Soliloquy: Miscellaneous ramblings

I woke up with a headache this morning. That just seems so unfair, to wake up with a headache. Kind of makes me wonder what I was doing in my sleep.

I'm on the e-mail list for Victoria's Secret, and the subject line of the latest e-mail I got from them said, "Hello, Bombshell." They sure know how to flatter a girl.

Kristin Chenoweth was on "Glee" this week, and she was, once again, fantastic. Her character is hilarious. And she sang at least twice--maybe 3 times? Anyway, it was another stellar episode. I love that show.

Had the following conversation with Ari a few days ago...

Me: (noticing what's in Ari's hands) Ari, where did you find those barrettes?
Ari: I got them from your stupid car.
Me: What did you say?
Ari: I got them from your car.
Me: Ari, we don't say "stupid."

I was so amused at the way she "censored" herself when I asked her to repeat what she said. Devious little thing.

I was reading Ari the story of "Peter and the Wolf" a few nights ago... the Disney version. I had completely forgotten, until we got into it, that there were animal characters named Sasha and Ivan (the names of our dogs). Ari was so excited to see names that she recognized... but seemed a bit confused too, since Sasha was a bird and Ivan was a cat.

Monday morning, I dropped Ari off at preschool. Tony picked her up, then took her to my parents' house, where she spent the night. So I wasn't going to see her again until Tuesday after work. Tuesday afternoon, Tony called, and said Ari wanted to talk to me. We chatted for a little while, and then she asked, "Mommy, are you at work?" When I said yes, she asked, "When are you coming home?" I told her around suppertime, and all of a sudden, her voice got so sad as she said, "But, Mommy, I waaaaaaant you." I told her I missed her too, but I would see her soon. She repeated, even more pitifully, "Mommy, I waaaaant you." Gah, break my heart, why don't you, kid?

Since we were child-free on Monday night, we had a random date night, and we went to see the movie "Date Night" (how fitting, right?). It was so funny, just as I thought it would be. I mean, Steve Carell AND Tina Fey together? How could it NOT be funny?

I have to show you Ari's latest skill... she can write her name. The 3 letters across the bottom (I-A-R) were her first attempt--she knows it's A-R-I, but for whatever reason, she put the letters all over the page. I praised her for writing the letters so well, then told her the right order. So she wrote them again, in the right order, at the top left. Then she declared, "I want to keep practicing" and wrote her name once more.

Then she wanted to write my name. I asked if she meant Mommy or Sara, and she said Sara. So that long wavy line at the bottom is the S. And then you can see the A-R-A. And then she added that tiny vertical line at the bottom right and told me it was an I.