Journal #3

Hola! I'm feeling Hispanic today ... so bear with my Spanglish please ... because we have added a new member to our family. Early Sunday morning Ron found a little 5 to 6 week old kitten in our back yard being tossed around like a chew toy by Lillie, our beagle ... so to make a VERY long story short, we have added the kitten to our brood. She's so tiny so we named her "Paquita" (for those readers who know very little spanish, the word implies "small or tiny"). And if Paquita wasn't enough ... Ron found another kitten tonight - Paquita's sister. Wonderful ...

Braves lost tonight ... damn Dodgers ... why did they have to turn out such a good team this year? No-mah Garciaparra is back in rare form ... I guess marriage to Mia Hamm has proven to be a positive affair. My Braves couldn't buy a hit tonight so we lost 8-3. That drops us a half game below the Phillies. Ugh.

I've got to take Eli to the dentist tomorrow (oy vey) ... it's only a cleaning, but it's still rough on him. We use the world's greatest dentist (Ron's best friend), so I'm sure it will be alright.

Speaking of Eli ... man, is that kid on a growth spurt!! I can't keep his tummy full (and neither can my wonderful sister-in-law who watches them while I'm at work this summer). He will go through an entire bag of apples in two days. He's regular ... no doubt about that.

I am on vacation next week, so I'm planning to spend each day next week at the "Y" with the kids. The kids YMCA here in Thomasville is fantastic. They have a HUGE slide that looks like they took it straight from WhiteWater ... very impressive. Hannah swims like a fish, so I'll stay in the kiddie pool with Eli. I have two other weeks of vacation - one week at the end of July (which I'll spend in Destin, Florida with my kids and my incredibly bright and funny niece, Amanda), and one week in the beginning of August (which I'll spend with my kids, my mother, my brother, and my niece in St. George's Island, Florida; then end the week in Athens, GA for my graduation from the University of Georgia).

I didn't go walking tonight with Ginger. I had a HUGE day at work ... and I didn't get home until 5, which meant I still had to cook dinner ... so we'll make it up tomorrow night. I am not going to weigh myself for a while ... just kind of go by how my clothes fit. I plan to have Ron run a blood panel on me to check all my levels ... my cholesterol (both good and bad) is typically very good, so I'm not worried at all. I do like to keep an eye on it because I have an older sister who is diabetic. Although she carries a bit of extra weight, I feel certain that it is also due to a genetic predisposition. I've never had a problem with blood sugar, but I am getting older so I want to make sure I'm "good to go!" Ron is slender ... has been his whole life ... but his father is diabetic, so we think about that, too. Our poor children!!!

Well, it's late ... I'm going to hit the hay. Teaching 4 classes is about to kick my bum ...

J.