1. I finally finished reading "Here Be Dragons" after 2 months! Granted it's a 704 page book, but still, I never take that long to finish reading books I like. It's a testimony of how crazy our summer has been that it took me that long to finish it.
Also, it was hilarious that I had just finished the book and then checked my email and had a message from Lara with advice about my ankle and this sentence, "Why is it taking you so long to read Here Be Dragons. Did she burn the bed yet?" It made me laugh out loud that she had even thought about this and mentioned it to me. I was very happy to be able to write her back to say that I had just finished it and that the bed had been burned months ago!
2. On Thursday, while out hobbling errands (there was no running involved) I was slowly making my way into Costco and saw this old woman standing in the parking lot looking around. She saw me and said, "I'm looking for a cart to help me get into the store" (she was in a handicapped parking spot) so I showed her one next to a nearby car and she got it and said, "We can share this and get in the store together."
It was the sweetest thing, to be sharing the shopping cart with this old woman as we slowly limped into the store. She said she used to walk 4 miles a day and that it's very frustrating not to be able to do that anymore. I felt thankful that my injury is temporary and that I'll be able to recover and be young and strong again soon. (I really wish I had thought to take a picture of our hands on the cart at the time, it would have been such a sweet picture.)
3. The kids started school on Thursday, so I made them our traditional first-day-of-school, chocolate-chip cookies in celebration. They walked in the door to find this plate of cookies on the table awaiting them, along with 2 new Guitar Hero guitars (I had returned the ones Landon had bought with his birthday money because they didn't work). Their jaws dropped and then Landon proclaimed, "Mom, in like 5 seconds you have made me so happy! I wanted chocolate-chip cookies, I've been wanting some bagels from Costco, and I really wanted to go exchange those guitars!" It was a rock-star mom moment for sure!
4. Cute Collette called me after reading my post about hurting my ankle and was sweet enough to bring over an ankle brace, a heating cushion-type thing, an ice pack and a CANE! The crazy thing is that this is the 2nd time she has brought me supplies to help with an injury; the first time was in February of 2004 when I tweaked my ankle after wiping out on black ice at Amy's house after book club one night.
5. Randy's brother Larry, his wife Daniela and 2 of their 4 kids came to town to bring Gifford (their oldest) to BYU. I had to miss going to dinner with them the other night because it was right after "the incident" and I wasn't very mobile. Fortunately they were able to stop by Thursday night after having dinner with some friends. It was the first time Larry or Gifford had been to our house (we've lived here 5.5 years!) and the 2nd time Daniela and Isabella have been here.
6. Whitney and I made waffle cone sundaes (courtesy of Michelle) during intermission of our Jurassic Park movie marathon last night. Randy and Landon were on a scout camp out, so Whitney and I made mini pizzas together, then watched Jurassic Park movies 1 and 2 (she loves these) while I alternated between icing and heating my cankle. Those movies don't scare me, but I did find myself standing at the kitchen sink wondering what it would be like to look out the window and see a T-Rex in our yard.
Memory Tidbit: I remember back in 1993, after Randy and I (we were dating at the time) had seen Jurassic Park in the theater a couple times (it was awesome in the theater) every loud noise I'd hear seemed very dinosaur-like to me. Especially because there was a lot of construction going on behind the condo I was living in at the time, so those construction vehicles sounded very loud and aggressive to me and I could totally picture huge dinosaurs crushing trees as they walked by.
7. This is a very unsightly photo, but I simply must document my cankle. My ankle has swollen to the point that there is no bone definition at all (which makes shaving a breeze). I hadn't realized that I have bruising on the inside of my foot or the extent of the swelling until I stood on the porch to take these pictures. It's fascinating and gross at the same time!
**Have you ever taken 2 months to read a book?
Have you read "Here Be Dragons?"
Isn't my Costco story sweet?
Ever made someone's day in 5 seconds?
What do you think of Collette's delivery?
Have you ever had cankles?
Did you know there are websites about cankles?**
Have you read "Here Be Dragons?"
Isn't my Costco story sweet?
Ever made someone's day in 5 seconds?
What do you think of Collette's delivery?
Have you ever had cankles?
Did you know there are websites about cankles?**
