Tangents

Here's how I feel about verbal tangents: when you're just sitting around enjoying a good chat, a tangent is like taking a leisurely stroll in the woods, and wandering down a small path. Why not? It's just as lovely here as on the path. Maybe more so. When you have something important to tell me, its like watching a tv drama: 

Friend: "Oh! I have something I need to to tell you!"

(Detective: "We've identified the missing woman.")

Friend: "It was crazy! So this woman walked into the store..."

(Detective: "And our jane doe is ...")

Friend: "Oh and today my boss was wearing the same sunglasses as my friend Nina!"

(Announcer: "Come on down to Mattressland!")

Friend: "...such a coincidence!..."

(Announcer: "Eat it up! Eat it up! Here at Moe's you'll eat it up!") 

Friend: "...and then she couldn't return them!... 

(Announcer: "those embarrassing itches...") 

Friend: "but getting back to the point, she got arrested!"

(Detective: "Andrea Wheeler.")

Me: "I don't remember why I cared..."

Potty Lessons

Well, I'm a nanny and for my kids, lately it's all been about the potty.

D's big news is that he can now pee standing up! It's a great moment for him. Meanwhile, while we were discussing the bathroom, his sister turned to me and said "Mommy doesn't like pee on her floor". All I could respond was "Well, that's fair." Getting to the potty in time is a big issue in this house...for both of them.

Meanwhile, H is just learning to use the potty, so he likes to sit on it, but just as a nice place to read.  If I ask him what it's name is, he says "poo-poos". And yet it's still his favorite place to store his toys...

Lastly, Liz's family came over to pick up her bed and stuff, and after their young daughter used the potty, she told me "the toilet is the right place to pee". Seems that her family had been camping quite a bit this summer, and she was starting to believe that peeing in trees/jars was perfectly normal. They're starting a retraining program with her.

As a side note, I used to hate it when people told me to "go potty before we leave" because it sounded so babyish. Now when I ask people where the restroom is, it comes out something like "where's the po...oh...um...toilet."

Things I Don't Want To Think About

You'd think that NOT talking about things would make them better, wouldn't you? Well, you'd be wrong. As they say, what hasn't begun can never end. Besides, I find that expressing myself usually helps. So, the list features:

-I feel really jiggly because I've been gorging myself for a week.

-My tv is now on its way to Utah as payment for fostering my cat.

-My roommate is now her way to Utah because she wants she see this guy that's she marrying in 2 weeks.

-A rather long time ago, I drilled 2 rather large holes in the wall to hold the tv, before remembering that tv mounts and indeed, screws of any kind, are specifically mentioned in my contract in the "You May NOT" section. I now am staring at those 2 holes.

-I need to find a buyer for my car (and hopefully not one who's going to turn out to be the next Craigslist killer).

-I'm going to have to clean this place top to bottom in a month.

-I'm going to need to dispose of all my stuff with the month (including some things that I like but just don't have room for).

-Shoes, my poor shoes...

-I need to find a roommate/place to live where I won't a) go crazy or b) drive anybody else crazy.

See now? Getting all those out made me see the nice things clearer. It's great to have a good vent.