Day 236

I've just discovered Zach prefers my hair straight. He has mentioned a couple of times how much nicer I looked at the airport, the day I arrived in Calgary from Vancouver, and it's only just clicked to me that he must mean because of my hair. Maybe I should straighten it this time, and see if it has an effect on the way he acts as well. Although, he had been great for me since we got back anyway.

Anyway, that doesn't really have anything to do with my day...Just an observation. So...I finally got to sleep in! I had been woken up by yelling at one point, but because I hadn't gone to sleep until about 2:30, I didn't let it bother me too much, kept my eyes shut, and went back to sleep. It was around 11, when I woke up again. Although it killed my eyes to open them, I figured it was time I stay awake, or I wouldn't sleep tonight. I rolled over, got my computer, and logged in.

I spent a little while on here, then got showered, and went down to get some fruit for breakfast. When I came back up, I watched the last of the One Tree Hill episode I was watching yesterday, and ate my grapes. When I finished those, I bit into my nectarine to find it was way too mushy, bruised, and rotten to eat. So I bit into my pear. Sort of. It took a lot, but my teeth finally made it through, and discovered it wasn't ripe enough. Ugh. I ate it anyways, and when I finished, I did my makeup and went downstairs. Knowing Zach was going to a birthday party, I asked Josh what he was up to, and if he and Nathaniel would want to go to Starbucks with me. He told me he didn't mind, and to ask Nathaniel. I went into the playroom and sat on the couch with him. I asked him if he wanted to, and said we'd pick up batteries for the wii remotes as well. He said he didn't want to come with us, but asked me to pick up the batteries anyway. I said no.

I went into the other room, and was talking to Josh. I told him Nathaniel wasn't coming, and he said that was ok, we'd still go. I came upstairs to quickly brush my teeth, and went back down. That's when Nathaniel decided he did want to come. Heloise asked us to pick up a few things for her, wrote a list, and we were on our way. Nathaniel asked if we could listen to something other than Glee, as he's getting a little bored of it, so we put Hedley on.

When we arrived, we parked, went into Starbucks, and ordered our drinks. They each got a frappuccino, and we sat in the comfy chairs. Well...I sat on the arm rest. We stayed for a bit, and Nathaniel began moaning. He wanted to leave, and I wasn't ready. He kept complaining, and I explained that he didn't have to come. I told him that when Josh and I go for coffee, we have a good time, just sitting and talking, and if he didn't want to do that maybe he shouldn't have come. That's when he said "But I wanted batteries". What a little punk! I told him that wasn't very nice, and why couldn't he just enjoy our company, and he said he was bored. I told him I wasn't even done my drink yet, and he began to count. That's when I said the more he counted, the longer I would take. He stopped. I went to get out a piece of gum, and he asked if he could have one. I said I wasn't sure. He looked at me funny. I explained that it felt as though I was being used. Like he only wanted me around for selfish reasons. To buy him a drink, batteries, and for my gum. He said it wasn't true and he wanted me around for other things too. So I put him on the spot, and asked him which other things. He went on to say "To build lego with me, play nintendo with me, play football with me..." I couldn't help but smile. It was nice to hear that he does appreciate when I play with him. I then said..."So, if I do all of that with you, which I do enjoy, would it hurt you to do something I want to do, and just sit here and have a conversation with me?" He seemed to get the point, and said ok. He sat back, and the 3 of us continued with out visit. I knew Josh wanted to be home in time for the game - Man U - so although I wasn't ready to leave, and was actually trying to put it off, I gathered our things, got them to throw theirs out, and we left.

We stopped to get batteries, and then continued to the garden centre. When we got there, we picked out 12 packets of seeds for Heloise's class to sort, and searched all over for some plant labels. It came to the point where they were nowhere to be seen, so I asked an employee about them. Instead of showing me, she pointed to the opposite side of the store, in the corner. The boys and I walked over there, but couldn't find them. We searched and searched, and got more and more aggravated. I eventually went to the cash with the boys, and asked the cashier. She showed us some, but afraid they weren't the right ones, she radioed a different employee to ask them. When they told her where some were, she pointed. Long story short, another employee who pointed, and more frustration, I picked up the short ones, got the boys to pick out some candy, paid, and left.

When we got in the car, we knew we wouldn't be home in time for kick off. We looked at the clock, it was 1 minute to 4, and I apologized to Josh. When we got back, he switched the game on and watched it until he had to go swimming. I gave Zach the candy necklace I had bought for him, to which he said he was keeping it on forever! hehe. And then the two of us played hangman, and drew. After Josh had left, Zach and I sat on the couch to watch Avatar. It was pretty cool because with Tim's new Home Theatre speakers, the room shook in certain parts. Explaining the movie to a 4 year old however...a little difficult. I doubt he heard a single sentence in the movie because he just kept asking questions. Oh well. At one point, he turned to me and said "She smells like jam". "Who?" I asked. He was talking about the main girl in the movie. I asked him how he knew that, and he said he could smell her from here. I couldn't stop laughing. It was the cutest, most innocent comment ever made, and he wasn't cracking a smile. It was awesome. We watched until dinner, and Nathaniel joined us at times. Then when we sat down to eat, my Uncle brought Josh in, said hi, and bye, and the 6 of us had supper.

After dinner there was a conversation in the kitchen about "Lost". Something else that's not easily explained to children under 10. Eventually, they went up to bed, and I came up to mine. I began writing my blog, played some Family Feud, and got to speak to my Mom and Dad on the phone. I miss them so much! Sigh. Now I'm going to drink my tea, have a shower, and try to sleep. Thanks for reading. Good Night xx