i love the end of the day. the kids are in bed, hubs is in the shower and i am snuggled in my bed without a care in the world (well i'm pretending it's so) in my big fluffy robe with the laptop. the day is done, it's quiet, and tomorrow is another fresh day to look forward to.
so, today was april fool's. i have to say, my readers didn't come through for me (see previous post). i didn't come up with anything great, everything i could think of was so lame. even knowing that it was april fools' ALL DAY, i managed to let hubs fool me. as well as did a friend of mine.pretty much the only people who tried to fool me.... did. i'm like that. not necessarily gullible, but say, if it's dark and i know someone's coming, i will still jump when they get there. crazy. so. hubs came upstairs this afternoon while i was trying to do no less than 10 things simultaneously in the kitchen. he'd been talking on the phone on his way up, and his voice didn't sound happy. he hung up as he came into the kitchen and stood there. i looked up from feeding monkey girl and he said "i just quit". he's been working with a huge client for a few months, and frankly it means the difference of paying the mortgage or not. "WHAT! you did WHAT!" and he just smiled. i knew i'd been punk'd.
then i got an email from a friend who said she had to have surgery. she didn't say what kind of surgery, you'd think that would have tipped me off. but i was distracted (seems to be the story of my life), and i fell for it. sigh.
on to other things. to date, i have finished 30 new designs for licensing. so, i HAVE been working. possibly harder than when i had a 9-5 job. crazy. it's my goal to have at least 100 by the NYC show in mid-may. think i can do it?
today i took j-man to the ortho to get more brackets added to his braces. have i mentioned he has braces? he is less than enthusiastic about having them, as his mouth is plump full of stuff that would set off airport security. it can't be comfortable or fun. i'm conflicted feeling like bad mommy because he's hated this whole process but at the same time, good mommy because he will have nice, straight teeth. he only had 2 brackets to pull the front two teeth together before today's appointment, but now has 4. my kid is growing up too fast. and when he smiles he reminds me of 99% of my jr. high class.
there is no evidence (except for my salt/sand slopped up car) that there was ever a mini blizzard here yesterday. today was bright and sunny and the couple of inches of snow that accumulated in the 16 hour period are gone. crazy stuff.
may you all have cozy evenings and restful nights. and may i not wake up feeling 100 and sore.
i fell asleep in tucker's bed last night. that was AWESOME. i think you'll totally be able to come up with 100 designs! good luck!
Posted by: jenny | April 02, 2008 at 08:46 AM
I agree with Jen. 100 is a piece of cake!!!;) Looking on the bright side, you only have 70 more to do:) There's no snow here anymore either....It's BEAUTIFUL and I wore my FLIP-FLOPS yesterday AND today:) I. LOVE. SUMMER.
Posted by: Mel | April 02, 2008 at 10:42 AM
i used to be a serious morning person, but i am starting to enjoy the calmness of evenings more and more. i guess that's part of parenting.
Posted by: lib | April 02, 2008 at 12:23 PM
Geez... you could have gotten him Invisalign braces! Mean Mommy! :)
Good job on the design! I bet they look great!
How's the studio coming along?
Posted by: Jaime | April 02, 2008 at 01:17 PM
I'm sure you can get a 100 done. I have to take the boy in to the orthodontist in 2 weeks. They are waiting for all his baby teeth to come out. 12 years old and still has baby teeth. I don't get it.
Posted by: Robyn | April 02, 2008 at 09:10 PM
you can so do 100. you are uber talented. btw i LOVE the new header.
Posted by: zoe | April 02, 2008 at 10:25 PM