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[sabine]

Some good things happened over the weekend.

• I made a pair of shorts from the P4P Straight Palazzo pattern out of some el cheapo GC sale fabric. I cut them to the shorts length mostly because I wanted to see how they'd fit through the tummy and booty before committing to anything bigger. They're okay. I need more rise in the back and maybe a little more rise in the front. They're also pretty darn short, especially on my long legs. They're comfy and good for at home and sleeping, if nothing else.
• I nearly finished two P4P Deep Sea V-neck shirts for Emi. On one of them, the neckband got a little wonky, but not bad enough for me to rip it out and start over. I need to hem the bottoms and topstitch the neckband and then they're done!
• I went over to Nearby Town and submitted the paperwork and $$ to get my passport renewed. It really, really expired so I had to basically apply for a brand new one. Emi asked if she could come with me, so she was playing a tangram game on my phone while we waited and waited for our turn.
• After the passport outing, Emi and I stopped at the local cafe. I had a fancy coffee. She had a limeade. We sat and enjoyed the place, though Emi kept asking if there was ANYTHING on the menu that was safe for her to have. Poor kiddo. Maybe someday.
• Saturday afternoon and evening, we had friends over. It was galieth's birthday, so we played games. Castle Ravenloft kicked our butts as usual. Snake Oil was waaaaaaay too much fun. The Kill Dr Lucky card game (Get Lucky) was fun, but we miss the mechanics of the board game. The card game is much more cut-throat. We ordered in pizza and then watched The Lego Movie. I didn't get to see most of the movie because of putting kids in bed and then back in bed and then back in bed again, but it was nice.
• Ox was very sad while we were playing games, since he really wanted to play, too. Emi got to play Ravenloft with us, but got kicked out during Snake Oil, since her reading skills aren't quite up to the necessary level of that game. Also, our senses of humor are grown-up and some of the products we came up with aren't appropriate for small ears.
• We did some dungeon runs in GW2 Sunday afternoon. One really hard one and then an easy one. It was a little stressful during the hard one, but we managed.

Last night at bedtime, I told Emi that I have a work trip this week and that I'd be home on Thursday. This is after she saw me packing my suitcase, mind you, but at that time she'd been more concerned with whether she could convince me to either play more games at the table or let her "fly" on my feet. She totally broke down sobbing, but agreed that it would be okay if she could Skype with me daily and if I bring her back a package of bubble gum.

Neither kid woke up when I came in this morning to give them big hugs. Emi stirred a little to remind me to bring home some gum. Ox was passed out cold.

Now it's raining and I'm trying to get all the things done so that when I leave with my car pool at 1:30, nothing explodes. I'm sad, of course, and will miss my kiddos. I'm also going to miss dance class. And all the other things that go into my daily life at home. I'm still tired and worn down, but I don't see this changing ever.

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[replyhazy]

And me! I want bubblegum too! :)

I have some interesting new dance videos that a friend found at a garage sale. Maybe we'll have to do a video-and-craft night again.

[sabine]

That'd be fun! Bubblegum for everyone!