Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Getting out of here until football commences

Eli and I are sojourning to Utah this weekend. I am tired of the heat and tired of being a mostly single parent to my child who is...well, you all know how he is. I am going to get my haircut, swim at the inlaws' new pool, watch baseball games and let Eli play with his cousins and uncles. I made the unfortunate mistake of telling him that we were going a couple of days ago; now he asks me multiple times a day when we are going to Nannie's house to see the wash and Grandma's house to see the goats...my mom has a front load washer which he idolizes, and Adam's parents have neighbors who have goats. He had a full on meltdown yesterday and bawled himself to sleep screaming "Goats!" I keep telling him we'll go on Friday but he doesn't really get it. So that's it. Swimming, goats and laundry-hooray!

PS Football season is almost here. That statement really deserves an exclamation mark but I try to limit them to less than one per post; just know that I am REALLY excited. Go Cougars. Please don't suck.

8 comments:

Jacqui said...

This is Ali. Amen. Please don't suck. And I love Eli. He's hilarious. Goats. Awesome. Love reading your thoughts. Hope it's a great trip.

Jacqui said...

Sorry, I"m on my sister's computer. It's Ali Seaman. Miss you guys.Take care. didn't want you to freak out... who is this random comment from?

Katie said...

I know how Eli feels... waiting for something (in our situation closing on our house) and not being able to understand why it's taking so long...and having a few nervous breakdowns in the interim... ahhh! I hope you have a blast in Utah! Take in some of that fresh mountain air for us.

Heather said...

I love that he is looking forward to watching the laundry. If he's at my house, he can watch it all day long. I might require him to fold some of it though as payment.
It will be fun to swim--or in my case to sit at the edge of the pool like a beached whale and try not to focus on how many days left I have of this pregnancy. It's 20--fyi.

Britten & Chelsea Maughan said...

YEAH! I can't wait to watch the wash with E!

Lisa said...

I feel like I'm being cheated on...I thought he just liked watching my washing machine!

lauren said...

do i dare inquire as to whether i will get to see you this time? i talked with your sister the other day and she mentioned that it might be fun to get together. just a thought.

Jen and Lance said...

Ash! I miss you! I was dying at your post about Eli. I would've loved to see your reaction to that. I wish i was as excited for football season as you are. I pretty much loose my husband for the whole season. Would love to see you when your in Utah if you ever have time.