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08/08/2005 Archived Entry: "mercy"

Daisy had a heck of a horrible morning yesterday. She didn't appear to be in any pain or discomfor, so I just chalked it up to having a bad day. I felt sure she'd do okay after a nap so we headed out to Disneyland as planned and she slept in the car. We did not find dwarfs, but did find a chicken and three pigs. The chicken would be Clara Cluck and Tabitha didn't even really know who she was so we borrowed the right DVD of animated shorts from my bil later that evening. Now she knows :)

It was a pleasant enough time, even if I was pouring sweat. We were unsuccessful in adding to Tabitha's penny collection because every machine we encountered with pennies that she needed was out of order. Guess I cleaned pennies that morning for nothing. I wanted to leave after we visited the characters because I really was that hot and I had left the Baby Bjorn in the car. Carrying a 16 pound baby in one arm while pushing a stroller with the other and keeping an eye on Tabitha in the heat was not my idea of fun. So I bribed the kid with a churro for us to leave without a fuss. She asked what would happen if she didn't take the deal and I said we'd still leave and she'd get in trouble if she fussed about it. She took my deal, lol. We sat down in one of my favorite spots so I could feed Daisy while Tabi ate her churro and we also had a diet coke to share. I hooked Daisy's fan onto the handle bar of the stroller and angled it towards us so we could have a nice breeze. Tabitha had her own personal fan to help keep her cool. We were the only ones in this area which was really nice. It gives us a chance to recharge ourselves. We then did a bit of shopping on Main Street, Tabitha chose a new charm for her charm necklace, we finally succeeded in getting one pressed penny, and I picked up a couple antenna toppers for someone. Slightly amusing, slightly embarassing when I paid for the toppers my card was returned to me and I was told it was declined. Keep in mind, I don't use real credit cards, this was my Visa check card tied to my bank account. I always know how much is in there so I was completely flumoxed as to why it was declined. I took it back and was staring and staring at the card trying to figure out what happened when I realized I had given my credit union check card by accident. Yeah, that account isn't used ever, the balance is probably a few cents at best. At least I figured it out and was able to give the cashier the correct card. But now she thinks I'm a deadbeat, oh well.

Late in the afternoon I asked my mom to come over. I had been "on duty" with the kids by myself for five straight days and I needed a break. I needed someone else to hold Daisy for a bit. I needed a shower. So Mom and my sister came over and my mom watched Daisy while my sister played with Tabs. I took a quick trip to the grocery store and then hopped in the shower once I was home. I was most grateful to them both. Thankfully Chris doesn't have any play stuff until Friday so he'll be home a bit earlier for four days. Not quite early enough to help much with Daisy, but I'll take what I can get. Besides, he's another set of ears to take the burden off my ears with Tabitha's chatter, lol.

Anyway, we forewent our movie last night after my mom and sister left because I just wasn't in the mood. Chris came home earlier than we expected so that was nice. We watched the previously mentioned Clara Cluck animated short and sent Tabitha off to bed. Then Chris and I had a late dinner and watched a new tv show we had Tivoed before heading to bed. We won't talk about how the night went, let's just say a certain short person better nap well today :)