our trip

this is the most personal space i've had in five days. every day i insisted on at least ten solo minutes in the shower, but aside from that, i was fine with being joined at the hip. (but then, we were on vacation.) the funny thing is, i never got sick of him (and i fully expected to) but i know there were moments where he wanted to throttle me, yes indeedy. possibly when i almost tossed my cookies on indiana jones and then refused to go on space mountain, but definitely when we got REAMED on rental car collision insurance and i didn't say anything. (to be fair, i had assumed that he had rented cars in the past, but he never had, so, a yucky time was had by all at hertz rent-a-car.) i tried to make up for it by talking to the manager on duty about her employee, rob, but when all was said and done we still paid for something we never wanted.

you can learn so much about a person in five short days. i learned that k will drive when dead tired, which will make it a cold day in hell before i take another trip with him that involves driving long distances. i already knew, but got a better glimpse at, the fact that k is the kind of person who will wear very seriously a mickey mouse hat and t-shirt together. i observed k with his friends' new baby (why do spanking new parents assume that non-parents will appreciate their epidural and episiotomy stories?) and learned that he possesses lots of patience. i also learned that k really cannot help himself, he just adores XPD's parents and will not stop talking about how forking cool they are no matter how much it bugs me. saturday night he was just musing how cool it was that the gma likes him, because she "owns chinatown" (my ass), so when he went to brush his teeth i turned off all the lights and went to sleep instead of picking a pay-per-view movie like we had planned. i hope he got the message. let's see, what else ... i learned that he is a very light sleeper, a good tipper, and a compulsive snacker. will not eat tomatoes, not even to be polite. i learned that how scary he is when he drives fast is a kajillion times worse than when he drives really slow, so i will not dog his slow-ass driving anymore.

i loved being away with him. i wish we still were away.

today's good: laid the definitive smack down with a behavior contract they all had to sign and discuss with their parents. today's bad: the fac mtg from hell. we had to redo the master schedule, which f'ed up grade 5, student council, sped, everything. the domino effect made my head spin. today's ugly: me. this morning i dressed in the dark and wore no makeup. officer v: "you look tired." thanks ever so much. red, my first or second favorite color depending on the day of the week, is now the color of my hair, and so should never be the color of my clothing. i'll remember that.