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12/30/2003 Archived Entry: "mornings"

Chris is still sick, though he's getting better. Yesterday we stayed home in the morning, we were just quite while he slept. By the time he woke up, it was close to lunch so we went to Pat & Oscar's because it's in the mall. Then Chris went to work, leaving Tabi and I there and we went to see "Peter Pan." I thought it was really well done. Tabitha enjoyed it, but had to sit really close to me during a couple parts with the crocodile. She didn't close her eyes though. The movie is pretty true to the original play, as everyone said, but I've never read the play, only seen it, so I think I may read it in the coming year. After I read "Return of the King" of course. One thing that was definitely different than any stage version I've ever seen was the whole "coming-of-age" romance angle with Wendy. Very interesting. I loved the boy that got to play Peter, he was just perfect for the role.

I woke up this morning to a very cold bed as Chris spent the night sleeping in the living room. Half the night in the comfy chair and half on the couch. He was comfortable in bed and was coughing and such so bad. So, once again, the kid and I went out this morning. More shopping. We went to another mall an spent gift certificates. We made out like bandits. She got 1 pair of jeans, 2 tops, a Hello Kitty notebook, a pencil and a frozen yogurt. I got 3 pairs of pants, a bra and earrings. Macy's is running a good thing right now. If you take a pair of your jeans to the gift wrap counter, you get a $10 off coupon for a new pair of jeans. They're doing this through Sunday. So I took a pair of jeans that I wear sometimes, but never like the way they look because they're a size too big. I got a new pair of Calvin Kleins with my coupon.

After the mall, we had lunch at home with Chris, then took him to work so Tabitha and I could go to a playdate. We stayed a little shy of 2 hours before heading home. I was dreading the drive because it's 40 miles from here, but it turns out that the day before New Year's Eve is very low traffic. I was quite pleased with that. We picked up dinner for Chris and took it to him, then he drove us home and went back to work, taking the car. This way I don't have to pick him up late. Though we're hoping he's home at a fairly decent time tonight. Time will tell.