Current mood:	tired
Current music:	teevee: American Idol

stop the clocks and turn the world around
So after all that, I screwed up my Chili's mystery shop. We had to order two different entrées. Michelle got the same thing as me, so they rejected my shop and won't reimburse me :(

I can't even blame anyone but myself, I didn't remember that from the prep sheet, and just hadn't expected Michelle to choose the same thing as me anyhow. When she did I was like "Uhhh...i think it's okay" but couldn't say anything in front of the waitress. Damn damn damn. $38 and two hours down the drain.

You know what I find probably more disturbing than a five year old with a bottle of soda? Four 8-10 year old boys drinking Red Bull. Mr B and I saw them on our walk to do and I was just aghast.


So I was freaking out about that rash on Mr Baby's thighs last night. He woke up every 2-3 hours crying, it was obviously bothering him. At one point he actually handed me the tub of salve I'd been putting on it. Poor baby.

This morning the general redness was gone but it was localized into three different areas that looked like, I don't know, burns or scrapes. I was totally scared that something weird was in the well water we use for the baby pool or that he'd gotten into something poisonous in the yard, or God knows...

I actually made him a doctor's appointment for tomorrow in case it hadn't gotten better. We met Jennifer at Hoffbrau and I showed her one of the areas. She was shocked and said it looked like it had been pinched in a door or something. I was so anxious about it, had been all night and morning. Then Michelle showed up and I shared the story with her as well. I showed her the same area on Cash's leg and she said "Pfffft girl, I can tell you exactly what that is. It's the liner from his swim trunks. Andrew has a scar from the exact same thing" and showed me.

Dr Michelle saves the day!

I guess the wet elastic on their baby little thighs is just a bad thing. It's funny because I'd just been thinking when I wrestled him into his trunks yesterday why do they put these dumb things in baby swimsuits anyhow, they wear diapers inside them? i should just cut it out.

I should have listened to myself! Poor Cash.


That said, he was in good enough spirits today! We had the patio to ourselves at Hoffbrau again and the same hostess and waitstaff were happy to see us! The hostess said we should come every week and they'd just rename the front patio Hoffbrau Daycare.

When I arrived at the mall and got out of the car, I discovered that my black Bernados had a problem, the sole had separated from the bottom of the shoe, and I couldn't walk more than a few steps without tripping.

So I went into Penney's where I have gift card and looked for a pair of shoes to match me. There was a pair of black and white wedge sandals that worked and a pair of black & white Keds style skimmers with a peep toe. The latter were unlike any pair of shoes I own, and $10 cheaper than the wedges, so I figured I'd go with them. I thought I might have blisters by the end of the day because I'm not used to shoes with backs, but I thought I'd make it through the shopping expedition.

Ha! By the time I got from Penney's to the restaurant, the backs of my feet were raw. I actually had to take the shoes off to chase Cash around the patio.

Cash and I shared a soft pretzel and some wurst. Carter mostly sat nicely while Cash & Andrew tore around like maniacs. They really are starting to play with each other as opposed to near each other, it's adorable. They were on opposite sides of a table and Cash would squat down, Andrew would squat down to look at him underneath the table. Cash would giggle and jump up, then Andrew would pop his head up the other side and they would just scream and laugh.

It's so nice to eat somewhere they can run and play. That's not, you know, McDonalds.

Oh angelpez, I brought his little drummer bear toy and all the boys had such a good time running around the patio with it!

Michelle had some band aids, so I put them on before we left and put the shoes back on. From there we went to Ulta where moober bought me two fantastic eyeliners and some lip gloss. Thanks!

The store was a bit hard to navigate with a grabby baby in a stroller. I had to keep him RIGHT in the center of each aisle so he couldn't reach all the fun shiny things on the shelves.

By the time I was done in there, my feet were in total agony, band-aids and all. I was walking on the backs of the shoes because I couldn't wear them for another step. Michelle then offered up some socks. I said "Oh, I'll look hot in my skirt with socks and those shoes and she rolled her eyes at me and said "Yeah because you look so classy now?"

Hahah I love Michelle. She's sassy.

I put on her socks, and even they could not help. Eventually I just took the stupid shoes off and walked around in socks like a dope.

We went to Borders and I got an iced mocha at SBC. Carter & Andrew were running around the kids' section, but poor Cash was so tired and thirty minutes past his naptime, I knew if I took him out of the stroller, he'd pitch a fit about getting back in. So I just said good bye everyone & ran to Old Navy for a few things I'd wanted to get for Mr B. As I expected he started crying in the checkout line. He hates old Navy, he always cries! I think because the line is always super slow and he gets frustrated.

I decided to take the stupid shoes back to JC Penny's on my way to the car. Why waste $17 on shoes that tear up my feet so bad?

So I came in flip flops, stayed in skimmers, and went home in borrowed socks.

Mr B fell asleep before we were even out of the parking lot & snoozed all the way home. Unfortunately that was only about thirty minutes and he did not nap anymore when we got home.

What's more, he went to sleep at 2015, woke up thirty minutes later and is still up. He's insane with exhaustion. I'm getting there.

We finished Lucky You which was just okay. Went on too long & I didn't buy Eric Bana in the role at all. The best part was just picking out all the obscure Vegas spots we've been to.

Mmmm water


And even more mmm.....celery




Gosh but he's adorable, isn't he?


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Oh well. I disagree with America.

Our dvr cut off right after Ryan said "Cook!". At least it waited that long. But we didn't get to see any reaction. Again, oh well.

This was not a stellar season.


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