Happy Birthday Josh!
Josh turned 8 on Monday. Geez. Time just flies. It seemed just not too long ago I was in labor and making Ryan stop for gas on the way to the hospital so we didn’t have to go there on the way home. I don’t know why I was so determined to fill up the car before I had the baby, I just was. I arrived at the hospital at 8:00am, had Josh at 9:00am backwards on my knees on the bed with my midwives at the Peter Lougheed. Then 3 hours later, by noon I was home in my own and Ryan was making me blueberry pancakes, with whipping cream, bacon and scrambled eggs.
I hate the hospital and was so glad the midwives could release me from that horrid place.
Josh wanted to go to the Cheesecake cafe so we went for his birthday dinner as a family. We made them put us in the corner booth far away from any other customer. It was crazy as always, Luke kept sneaking out from under the table and running off around the restaurant, while we chased him up and down the aisles. The kids were goofing around and creating such a ruckus. I was so stressed and kept shushing them in vain.
Thankfully the food came and we were able to eat, so they were silent for a good 5 minutes. I lost my appetite because Luke kept on squirming and trying desperately to escape the booth. I can’t eat when I’m stressed, so I ate 3 bites of my food and the rest just sat there. It wasn’t that great anyway. We usually eat at restaurants that are at a higher caliber and quality than the Cheesecake, so this meal was something that I could easily make at home. If I can make it at home I get annoyed because when I go out, I want the chef to wow me. To have the presentation and flavors be absolutely divine. I wasn’t wowed. For the price we paid I think it was waaaay over priced.
Josh enjoyed himself and had a great time. We had his birthday party with his friends on Saturday Feb. 7. For his birthday party we took him and 6 friends to LaserTrek in Calgary. They had a blast playing for an hour. They had so much fun and gushed about it when they came out. We had pop, pizza and cake in the party room. We opened up gifts then went on our way to the movie theatre. I took them to see Tales of Despereaux. It was a great movie. One little boy had to go home because he has Lupus and started to get sick. His parents came and got him. After the movie we brought the boys back to our house and had them play for an hour until their parents came to pick them up.
I was so tired and was falling over because I only had an hour sleep. I was up on Friday at 7am, up all day doing laundry and cleaning the house, then I went to work at 5:00pm worked until 3:30pm.Got home at 4am. Had to clean the kitchen and the main floor all over again because Ryan didn’t get the kids to do their chores and made an absolute mess in the kitchen for dinner. I was so upset. It took me an hour to clean everything up again. I was fuming the entire time.
I made Josh a tank cake with 13 mini cupcakes around with army men on top of the mini cupcakes and 12 large cupcakes as well. It was great. I would like to have put more detail into the tank and camouflaged it more, but I was so tired. I wandered upstairs, Ryan was just waking up. It was 7:30am. I lay on top of Ryan, mumbling to him about how I was tired, how upset I was at him and once I get some sleep I was going to chew him out. He just cuddled me and exhausted I instantly fell into a deep sleep on top of him.
Next thing I knew Ryan was waking me up. It was an hour later and I had to get ready for the boys because they were arriving at 9:15am. I was so tired, I couldn’t even think straight, but I got up and got myself, the kids and everything ready to go into the van. I made it through the day and then fell asleep for 1 1/2 hr. until we had to go out for dinner with one of Ryan’s employees. It was a lot of fun. I had barely enough energy to make it through dinner. We went to 79 which is just a fabulous place to go for dinner. The place is in a house and it’s decked out all snazzy. I love going here. This is my kind of place to eat. The food is wonderful and the ambiance and company were fun.
After dinner we went out to go see Push at Chinook. It was ok. I fell asleep on the way home, stumbled in and fell asleep within 3 seconds once my head hit the pillow. I have never fallen asleep that fast before. It usually takes me 30 -45min to fall asleep, but this time I really needed it. Sunday, I awoke, went to church, came home and slept. I slept all day long. Got up for dinner, stayed up for 3 hours then went to bed again at 9pm. I was exhausted. Geez. Not getting enough sleep really effects me now. I used to be able to pull these 48 hours stints when I was in College all the time. Now… not so much. Hmm… must be getting old.
