SURPRISE !!

On Memorial day I bought a guinea pig and named her Sweet Pea. When I bought her the saleslady said she was the only one for sale because the other female was pregnant and the male needed to stay with her, which was fine cause I got the one I wanted. When I went to Maine, dad watched Sweet Pea, then the week I was off Jimmy and I were busy with day trips so dad kept her (he fell in love with her anyway). Then I got a little sick so I left her there a little longer. Earlier tonight I got a phone call from Lisa shrieking with excitement, it turns out Sweet Pea was also pregnant! She just had a baby!!! So I drove over there and found the cutest lil black and white thing. SO CUTE!!!

I called the pet store... uh yeah you sold me a guinea pig on 6/1 and she just had a baby ... well we had her in a cage with a male for a while, but he didn't seem interested... well I guess he was! :) So they tell me the baby sould be kept with the mother at least 5 weeks. I left them at dads house so not to distrub them with a car ride. Lisa's gonna keep the baby after this.

What a cool surprise

Day Trip

Today, James and I took a trip to the Liberty Science Center in/near Jersey City. We had fun running around looking at stuff. Jimmy got to play a virtual volleyball game, he stood in front of a blue screen and watched himself on tv so he knew when to jump. We saw the 3D laser light show aboutyour brain, Jimmy kept reaching out to try to grab the laser :). We crawled through a "brain" doesn't look lik a brain at all but you crawl through a tunnel that goes up and down and had a slide at the end but it was pitch dark in there, you can't see your hand in front of your face, you hade to keep your left hand on the wall at all times. We had fun though we were probably there for 4 or mabe more hours.

The next Olympic Champion ...

Oh, by the way, Jimmy ROCKS! at swimming class. Monday he swam about 10 feet all by himself - no bubble - nobody holding him and he did awesome!

I've been watching the Olympics, mostly catching the swimming, and gymnastics, I also saw some shotput and volleyball not to mention kayaking - I wasn't aware that was an olympic event? Tonight Jimmy couldn't get to sleep so he watched some gymnastics and swimming with me. He was awestruck at the gymnastics the way eveybody was flipping around :) and he was thrilled to watch swimming, I told him that maybe one day everyboday would be watching him on TV swimming in the Olympics since hes doing so awesome swim class :D

Sick Day

I've been sick since Monday, a head cold. I'll get a cold in the summer from the temperature difference from AC and hot weather (as Anna & family remembers from my visit in FL) and am pretty much miserable since breathing is almost obsolete. My boss keeps the air on "freezing" year round, including the winter. I haven't had the air on in the house for about a monthn mostly because its really not working but, mainly because its been pretty nice (keeping blinds closed keeps it nice and cool in the house). So as soon as I went back to work after a week off with no AC, I got sick. I have been miserable and ended up feeling like crapola when I woke up today I actually felt very weak and stumbled into the wall thats when I decided I don't think I was going into work today :)

I did end up feeling better later in the day and since I kept Jimmy home with me (since I didn't have the energy to drive him to school) we decided to take another lil trip. We drove to trenton, parked and hopped on NJ Transit's River Line to the NJ Aquarium in Camden. If I had to drive to Camden I wouldn't have gone, espeically since I wasn't feeling all that wonderful. Jimmy thought his first ride and a train was just great. We enjoyed ourselves at the aquarium. My favorite was the Sea Dragons, I beleive they're a "cousion" of the Sea Horse; James liked the Green Moray's. We sat in on a story time which was funny, they had a puppet show which was corney :) and James got his face painted to look like a shark. We had a nice time.

Tommorow we're gonna head north to the Liberty Science Center. I'm enjoying my time with Jimmy the kid this summer with the trips we've been taking.

Monday

We didn't go to a museum in Philly yesterday. We just hung around the house and went to Chucke Cheese later for a couple hours before we had to drive to the airport and pick up Lisa. Her flight was scheduled to come in at 8:49pm she ended up getting in earlier but got stuck in traffice on the runway so by the time she jumped in my car it was 9:30pm which is normal but it took us 1 1/2hrs to get home. I was so exhausted, me and Jimmy didn't sleep well it took me forever to fall asleep and Jimmy kicked me throughout the night cause he slept in my bed last night. I told Lisa if she wants me to pick her up from the airport ever again that that latest shes allowed to get in is 8pm so I can get home early enough to get a good night sleep cause I feel dead today.

Although I was off work all last week and did a lot of stuff, I don't feel like I had a vacation, but was looking forward to getting back to work at the same time ?

Maine and Vacation (Long Post)

I've been having trouble with my computer at home which is the reason for the lack of entries.

The drive up sucked! We got stuck in 1 1/2hr traffic due to a really bad accident in Mass. I had kept shifting and twisting my self so my butt and legs wouldn't go numb and I ended up hurting myself by twisting a knot into my back - of course :) We arrived 2am Friday, when we got on the road 5pm Thursday. Maine was beautiful, last time I was there was when I was maybe 10-12? Greg gets a cabin right on a lake it was very relaxing. I forgot how cold the nights get, I woke up freezing with my teeth chattering the first night and "yelled" all I could muster which ended up being a whisper for a second blanket :)

Friday I woke up so late, from getting in at 2am and the cold fresh air. Went down sat at the lake, enjoyed the sun, Greg took us for a spin on the lake. One of the guys that was staying in a different cabin did Hawaiian Poi fire dance stuff, he spun fire, it was really cool. Erik got some pictures of it he posted them on his web site, click under creative. We went out for Lobster later in the evening to the Lobster Pound. I had the special: 1lb lobster, steamed clams, New England clam chowda - yummy. I treated for Gregs Bday which was earlier that week and also to say thanks for letting me crash his vacation :) Afterwards we went to Ricks Cafe, I was not impressed. I went to the Ricks Cafe in Jamaica with Anna in 2001 it was better. Erik and Greg have been going there for years they say it used to be better, but Rick also doesn't own this one anymore.

Saturday I woke up a little early but I made myself go back to sleep because the sun didn't even rise yet, I guess my body forgot it was on vacation, I woke up again around 9am again and stayed up. I was back and forth between the lake and the cabin reading a book I brought. For lunch today we took a drive to Frye Island and had to take a ferry over, with the car, first time I've ever done that it was weird being in a car that was turned off but was moving. Had a nice lunch outside for 2 hours right on the water. Greg was being attacked by moths, they must have liked his cologne :) When we took the ferry back over the younger guy working on it "got me to smile" (as he said) because I hit him with my car - he made me pull up until I hit him. Then he started talking to me, flirting as per Erik and Greg said - he was hitting on me. I thought he was gay, he spoke and acted a little femine. So we had a little debate over it on the way back. He was nice and cute but I didn't think I was his "type" :) For dinner we went to Ricks new place quite a trek away it seemed like it took forever to get there and only 15 mins to get back :) He owns a comfortable tavern/inn family style restaurant with good food. I had Mexican. After we ate, we went and sat at the bar for a few drinks and the boys took a ride in Ricks massage chair. I was entertained by two "Mass-holes" sitting next too me who were loud and funny, too much too drink? or just being themselves I don't know but they were enjoying themselves.

Sunday we helped Greg pack and clean up. Took a drive to Freeport so I could go to LL Bean. I wanted to get Jimmy a new sleeping bag and some presents for my dad for his upcoming Bday, and I ended up picking up a nice warm winter jacket and snow pants for Jimmy. The drive home sucked, started out in traffic in Maine, the rest of it seemed to flow pretty well but I was just fed up with being in the car and I think I was getting snippy, plus I was really wasn't talking to Erik because I was fed up with the car and also was lost in thought - sorry Erik :) I ended up getting home and crashing at midnight, I don't remember what time I woke up the next day ?

I picked up Jimmy from school Monday, I missed my little booger :) Monday and Tuesday we just hung around and did little stuff. Wednesday I took him to the Crayola Factory in Easton, PA and we had a blast making stuff and he was running all over the place. Right behind it there is a Pez store that was cute and we stopped for Ice Cream at the Purple Cow Creamery. Drove home in a lovely storm and got a little lost because I wanted to dodge traffic, but if you go in the general direction you'll get there eventually :)

Thursday we went to the Please Touch Museum in Philly. Its a kids place where you can run around and do what ever you want. They had a section from Alice in Wonderland the tea party, 0312289723 Where The Wild Things Are which I loved beause it was one of my favorite books when I was a kid (Jimmy loves it too) and all kinds of other stuff. Friday we didn't do much Jimmy wanted to go to the ball pit at McDonalds so we did that then he wanted to see his father since he hadn't seen him for a few days, I dropped him off then went home for an hour. He decided he wanted to sleep there so he came home today. and we hung out and watched movies.

tomorrow Lisa is coming home at 8:40pm from visiting her boyfriend in Cali and we'll have to go pick her up. I think we might go The Franklin Institute Science Museum they've got kids stuff there or maybe some other museums since we have to go to Philly in the evening anyway.

So this was my vacation week, back to work on Monday - yuk.

Lobster Lobster Lobster

I was invited be Greg and Eric to go to Maine with them. Greg rents a cabin in Maine for 2 weeks every summer. So Eric and I are heading up today and will stay until Sunday and help Greg close up shop. See ya when I get back! :)