22 Days 'til Christmas!

OK the countdown is on!!!

9 more days until I go home... and 22 days until Christmas...

I went to the mall today with some other moms I met here. We had fun!! Kyla gets fussy in her stroller though, and when she starts to fuss I pick her up, then my back hurts and I get exhausted carrying her with one arm and pushing the stroller with another... The other kids (who are older than her, toddlers) were all well-behaved and quiet... I guess it must suck to be stuck in a stroller for a while...

I am going to the movies tonight. I haven't been to the movies in over a year, probably a year and a half... I didn't go when I was pregnant, haven't been since... so YEAH, it's been a while! TK is watching Kyla and I'm going with the girls to see "Bridget Jones". I've heard it's great!

I bought Ky a new turtle toy today... it's a toy with 3 little balls and you put the balls in the turtle and spin it around and it makes noise... and Kyla figured out that you push on the turtle's head to make it spin!! She kept doing it over and over. Sometimes it's SO AMAZING to watch her figure things like that out.

I do have some advice... Someone actually told me this today after I cut my thumb trying to get the freaking toy out of the ridiculous package... Unpackage kids toys before wrapping them!! Seriously, baby/toddler toys are taped, tied, stuck, glued, fastened, and secured so freaking tightly to the packaging you can't get them out!! I break a sweat trying to open toys... and then FORGET IT if I have to assemble anything!!! Why the hell can I buy a toaster and easily slide it out of a box, but a kid's toy takes 20 minutes, scissors, elbow grease, and a screwdriver to unpackage??? WHY!!?!?!?

OK did you see the Nick & Jessica thing. HORRID. All I can say is HORRID. I swear her singing gets more and more annoying every time I see her... she's got cute outfits and she's GORGEOUS, but she is so flipping dumb. Nick is a better actor than she is... What was up with the turning the lights on and off thing... it was just LAME. L a m e.

Jeesh... what else... Oh - I will be back on the radio tomorrow!!!!! Too bad for my Tampa buddies it will be here lol... Did you really think I would stay away for long? TK has been begging me to be on the air. Now I'm sure I'll get the "well of course he puts his baby's momma on the air..." thing but WHATEVER. It will be fun for me. I have PLENTY to say - it's been bottled up for over 2 months now!! Now I just hope I don't screw up and say the wrong radio station... I got so used to where I worked that to say the name of a new station every time takes some getting used to!

I hope listeners here like me... I was so comfortable in Tampa and had reassurance that people were listening because of all the calls/emails, etc...

Uh oh, Kyla awake... more later!

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