• I paid my one-day late city housing bill in person the other day. My hope was that I wouldn’t have to pay the $500 (yes--$500) late fee if I showed up in person and played the "frazzled mamma" card. When I told the lady that I am leaving to adopt my daughter this weekend she said, “Oh, well I guess adopting is almost as exciting as having your own.” She let me off the hook with the fee, so I figured I’d let her off the hook with the brain fart.
• I washed the wooden floors the other night at 11pm. In a dress. On a 93 degree day in a house without air conditioning. Just to get it done.
• My fabu friends, Lisa and Janell, threw us a shower on Sunday, complete with non-peril cuppie cakes, champagne punch and magnets with Noemi’s sweet face on them. And more gifts galore. I love my girls—such faithful, thoughtful friends. These girls are keepers. Waiting for photos...
• I have successfully worn high heels everyday so far this week. Just because I won’t get to wear them again for a long time.
• D and I moved into our bathroom (in part). Still lots to do, but we now have a toilet and sink, complete with a medicine cabinet hanging above it, on the second floor for the first time in a year. It’s functional now—that makes this girl really happy. Thanks to Daddy-O Roberts for the sweet plumbing and tiling skills!
• We continue to shop for a minivan, but to no avail. The latest one had standing Kool-Aid in the cup holders and a ceiling crusted with chocolate milk. I feel so defeated.
• Shopping, shopping and more shopping. Bottle liners, clothes, airline tickets, pacifiers, hotels, diapers, formula, waterproof shoes, travel size everything, 200 pairs of socks for the sneaker drive…Our credit card company called us to verify that WE have been using it.
• The most recent photo we received of Noemi is her in a Green Bay Packers cheerleading outfit. Hilarious. That is definitely one to save. 'Cause, you know, anyone who knows Donovan and me knows that we are huge football fans. Shake your pom poms, baby—we’re coming to get you!
T minus 3 days to go!
