Mornings

My mornings aren't easy. I have to dress Alan, eat breakfast, shower and get out the door without dawdling too much over e-mail :( (DH leaves for work before me, so I'm alone with Alan.)

I have to load up every day as I leave the house with Alan, his bag of clothes and mother's milk bottle, my purse and the pump backpack. Its tricky and I have to get the backpack ON before picking up Alan. So I get out to the car with all that and realize I forgot the milk bottle and some opened jarred food I wanted to take to daycare so it wouldn't be wasted. So I unloaded everything but Alan and his bag and went back to the house. So I get in and put Alan down in the living room. He starts crying (he was cranky today). I run into the kitchen, open the fridge, get 1 jar and the milk and go for the second jar - I grab it by the top and the bottom falls on the floor. Orange all over the floor (jar didn't break, fortunately.) Ugh! So I clean up floor and dangling tablecloth, get bag and Alan and finally leave!!!!

At least after October, no more backpack ... but Alan and I will need coats :(

Meme

From ginky and ignu2k

$10 and 15 minutes in which to spend it all. What do you buy?
This is easy. Buy lunch at work in NYC. I could easily find somewhere that costs 10.00 for lunch.

$100 and 1 hour; what do you buy?
This sounds weird, but Globe Shoes in NJ. I want to find some dressy sandals that would fit my wide feet. And 2 pair of nice sandals would probably run near 100.00 -- if I didn't spend it all on Sandals I'd see what other dress shoes (heels) I could find. (This store has a very large selection of shoes in all special sizes.)

$1000 and 2 hours; what do you buy?
Probably go to a furniture store and buy a new couch and chair for our living room. We could use it.

$10,000 and 48 hours; what do you buy? Note: you are not allowed to pay bills, put in savings/checking acct., or give money to anyone.
Downpayment on a house!

Two tickets and transportation to anywhere in the US to see a currently touring music group/performer. Who do you see? Whom do you take as your guest?
Billy Joel. I had a ticket last year and had to sell it when it got rescheduled from April to October - I couldn't go so close to Alan's due date. I'd probably take my friend Linda. She's seen Billy close to 20 times, she wouldn't mind another time for free.
(If Billy wasn't around, I'd see Bruce Springsteen...especially in the (NJ) Meadowlands (Continental Arena or Giant Stadium). But transportation there would be cheap...I live 15 minutes away straight down a back road!)

An invitation to have "high tea" with 3 high profile women (politicians, celebrities, etc.). Who will join you?
Chelsea Clinton (would like to hear what her life was like in the White House)
Joy Behar (from the view)
JK Rowling


The opportunity to perform as an extra in a movie sequel. Which movie do you choose, and what will you do? I'd be in the next Trek movie and play a crew member - it would be fun.