Thursday, March 25, 2004
I am so out of it.
The other day, Alyssa, Matthew and I were eating at a local deli. There was another table near us with two grown women, one little one, and 2 10 year old boys. The boys went out to hang outside while the others were finishing eating. One or two groups came in to order food. The boys RAN back in. They were so excited, they were jumping off the walls. They were asking for something to write on and something to write with. Then, I lost track of what they did.
When one of the women walked by, I asked why the boys got so excited. She told me one of the Ravens (the local football team) came in to eat. This probably isn't too unusual here as one of the Raven's training facilities is just down the block from the deli. I swear, I wouldn't have known this guy if he sat on me... There was only one bigger guy at the table so I assume that was him... who him was? I don't know. I use to know who people like this were. Now I know squat. :-)
What do I know? I know this football player who probably makes Millions of dollars a year ate a cheese steak sub and soda for lunch. I also guess that the totally suped up Cadillac (I think) truck in the parking lot was his.
The other day, Alyssa, Matthew and I were eating at a local deli. There was another table near us with two grown women, one little one, and 2 10 year old boys. The boys went out to hang outside while the others were finishing eating. One or two groups came in to order food. The boys RAN back in. They were so excited, they were jumping off the walls. They were asking for something to write on and something to write with. Then, I lost track of what they did.
When one of the women walked by, I asked why the boys got so excited. She told me one of the Ravens (the local football team) came in to eat. This probably isn't too unusual here as one of the Raven's training facilities is just down the block from the deli. I swear, I wouldn't have known this guy if he sat on me... There was only one bigger guy at the table so I assume that was him... who him was? I don't know. I use to know who people like this were. Now I know squat. :-)
What do I know? I know this football player who probably makes Millions of dollars a year ate a cheese steak sub and soda for lunch. I also guess that the totally suped up Cadillac (I think) truck in the parking lot was his.
Tuesday, March 23, 2004
I had the warentee work done on my car today. It wasn't ready till pretty late so they are letting me keep the rental till tomorrow. I asked them how much this would have cost if it wasn't under warentee. $3800!!!! Can you believe it? It felt so unreal that the first time I brought this car to the dealer with a transmission problem, they said they will replace it. ( I guess I am not unique!), but now that I know it would have cost $3800 if it wasn't under warentee... WOW.
Today I was swim mom in Alyssa's preschool. I was first swim mom when Rebekah was 4yo preschool and have been sim mom for at least one kid ever since. This is the 5th year (10th session) that I have been a swim mom... and it is the last. This is good, I guess, but it is just another ending, and it is weird. I have had at least one kid in this preschool for 7 years (3 of them I had two kids there). This is the last year I have someone in the preschool. Alyssa will be going on a big yellow bus to a big girl school ALL day. Boy, am I ready for this? Oh, BTW: being a swim mom is fun enough while you are in the water, but getting 10-16 kids into swim gear, out of swim gear, dry and dressed is not fun! Heck, Rebekah and Matthew went swimming after school today and it isn't even so fun getting two older kids changed and dry. :-)
Today I was swim mom in Alyssa's preschool. I was first swim mom when Rebekah was 4yo preschool and have been sim mom for at least one kid ever since. This is the 5th year (10th session) that I have been a swim mom... and it is the last. This is good, I guess, but it is just another ending, and it is weird. I have had at least one kid in this preschool for 7 years (3 of them I had two kids there). This is the last year I have someone in the preschool. Alyssa will be going on a big yellow bus to a big girl school ALL day. Boy, am I ready for this? Oh, BTW: being a swim mom is fun enough while you are in the water, but getting 10-16 kids into swim gear, out of swim gear, dry and dressed is not fun! Heck, Rebekah and Matthew went swimming after school today and it isn't even so fun getting two older kids changed and dry. :-)
Sunday, March 21, 2004
Is weather pixie gone? The web site isn't there now. Has it changed, or is it gone since I finally added it to my blog?
Matthew and Alyssa ended up having two days off school, and Rebekah didn't have any days off. What a mess. The biggest problem that I saw was with the water department. I swear, they are inept. I understand pipes break, and there are outages. The water dep't did an OK (as far as I know, what do I know?) job of fixing the problem. But, then they said we would get water back by dinner time. Then, they said 7, then 9, then 11 with some outlaying areas not getting water till daybreak. I woke up at 7 with a trickle of water, and I am NOT in an outlaying area.
I called the water department and they said it was because the water towers had to fill up and they didn't have any idea when that would happen. Here we were, 15 hours after they said everyone would have water back, no additional emergencies had happened, and they didn't have a clue when water would be back. Like don't these guys have a clue? Don't they know how their system works? How long it takes to charge up? Don't they know they have water towers that need to have pressure in them before water will flow????? Inept, I say.
The public schools also screwed up, but I will blaim in on the water department. The first morning, schools weren't cancelled till 8:30. Busses start at 7:00 or so. People went to school, then were sent home. The school district said nobody from the water department called the school system to say there was a water outage that was effecting 34 public schools. They didn't know till they were in school and started having troubles... I believe the school system.
The second day, the same thing happened. Many kids went to school and were sent home. This time it was even after Matthew's bus 8:45 that school was cancelled. The bus driver told us to listen to the news as the school didn't have water. :-( The bus driver drove to school, saw a closed sign and drove back. The story this time was that the school district had been in touch with the water company all night and the information was that they water would be back imminently. (remember, in the paper, the water company kept delaying the time) Since the school department was told water would be back any minute, they delayed decisions till the very last second. The water company said they didn't know who the school district talked to because that was false information. duh...
You know who I don't believe... the inept ones.
UGH.
Lets see. We got Nana's present for Rebekah. A new bicycle. :-) It is great. But... the people who put it together made just a little mistake. The brakes didn't work right. Rebekah stopped her new bike by hitting a fence. :-( She is fine. The bike just lost a reflector. I brought back the bike, had them fix it, and had them replace the reflector. When she tested out the bike this time, I held on to her till she stopped it a few times!!!!! She looks SO much better on the new bike that fits her. She looked just a bit cramped on that 20 inch one she had before. She is 4'9" occording to the Dr... Knowing Rebekah, she is going to love switching gears on this new bike. Her first one with gears and no foot brake.
Talking about height. Don't worry, Rebekah is still off the charts tall. She isn't shrinking on us. But... Matthew seems to have spurted up. His teachers are talking about how tall he is and he is skinnier, like he just grew. At his 5yo appointment, he was 75 percentile and for his 6yo appointment (last Aug.) he was 90%. I am betting that he might not stay on the charts for that much longer... we will have to see. At 5'9" I am just on the chart (95%) for a woman (I was extra tall, young like Rebekah) and Bill is 6'4" which is off the chart for a man. We will see where the kids end up. I would make a large bet it wont be in the bottom 50%. :-)
I was going to write about the transmission of my Odyssey but I am too tired. I will say that Honda is having problems with the transmissions in the 2000 Odyssey and have extended the warentee to 100,000. If you are having troubles, bring it in before you do much work outside the dealer. They are also still having automatic door problems. The guy said they are having 2004s come in with door problems, they didn't have on the 2003s. I don't know why, it isn't a new design or anything. The 2005 will be a new design, I hear. Aren't those Grand Caravans where all the seats fold in cool? I hope Honda adds that before we buy a new car. It would help with Rebekah's new bicycle which now wont fit in the way back/trunk. Well, what I really wish is that Toyota makes a good, BIG minivan before I want to buy one, which I hope is MANY, many, many years from now.
I called the water department and they said it was because the water towers had to fill up and they didn't have any idea when that would happen. Here we were, 15 hours after they said everyone would have water back, no additional emergencies had happened, and they didn't have a clue when water would be back. Like don't these guys have a clue? Don't they know how their system works? How long it takes to charge up? Don't they know they have water towers that need to have pressure in them before water will flow????? Inept, I say.
The public schools also screwed up, but I will blaim in on the water department. The first morning, schools weren't cancelled till 8:30. Busses start at 7:00 or so. People went to school, then were sent home. The school district said nobody from the water department called the school system to say there was a water outage that was effecting 34 public schools. They didn't know till they were in school and started having troubles... I believe the school system.
The second day, the same thing happened. Many kids went to school and were sent home. This time it was even after Matthew's bus 8:45 that school was cancelled. The bus driver told us to listen to the news as the school didn't have water. :-( The bus driver drove to school, saw a closed sign and drove back. The story this time was that the school district had been in touch with the water company all night and the information was that they water would be back imminently. (remember, in the paper, the water company kept delaying the time) Since the school department was told water would be back any minute, they delayed decisions till the very last second. The water company said they didn't know who the school district talked to because that was false information. duh...
You know who I don't believe... the inept ones.
UGH.
Lets see. We got Nana's present for Rebekah. A new bicycle. :-) It is great. But... the people who put it together made just a little mistake. The brakes didn't work right. Rebekah stopped her new bike by hitting a fence. :-( She is fine. The bike just lost a reflector. I brought back the bike, had them fix it, and had them replace the reflector. When she tested out the bike this time, I held on to her till she stopped it a few times!!!!! She looks SO much better on the new bike that fits her. She looked just a bit cramped on that 20 inch one she had before. She is 4'9" occording to the Dr... Knowing Rebekah, she is going to love switching gears on this new bike. Her first one with gears and no foot brake.
Talking about height. Don't worry, Rebekah is still off the charts tall. She isn't shrinking on us. But... Matthew seems to have spurted up. His teachers are talking about how tall he is and he is skinnier, like he just grew. At his 5yo appointment, he was 75 percentile and for his 6yo appointment (last Aug.) he was 90%. I am betting that he might not stay on the charts for that much longer... we will have to see. At 5'9" I am just on the chart (95%) for a woman (I was extra tall, young like Rebekah) and Bill is 6'4" which is off the chart for a man. We will see where the kids end up. I would make a large bet it wont be in the bottom 50%. :-)
I was going to write about the transmission of my Odyssey but I am too tired. I will say that Honda is having problems with the transmissions in the 2000 Odyssey and have extended the warentee to 100,000. If you are having troubles, bring it in before you do much work outside the dealer. They are also still having automatic door problems. The guy said they are having 2004s come in with door problems, they didn't have on the 2003s. I don't know why, it isn't a new design or anything. The 2005 will be a new design, I hear. Aren't those Grand Caravans where all the seats fold in cool? I hope Honda adds that before we buy a new car. It would help with Rebekah's new bicycle which now wont fit in the way back/trunk. Well, what I really wish is that Toyota makes a good, BIG minivan before I want to buy one, which I hope is MANY, many, many years from now.
