth $250 which is more than I spend on any one kid in a year. Then there are these prints and photo album from Mahar Drygoods. I cannot wait to frame the prints and hang them in the kiddos’ rooms.
The mommas at Cool Mom Picks really offer some great prizes which is why I’m so jealous I won’t be able to play their big scavenger hunt at BlogHer ’07. I hope one of you wins!
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I’ll leave you with one last thing:
Yes, turkey momma and her turklets, or whatever they are called. Eat, momma, eat! No one likes a skinny turkey!
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