The Ironies of Babysitting and Living

We were going to go a on REAL date tonight.

 Mackayla has only been babysat a couple times by her grandmas and a couple times by Ben:) We've never paid a teenager to babysit our kids. So this was big! I feel unfairly judged about this even though I shouldn't care- but moving around, being (past) students and having a busy husband makes it difficult. Who would I even go on a date with if I got a babysitter:)? Actually the irony is that Ben put Mackayla to sleep for the first time the other night (like a pro I should add) when this happened:

I went to a girls' craft night. Grabbed some diapers on the way home and threw my wallet in the front seat. Clumsily carried my stuff in. Not my wallet. At 5 am our car alarm went off. I grabbed the keys and went to turn it off. Ben's keyless entry battery is dead so I would have to go unlock it. Just as I reached the front door it turned off. I went back to bed. Ben went to go to work and came back in our house at 7:30 saying his window had been smashed in. Like smashed to smitherenes. Later we realized my wallet was in there with our gift certificate to the restaurant we were going on a date to. I spent the afternoon cleaning up little glass shards off our driveway so Macey could stop getting them stuck in her feet.
Mackayla had been sick. She got a fever, it's getting worse. Still debating the doctor. Cody has a cold. Actually, I was going to run a 5k race this morning (I was going to push her and let the kids play at the playground because they had babysitting) but I couldn't justify getting Mackayla up and running in the cold with her.
But let's look at the bright side. I didn't go outside and get mortally wounded by someone who really wanted my olive green wallet with my library card and cancelled credit cards.
But they got our date money and science museum pass! Arggg!
Well, the other irony is that we lived in a dangerous neighborhood for a year, next to a drug addict and the only interaction we had with them was when they helped me with my car and saved us from imminent death by fire in our house. Yes he smashed up his car, but it was HIS. We were perfectly safe. Then we moved to a picture perfect neighborhood with beautiful houses and manicured lawns in a cute little town and it turns out to be more dangerous. I guess looks can be deceiving. Good to know.

Death by Heat

Record Heat. Day 41 of 100 degrees or hotter; all time record is 50. We will pass that. July broke all records for heat in OK history. This week will be hotter than that.

This is the temperature at 10:00 at night (95) and it's really blurry, but also the forecast for the hottest week this year. It's 109, 112, 112, 110, 109, 108. Crazy! We've been great, just staying indoors, and if we're outside, we're in the pool! Luckily, we got rain yesterday, a huge blessing.

Our washer and dryer is in the garage and I just left our laundry to bake because I couldn't go roast to get it out. Our garden is starting to die because it's so hot I can't motivate myself to go outside to water it multiple times a day. My body just hurts. I am walking around like I am going to fall apart and I look like I'm going to burst at any moment. Don't get me wrong, I'm not always crying about it. More like AMAZED that I moved to the hottest state in the country while I am 9 months pregnant and still alive. It's incredible.

Any indoor summer ideas?

And I couldn't post this without once again blessing our AC. Thank you thank you thank you. And we don't have to pay utilities. Double thanks.

And I'm not sure why this pregnancy is different, but Ben is strangely more sympathetic to my pains this time around. I really don't know why-no school stress, older, more children and experience. No idea. The other day he gave me a massage for an hour because I literally couldn't walk and it made me feel 100% better. And then I felt like making dinner so it worked out for both of us:) But how sweet is that? He's great. And working a TON lately.

Thank you-frustration-funny

THANK YOU!: I have mentioned before that I love my friends, but here is another post, about my birthday. Ben was out of town, which was okay, but I thought it would have been nice to have someone around. One of my friends, when she saw me casually said oh ya, it's your birthday, happy birthday. But Chelsea is not casual, mellow or quiet, so I should have known. She and Marilou made me a surprise birthday dinner and cake. Thanks you guys, love you!

Do everyone's kids love being naked?

FUNNY FRUSTRATION: I just went to the dentist. I will be going for three more long visits. My dentist cracks me up. He's not even nice, but it's dang funny. He's passionate about dentistry. After my x-rays he looked at them and said, "Wow, you have terrible teeth." Then today after he filled in my cavity (it was an old one that needed to be redone) he said, "Geez, that was a huge cavity." and he just keeps saying that I have crappy teeth over and over. I actually apologized for having bad teeth and then laughed inside my head because I realized I'm making his mortgage payment. Maybe he should thank me!

Just as a disclaimer: I brush my teeth twice a day and I am proud to say I am now am a faithful flosser.

FUNNY: A couple months ago I was playing the organ in church. Ben wasn't there so I quickly asked someone to watch Macey and Cody, except Macey wouldn't have it. Taking Macey with me, I thought we would fix it when sacrament started. We somehow had a miscommunication and I ended up keeping her, and short of a full scale freak out, she sat right by me while I played. Well, midway through the first hymn she suddenly fell flat on her face. I had to stop mid-chord and pick her up, then I picked up right where we left off. Miraculously, she didn't cry.

Life's Ironies

Being the wonderful husband that he is, Ben volunteered to get up with Cody when he woke up at night. I went on a run Saturday morning and had to teach a lesson on Sunday, so he was helping out. Ironically, Cody slept through the night!!! That's good! It's just ironic since he never has.