every captive thought

Yesterday while we were in Lubbock, Mom noticed that James had gotten awfully hot. He was also super lethargic and noodle-like. We gave him some Tylenol. When I got home at 6:00 last night I took his temperature and it was 104.3. Brad and I quasi flipped out and called the after hours nurse line. So I was up all night checking his temperature and giving him medicine. Poor baby. Today we went to the pediatrician and they did all sorts of tests, including drawing blood and a catheter. It was really crummy. One blood test came back fine and we are waiting on another one and the results of the cath. So James has gotten extremely spoiled today since he has spent two full days at doctor's offices and hospitals. He could have done just about anything he wanted. And what did he want to do?????..... Explore the house with Puppy and find every undiscovered cabinet in the house.... He found the paper plates.... Every..... Single.... One... And he found the rolling pin... As well as rediscover...

Only 3 more hours until Brad is home! Can't wait! Today was fun! I got to keep Addi while Karin went for a sonogram of Baby #2! Little Cutie Patootie! Addi and James had a great time playing together. You see this little blob swimming in a pool of Raid???? Yes, that would be another spider. Spiders ONLY EVER come out when Brad is out of town. No exceptions. This particular spider fell on me when I was opening the back door to let George in. I swear to you my heart is not meant to handle such frights. I screamed so loud I made myownself dizzy. I HATE SPIDERS!!!!!! But trust me...this spider wasn't as little and harmless as it seems in this picture. This is him after he is all curled up from drowning in Raid. And now my house stinks too. Why can't they invent a Raid that has a pleasant smell for pete's sake? And finally...here is a video of James rescuing Puppy from the dryer.

Regarding the aforementioned spider, my mother tells me that "It was a Phidippus Audax, the most social of all spiders, with good eyesight and great jumping abilities". Thanks so much. I'll sleep so much better tonight knowing that the wicked evil devil spider saw me well before it jumped right up on my lily-white bee-hind to make friends with me.

So in my eager anticipation of my husband's return Friday I've been thinking of everything I can do to get things ready for him. Clean the house, wash my hair finally, make him a birthday cake, fix his favorite meal, give the baby a bath, put on real clothes instead of pajamas, and then I thought...I could lay out and look a little less ghostly too! So I put James down for a nap and put on a swimsuit that was five million times to small. I honestly had to look away from the mirror...too frightening. I'm the reason they make swimsuits that have skirts. So I started trying to talk myself out of it. The conversation with myself went something like this: It will be hot and I'll get sweaty. No, there is a nice breeze outside. It will be pleasant. One of the neighbors might see me and be grossed out. No, they are all too old to see that well. Good thing, they'd go blind from the whiteness. What if the baby starts crying. I can take the monitor. What if this bikini cuts of...

I knew it would be a spider! I just knew it! I am not scared of very many things. I'm not scared of strangers, or the dark, or scary movies, or someone breaking in a killing me while my husband is out of town...but spiders. I'm scared of spiders. And they never show up when Brad is at home. Never! But of course, as I was sitting in the chair a big giant black spider (bigger than a quarter!!!!) comes crawling across the fireplace thingy a mere foot from where I was sitting! There is this uncontrollable scream that comes out of me when I'm scared and it is really high-pitched and loud. ( I come by it quite naturally...my mom does it too with crawly things...lizards in particular). I ran and got the Raid and sprayed enough to kill the entire population of spiders and then ran to my bedroom for safety. I was all hot and tingly and goosebumpy. I had repressed the memory until I came out this morning and saw this... Let that serve as a warning for any spiders that even think ab...