Well, our health insurance payments got significantly cheaper now that I've been denied coverage. We were wondering whether we could afford it and it's much easier to do so if one family member is without. Turns out my back spasms are a pre-existing condition. Apparently being female disposes you to having children and picking them up.
Olivia had her first tumbling class on Saturday and was a natural. We went early to the center and observed a class of older kids. Ols watched very intently and sat quietly on her Dad's lap the whole time. Then when her class started she executed the various moves cleanly and quickly. The other parents were floored that it was her first class. We had trouble getting her off the rings, she was having such a good time on them. It's kind of wild watching your kid use a skill from seemingly nowhere. Watching her hang from the rings with no assistance Aaron and I were asking ourselves "where the hell did she learn that?"
Yesterday we went to a friend's wedding and I saw a bunch of people who I hadn't spoken with in years. They of course asked where we were living now and what were we up to? Again I struggled with encapsulating it into a sound bite. I think I came off as a bit unfriendly, which wasn't my intent, just my poor small talk skills on display.
I spoke often with my east coast family this weekend. I was awakened very early Saturday morning by a call from a cousin who was alerting me to the news that her mother had been admitted to the hospital, a victim of domestic violence. I made what calls I could to connect folks, but felt all the while that I was on the wrong coast.
It got really chilly over the weekend and I'd hoped to skip play group today because I didn't feel like biking in the cold weather. But about a half hour before play group started Olivia was walking around the house repeating "helmet" and I realized she seemed to know that today is a play group day. Foiled again! So off we went singing our ABCs and Cat Stevens, Olivia ringing the bike bell for emphasis.
Car is in the shop since we had really no brakes to speak of and, strapped or not, that's not the kind of maintenance you can defer -- unlike the crunched hood which will probably never get fixed. We are becoming more hillbilly by the day. We had hoped to take a brief trip somewhere this week that Aaron is off, maybe Vegas or LA. But, as usual, we either have money or time but not both. So we may do a day trip somewhere like Carmel. Just get out of town for a bit so it feels like a vacation; haven't had one since our honeymoon.Though only a few years ago, it truly feels like a lifetime ago.
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