Days can pass before I update this blog. Did I mention that on the 18th, we heard the baby’s heartbeat? Hmmmm…. just wonderful. This weekend I had a few hours off Vince duty and hung out with Carrie and Asuka and lazed the Saturday afternoon away. She showed me her gold tooth. Very pimpy. On Saturday night, we had my famous calzone, made more famous by trading in the canned pizza dough with Adam’s fresh pizza dough. Jeremy made a beautiful and delicious creation. Sunday, we hung around the house, although we spent a lot of time outside (walking along the rail trail and at the playground). Then in the evening, Seth, our landlord came over and fixed the lawnmover.

I’ve had a bunch of stupendous accomplishments this week:

1. Beat out a bunch of moms to sign Vince up for storybook hour at the Pleasant Valley Library.

2. Remembered that trash night was Monday and not Tuesday, thus proving to Jeremy I was not losing my mind.

3. Finding a wallet at Bard and returning it fully intact.

Yesterday was a long day for me. Vince slept at 10 am on the way to Bob and Katherine’s, so the afternoon nap was shot. So it was a long afternoon for me. Shannon and Lauren came over for the chemistry tutoring by Jeremy and Vince had a blast. He was so excited that even though we drove home at 10 pm, he didn’t fall asleep in the car.

This weekend was really nice. Sometimes I think we are really bored and don’t really do anything. Other times I think we are overbooked. On Saturday, we went over to Jonathon and Christine’s house and played with Jillian, Mattie and Dakota. It was really enjoyable. Their house is sparcely furnished which made playing in the house a lot of fun. Vince actually played by himself in an upstairs bedroom while everybody downstairs was playing with the playstation. On Sunday was my birthday, the Martin’s came over and brought over this delicious blackberry and peach pie. Wonderful!

We went to Li-hua’s new house last night. She just moved in a few weeks ago. Her husband and son live in Long Island and she goes home every weekend to see them and become a soccer mom. Vince did eat a lot at her house, especially the soup. When he’s done eating and wants to play, the soup starts dribbling out of his mouth.

Last night we went over to the Rozman’s house to see Susan. She has not a bit of hair on her head and she looks so much like Carla now (not that Carla has no hair.) I guess you concentrate a lot on the face with the hair all gone. She seems so well and energetic now that she is on her break of chemo. She says the three days of chemo really kicks her ass. We had so much pizza and ice cream. It was a lot of fun. Vince was also screaming his head off, really, really enjoying himself. The moon was out in full glory and Mars was smack dab next to it. The weather is so wonderful.

Yushan showed up last night and we had a wonderful late night dinner. Vince was so excited to see him and loved having another person at the table, he wouldn’t go to sleep until everybody had retired. This morning I had to face a mountain of laundry and dishes and trash in the house. The study is our disaster area. I really have to work on that! Bob is going to buy me a music stand for my birthday and Katherine gave me an old alto plastic recorder that they had lying around. I just have to get it recorked. My list of things to by that cost more than $30 is increasing rapidly. We’re still trying to stick with our budget. It makes the week more fun for me actually (adds a bit of a challenge.) Vince is too young for the playgroup co-op and also there isn’t any space, so maybe next year. We checked out the Millbrook training center and spa, which is really nice and active. There is a nice child care center where I left Vince for 10 minutes while I checked the place out. He screamed his head off. Just great!