So Be Good (For Goodness Sake)

I never understood if the lyric meant that we kids should be good for the sake of being good (which seems like sort of a weak argument to most six-year-olds), or more like it was being barked by a tired, cranky parent during holiday purchasing at the mall: "Be good, fer cryin' out loud!"

But I digress.

The holidays walk among us.  They infiltrate our society with their holiday glamours and make us all giddy with mirth.  Kind of like vampires, but more jingly and less "bitey".  Okay, whatever.  It's holiday time, which means...

Kayleigh just tested for her green belt in tae kwon do!  She's got one more level of green after this, and then she goes into two levels of blue.  She's doing very well, and we're really proud of her.

Oh yes, and there's some Christmas decoratin' going on at the New Circle-D Ranch...

In other news, I woke up this morning [blues riff here], and stepped in cat barf.  It should be said that stepping in cat barf (in bare feet) first thing in the morning is one of my least favorite activities.  Actually stepping in cat barf at any time and in any footwear at all hardly makes the must-do list of pastimes.  I should have been more vigilant, but even living with a bulimic feline, I truly didn't expect to make such a warm and squishy footfall so early in the morning.

Later this morning, while getting dressed, I stepped in a cold puddle next to my bed.  Apparently the cats had decided to go after my water glass.  I threw a towel down to sop it up and quickly inspected the Alphonse Mucha prints stacked nearby for damage.  There was some.  I don't know how extensive yet.

I loaded Tyler into the car, cursing my feline housemates, unable to thaw my windshield with frozen washer fluid sprayers.  Then we sat in downtown traffic for an hour and a half.  Let me repeat: it took an hour and a half to get from West Seattle to the University District.  Fortunately the folks at the CHDD Autism Center were very forgiving, and we were able to continue with the diagnostic clinic.  We'll know more later this month.

That's all I've got for now.  Kayleigh's band concert is tonight, after which I will be collapsing in bed for immediate dust-off and evac.  And tomorrow morning, I'm wearing my slippers.

Weekend Update

Just some bullet points for the new week and new month...

• Kayleigh went to Silverwood in Idaho for her school band trip. They took all kinds of awards and she had a blasty-blast, except for this one time when her friend dared her to go in the pool in her clothes and she did and she forgot she had her cell phone and her wallet in the pockets and her cell phone and her wallet got ruined and she was very upset. But other than that, it was great.
• Friday was pizza-movie night. Another screening of my new favorite buddy/roadtrip/heist/romantic comedy, Fanboys. Another argument with Tyler at bedtime.
• Saturday we crossed some stuff off our to-do list, and, as Tyler was at his uncle's overnight, TFMD and I went to have a nice dinner out, followed by Crumac at Conor Byrne, followed by Uno and Shut-the-Box at The Mop & Bucket. It was a late night, and we were none too happy to see the sun rise on a day that meant a drive to Bellingham for my family's May Birthdays celebration.
• Had a short stay in Bellingham, got to see my grandparents' new digs at Merrill Gardens (pretty sweet), and headed home, exhausted and numb - literally. After four hours driving, my left arm (the one with the pinched nerve) was all pins and needles.
• Monday brought a bunch of errands and medical appointments. And my LMP was able to isolate the culprit muscles responsible for the nerve issue. Another few sessions and I should be right as rain. Not that we would know, what with our sunny 80+ degree days.
• Sun + lack of time {+/- energy} = [lawn > Mekong Delta]
• Having dinner with two of our favorite peeps tonight. And the kids get to fawn over one of their fave local celebs.

And so I leave you with this...