Germophobia

I realize that in this day and age, especially in cold/flu season, it's good to be careful. But I think some have gone out of control. Let me tell you my story...

Yesterday morning, I was getting breakfast in the cafeteria. I picked up what I thought was a poppy-seed bagel with a pair of tongs. As I grabbed it with my hand, I realized it wasn't poppy, but an "everything" bagel. I didn't want an "everything" bagel. Knee jerk reaction? Toss it back, with my hand. As soon as I did it, I realized I shouldn't have. But I figured I'd only held it for about 5 seconds and if anyone toasted it, it would surely kill any germs I might have had on my hand. And, I didn't think anyone saw me, until I peeked through the sneeze guard and saw someone standing on the other side of the "buffet". I wasn't sure why she was standing completely still until I went to toast my plain bagel and saw her muttering and heard the word "bagel". I felt bad because I didn't mean to put back a bagel I had touched. As I was getting my soda and ice, I peeked between the machines and saw her ratting me out to a cafeteria lady! Busted! She didn't point me out specifically, so obviously she hadn't seen the culprit. I believe the bagel in question was then thrown out. Really, it's not like I fondled every bagel. I only touched one.

I want to send some kudos out to my man. He's the bomb. My grandfather's in the hospital. He has pneumonia, but he's doing OK. He lives on the Eastern Shore of MD, whereas I'm more in the central part, so we don't see him often. Luckily, he was visiting with his wife's son when he got sick so he's in a Baltimore hospital. He has a host of other health problems, including some heart issues, so it's possible that he won't be around much longer. He's 84 so it's not like he's being shortchanged, but I wanted to make sure I saw him at least one more time. I took off a little early yesterday and went to the hospital. I wound up staying way longer than I intended. My mom's step-brother and his partner were there and they were so funny, I didn't want to leave. I got home around 10. Micah fed the kids, bathed them, got them in bed, and didn't even get pissed that I didn't call when I wasn't home when we were thinking I'd be. I thanked him last night for being so cool, but I wanted to thank him in front of the world. Or at least the people that read this blog.

Thanks for being so great, Mikey. I love you.

Long time no blog...

Whew. It's over. I love Christmas, don't get me wrong, but it's always a nice feeling when it's over. Now I'm looking forward to taking the tree down and putting all the decorations away. It'll be nice to have the house back to normal.

We had a great Christmas. It was so nice to only attend one event per day. Micah even got a little nap on Christmas Day. That's never happened before. Well, not without me yelling at him to wake up. Fall asleep and leave me alone with your parents....

How we managed to put away all the new toys I'll never know. In the wake of putting everything away, we decided that this is the year we'll buy a new house. Wow. Very exciting. Kinda sad too. We've lived in our house for almost 8 years and done a lot to the house. There's just not enough room for 4 people. 4 complete people. And the floorplan doesn't flow enough to allow for little children to run around. So, this Spring we'll look and hopefully move this summer.

Mini resolution - Keep up with my blog!

Retail Therapy

My mom and I went shopping at the outlets in Lancaster, PA on Friday. We had the best time. I got so much shopping done. We filled her trunk.

On Saturday, we put up the Christmas tree. As we were hanging decorations, Evan was taking them off and putting them back in the box. We were wondering why we were seeing 2 of the same ornaments.

Micah still needs to put the lights up outside. I finally took down the turkey flag and the fall wreath and replaced them with a Snoopy Christmas flag and the Christmas wreath. I'm getting there. :)

Nicole Kidman is filming a movie in the Baltimore area. They were filming near headquarters of the Department of the Environment, where my dad works. One of the big shots spotted the great big, baby blue Spill Response trucks. He called my dad and requested 2 trucks and 4 guys in chemical suits for filming. So, my dad, 3 of his guys, and 2 of his trucks will be in the Nicole Kidman movie, The Visiting. Dad said, little do they know we're working on a dance number....

Yesterday we went to Outback for dinner. The lobby was completely full. We figured we'd wind up waiting at least 20 minutes. We were seated immediately. We don't know why, but we weren't complaining. We also went to Bertucci's this weekend after a long hiatus. They'd made us unhappy last time somehow. They've now redeemed themselves. The chicken tortellini gratinati is out of this world. I can't wait to go back.

In Baltimore, when it snows, everyone stocks up on bread, milk, and toilet paper. I don't know if it's like that in other parts of the country or not. It's going to snow today. I'd better go get some toilet paper.