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Awkward

I started a new class last week.

Today I went to the gym and right when I walked in the locker room I saw one of my new students. Completely naked. And she waved and said, ¨Hi Sara!¨

PAUSE

What would you have done at this moment?
a. go over and say hi to a naked person and have a conversation with that naked body without trying to look at naked body parts.
b. run
c. run
d.run

I basically ¨tipped my fake hat¨ and ran!

Why me?!?!

FB

Sometimes a facebook friend will cross my mind and I think that I haven´t seen any info about them for awhile. I look them up when I get home and GASP they are no longer my friend.

Why not?
Did they delete me?
Was it all a big mistake?
Did they get hi jacked?

They are missing out on a good time because I tell you what my FB pg. is one.big.party. It is like THE VIP ROOM........so there!

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I woke up to rain today. It hasn't rained in 4 months. It was glorious. I actually wore long pants and a long sleeved shirt. Can Fall finally be here!?! The worst time of the day for me is siesta time around 430 when you get that after lunch woozy feeling and any bed is calling your name. N and A are both asleep and I have to go to work around that time. Dang! At least I don't sweat on the bike now.

case of the Mundays.

I have been drowning in a pool of sickness for YEARS it seems. Ok, it´s only been two weekends but still...two weekends in a row. What the heck?

Last weekend I had ¨gastrointiritis¨ which is like diarrhea, puking, stomach pain bonanza all wrapped up in one perfect horrible gift.

Then, this weekend I had a fever and terrible sore throat. I still feel like I´m swallowing daggers but the fever is gone. Why is it that when your throat is sore it feels like you have to swallow every second?

Antonio had a soccer game on Sunday and I sent Nora to my mother in laws house because I didn´t want N to get sick. She came over at some point during my feverish haze and made me freshly squeezed orange juice.

This was just so nice. Antonio and I talk a lot about the differences in our culture and how we were raised. My parents got me an alarm clock in second grade, I had to make my own lunch, no one was waiting for me when I got home from school and they were asleep when I went to school in the morning. When I got sick it was crazy because my mom was a teacher so she had to find a sub and IF she found one she would take advantage of the day and mow the lawn after putting me to bed:)

I don´t think it´s a bad thing because parents do what they have to do but I want to BE with my kids as much as I can before they start hating me......ha!

I should start practicing squeezing some oranges.

20 mths!

Dear Nora,

Holy cow you are going to be TWO before I blink an eye! You are such a little girl now and I don´t think of you as a baby anymore. boo hoo. You are really into your dad this month and I am coming in a distant 2nd which is sad, but totally normal I guess! You wake up and stand up in your crib and say PAPA!!!!! We feed you your breakfast as you watch Calliou or Dora or Pocoyo..all of which you pronounce beautifully. If Dora happens to be on you scream..NO CALLIOU!

We take walks and go to the park every morning and you cannot wait to get outside. You love to swing ALONE which cracks me up..the higher the better too! You can climb like a champ, throw the ball, and do other things I never even thought would be possible for you to do at this age.

We at lunch at your grandmas and you have plenty of toys at her house too. You still eat everything under the sun and then some. You love animals and you ride the Chiqui like a dog. You are STILL taking two naps a day and are such a sleepy bear. In the afternoon you take a walk and go to the park w your grandparents while mama makes a living teaching. They say you are the queen of the park and everyone loves you and wants to be your friend. The ¨cool kid¨ if you will. The other day a lady told me she thought you had a sixth sense...ha! Everyone thinks you are at least 2.5 and when I tell them how old you REALLY are they can´t believe it.
You recently started to pee and poo on the toilet which is hilarious too. How are you getting SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO big? This month after a long year of hip treatments they are over and you are perfect. yay!!!1 We bought you Daddy´s favorite soccer Jersey BETIS and you wear it all around the house all day long. Tonight you HAD to go to bed wearing it. Oh Nora you are such a delight in our lives and you are the most loving, caring, funniest girl around with a heart of PURE GOLD. We love you so much! Happy twenty months boo bear, monkey butt, toot toots...................mama

you leave the room for one second...

and she´s like this when you come back..

back to nature

pics from our hike the other day..

YES

After an ENTIRE YEAR of treatments for her hips N was granted a clean bill of health today. We are so happy and feel so blessed to have such a happy HEALTHY girl!

Drunkard.

Occasionally after work I stop by the store and buy a MINI bottle of Bailey´s which literally is like a glass. I´ve had this same bottle in my school bag forever because I keep forgetting to take it out.

Today as I was riding my bike to work I went over a huge bump and my Bailey´s went flying out onto the street. Holy Bailey´s Drunkard moment. I felt like the biggest freaking tool on the planet. This guy picked it up for me and just looked at me like, ¨huh.¨

Again..amazing!

Withdrawl

My Blackberry has not been working for three days thanks to some D-bag tower in London. Apparently it´s affecting all of Europe, Asia and Africa. Awesome.

I would also like to mention (not proudly) that Every.Single.Time I try to plug in my phone to re-charge it literally takes me like five minutes because I can´t figure out which way the cord goes. It´s pretty amazing really.

Pjs

Sometimes I get e mails from Baby Center and other parenting magazines that give you tips on how to be ¨the perfect parent.¨ I clicked on a link that said, ¨How to make life with toddlers more sane.¨ Perfect! Just what I needed. Some of the comments that I read from other mothers made me lol. There are just way too many to re-post but my favorite one went a little something like this......

¨Mornings are just so crazy in our house so to save a little time I put my daughter to bed in the outfit that she is going to wear the next day.¨

Wait, what? Seriously? First of all, it takes like two seconds to get them dressed. Second of all, what if she sleeps in tights and a dress? Overalls? Skirt? Leg warmers? Roller skates?

Thirdly, no comfy pajamas? No snug as a bug in a rug? No pajama party?

I´m sorry, but this is borderline child abuse!

BULL crap

Look at this picture. HORN GOING THROUGH FACE. I had the pleasure of witnessing this accident on TV while eating lunch. Awesome. Needless to say I was no longer hungry. How is bullfighting even still allowed in this world? Not to mention how incredibly sad it is for the bull...but accidents happen with the matador ALL.The.Time. and they die with kids left at home and a sad, tear stained face wife. For what?? To stab a bull. Sounds like a really really good time.

ha!

Kids are funny. I showed my students a pic of Nora and one of them asked me if she was my sister...amazing! I really don't want to think about my mom giving birth at age 60 or the thought of my parents having sex, well, ever.

vespa

I had a meeting with my boss to discuss some new classes and go over some things. I didn´t know he was going to take me to see these new locations on his vespa. Too bad I had a short skirt on. So, here I am straddling my boss with a short skirt on a vespa. I was scared too so I was like squeezing him with my thighs. I also didn´t really know where to hold on because when I held on the back I was scared so I put my arms around him. HA!

Wedding.

Weddings always seem to go in waves. Feast or famine. (same with kids)

We have not had any in two years and this year we had three in Sept. I´d like to say congrats to my two very best friends Andy and Jenny on their marriage Saturday. I SO WISH I could have gone. I cried. Anyways, congrats!!!!!!!!!!

We went to a wedding in Huelva on Friday night and stayed in a hotel. Then on Saturday we spent the day AT THE BEACH...IN OCTOBER..I swear summer is never freaking ending here. I still have boob sweat. In October. Ridiculous.

No more weddings until next summer.

Here are a few pics from the occassion. We kept N up until ONE THIRTY AM which is outrageous! BUT once a year won´t hurt I suppose. She was OUT when we got back to the hotel. I felt like I was carrying a ton of bricks. Getting her pj´s on was a big challenge too!!!

YES!

Nora pooped on the toilet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ah, the things I get excited about....