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links and measles and the drink for the summer

last summer was cucumber mojitos, this summer the flavor is vanilla and lavender gin martinis.

i love etsy, and i really like this sampling of art.

i like the ladies that put this together and it looks like an entertaining distraction for the breeders (or potential breeders) out there.

in personal news, i just got my first of two measles shots that i need before they will let me into the crowded germ infested university. it hurt, and made me feel, once again, like an ass for making my poor baby get shots every couple of weeks for the first year and a half of his life. it was for his own good (maybe) yada, yada, but whatever, the shit hurts and my job is to keep him from getting hurt so i=asshole.

babyproof.

my head is too full and i am too exhausted to rehash the last few days (summary: tired no-nap toddler, a house full of breakables, a mom who didn't think to bring any toys and an unfenced yard that ends in a cliff.) so instead i will pick out some of the things i have found on the internet.

1. a great link about how to get through the day with a toddler. and it starts with finding a field and letting them run around, my absolute go-to on a rough day with good weather.

2. for the crafty ones, a site with free downloadable clothing patterns and lots of pictures of the things that people are making. so fantastic.

3. the new camera i am getting (through a funny little turn of events, i am able to get a crazy awesome camera, but i can't afford to go out and get a drink. but i'm sure not complaining!). it should get here next week and then i am going to go nuts with it. and by that i sort of mean i will get completely overwhelmed by it and just stare at it for a while. and then i will have to figure out a way to keep it out of jack's hands.

aaaand, i guess that is all. i need a nap desperately, and the kid does not have a good track record for staying asleep so i am getting off the webs and passing out.

my son is a wreck

my son is an adorable, sweet, hilarious, good natured wreck, but a wreck all the same. in the past couple of weeks he's had a twisted ankle, chomped lip, many, many stubbed toes, many, many smacking of skulls against hard things, and teeth, oh the teeth he has coming in way back there. it is ridiculous. but despite the occasional crappy mood and sleepless night, he is taking it all in stride and now he has something like 30 words that he uses and he stomps around and bobs his head to the music and i absolutely adore him.

it will almost be hard to leave him in preschool when i go back to work and school.

almost.

in other news, i went kayaking in lake washington last night and it was amazing. i am pretty sure i have figured out what i am going to be doing every free minute of this summer. it felt so good to get out on the water and use those muscles again. the physical memory of paddling was so strong and i felt like a little kid again playing in the waves. 

on a roll

so it seems that i haven't got any good stories to tell, only mental lists of things to do, things that i've done, things that stress me out, things that make life exciting and wonderful. so instead of forcing a half-assed narrative, i'll just give you a glimpse:

1. our garden is looking great, the tomatoes are a little wobbly and the birds are eating our strawberries, but everything is still alive and that is my real goal this year. tom and jack go out every evening and water the garden and it seems to be teaching jack that plants need to be loved and not mauled.

2. speaking of mauled, jack bi the shit out of his lip yesterday. he must have had a lot of lip in his mouth when he fell because he has a nasty bite bruise on almost all the way down to his chin. it was pretty bloody and traumatizing yesterday and he is talking a bit crooked today but seems to be mostly recovered. 

3. i painted the kitchen (the green color you can see on the wall in that picture.) i'm pretty pleased with it (i was pretty tired of the orange) but now i want to prime and paint the rest of the house. i was up until 3 am finishing the kitchen, so i am afraid i won't be getting any sleep for a while.

4. i got an acceptance letter from the university! now i just need to figure out how to pay for school. if anyone has tips (specific ones, not just "scholarships" but "i heard about _____ scholarship that is still taking applications and seems like something you would qualify for" ) i would love to hear them. i've applied for aid, and followed a few leads, but for some reason i didn't think i was going to get into school, and thought i wouldn't be able to afford it if i did. but when i got the letter everything in my head changed and now i am de-f*cking-termined to go in the fall. 

5. my son would really like to destroy my computer so i ought to hide it before he manages. enjoy your thursday!