Heads or Tails: Quieting My Brain!

This week's theme for Heads or Tails Tuesday is "Loud". Well, the one thing that's really loud here right now is MAH BRAIN! I got back from 'vacation' on Friday needing a vacation from my vacation, and have all these thoughts screaming and rolling and running around inside my head. So, this is my chance to quiet the thoughts by dumping them out here! Without further ado, here's what I've been thinking about...

• I saw several commercials for 'Madea Goes to Jail', the new Tyler Perry movie. I don't get it. I just don't understand the appeal of these movies at all. I am not trying to sound ignorant, and DEFINITELY not racist, but is it because I'm white?

• Is there a moment more hopeless than the moment when you are sitting in an airport hallway with your two and a half year old son screaming and crying on the floor as you sit nearby and cry because you just can't hold it in anymore and you don't know how you're going to be able to physically get him to the gate or onto the plane?

• How does my body do it? As soon as I got back from vacation, 24 hours passed and I was overtaken by a virus that kept me layered under 5 layers of fleece blanket and clothing on my couch shivering. And during the whole thing I was miserable, but also thanking God it didn't happen while I was on vacation.

• Speaking of which, I realized that I sounded completely ridiculous trying to describe my illness to my husband including the following: "I feel like I'm shivering inside my skin", "I'm cold, but I can feel that my hands aren't cold, but they FEEL cold", and "My muscles need to move". I wonder if they're the same things he feels when he's sick, but he would describe them totally differently?

• Is there a moment more terrifying than looking in the backseat to see your two and a half year old son barfing up absolutely everything he's eaten and drunk that day ON THE WAY TO THE AIRPORT? Where you will be traveling on planes for 7 hours? Luckily, the flights home went very well, and there was NO barfing on the planes or anything.

• We are currently undergoing Operation Big Boy Bed. While I was on vacation, the bed arrived, and Justin put it together & into Sam's room. The first night home, I was so exhausted that he slept in our bed. The second and third nights, he slept in his Big Boy Bed (twin) after Justin read to him then stayed in there until he fell asleep. The fourth night (last night) I read him stories in the bed, then told him it was time for me to go. He whined a little, but FELL ASLEEP IN HIS NEW BED. Without crying for more than 2 minutes. Without getting up. Awesome! Knock on wood.

• I saw Hotel for Dogs while I was on vacation. It made me cry. Sigh...

• This is to be expected, but I am totally enamoured with the Obamas. I loved Michelle's dress at the inauguration, and those little girls are just adorable. I am waiting to see how long it will be before I feel giddy at the sound of President Obama's voice.

• I bought a container of cut watermelon at the store because it looked so red and juicy. It cost $8. It was totally worth it.

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