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I’m kidding, of course. For those out there that don’t have a sense of humor.

You know who you are.

Jazz’s driving “lessons” are going well. He’s catching on pretty quickly. We’re still having trouble staying in the lane – he tends to drive on the edge of the road, which makes me ride on the edge of my seat. I’m constantly having to point to his side of the car to indicate he needs to get over.

His corners are better – we no longer turn them on two wheels. (You only THINK I’m joking).

He’s been driving to school – We almost hit a kid in the school parking lot the other day. To be fair, it wasn’t totally Jazz’s fault. These high school kids have a tendency to walk in front of the cars without bothering to get over. I guess they think they’re being “tough” and “cool” when we know they’re being “idiots.” There’s a portion of the parking lot where you have to turn left. In the meantime, there are kids driving toward the back lot and you have kids that have parked in the back lot that are walking to the school.

So. You are trying to avoid being T-boned by an oncoming car and trying to drive around teenagers who refuse to yield.

Fun stuff.

We drove the busier roads today. He did really well. We drove all around the outskirts of town. We’ll drive those roads several more times before hitting the highways. It’s supposed to rain Wednesday – I’ll probably have him drive to school that day too, so he can start getting some experience driving in rain.

Then. Night driving. *gulp*

And parallel parking. But Kevin is in charge of that because I SUCK at parallel parking. I always have.

I’m thinking he will be ready to take his test in March. Since it’s dark when I get off work, that only leaves the weekends to practice driving, so we don’t really have very many opportunities to drive.

I took a short video of him today. He was cranky because I made him stop playing his precious video game and go driving. (*GASP* Tough toenails). I would have pushed it (because I’m mean like that), but I didn’t want to distract him too much.

I have to say, I’m ready for him to get his license. It will make it SO MUCH easier on everyone when he’s driving on his own.

Jazz had a buddy from school come over yesterday so they could finish up a project for their Earth Science class. They built a structure that is supposed to withstand a rocking table for two minutes. In other words, a structure that can withstand an adolescent earthquake. They were given some wooden rods, glue and a base. That’s it. This is what they came up with …

If it doesn’t stand the shake test in class tomorrow, he’ll only get 50%. Which will drop his overall grade, which is third highest in his class right now.

So, he’s a bit stressed. And I’ll be praying the thing holds together.

It was a gloomy, typical December day in the Ozarks. Cold and overcast. It feels like snow, but I don’t think we’ll get any snow. Then again, our weather is unpredictable so … you never know.

Correction, make that ice.

Awesome.

Kevin and I ran up to his office today … he couldn’t resist putting a little tree up.

Aw.

He had to print out pictures of his pelvis, both before and after his motorcycle accident. He’s meeting with our lawyer tomorrow … and that’s all I can say about that.

It’s pretty obvious that he loves his office …

… don’t ya think?

After we left his office, we went to Walmart so I could pick up a game that I had shipped from site to store (because I suspect we have a neighborhood creep stealing our mail/packages), and we bought these goodies.

Kevin picked up cards for an 18-year old boy and an 8-year old girl at a radio station last week and we went shopping for them. The girl wanted a Barbie doll and an MP3 player (I can’t believe how cheap shuffles are now), and the boy wanted tools so he could use them to work with. Kevin had a ball with this one. We bought him some sort of screwdriver set, a toolbox, a gift card and Kevin cleaned out some odds and ends in the garage that he has never used – so the boy will get a few surprises when he opens his toolbox.

We LOVE shopping for foster children. It’s heart warming to do something for them. I just wish we could do more. My heart breaks for these children that, for whatever reason, have been abandoned by their parents.

I hope you’ll find it in your heart to donate to needy children this holiday season.

Afterwards, I dragged Kevin to Shoe Carnival. I needed to buy some dress flats to wear whenever I have to work outlying clinics at work and when I tried these beauties on and they felt so good, I simply bought the same style but different color. (Can you see the difference? One is black, the other is navy).

That pretty much sums up my cl

I’m tired.

But what else is new.

I’m going to Harrison on Friday.

As in Arkansas.

I know you’re silently screaming FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, KAREN, WHY?!?!

I’ll answer that silent scream with, “Because I opened my big, fat mouth and volunteered to learn outlying clinics and *POOF* they took me up on it and now I HAVE TO TRAVEL WITH PERFECT STRANGERS AND REALLY SMART DOCTORS.”

God help me.

Also?

We spent three hours with a contractor last night.

We are very excited.

But I’m too tired to go into details … yet.

Soon, my pretties, soon.

I just spent thirty minutes proof reading Jazz’s Volcano brochure. Even though I had to pinch myself to stay awake three times. I also uploaded it to Kinko’s so they could print it out – we’ll pick it up tomorrow after dinner.

I’m making Jazz drive over there.

He doesn’t know that part.

Remind me to tell you about yesterday … when Jazz nearly ran a kid over in the school parking lot driving himself to school.

I’m totally not kidding.

I’m such a tease, aren’t I.

Soon, my pretties, soon

Are you taking time out of your busy schedules to take a breath, appreciate the season and listen to some good old fashioned Christmas music?

Well, WHY NOT?!?

Do it now.

Or I will go all Grinch-y on you.

Also. Where did November go!?!

(This isn’t exactly “old-fashion” Christmas music, but whatev).

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Jazz has been banished to the garage. He was getting on my nerves and I couldn’t take it anymore. I’m sure he’s hot and it’s stuffy out there but TOO BAD – feel the wrath of MOM.

Okay, not really. He IS out in the garage, but we had nothing to do with it. He’s out there practicing his saxophone because today was the first day of band camp and since he’s sectional leader, he has to set … what? You didn’t hear?

Yep. Jazz is SECTIONAL LEADER. *goofy grin*

Which really simply means, he’s in charge of the entire saxophone section. Which, with the incoming freshmen, is at a whopping SIXTEEN. (Including Jazz). Yes ya’ll, 16 freaking saxophones.

Can I get a “HOLLA?” Woot-woot

It’s because saxophones are ‘DA BOMB’, that’s why. Everybody wants to play it.

Actually, it’s quite possible they won’t end up having 16 saxophones when school starts. Some of the kids drop out when they figure out how hard marching band is, and the band director might ask some of them to play instruments in areas that need them – but for now, he’s in charge of making sure every saxophone player knows his/her part so they can kick butt in competitions.

Jazz has been all business since coming home from camp today. He spent a few hours transferring his dot schedule (please don’t ask me to explain what that is, it’s in essence, well, look at that picture – it’s a marching plan and it tells the kids where they’re supposed to be at all times during their show. There’s some sort of app that he has on his iTouch that he can transfer the schedule to so when he has to refer to it, he can just pull out his iTouch instead of carrying around a stack of papers. Cool, right?), and he’s practicing the music so he can “set a good example, mom.”

That’s my boy. Show em who’s boss. (Only don’t be TOO cocky, no one likes a know-it-all, in-your-face, I’m-better-than-you sort of figure head).

The band is also collecting canned goods to donate to a food charity, so Jazz and I will make a trip to the store after camp tomorrow and pick up some stuff. I also need to buy more bacon and eggs because we’re been MAKING our boys eat a big breakfast every day. We’re doing that because we’re concerned. I don’t know how they did it, but our boys have lost weight these past weeks and they both look malnourished. No seriously, they are skinny as rails and Kevin and I are both a little freaked out with how skinny they’ve gotten.

Also? Dude has been drinking coffee. I haven’t been buying him Mountain Dew (he just drinks it late at night, making him stay up all night and AARGH – not while he’s living IN OUR HOUSE he’s not!), so in order to get his caffeine fix, he’s been drinking coffee. It’s really weird drinking coffee with my son. It’s like he’s a grown up … sort of. (In my dreams – patience, Karen, patience).

*Jazz just told me that he’s part of a quartet. Apparently, he, and three other saxophonists (that word sounds funny) will separate themselves from the group at some point in the show, come up to the front and play a solo, only … there’s four of them and … oh, you know what I mean. He said they had to try out for the part and he made it . Have I mentioned I’m fiercely proud of this kid??

They’re having an ice cream social next Tuesday night and the parents get a chance to hear what they’ve been practicing on. I’ll take some pictures.

I have an appointment to get my teeth cleaned tomorrow. *GULP* I haven’t been to the dentist in … oh gosh, a few years. My teeth are a bit sensitive when I bite

(Totally not my picture, or a picture of me [I wish]. Cool though, right? Click on it for credit. Also? I’m sort of feeling like this chick – bad ass).

Good grief, this day passed in a blur.

I dug my heels in and answered ALL of my emails (well, almost, I got a few more just now, but those are going to have to wait until the morning because my brain? It’s mush[ier] than usual). In addition, I dug my heels in and worked on designing a website for some high school counselors and oh! I just remembered, I need to send a list of questions to a new client.

In between all of this, I hounded Dude to get up, take a shower BEFORE getting on the computer (unbeknownst to him, this will be his new habit), and to start researching places he wants to work at. “I don’t know” won’t cut it anymore, we want concrete answers – short term and long term goals. I told him this morning that summer vacation? Is over for him. Also? Childhood is over – he’s a man now and it’s time to figure out what he’s going to do with himself. We’re making him dress up in slacks and a nice shirt (not a t-shirt) and come up to the office tomorrow so we can conduct mock interviews with him. Then, he’s going to drive a few places and pick up some applications.

Yep. We’re pushing him. Because we have to. If we waited for him to do something, we’d both be walking with canes.

Mean? Perhaps. But sometimes ya gotta do what’s necessary and this is necessary.

I also took Jazz to a dentist appointment today. He has to wear rubber bands for six weeks. Something about correcting his bite.

He’s NOT happy. And his mouth is sore right now, but I’m HOPING that this means we’re nearing the end of the treatment because I seem to recall rubber bands being the last step before the braces come off.

I hope so.

Especially since his mouth is now paid for.

At least he has a week to get used to the things before band camp starts next week.

Eight to five, Monday through Friday (and the following Monday). It’ll be grueling, for all of us, I assure you.

Speaking of teeth…

Mine have been giving me problems. I bit down on something the other day and OUCH. I thought at first I had lost a filling (nearly all of my molars have fillings, in fact, one molar is one big filling. No joke), but I don’t feel anything unusual in there, so now I’m thinking maybe I have some food caught in there so I’ll floss tonight. If that doesn’t help, then I’m thinking maybe I have some decay under my filling which means … I’ll be making an appointment to get my teeth cleaned to see what’s going on.

I really dread this and not just because going to the dentist is SO MUCH FUN, but because we don’t have dental insurance.

Swell.

But if I don’t treat this now, it might get worse and REALLY expensive, so it’s probably wiser to nip this thing in the bud … or the root, whatever the case may be.

I took Jazz out driving yesterday and we went on the side streets. Only, I took him a bit too far and we ended up on a curvy road and we nearly had a head-on collision with a pretty red pick up truck.

Now Jazz is scared to drive. *SIGH*

I was going to take him back out tonight after dinner, but I was so wrapped up in trying to get my emails under control, that I lost track of time and now it’s dark so &hel

It really warms my heart that our boys are such good friends. They rarely fight. They laugh a lot. And they truly seem to like each other.

They also have each others’ backs when they play games. I pray they have each others’ backs throughout real life, too.

Do you ever get the feeling you're coming and going? This is one of my favorite vacation pictures, I think.

I’m getting ready to write the last entry on Kevin’s CaringBride page. I’ll likely leave it live for another two months and then delete it off the web. I plan on converting his journey into a softback book as a keepsake. Hopefully, I’ll never have to use the CaringBridge page again. (Though it’s been an awesome tool).

We went to the bone doctor yesterday. They took fresh x-rays of Kevin’s pelvis and knee. Kevin said it was interesting because when they positioned him on the table (they had to remove his shorts because he was wearing cargo shorts and the metal would mess up the x-rays – he was pretty embarrassed about that), he made it a point of lying straight. However, the x-ray of his pelvis was clearly NOT straight. His right hip is higher than his left (which would also explain the fact that his belly button is off kilter – his entire pelvis has shifted position). The physical therapist said that that should work itself out as he heals and his bones and muscles heal.

And the bones are definitely healing. The doctor showed us where his fractures were and the white lines, that indicate new bone is growing, were indeed thicker and more pronounced when compared to his last series of x-rays.

His knee has healed. He no longer has to wear the leg brace (he hadn’t been wearing it for a few weeks anyway), so we don’t have to worry about that anymore. Kevin was concerned because he still can’t bend over enough to reach his feet (he has to twist his body into a pretzel to put his shoes and socks on – he hates asking me for help), but again, the doctor said that that would come with time. He just needed to be patient and continue stretching and exercising. The doctor said his pelvis will likely never be where it was before his accident, but over time, he should regain most of his mobility and flexibility back.

Kevin was also concerned about the continued swelling in his right leg. Some days are worse than others and his right leg swells to nearly twice it’s normal size. But since he sustained nerve damage in his right leg, the nurse told us that it takes a lot longer to heal than bone does. In fact, she said one inch of nerve usually takes about one month to heal and considering his entire leg was damaged, it could take up to a year or longer for that to completely heal, or at least heal as much as it’s going to. We were a bit discouraged to hear that part, but neither of us were surprised. He was involved in a pretty serious accident so OF COURSE it will take time for him to recover.

I think we’ve been so encouraged by his walking that we just thought he would continue to heal as quickly. But the doctor said no – generally speaking, the body heals quickly the first three months after an accident, and then the healing process slows down after that three months have passed. It’s like the body heals the most important parts first to get the body functional, and then concentrates on fine tuning the smaller areas later.

He no longer has to take Coumadin (blood thinner). Thank God for that. I was never too happy about him being on that to begin with, but it was necessary given the injuries he sustained. They stopped prescribing the narcotic he was taking for pain and have prescribed a less powerful pain killer for him. Which is fine because Kevin usually only ends up taking two pain killers a day – one shortly after lunch and then again at bedtime. He says he’s not really in any pain anymore, he’s just really sore at the end of the day. O

My brain is fried.

Wait … let’s try that again.

My brain is more fried than usual.

I have so much swirling in my head that it’s hard to keep it all straight. So … I’ll just start talking and leave it up to you to sort it out.

You’re welcome.

I drove Kevin to his last physical therapy session today.

He told me later that he was going to miss these sessions. He really feels like they’ve helped him (and I concur) with his recovery process.

Plus, he’s the sole focus for an entire hour and he enjoys the attention.

Apparently, I’m not giving him enough attention at home.

Duly noted, my dear.

The PT really ran him through the wringer today. He had Kevin do all sorts of stretching and rolling exercises as well as walking up an incline and stairs. Though he aced most everything that was thrown at him, he did find a few positions that he wasn’t able to perform very well. He’ll be working on those a lot in the coming weeks.

We do not have any more physical therapy sessions scheduled. He’s supposed to go see his bone doctor July 27th and we’ll find out whether he recommends any more therapy. Kev’s PT said he was going to recommend that he continue the sessions to his doctor – he feels like there is still a lot of work to do and again, I have to concur. Even though Kevin has been making remarkable progress, there are still quite a few things that he can’t do comfortably, or at all.

Kevin called his bone doctor to find out if he needed to continue wearing the knee brace. The doctor is recommending that he continue wearing it until his next visit. So, we’ll be taking that knee brace on vacation with us.

Our air conditioner is acting wonky. It barely cools (though to be fair, it does fine as long as the temps don’t go over 90 degrees) and it’s not pulling the humidity out of the air.

So, it’s like breathing underwater in my house right now.

Not fun. And not comfortable.

We’ve already spent too much money on this heap o’ junk this summer, we’re loathe to spend more. Kevin thinks it needs to be cleaned out but he’s incapacitated and he can’t get to it. This of course, frustrates him to no end and he gets cranky, which in turn, makes me defensive and cranky and well … we end up walking on eggshells for a few days.

He needs to crawl under the house to check the pipe thing-a-ma-jig and check to see if the coils blah-blah-blah. I don’t know, he loses me after “coil.” And though I’ve offered to be his legs for him (even though I’d rather have my left arm cut off [and I say left because I'm a leftie] than crawl under the house, where it’s dark, damp and full of creepy, crawly things and *SHUDDER*), Kevin declined my offer. Actually, he snorted, rolled his eyes and THEN declined.

Hey! I can’t help being a GIRL. Dark, damp, creepy places give me the whillies, sue me.

Anyway, we’ll likely ride the rest of this season out (thank God for ceiling fans and box fans) and then concentrate on giving it a good overhaul later when Kevin can get around.

(Again, I offered to help!! Don’t you dare suggest that I didn’t. I’ve actually been forced to step out of my comfort zone several times these past months so … there).

We were on our way to lunch yesterday when I stopped next to the mailbox so Kevin could get the mail. And in that pile of mail, I received an envelope. (I never get mail).

Since I was driving, Kevin opened it for me.

It was a thank you card from one of the schools I volunteer for. Well, I actually maintain their school website for free (long

… every single drop of moisture in our bodies is beading on our sweaty skin and evaporating into thin air.

And speaking of air … the air is so thick and heavy in our house right now, I could spoon it up and serve it for dinner tonight.

(I just made that up. They don’t call me a writer for nothing. Who’s they?).

In layman’s terms?

Our air conditioner conked out.

And it’s 92 degrees outside right now.

Naturally.

I actually noticed something weird going on last night at about 4:00 in the morning.

I woke up in a puddle of my own sweat.

I got up to check the thermostat – 80 degrees. Uh oh.

Then I noticed a weird, grinding, high-pitched screech coming from somewhere outside. I slipped on my flip-flops and investigated – it was coming from our air conditioning unit. Double uh oh.

Kevin called our air/heat/plumbing guys (All Klear, if you’re in the area. They are awesome), and they came out to take a looksie.

The fuse box was completely melted and the capacitor was blown. But they were able to repair it and though it’s blowing now, it doesn’t feel like it’s very cold so I hope this doesn’t mean another problem. But then again, it IS hot outside and it takes a while for the house to cool down so …

I can NOT walk outside without getting eaten alive by mosquitoes. I don’t know what it is about my skin, I guess it’s particularly scrumptious, because they seem to zero in on me the moment I step foot out of any sort of structure. It’s so annoying.

I should just buy gallons of bug spray and bathe in it, as much of that stuff I spray on me every day.

Whoa. Where did those rain clouds come from? One minute it was bright, sunny and 92, now it’s dark, gloomy and … 92. Oh well, two out of three ain’t bad.

One of our neighbors just came over. She was a walking advertisement for Sevin – the bug spray that supposedly kills Japanese Beetles.

Which, in our experience, does NOT kill Japanese Beetles.

She “suggested” that we try spraying our trees with the stuff, too, so that we could “all work together to keep the beetle infestation under control.”

When I told her that we set out bags last year and caught (read disposed of) probably thousands of them, she simply smiled and said, “Yes, I remember. We did the same thing. The only problem with that is that it attracts beetles from other neighborhoods into ours. Then, they lay their eggs in our yards, and in June, they hatch and we have a bigger problem.”

*Smile*

She has a garden. And it’s starting to bloom really pretty flowers, only four hours later, those damn beetles get wind of it and completely shred them.

She was just a bit annoyed by that and is apparently on a mission to rid the neighborhood of the suckers. We’ll certainly do our part, but honestly, there’s no winning the beetle battle.

(Anyone have any suggestions on how to get rid of Japanese Beetles?)

*I nearly laughed out loud when I noticed her doing the disapproving once over when she looked at me. Since our air has been out and it’s been so hot, and I’ve been running around all day, I look like one giant sweat stain. And you know what? I don’t give a rat’s @$$.

Jazz bugged and bugged me (pun intended), to buy him a drawstring backpack.

Apparently, these flimsy, goofy-looking things are all the rage with the high schoolers this year:

I don’t know man, they’re big e

And the ceiling fan is finally in.

It took a while. Not because Kevin had trouble putting the fan up, but because when he took our old light out, some of the ceiling crumbled with it. And then he discovered that the ceiling fan was too heavy for the area, so he had to crawl into the attic and reinforce it with a piece of 2×4.

He had to nail in some mesh to reinforce the section that had crumbled away, and then using some sheet rock putty (mud?), he filled it in. After that dried, he then sprayed some of the popcorn ceiling paint on (hush, we like our popcorn ceiling) and when that dried, he painted it to blend in with the rest of the ceiling.

(Tip: paint your ceiling with a semi-gloss finish. It really makes it shine and look nice!)

That took three days. After all of that was done, he was finally able to put in the ceiling fan – which he finished last night.

It looks a bit space-agey. We opted for the black fan blades and the base is a brushed nickel, which will tie nicely in with our faucet (which we don’t have installed … yet).

It’s also a remote controlled fan. Which is really cool and the boys had fun playing with that last night. (And when I say “boys”, I’m lumping Kevin in, too. *grin*)

We thought it might hang too low at first. But it’s not hanging any lower than the rest of the ceiling fans in the house so as long as our visitors aren’t taller than we are, we’ll be good. Otherwise, it might be like walking across a helicopter pad, with the blades going – they’ll have to duck or get their heads knocked off.

Nothing spoils a party more than getting part of your skull chopped off.

Anyway, we like it. And I’m looking forward to using the fan whenever I slave over the hot stove.

(*pause* ….. bwhahahaha … like that’s going to happen any time soon).

It’s been over one week since the counter top guy came out and made a template. Kevin called Lowe’s yesterday to find out what the dealio was.

They’re scheduled to come out next Wednesday at 10:00.

Do you realize what this means??

I will finally have counter tops in one week!!

I have been without a sink for one month now and OH MY GOSH, I’m so ready to have our counter tops AND our sink back. This whole kitchen remodel novelty thing has worn off and now I’m just sick to death of the whole thing. I want my kitchen back! (Which is something I never thought I’d say in my lifetime).

After the counter tops have been installed, Kevin and I will begin thinking about the back splash. We might have the tile guy come back out and do it for us, but we haven’t decided yet. That’s something Kevin and I can easily do so we might just save the money and do it.

Especially now since …………

Kevin is home, full time.

He had moved some stuff around at the office and accidentally severed his Internet connection. No matter what he tried, or how many hoops he jumped through, he couldn’t get the stupid thing back up.

He called his IT guy, he came out, scratched his head and couldn’t figure out what was going on. Kevin called his Internet service provider, they scratched their heads and couldn’t figure it out.

Short of buying all new equipment, which would have been costly and a waste of time, given they were scheduled to move out of the office, permanently, next week, Kevin and his boss decided to just close up shop one week early and start working from home.

So Kevin moved his file cabinets and his computer to his home office last night and now he’s helping his boss get his home office set u

11:37 a.m.

The kitchen is empty and ready to demolish. We have moved everything into the dining room and there it resides, in huge boxes.

Here is one last a shot of the kitchen before the demo.

We’re going to try and salvage the counter tops so we can use them while we wait for the Quartz counter top to get here.

If the guy is still here by the time I pick the boys up from school, I’m taking them to the library so they can avoid most of the dust. I think all of this tile dust has been getting to them – they are congested and feeling a bit under the weather.

This living out of boxes for a week is going to be … challenging.

11:45 a.m.

I apologize for all the kitchen talk – I realize this is probably pretty boring. But I’d like to document this so we can look back, heave heavy sighs and say, “Remember what a PAIN IN THE ASS that was?!”

11:52 a.m.

I can hear the cabinet guy sighing pretty heavily in there. I wonder if he’s getting frustrated? I mean, really, how can he not? That’s got to be pretty tedious work. I mean, we’re taking out tile and I’m not even doing most of the grunt work and I want to scream.

And the pounding begins.

12:15 p.m.

Just had lunch with Kevin.

The cabinet guy found some stuff in the cabinets above the fridge. Oops! How embarrassing!

Kevin is now helping the guy carry out the counter tops. I’m so glad he came home! I don’t think … well actually, I KNOW I couldn’t help carry those out. They’re heavy!

1:27 p.m.

Oops. The guy had to turn the breaker off that juiced the hood above the range and that also happened to be the same breaker that keeps the DSL box and router on so … I was without Internet for a bit.

Cabinets are half gone. The guy pointed out a couple of holes in our wall, they were behind a cabinet and we didn’t know they were there. He wanted to make sure we knew about them so we couldn’t blame him.

It also looks like we’ve had some mice living in our cabinets at some point – there are tell-tale signs and a few tufts of insulation lying about. Kevin won’t be happy to see those holes. In addition, the floor under our sink had rotted out, so that will have to be replaced too.

It’s a good thing we have some time to do these repairs before the tile guys get here on Monday.

1:39 p.m.

I’ve been spraying Windex and Pledge everywhere. But every time I get one area clean, I turn around and it’s dirty again. It’s like I’m at war with the dust.

And I’m going to win, dang it.

And this is probably the most I’ve vacuumed in … well, ever.

1:54 p.m.

Okay, he’s working on the other side of the kitchen now. I wonder what he finds behind THESE cabinets.

Let’s go for nothing, shall we?

2:00 p.m.

The walls are vibrating and cracking – I’m going to choose to believe this is normal.

And I’m dying for a drink of water but I’m too shy to go in there and get some water from the water cooler. I could drink tap but ….

PSHAW! Right!

2:15 p.m.

Afraid to look &h

Karen said, on 2/17/2010 9:37:00 AM

11:37 a.m.

The kitchen is empty and ready to demolish. We have moved everything into the dining room and there it resides, in huge boxes.

Here is one last a shot of the kitchen before the demo.

We’re going to try and salvage the counter tops so we can use them while we wait for the Quartz counter top to get here.

If the guy is still here by the time I pick the boys up from school, I’m taking them to the library so they can avoid most of the dust. I think all of this tile dust has been getting to them – they are congested and feeling a bit under the weather.

This living out of boxes for a week is going to be … challenging.

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7:32 p.m.

Jazz is at a sleepover. Kevin left to go play at a gig tonight and that just leaves me and Dude. We took advantage of this time alone and went driving. We first went to Bed, Bath and Beyond so I could buy a new dish brush and a Yankee candle – cause mama LOVES Yankee candles. Then he drove us to Steak-N-Shake for dinner and I’m now, right this very minute, sucking on a vanilla shake.

My intestines will object later, I’m sure. But … meh. Such is life.

We had a really nice time. He got to practice driving in the dark and it was nice to just be me and him, without the distraction of crazy little brother and without the pressure of having to impress dad – it was just me – boring old mom.

We actually went in to eat at Steak-N-Shake. It wasn’t very crowded when we got there, but of course, the place filled up shortly after we ordered. That always happens – we go someplace, hardly any customers and then *POW* – we’re surrounded. It’s so strange and we all laugh about it now. It’s like, “Oh LOOK! There’s the blank family! They’re so cool! We have to stop and eat/shop there because we too want to be cool!”

Seriously.

Our conversation was a bit awkward at first. But I kept asking him questions and he soon relaxed a bit. I asked him if he was embarrassed to out in public with “MOM”, but he surprised me and said no. Of course, he was probably lying, but it still made me feel good. We talked a little about our upcoming New York trip in July. His eyes lit up and I think he’s really looking forward to going. I hinted that we were going to go someplace fun, someplace that he and Jazz would absolutely love and my very smart son said, “Nintendo World?”

*sigh* I can’t get anything by this boy.

Kevin called while we were eating, he had forgotten his song list and wanted us to drop back by the house and get it for him. So, Dude drove back to our house, I ran in and grabbed it. We then drove up to The New Key Largo to deliver the song list. Kevin was excited to see us and wanted us to see the place where he would be playing. Well, I’ve already seen it, of course, he wanted Dude to see it. So, Dude shut off his car and we went in.

I could tell by Kevin’s face that he was pretty proud to show Dude where they were going to play. And Dude made me proud when he shook hands with the other guys in the band, like the budding man he is.

Now. He’s back online, talking to his “friends.” Though I suppose I shouldn’t put that in quotation marks since he’s actually been talking to this same group of guys for a few years now.

And I’m sitting here, typing to you all because I’m lonely and I miss my guys.

Times like these? I crave a girlfriend.

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