Identity

Today Juan had school photos taken and I was standing in the check-in area at preschool, quickly trying to fill out my form (given to me before today and with plenty of time for me to have done this at home), forgot the checkbook, luckily I had some cash, didn't have an envelope, couldn't figure out the packages, kept looking over the shoulder of another mom to review the packages until finally she flipped my form over to show me that I, too, had the packages listed on my paper. . .all of this made us late to run our errand in Omak (40 miles away) and 15 minutes plus late to pick Juan UP from preschool 2 1/2 hours later. Of course I couldn't call ahead and let them know because I didn't ever enter the preschool phone number in my cell. All of this left me wondering if this is the mother I am. Am I the flaky mom at school? Maybe so.

After two days with a puppy, we have decided it is not, in fact, the time to get a kitten as we had planned. In fact, we may opt for a nice adult cat in a few months. Our house simply cannot hold anyone else who is not in control of their bowels. Also, the puppy needs to sleep ON someone. John had to hang a foot over the bed last night so she could be quiet and cuddle with it. Juan will not let her sleep with him, his words tonight: "I love her SOOO much. Now take her OUT." So she follows me around and whines until I sit long enough for her to fall asleep on my feet.

I'm making brownies with Mary Lu's boiled and smashed apples from today. Not for health reasons, but because I don't have an egg.

Mary Lu is a walker now, just shy of her 10 month mark. She falls a lot, but is very determined.