More Elijah Stories

It's been a long time since I have gotten excited about my birthday, but over the last two years Elijah has made it fun. He gets so excited. Last weekend we told him my birthday was coming. He asked me if I was going to get him a present. I told him that he is supposed to get me a present! All week whenever he saw a commercial for some toy, he would ask me if I wanted it for my birthday. So yesterday, my dad took him to the mall to pick out a gift. He was so excited when I came home. He went to one of those kiosks and had his picture put on a mousepad and keychain. It is so cute. I guess he went to the card store and my dad showed him where the "mommy" cards are and he picked it out himself! He even took his Buzz Lightyear wallet and paid for the card himself! He and my dad also got a cake and had us light candles and sing. When they were done singing, he told me to make a wish. Of course he asked me what the wish was, so I had to tell him something! It was really cute and here my birthday isn't even until tomorrow. Who knows what stories I will have tomorrow!

On another note, good luck on your exam tomorrow Janinne! I know you will do fine!

Happy Birthday Uncle Chuck and Julie!

As promised, more birthdays!

Happy birthday to my dear old Uncle Chuck! I hope you had a great day and you had better find some time to see me when I'm in Miami on April 10!

Happy birthday to my friend Julie! For the next eight days she gets to be older than me! I hope your birthday is great!

Not much else is going on. I have a loved one going through a tough time right now, so any and all prayers are appreciated. Work is getting a little better and I actually only worked 10.5 hours today. WOW!

Happy Birthday Jenny!

Gary's niece was born the day after his birthday (years later of course), so I want to wish her a happy birthday today! I hope you had a great day!

More birthdays to come this week . . . there must be something in the water during the month of June! LOL

On this day 40 years ago . . .

The love of my life was born. It's hard to believe that Gary would have been 40 today. I wonder how he would have felt about it. I wonder what Gary would have said about Elijah. I'm not as sad today as I thought I would have been. I still miss Gary and wish he were here. Especially since Elijah has so many questions about his daddy.

So, I challenge all of you to post a memorable story about Gary in honor of his 40th!

Happy St. Paddy's Day!

I didn't make it to a pub . . . I guess there is always next year!

Another crazy week at work. The two that came back from training only equaled on (illness on the part of the other), and someone else in the office was out due to a death in her family (please keep her in your prayers). By the time the system crashed on Wednesday (see Technology Challenged), I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. I'm working a few hours tomorrow, so maybe I can dig myself out of this hole. I hear I-696 is going to be closed or "jacked" up, so I'm really excited about that (facetious). I guess it is going to make my commute miserable this summer. Yippee!

Not much else going on . . . Have a great weekend!

Happy Birthday Scott!

In all my work "ranting" I forgot to wish my cousin Scott a happy birthday! I hope you had a great day!

Technology Challenged

As if the work couldn't get any busier, the network crashed today. It was not just a "minor" crash, it was company wide. No email, no reservation system, no hotel system. I spent the day starring at my PC wondering what to do. All I could do is use MS Word, MS Excel, and solitaire. I couldn't even print! You don't realize how much you rely on a network until it isn't there. I spent 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. playing receptionist. Know what that means? BAD day tomorrow. If it's back up, I not only have to call back everyone I couldn't help today, but also deal with the inbound calls that come in tomorrow!

The Bat Bike

In honor of the nice weather this weekend, I bought Elijah a new bike since he grew out of his tricycle. He picked a Batman bike (a.k.a. The Batbike). He got a Batman helmet too! He asked me if he could keep it forever! The bike came with a Batman water bottle (the bat bottle), and a cell phone. Elijah said I couldn't touch the phone because I do not have a bat costume (excuse me)! It was funny because he didn't know how to work the brakes, so he went down the driveway, right into Grandma's van! Everything was okay though, and he figured out the brakes after that! Be on the lookout for the Batbike . . . coming to a neighborhood near you! :-)

Elijah Stories

I figured once in awhile I would post an Elijah story. I never realized how entertaining they were until some of my co-workers told me they love Elijah stories.

About two weeks ago, Elijah was at the grocery story with Grandpa H and he said: "Grandpa, when I get big, can I borrow the car?" He's four and he's already asking for the car! Then he said "When I grow up, I want to be a policeman, a fireman, and a man in a magazine." It took me awhile to figure out where the magazine part came from, but it may have been from his Aunt Laurie who always tells him he so cute, he should be in a magazine. Who knows!

March Madness

Most associate March Madness to basketball. To me, it explains what life is like at work! This week we were down 6 people! Between illness, training and just being short staffed, it was a crazy week. Two will be back next week, so hopefully it will get better.

School is coming along, I'm in week three of eight!

Another birthday party tomorrow . . . Elijah is quite the social-lite! It's at Pump It Up!

Other than that, have a great weekend! 1 week to St. Paddy's!

Happy Birthday Leslie and Andrew!

Happy Birthday to my sister in law, Leslie (yesterday was her birthday), and my nephew, Andrew! I hope you both had great days!

My day didn't start out so great . . . I had a blow out on the freeway! Amazingly, I did not realize what happened right away. I thought something hit my car. I did not start to hear the "wobble" until a 1/4 mile later! I ended up sitting on the side of the freeway for 45 minutes before help arrived. Those MDOT courtesy vehicles are the best! If it weren't for that nice man, I would have been waiting another 45 minutes before AAA got there! He wouldn't take any cash, so I gave him a Starbucks gift card to get a cup of coffee. I happened to have it from my work holiday gift. He seemed really thankful for it and wished me a blessed day. I really did feel blessed that: 1- I didn't get hurt and I didn't hurt anyone else, and 2- that I put a smile on someone's face. Priceless!

I'm taking Elijah to see Disney on Ice: The Incredibles tomorrow. It should be fun. Other than that, there isn't much going on other than the usual-- homework!

Have a great weekend!