Last night I put Miss T down for the night as usual. About 15 minutes later she started to fuss so I went into her pitch-black bedroom (save for the world’s crappiest nightlight) and reached into her crib. I expected to touch nothing but, oh I DON’T KNOW, the BABY? Instead the first thing I felt was warm fur. GAH! Freaking CAT was IN MY BABY’S CRIB. WHERE MY BABY ALSO WAS. Miss T was fine of course, and truth be told was probably more freaked out by my reaction (Exclamation! Expletive! Tossing of cat!) than anything else. I swear, that cat is just constantly finding new ways to mess with me. And now she will be locked in my room every night at bedtime so that I don’t have to worry about this happening again. Baby suffocation by cat is a big paranoid worry for me.
Today is Food Friday at work (our department does this once a month), so I’ll be watching to see if FSL makes an appearance. Sadly, I’m betting she won’t. In preparation for Food Friday an e-mail gets sent out with a list of categories and the people assigned to bring that kind of food. (Lest you think this is ridiculously organized, it is really just so we don’t end up with a half-dozen pans of brownies. Which has happened before.) So my supervisor forwarded the e-mail to FSL with a note saying something along the lines of “I’ve noticed you have been enjoying our food so I thought you might like to participate by bringing something to share.” Hee. The e-mail is pretty awesome in and of itself but will probably curb any future instances of food theft. We’ll see.
I was thinking on my way to work this morning that I would really like to take a vacation. Right now we can’t afford the kind of trip that I would like to take, but that doesn’t stop me from daydreaming about it. I would love to go back to Europe. N and I went to Paris and London a while back and had a fantastic time – it was probably the best vacation I’ve ever had the good fortune to take. (Side note: traveling in the off season – in this case, late February – is the BEST THING EVER. You can get great deals and there are not giant hoardes of other tourists everywhere you go.) I’m hoping that for our 10th wedding anniversary (in 2011) we can go to Eastern Europe sans kiddos. We’ve got 3 years to save the money so hopefully we can make it happen! I love traveling just in general though, so going anywhere that involves getting on an airplane will be okay by me. Now I’m curious – what’s the best trip you have ever been on?
Gah. Cats in cribs would freak me out, especially with our giant 12-pounder. It’s hard enough to breathe when she’s sitting on MY chest at night.
I had a former coworker who was like FSL. He never brought food for potlucks, but often had 2 or 3 helpings of everyone else’s food. The one time he did bring food was to a 3-hour meeting, when he offered a half-eaten box of cereal to everyone – which he was plunging his hand into repeatedly.
Best trip? I’ve been to London and Dublin, but that was with my ex, so I’ll say Cancun. Warm sunshine, banana daiquiris – awesome.
oooo…I cant wait to see what FSL will do next!
Best tip… probably Hawaii for our honeymoon. Lazy days on the beach… man that sounds good right about now. Better than having a screaming spit-uppy babt in your hands!!!
Dammit! That’s supposed to say baby! I hate it when I can’t type!!!
We got married in Puerto Rico and I thought it was awesome. It’s a relatively short trip from the continental US, no passport needed, and it’s got a great Caribbean feel. Plus, the other Caribbean islands are close by. Great environment for kids too.
Ha! I shall comment! Best trip ever…last year (feels kinda dumb since you had to do my work while I was gone so you obviously know about it), New Haven, NYC, CT Indian casino, Cooperstown, Boston then road trip from Boston to Dallas thru NY, Philly, Cleveland, St Louis…best trip ever, even though we almost were killed by the Pennsylvania Hill People.
DC 2 months ago was pretty awesome since I don’t remember a sizeable portion in the middle…will make up for it when I go on the 4th…
All time favorite might be Rome, but trips with my hubby my favorite is Montreal. We went there on our honeymoon. they speak french there so we could tell we were in another country, and it had a European feel (without the price). It is such a walkable city, and we stayed in an apartment in Little Italy so the food good lord…..can I go back now?