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“Mommy is old. She is older than you, Daddy”

Jun 9

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This is so NOT true. I am not older than Mr T. Although if I were I would totally own up to it. But I’m not.

Did I mention I just had a birthday? Yeah, I did. I had to share it with Big T. I don’t not mind though. I am now in my thirties. I can now be referred to as “thirty-something”. I don’t mind that either. Being “thirty-something” means that I know who I am, I know what I believe in, I know what I like and what I don’t like, I know how I like my steak (a bit bloody), I know how I like my men (how I like my MAN, really)…

I don’t know everything, but I am finally developing a confidence that comes with age (and parenting). I stand up for myself more. I know my strengths. I know my weaknesses. I know what I am good at, and what I am not so great at. I know who my real friends are, and I can identify my frenemies. I am finally learning that letting go is not always bad, and holding on isn’t necessarily good.

In all of this, I still don’t know what I’m going to be when I “grow up”. Where is this science thing going to take me? How will I change the world?

 Because I WILL change the world.

PS: I’m thirty-one. Yeah, that’s “thirty-something”…What?

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“Sunscream”

Jun 2

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This is what Big T calls sunscreen

This is also what happens when one gets sunscreen in the eye! YEOUCH!!

So it is officially warm weather season - 3.5 months from late spring to early fall. (yep, that’s all we get per year around here. 3.5 months of warm weather, and 8.5 months of sucky weather, but I digress…). Warm weather season means the kids play out in the sun all day. Yes, it’s true, we as a family are not melanin challenged. However, I still feel the need to protect their delicate baby skin. So there I was, in the suncreen aisle at Target…confused, not knowing which one to get…what level of SPF? spray or lotion? Neutrogena or Coppertone? AAARGH!!

In honor of all this mayhem, I have compiled a list of my top five pet peeves about suncreen

5) I feel ridiculous even buying it. For real. Like how the average caucasian would feel buying jherri curl activator. No wait…bad analogy…anyone would feel ridiculous buying jherri curl activator…

4) Not the best smell ever.

3) Apparently it expires within a year, so I have to buy more next year???

2)Speaking of which…that junk is expensive!!! Seriously??? The Neutrogena stuff was $8 for 4 ounces. ON SALE! It is the fleecing of non-sun worshippers everywhere.

1) SUNSCREAM!!! (yeah, I got suncreen in my eye this morning).

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“Tak oooo”

May 29

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Little T has quite a few words now. The one he says the most (by far) AND in context is ”Thank you“. But it sounds more like “tak oooo”.

Literally the cutest Thank you EVER.

At least I am raising a polite young man. I ran into a lady in the hallway at work yesterday. Rude, rude, rude as can be. She was lost and needed directions. And apparently maybe she thought I worked for her or something. She came to me asking for directions. I have to admit, I chuckled a bit, because she was waaaay lost. Like “how did you get here if you were trying to go there” kind of lost. But it wasn’t a condescending chuckle. It was a commiserating kind of chuckle. Anyway. I went above and beyond. I walked her half-way to her destination, and then I gave her excellent directions the rest of the way.

aaaaaand…she strode off without a second look at me

REALLY? REALLY????!!!

Oh she also said “oh yes, yes, that’s where I got lost, got it now” before she strode off.

And then I said “you’re welcome”. But I don’t think the ungrateful, entitled broad with the chip on her shoulder heard me.

I think Little T could have taught her a couple of words. words like “tak oooo”. I didn’t help just to receive a thank you. But it sure would have been nice to hear.

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“Make it a really BIG one!”

May 26

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You know what I like?

BUBBLES!

They are so fragile, so beautiful, so…perfect. Even the imperfect ones, the ones that look like a fusion of a big bubble and 3 little bubbles…even those ones are gorgeous. They catch the light and just float free. There’s just something about bubbles. Something. Makes me feel carefree, and reminds me of warm happy summer months. Times spent playing outside and being a kid all over again. What I’d really love to do is walk through a forest of bubbles. But then they’d all pop as I brush past them, and that would be sad.

Tonight Big T and I played with Bubbles outside for a few minutes before bedtime. He kept asking me to make them bigger and bigger, and  he would only pop the really big ones.

The ones that escape Big T’s popping fingers float away and…*pop*

Not to get all deep and everything, but the bubbles also remind of the fragility of life. Here one moment and gone the next. Enjoy it while you can. Float as high as you can. Travel as far as possible. Let the world see you shimmer in the light.

Be…bubbly!

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“Dear Lord…”

May 19

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“Bless my Mommy and Daddy, and my baby brother, and my three little sisters Norbert and Andy and Bernard. And help Thomas to be a Really Useful Engine. And help Lightning McQueen to be a Really Awesome Race car. Amen”

I believe that was the cutest prayer EVER.

And if I ever have 3 little girls, they will not be named Norbert and Andy and Bernard.

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“I like your hair mommy…your hair is awesome”

May 13

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Me? Awesome??

:) :) :) :) :)

I got braids – extensions – and Big T likes them

He’s such a sweet boy. Somehow he must know that positive comments about mommy’s hair put mommy in a good mood. I did get compliments on my hair from lots of people, but Big T’s was my favorite compliment – 4 year olds just don’t lie about this sort of thing.

My hair really must be awesome

:) :) :) :) :)

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Research is going well

May 3

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Research is going well.
I just need to give an update on how things are going at work. Things are going so well at work, I am almost afraid to say it out loud. Experiments are working, we are preparing another manuscript, I am learning to use new software for data analysis…and the implications of said data are potentially enormous!! I am doing it! I am exhausted half the time, and i require a certain level of caffeination… but I am doing it!! I am WIFE. MOM. PhD. I may not be doing everything perfectly, but I will not stop trying.

Yea, it’s going well.

This is one of those empowering posts…to keep myself going. Hope it works! :)

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“It’s a daddy card!”

Apr 20

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Big T has been saying some really funny things lately. Also, he is expanding his palate. I know, 2 random thoughts in the same paragraph :)

OK, so about him  EXPANDING HIS PALATE…

Yesterday, he ate yogurt. Yogurt. Seriously, he ate yogurt. We went down the yogurt road a couple of years ago. It did not go well, and I wasted a bunch of money. So, I still cannot believe that he actually ate yogurt. Not only did he eat yogurt, he ASKED for it. I did not offer it.  And he liked it. No. In fact, he loved it. He said (and I quote) “I don’t like yogurt, I LOVE it”

Now he also likes chocolate chip cookies (apparently they are his favorite), he likes pears (uh-huh, the fresh fruit), rice krispie treats, and carrots.  My little boy now eats more that 8 things. That palate. It is e.x.p.a.n.d.i.n.g!

Regarding the title of this post, I was cracking up so much when Big T said this. It’s amazing how his mind works.  He was going through Mr. T’s wallet, and found his driver’s license.  He exclaimed “It’s a Daddy card!” SO CUTE!

<I wonder if a daddy card is kind of like a man card?>

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