weekend o'marye :)

well, maybe the fact that i can't keep my calendar straight is the core reason for my crabby attitude... after yesterday's rants, it turned out that drew's game was cancelled and ev's open house wasn't scheduled until next week. duh. i wrote the wrong date on the calendar. so, after throwing dinner together and keeping it warm, i grab evan and run to the school. you know, to the dark school with no cars around. glad i rushed around like a mad woman for an event set for next thursday...

so, we had a nice, relaxing family night instead (with our friend, aaron, who showed up to join our small group that usually meets at our house on thursday nights... last night was one of the very few nights in over a year that we cancelled (due to our busy evening of baseball and school events... oops!), but i didn't know to let him know. oh well, he joined us for dinner and yahtzee.)

drew and i both had doctor appointments in the last 24 hours. his eye infection is clearing up nicely and after another 5 days of drops, he should be cleared for contacts again. he's so relieved. i, on the other hand (re: my rash on my legs), was told that perhaps i had an allergic reaction to the sand at the beach (30th b'day getaway a month ago) and that i keep irritating my skin by scratching the itch. um, no, i don't think i am allergic to the sand at the beach!!! hello?! i LOVE the beach. that's my emotional and physical haven (until heaven, of course)! i can't be ALLERGIC to it!! (and let's face it, you just can't have the beach without the sand.) anyway, i'm choosing to disregard that possibility and voting on the "changed my laundry detergent" - briefly - explanation. this, i can believe. so, i get some steroid cream to stop the itching and my skin should return to normal. normal would be nice... what is that again?

anyway, as i think about this weekend, i just get exhausted. don't look for new posts because i will be busy running from one event to the other. here's the quick list of events: dinner party with lifelong girlfriends, soccer games for evan and ed, baseball games for noah & drew, a sleepover for noah, a funeral for a friend's dad, and dinner at my parents with the family (including marye - long-lost granddaughter returning to visit with granddad. poor g-dad, he's got to get sick to get visits.)

for the record, this is officially "weekend o'marye" because while she's in town, i'll get to see her a few times. "reunited and it feels so good"... (thought you'd appreciate a little music reference, mare). we'll be with the dinner party girls tonight (marye is like the "special guest star" making a surprise appearance at the surprise baby shower... (hmmm, hope trish doesn't read my blog much... good chance this is safe since she rarely gets online)) then she can have time with her other family (the one she was technically born into) before ending the weekend with dinner at my folks - where she'll finally get to see the new addition (aka totally changed house)! oh, and visit with granddad and the rest of the family. odd that she didn't want to spend saturday with me too... going from one game to another. ;)