Thursday, November 8, 2007
Sleeplessness & Nora's 1st protest
I have been totally exhausted lately!
Ryan was out of town all last week, came home for the weekend (which I worked so I didn't even see him) and then left again on Monday for N. Dakota. Needless to say, with my crazy work hours and Nora not adjusting to the time change and not having Ryan or I to put her to bed on a few nights, I could probably count on my fingers the hours of sleep I have had :(
But yesterday, I had a burst of energy and decided that we should head downtown to a rally at Federal Plaza for the Jena 6/A.N.S.W.E.R.....yeah, bad idea. First off, I had some wacky idea that we should drive....in rush hour. By the time we got there, it was 6:00 (the rally was from 5-7) and very cold. There were like 15 people and it only lasted another 15 minutes or so...total bummer. I don't know what upsets me more, that I drove forever or that there were only a handful of people there?
It was a really disappointing turnout.
Ryan was out of town all last week, came home for the weekend (which I worked so I didn't even see him) and then left again on Monday for N. Dakota. Needless to say, with my crazy work hours and Nora not adjusting to the time change and not having Ryan or I to put her to bed on a few nights, I could probably count on my fingers the hours of sleep I have had :(
But yesterday, I had a burst of energy and decided that we should head downtown to a rally at Federal Plaza for the Jena 6/A.N.S.W.E.R.....yeah, bad idea. First off, I had some wacky idea that we should drive....in rush hour. By the time we got there, it was 6:00 (the rally was from 5-7) and very cold. There were like 15 people and it only lasted another 15 minutes or so...total bummer. I don't know what upsets me more, that I drove forever or that there were only a handful of people there?
It was a really disappointing turnout.
Friday, November 2, 2007
Injera & Ice cream
Nora and I met Auntie Caroline at the Ethiopian Diamond today for lunch and had the absolute best experience. This was Nora's 1st time there and the minute we walked in the door she was showered with so much love and attention!
This was our first experience with the Ethiopian community since coming home with her and it was nothing but positive. Of course, a couple of the women made me cry (which isn't hard to do) they hugged me and thanked me.....and I thanked them...I was a mess.
Our waiter was hilarious and he kept whisking Nora away and taking her from table to table to greet people.
We had such a great lunch and Nora really enjoyed her 1st taste of injera :)
In other news, Nora also enjoyed her 1st taste of vanilla ice cream yesterday......
I will have to thank Diana for the stinky diaper this morning;)
This was our first experience with the Ethiopian community since coming home with her and it was nothing but positive. Of course, a couple of the women made me cry (which isn't hard to do) they hugged me and thanked me.....and I thanked them...I was a mess.
Our waiter was hilarious and he kept whisking Nora away and taking her from table to table to greet people.
We had such a great lunch and Nora really enjoyed her 1st taste of injera :)
In other news, Nora also enjoyed her 1st taste of vanilla ice cream yesterday......
I will have to thank Diana for the stinky diaper this morning;)
Tubby time
Nora has finally moved on to bigger and better bath tubs...the infant tub wasn't cutting it anymore since she now likes to sit up and actually play during bath time:)
I found this crazy inflatable duck-tub at Target. It took me, the asthmatic, like a year and a whole lotta dizziness to inflate it but she absolutely loves it!
Plus, it quacks which drives the dogs crazy;)
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