More Encounters with Rude and/or Crazy Folks

After the twins woke up from their mid-day nap, all three of us were experiencing some cabin fever. So, I loaded us up and went to the pedi’s for a free weigh-in. (They let us come in when ever we like to use the scale.)

Kate… 18 lbs, 7 oz (almost 2 lbs gained in a month)

Carson…22 lbs, 4 oz (10 oz gained)

The nurses went on and on about how good the twins looked, and Kate even flashed her new teeth (that she didn’t have at the last visit) at them.

As I was loading them into the car, a cranky elderly woman was parked next to me and immediately (and without any prompting) started a rant about how much twins suck. She told me she is a twin, she has two sets of twin grandchildren, and twins run in her family. It was a very uncomfortable situation for me. How exactly do you respond to, “I wouldn’t trade places with you for all the tea in China!” I was in a good mood and not wanting to get into it with her, but I hate it when that happens. Social graces and tact are apparently a thing of the past.

After that I drove the twins up to Mark’s office for a quick visit. I haven’t brought the twins up there in a very long time, and I know Mark wanted to show them off. As I was waiting at a light of a busy intersection (MoPac & Parmer for you Austin folks), I saw a homeless woman panhandling. She held a sign that read, “Pregnant and Hungry. God Bless You.” I never give money at intersections, but I felt sorry for this pregnant woman. So I rolled down my window and handed her a full roll of unopened Ritz Crackers that I had just put in my purse before we left the house (the twins like to snack in the car). She gave me a horrible look , violently swatted the crackers from my hand and barked, “I don’t want your God damn food, bitch! I want your cash!” Lovely. So up goes the window and off we drive.

My mom is coming into town tomorrow evening to help us with the garage sale on Saturday. I am looking forward to seeing her. It seems like it’s been longer than it actually has been. Plus, I think Mark and I are going to a have a date night either Friday or Saturday night.

 

Updating Blog Photos & Design

I am in the process of updating the blog design (the photo on the top was almost 5 months old), so this is what you get to look at until everything is done.

Tidbit: I spoke too soon about how great life was with the monitors off. Last night I was up a little late watching Atonement and I could hear Kate crying. Her cry sounded frantic, so I went up to check on her. I could see her by just the light of her little night light, so at first I didn’t notice that she didn’t have pants on anymore. When I picked her up I felt her cold, wet bare ass on my forearm. When I turned on the light she started laughing as I looked in horror at what she had done. Let’s just say that it looked like she had saved up all of her pee for the entire day, and then unleashed it all over her bed. So I had to change her bed and her, and she went right back to sleep. Then this morning she took off her PJ pants and diaper off AGAIN as she was playing in the living room as I prepared breakfast. I’m not sure what to do about it. She thinks it’s the funniest thing ever, but this is a trend I don’t want to see continue. I think it’s funny (and a little disturbing) that my little daughter gets such a kick of out showing the world her bare bum and girly bits. Sigh.