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October 16, 2009

To Rhinebeck

It's been decided! We'll be there!!! I'm not going to let a little rain or cold keep me away. Even though so many of the friends I look forward to seeing won't be there, I need the little break. And, believe it or not, I knit a hat for Meli just for the occasion. Not gonna let that opportunity slip by. It may not be a sweater, but hell, it's something knitted!

But first, I'll be visiting a Retina Specialist because of a little incident I had yesterday. I was working a lot on the computer, something I haven't done in a while, and suddenly I had this little spot in my vision that I couldn't see past. It was like I had stared into a lightbulb or something, but it started getting bigger and then it was all jagged and flashing - think holiday lights on speed - and then bigger and bigger and I swear I was having a stroke. Luckily my mom was helping out with Meli yesterday because I was FREAKED!

And then it was gone.

I think most likely I had an opthalmic migraine. The description on the page I linked to fits the incident exactly. But just to be on the safe side, I'm having it checked out.

Never a dull moment. Hope to see you at the 'Beck (as G's taken to referring to it!)

Posted by Cara at 09:30 AM | Comments (33)

October 15, 2009

To Rhinebeck, or Not Rhinebeck

That is the question. G says it's up to me, of course, but he asks do I really want to go if it's going to be cold AND wet? Cold is one thing - but wet too?

I actually really want to go. I'm not sure why - there's nothing really I want to buy. Of course, there are many people I want to see so that IS the real reason, but there are lots of people that won't be there too and is it worth it to drag my husband and baby through those wet barns?

Sure, I could leave them at the hotel and traipse around by myself, but do I want to do that either? I've been prepping Meli for SHEEEEEEEEP all week.

What's the answer here? HELP!

Posted by Cara at 02:28 PM | Comments (24)

October 02, 2009

Darkness on the Edge of Town

You're all very sweet to worry that something must be very wrong for us to miss a Bruce concert, but the gluttonous truth is that we're seeing him tonight. And next Friday night. And in November. See? It's all good.

I hate that I haven't been here much lately. Things are going well behind the scenes - well - sort of well. The previous owner of our house neglected to tell us that the shower (the only shower in the house) leaked when it needed to be regrouted and we were surprised by a leaky hole in our newly painted kitchen ceiling yesterday morning. SURPRISE! And he also neglected to mention that there might be a problem with the heater, which shut off soon after we turned it on the day before yesterday and then proceeded to leak onto the basement floor. SURPRISE AGAIN! The plumber and I are now good friends.

(Yes we had the house inspected. And yes we are looking into our legal rights on these issues.)

Home ownership is fun! I did buy some beautiful mums and some pumpkins (a big one for Daddy, a medium one for Mommy and a baby one for Meli!) for our front step which made me exceedingly happy. Of course that was before the house started to leak everywhere.

Oh and our apartment is off the market. I shouldn't even be saying this but we're out of the LONGEST ATTORNEY REVIEW ON RECORD and await the joys of inspection. If this deal closes it will be a miracle. The only good thing about it is we won't own it anymore. Enough said.

Meli is fantastic. I wish I had pictures to show you - I took some on Labor Day (really truly that's the last time I took pictures of her. How pathetic is that?) But I haven't had the opportunity to process them yet. My office is on the third floor and I've started working again (not that I've been getting any work done) but I can't really be up here with Meli so I never really get up here. Eventually the plan is to have a computer station in the basement where the playroom is and then hopefully I can be on the computer while she plays. I actually go DAYS without being online. It's good I guess, if I felt like I was being productive in other ways, but really I feel completely out of touch.

Back to Meli. She runs, she jumps (well - she tries really hard), she sings, she talks NONSTOP. For the most part she's just a love to be with all day long and I wouldn't trade her for the world but she doesn't like to fall asleep. Once she IS asleep she sleeps great - in her own bed (twin mattress on the floor with this GREAT PRODUCT to protect her from falling the 2" to the ground) in her own room - but getting her to sleep is a total bitch. I've tried a lot of stuff, but I think she just takes a long time to get to sleep. I'm usually out cold before her and then I wake up and stick her in her own bed. We've tried naps, no naps, routines, blah blah blah. She just has trouble going to sleep. But this means I have no time at night to myself, which really sucks. And no real time in the morning to myself which really sucks. Just kind of like no time to myself. My dad's been coming up once a week to play with Meli and that gives me a great break, but I need to find a mother's helper or something. Eventually I'll get to it. Like everything else.

Anyway, so that's what's been going on with me. I've been knitting, like I said, on socks. A new pattern is, believe it or not, in the rotation. I promise promise promise I will take pictures soon! Oh and my boobs stopped leaking - YAY! That was completely annoying and distressing for a bit. I'm loving the fall weather even if I am a bit freezing this morning with no heat. And I'm looking forward to Rhinebeck in a couple of weeks. We'll be the family with the little girl who's head keeps spinning around because of all the sheep. (Although if there were monkeys her head would absolutely explode!) BAAAAAAAAAAA!

Posted by Cara at 09:24 AM | Comments (17)

October 01, 2009

Dancing in the Dark

Is anybody alive out there?!?!

We have two tickets for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band that we unfortunately can't use. The details are as follows:

Saturday, October 3, 2009
Giants Stadium
Section 226 (Mezzanine Level)
Row 7; Seats 13-14
7:30 PM
$98 each (Face Value)

Bruce and the Band will be playing Born in the USA in its entirety during the show. Please leave a comment if you are interested in purchasing the tickets. THANK YOU!

PS - Sorry for my silence. My computer time has been basically nil. I hope to get on more frequently in the days to come. I have lots of knitting to show you - and - wait for it - a new to me sock pattern! Hope you're all well! L, C

Posted by Cara at 01:20 AM | Comments (9)