Speed Sleeper

We have had a nice, relaxing Sunday. I didn't get everything done I wanted to do, but I got several things on my To Do list crossed off, like mulching the front flower beds.

We went to Home Depot late in the morning, then Michael needed a hair cut, and we just ran by a local place and got it cut. He hates it. Then again, he hates every hair cut, no matter who cuts it. I've never seen a boy so concerned about his hair.

We had lunch at Applebees. Mother was negative about it, but she got a beautiful shrimp salad, and told them to hold the lettuce, so essentially she got a bowl of chopped veggies, half a hard boiled egg, and some grilled shrimp on it. I know the kitchen must have been startled by the "no lettuce" directive. It upsets Mother's stomach.

The kids and I got some work done in the yard. We carefully watered everything. Then tonight when we were watching a movie, we got a good hard soaking rain. Oh well.

Lesleigh came over this afternoon and brought us some wonderful bread from the gourmet food place where she works, including rye and pumpernickel, my favorites. I talked her into going with me and the kids to the movies.

We all piled in my brother's big Toyota truck and headed to the movies to see Speed Racer. The kids and Les loved it. I was not too crazy about it. It was a cross between a cartoon and a real movie - hard to describe, but it was made by the Wachowski brothers, who made the Matrix movies.

A lot of it is cars racing around huge, enormously twisty and steep raceways in futuristic cities. I have a mild phobia about bridges, so the shots of the gravity-defying car stunts made me almost nauseous. I had to close my eyes. Then I dozed off. Yep, I slept through some of Speed Racer. Bad mom.

After the movie I needed to put gas in the truck - $63! Yikes. The back tire wouldn't take air, either, so I e-mailed bro about that. I don't know if he wants new tires or not. He probably won't get back to driving it regularly for a year or so...

I fixed Michael and me fried egg sandwiches for dinner. Mother and Alesia had sandwiches. We had a big lunch.

We are getting excited about our upcoming vacation to Myrtle Beach. We leave next Saturday. I am looking forward to getting there and perhaps having some time to relax every day.