Since David is burning the candle at both ends trying to get through finals- I'm here alone with my thoughts tonight. And since I'm doing my best to avoid doing the dishes, folding the laundry, and starting to pack for Utah I might as well send some of my random thoughts out into the universe.
First, I can't believe how fast my little boy is growing up. I know every parent says this but GEEZ! In the past two weeks he's gained 2 lbs, grown 2 teeth, gotten taller, started crawling for real, started pulling to a standing position, gotten a fat lip and a bruised shin from pulling to a standing position while I'm not looking, started to laugh at his own "jokes", outsmarted or outclimbed every attempt I've made at keeping him away from stuff like the radiators and the cat food, and doubled his food intake-DOUBLED!! Now I know why people are crazy enough to have a 2nd kid...you're so in love with how much cuter they keep getting and how proud you are of them for learning, but you also miss that itty bitty little ball of immobile baby so much you can hardly stand it!
Second, I'm really excited for our trip to Utah. In addition to satisfying all those food cravings I mentioned earlier, we've already got plans to go ice skating, laser tagging, sledding, and skiing. Did you know that ice skating at Rockefeller Center costs $30 bucks a pop! Bless Provo and its endless bargain date options!
Third- we met some really interesting people yesterday while waiting to have our temple recommend interviews with the stake president. The girl who sat next to me is here working as a costume designer for Law and Order. The girl next to her told us that she works for the United Nations and is married to Sierra Leone's biggest rock star, Daddy Saj who is seriously like Michael Jackson there (no kidding- look him up on google or wikipedia). So now they live in our stake, hang out with Wyclef Jean, and help the former President of Sierra Leone write his autobiography. The guy next to them was a dentist. Ever since we got home last night, I can't get the Sesame Street song "Who are the People in Your Neighborhood?" out of my head.
And finally, for a couple years now I've been decrying the Facebook phenomenon and refusing to have anything to do with it. Much to my chagrin, David set up an account a while ago which he mostly uses to keep in touch with his mission friends since they don't have a very good website running-although he's definitely gotten sucked in a lot more than he originally planned. Now I have a confession to make. Sometimes I sneak around in David's account and look people up when I'm bored. It's weird and I'm so ashamed. It's like a car wreck though. I can't help it. And then I can't help feeling a wee bit jealous that everybody else is on there being so witty in thwarting the infamous "is" status, and racking up 4 million friends. And then I start wondering how many friends I would have if I joined... And that's when I throw up in my mouth a little and come to my senses and realize why I must stand firm in my decision not to enroll in a virtual high school. At least not until I come up with enough witty statuses and artsy profile pictures to make me the most popular girl there...
But for now, I'll just stick to my blog and my hopes that my posts will get tons of comments so everyone will know that others love me and find me interesting, while I continue to feel sorry for all those Facebookers who need so much social validation =)
Lila's Birthday
3 years ago
11 comments:
You should TOTALLY join Facebook. It's seriously what all the cool kids are doing. :D
I love you and I find you interesting. ;)
I hope you go eat at Cafe Rio while you're down there for me! I stay up late at night craving their chicken salad with creamy tomatillo sauce! Enjoy your time out of the city!
You certainly miss the little newborn stage. Everytime I hold a newborn, I am suddenly baby hungry. Then I do my best to remember how short that stage is!
Facebook is the place to be! I keep waiting for you to join. Nearly all of my other comps. are on there!
Virtual High School... I love it.
Ha, ha your post was very entertaining and I find you totally interesting!! You sound like you really do have quite an interesting ward/stake/neighborhood! Have fun in Utah, I'm totally jealous of all the snow events you get to do.
Stay strong! Don't give in to Facebook High! I knew there was someone else out there who refused to join the madness:)Besides, I think blogs are much less artificial than facebook and require more thought than just a clever status:)And I really enjoy reading yours.
(This is Heidi's lil sis by the way)
love the blog. hope you guys had a great christmas. and how cool the people that live around you. its great to learn from everyone!!!
Okay, Heath, why the drama? :) Facebook is really only cool because you get to keep in touch with old friends. And for people like me, who never uses the phone to call anyone but my mom, it's a great way to keep in touch. That's the only reason I'm on there . . . and my profile is SO not very cool. But I keep waiting for you to buckle! :) I love you so much! Are you going to be up in this area at all? Call me if you are, even if we could see each other even for a second, I would be the happiest girl.
I love reading your very interesting blog.
And I am a Facebooker, although I don't use most of the gadgets on that site. Although I think it's time for me to update my profile picture to something a little more mysterious.
I think you should seriously write a column for the New York Post. You are so entertaining.
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