never never never

so i went and took a swimming lesson today. i haven't swam since september and i am totally pout of swimming shape. i have some work to do if i am going to be able to swim a mile in july.

i registered eric for the xterra world championships in october. we will be going to hawaii!! i am trying to plan it and thot i had it all figured out, including that the airplne tickets will be free because of frequent flyer miles, but then i realized we would be gone over halloween. i just don't think i can do that. the kids will only be little once and each year that passes they will be that much closer to not wanting to get dressed up and all of that. there are just so few years and even though i am sure whoever wound up watching them while we would be away would get them in their costumes and they would probably not even realize we weren't there, i just don't think i can miss it. i told eric and mentioned that we might wind up going sooner and leaving sooner after the race, his response was that he didn't think he wanted tojust hang out before the race for too long. we will not go to hawaii for the weekend. maybe i will go by myself and then he can some whenever. i am excited none the less.

AND i am working on finalizing all the toronto plans! how fun! its going to be crazy!!

swo, another reason why i won't ever get promoted... i was on the phone with my boss and i told him i wasn't feeling very well. he told me that i need to take better care of myself but i told him that i think it was beause i had been on vacation and then re-entered the big pool of germs that is the work place. that is a totally acceptable answer until i added, that maybe i should just stop licking the doorknobs. even that would have been ok if when he asked why i would do that i would have just told him it was an OCD thing or something (more on that some other time) but no, i had to tell them they were magically delicious. whatever. someone asked me what my new years resolutions were and i mentioned some goals and stuff, but really i think i should just shut up. and get a raise.

i took the kids shopping yesterday and it was SO MUCH FUN. yes, it took 45 minutes for us to just get out the door and into the car, but once we were off, it was great. seamus added a new element of fun to the whole trying stuff on -everytime we were all in the dressing room, right when i would say, have my shirt off, or maybe my pants or maybe both, she would open the door or the curtain and put me on display. between her and sirus and the totally awesome shoes and the 1/2 priced fruit cake from harry & david, it was a totally fun adventrue for us. now, if only i would have gotten that handbag....