what i did today........

• had oatmeal for breakfast with that awful better 'n' peanut butter stuff (that name is SO WRONG - it's awful, with the consistency of tarry newborn poop) BUT, if i add a teeny teaspoon of nutella, it makes it all alright (but tragically, look even more like meconium...) i wonder how low my cholestrol is these days, i think oatmeal's supposed to lower it or something. it already was normal, so now it should be like minus 150 :)

• changed outfits 4 times (i am truly thankful for my wonderfully reliable washer and dryer :)

• walked the magical 13 miles (plus 0.22 because my GPS died of exhaustion during mile 12)

• saw a man painting those huge adverts on a store window - i have always wanted to see how they get the writing so neat and straight. the trick seemed to be duct tape and not being at all self conscious of the people watching in awe:)

• passed the bad earbud jogger at a completely different street :)

• found it really really hard to just walk down the street like an average american, while listening to 'walk like an egyptian' :)

• jaywalked :)

• had all bran for lunch - i think i'm the only person in the world who doesn't hate all bran but i do hate grape nuts....)

• found the principal's salary posted online - now i don't feel so bad about being a squeaky wheel ;)

• had to sit on my hands so i don't pull out my eyebrows with my bare hands - they are driving me NUTS!!

• watched the Oprah about miracles - i absolutely don't believe in miracles :)
  

• saw a great great great great grandma delight her grandchild by picking them up at kindy :)

• spent an hour outside kindy talking with a fellow european mum about awful homesickness and feeling like a fish out of water here... she is coming over for a playdate tomorrow:)

• got a sudden insatiable desire to play 'mountain song' by jane's addiction on guitar hero (it's past everyone bedtime.... i really shouldn't get my guitar out now.... but i might not sleep till i've got it out of my system.... hmmm)
  

• started to make Sam's birthday book (and actually use a groupon!!) with some of these pictures: