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Post-Mother’s Day Roundup

The strangest thing happened this morning. I woke up and squinted as I glanced at the window. What is this bright light? I looked out the window, nearly blinded as I wondered Where did this big glowing ball of fire come from? Then I remembered it was the sun, which I haven’t seen in five days. After five days of nothing but clouds and rain, it’s easy to forget about the sun.

It was only a brief appearance, however. The sun gave us a quick morning light, then spurned us as clouds and rain returned. I was thankful for this unexpected appearance, however, since we weren’t expecting to see the sun for another week. Yes, it’s going to continue raining here for another week. Plus it’s going to stay colder than normal. You’d think we lived in northern Scotland, and not Ohio.

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Mother’s Day was OK here, aside from the rain and the cold, and Aaron’s grumpy mood. He spent the entire weekend in a funk, for some unknown reason. We visited with my family for the afternoon. My mom was thrilled that I got her a subscription to Bee Culture magazine. (She does beekeeping as a hobby.) I received the Chronicles of Narnia on DVD, plus a box of chocolates from Aaron. Choxie chocolates, my favorites.

My crazy great aunt continued her weird gift-giving habits, and from her I got a small tin of off-brand mixed nuts and a boxed cake mix. Yes, a cake mix – some assembly required. Then again, I should have expected something like that.

After a miserable Friday and a so-so Saturday, Cordelia was in high-spirits, even though she still didn’t feel good. She put on a brave face, however, and gave little indication that she was still sick, other than eating and drinking very little. We’re still dealing with diarrhea, but it’s not coming as often now, thank goodness.

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I still need to make flight reservations for Blogher. Anyone have any tips on getting the best deal possible? I hate paying so much for a flight when the prices are changing so often. I worry I’ll make the reservation, and then the next day the price will be lower.

Also, speaking of Blogher, just a reminder that today is the last day for Sue’s contest over at Red Stapler. If you’re even remotely considering going to Blogher, get over there and make a comment on any of her recent posts. It’s that easy!

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I have to say that the mommy blogger love-fest over the weekend was so heartwarming. It was so nice to see the compliments and goodwill towards each other. Far better than some of the mean-spirited posts others choose to make in the name of “satire”.

Sure, we all love the comments. I’ll freely admit that every comment I get makes me do a little happy dance. But knowing that your writing is making a difference to someone else in some way is an even better feeling.

Next post for me will be a meme that I promised Mommy off the Record I would do last week. Stay tuned.

PS – Aaron’s interview on Friday went well. Now we’re in the uncomfortable waiting stage. Keep your fingers crossed that he gets the job!

Christina

Christina is a married mom of two daughters from Columbus, Ohio, and has been blogging at A Mommy Story since 2005.

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