why my kid is the coolest

so, I was making some lunch, and I got to thinking, man, it's quiet in this house. I wonder what the boy is up to? I went up to his room, and he's passed out on his bed. All cuddled up with his monkey, sound asleep. Gotta love a kid who puts himself up for a nap.

I went and got a haircut today. I was going to leave the boy with my neighbour, she looks after her granddaughter who's about 6 months older than my guy, so they play all the time. I decided to bring him with me though, since his last haircut experience by someone other than me was a bit of a fiasco. His hair turned out fine, but he screamed bloody murder the whole time. Anyway, he didn't like me getting my hair cut either, but it involved less screaming. He played with the sketchy toys that they always have at places, and was really good until I was done. Didn't take a really long time. The cut is good, the style she did was slightly horrifying. It's just not necessary to use a round brush and blowdryer on short hair, especially my hair. It dries much more nicely on its own. Anyway. I washed the junk out and am letting it dry and it's better now. My hair always takes a day or 2 after it's cut to look quite right though, for some reason.

In other news, I broke my bird feeder the other day while mowing the lawn. I was trying to avoid having to weed whack, so I was ramming the shepherd's hook that holds the feeder, so I could get the grass growing around it. You understand. Anyway, I hit it too hard I guess, and the bottom of the feeder fell off. There's now a pretty respectable pile of seeds on the ground, but the birds haven't all figured that out. They still go to the feeder and act all confused. The chipmunks are lovin it though. It also makes it more entertaining for the cats, since the food (birds and chipmunks) is all on ground level now.

The boy and I were just out playing in the semi-rain, jumping in puddles and stuff. Well, he was jumping, I was saying "ooh, good splash buddy!" and that kind of thing. He fell right on his bum, and then he just sits there until I get over there to pick him up. It took me a second, cause I was taking pictures. But then my battery died anyway, so I helped him up. Trying to foster independence, of course, don't want him to always need me to help him up. Rainy days aren't much fun while it's actually raining. If it doesn't stop soon, we might just have to get all our gear on and play in the rain. There are worse things, we are mostly waterproof I guess. The rain also means the cats are in, which means they're using the litter, which is gross. I'm LOVING them going outside, for that reason. The constant in-out-in-out is pretty annoying, and the "sleeping" rodents / birds is gross, but the not having to change the litter for weeks at a time is freaking great. If any of you are looking to buy me something, one of those sliding door pet doors would be great.

Back to work on Monday, 8am. Sad, I know. Your pity is palpable. New school, but I do know the secretary, she worked at the school I was at last year for a few months, and the computer guru is the same guy at both schools, so that'll be nice. It pays to get in good with those guys, let me tell you. Them, and the custodial staff. Treat everybody well, and those annoying things that can make work less fun have a way of getting fixed. Long weekend after that too, which will do everyone good. There was talk of going away somewhere for a much belated honeymoon / 1st anniversary getaway, but we'll see. The farthest we usually get is Tatamagouche. Nice, but not like, the most exciting / romantic place in the world. And we usually end up there with the boy and my parents.

Anyway. That's enough for now I suppose. I would promise to be back more since we have highspeed at home, but I hate to break a promise, so I won't. Much like when Homer said, "I'm not gonna lie to you Marge." and then walked out the door without another word. I believe it was the beer baron episode.

I thought that since I'd been away so long, I should have some useful information when I came back

So, courtesy of my dear seester, here you go. The fall season premiere schedule. Some of them premiere in 2008, so I guess we can't technically call them "fall". And as my sister so helpfully pointed out, all times are American.

Monday, September 17
8pm Prison Break (Fox)

Wednesday, September 19
8pm Kid Nation (CBS) (Might be interesting, but can't see getting hooked)

Thursday, September 20
8pm Survivor: China (CBS) (the 15th one!)

Sunday, September 23
8pm The Simpsons (FOX) (early this year, weird)
8:30 King of the Hill (FOX)
9pm Family Guy (FOX)

Monday, September 24
8pm Chuck (NBC)
8:30pm The Big Bang Theory (CBS) (2 geek comedies, I love it)
9pm Heroes (NBC)
10pm CSI: Miami (CBS)
10pm Journeyman (NBC) - new, looks a bit Quantum Leap-y to me, which is a good thing.

Tuesday, September 25
8pm NCIS (CBS)
9pm House (Fox)

Wednesday, September 26 (my birthday!!)
9pm Private Practice (ABC) (Grey's spinoff with Addison)
9pm Criminal Minds (CBS)
9pm Bionic Woman (NBC)
10pm Dirty Sexy Money (ABC)
10pm CSI: NY (CBS)

Thursday, September 27
8pm Ugly Betty (ABC)
8:00 - 9:00 pm My Name Is Earl (NBC)
9pm Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
9pm CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS)
9:00 - 10:00 pm The Office (NBC)
10pm Big Shots (Michael Vartan of Alias, 'nuf said)
10pm ER (NBC)

Friday, September 28
9pm Las Vegas 2-Hour Premiere (NBC)
10pm Numb3rs (CBS)

Sunday, September 30
9pm Desperate Housewives (ABC)
10pm Brothers & Sisters (ABC)

Tuesday, October 4
8pm Cavemen (ABC)

Thursday, October 4
8:30pm 30 Rock (NBC)

Friday, October 5
8pm Friday Night Lights (NBC) (never watched it, but my Grannie loves it!)

(sadly, there are no premieres on my sister's birthday, October 8, because it's Thanksgiving, maybe? anyway. she gets the day off, so that's good too.)

Monday, October 15
9:30pm Samantha Who? (ABC) Christina Applegate - supposed to be pretty funny!

Thursday, October 25
9:30pm Scrubs (NBC)

LOST - February 2008
24 - January 2008

If you think I've missed something, go check for yourself.