BLEPHAROSPASMODIC

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I was in the kitchen getting dinner started, when I heard some banging on the front window and Lily yell out:

Hey, Easter Bunny.. come ‘mere! Hey, Easter bunny.. you come here and bring me more easter eggs and more can-nee! No, no! Hop Hop this way - my house! NO! don’t hop away! I want more can-nee!!!!!!!!!!! [*cries]

I guess that’s what you get when you tell your 2 year old that the rabbit in the yard is the easter bunny. I forget that she doens’t forget.

Lily’s been on a “does that sound good/great” kick lately.

The other night in the bath:
Daddy, I not wash my hair - it’s not dirty, OK? I wash my toes - my toes dirty. I wash my tummy - my tummy dirty. I wash my face - my face dirty. I not wash my hair - my hair’s not dirty. *pause* Dat sound great daddy??

Yesterday in the car:
Daddy, I wanna get a sucker at [the] store, ok? I wanna get [a] green one. Green sucker match[es] [the] green (traffic) light. I wanna walk in [the] store, ok? I’m good. I wanna walk, an I wanna get [a] green sucker. *pause* Dat sound great daddy??

Last night for dinner:
Me: Lily what do you want for dinner?
Umm, I want macanonis. Macanonis an’ cookies. Dat sound good, daddy?
Me: That sounds great, Lily, but we can’t eat cookies for dinner.
Ummm.. Cookies for ’ssert, Ok daddy? Cookies an’ Milk. I wanna dip my cookies in [the] milk. Dat sound great daddy??

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I have discovered an awesome new weapon against telemarketers - Lily. The past 3 calls I have handed over to Lily as soon as they start their spiel, occasionally taking back the phone and chiming in to keep it going as long as possible. I try to coach lily along. This last call, I was amazed. Whatever-her-name-was from some company interested in reducing our mortgage held on for nearly 3-4 minutes. From what I could hear, the conversation went something like this:

Woman: Hi, this is so-and-so from such-and-such lending….
Lily: Hi Mommy!!!
Woman: Hello?
Lily: I eat mac-anonis, hot dog, milk!
Woman: ???
Lily: I go poop (on the) potty!
Woman: Oh really? Sir, are you still there?
Me: Yes, I’m sorry.. my daughter took the phone.. please continue.
Woman: I’m interested in lowering your interest ra……
Lily: WHAT???
Woman: Hello, sir?
Lily: Mommy??
Me: I’m sorry again…
Woman: She sounds cute. We show that your current…
Lily: I play (with) my toys in (the) backyard. It not dark yet!
Woman: ???
Lily: Come play (with) me! Come on!
Woman: Sir, are you still there?
Lily: My daddy right here! Talka me!
Woman: Can I talk to your daddy?
Lily: My daddy, um, my daddy poop (on the) potty too!!
Me: Lily! don’t tell the woman I’m in the bathroom
Lily: What???
Woman: Sir, is this a bad time
Me: No, not at all - I can wipe and talk
Woman: I’m sorry, is this a joke?
Lily: [singing] twinkle twinkle little star how I wonder way up high
Woman: ???
Lily: I want some can-nee (candy)

I believe it was at this point that the line went dead.

Lily comes strolling into our bedroom at 6am Monday morning (the day after daylight savings day)…

Lily: (muffled whimper) Mommy.. Daddy…
Me: Morning Lily, it’s time to get up
Lily: No, it not! (opens curtains) see daddy, it dark outside
Me: I know Lily, but we have to get up now
Lily: No! I not get up now.  Dark out der.  I wanna sleep more (climbs into our bed)

I felt her pain.  I hate driving to work in the dark again…

There’s something about Sundays that really get me down.  I’m not sure if it’s the fact that I know Monday is right around the corner and i felt I haven’t had any time off, or if it’s just some mental block that keeps me from enjoying the day.  Whatever the case may be, I can’t shake these Sunday Blues.

Yesterday, I dropped Lily off at “dram-ma’s” house to have a sleep-over.  I went to UMSL Trivia night, where a bunch of us ITS folk played for charity.  Um, yeah, we came in last place. I ask you, would you recognize the flag of Somalia if you say if for about 10 seconds?  Yeah, me neither.

Now the time change - I was getting used to waking up and it being light at 6am.  That part is going to suck.  i guess the added hours of daylight at night will be nice.  I still don’t really believe that it saves us energy.

I wonder when our new living room furniture is going to get here.  I wonder how we’re going to get the current couch downstairs.  Even slipping the delivery people cash may not squeeze it through the tight doorway.

I wish Lily would go down for a nap.  It’s like trying to roll a ten ton boulder up a mountain… I have Budgets and a 5 year hardware replacement plan to iron out.  I was hoping to get to work on that this afternoon.  On a positive note, my weekly meeting for tomorrow has been canceled.