OK, KC is in Florida with her godmother. I/we have been looking forward to this for months. KC gets a fun vacatoin with Aunt Mo and mommy gets a vacation from, well being a mommy! I can go out, see friends I haven't seen in a long time, stay out late, sleep in, buy myself something if I so desire and whatever else I want to do, without feeling guilty because I am not with KC or getting her something! Yee haw!

I have been sleeping late and going to bed early but that has been the extent of my "vacation" from mommyhood. Who would have thought I would miss her so much? Who would have thought that 12 hours between a phone call would send me right into a tailspin? Who thought that this would be a vacation!!! Now the side of me with the common sense is really happy that she is having such a grand time and knows that this is something that she will remember for a lifetime. The other side of me says that she either needs to come home right now or I need to go there. Since I am a poor college student, (and even poorer in the summer), she just needs to come home.

I have no idea why I thought this was going to be a vacation for me nor do I understand why I thought this was going to be a freeing experience for me. The good thing is that she is having a wonderful time and she is doing all sorts of really neat things that she may never get the chance to do again. She is forming an even stronger bond with Aunt Mo and she is exerting some independence.

Oh yeah, and she misses me. :)

Softball Time

Well...we have officially survived our first REAL softball tournament! It was a Saturday and Sunday and it was also the debut of this team. The name of the team is J.D. Big Red. I think we covered all of the "tournament" do's and don'ts:

- We packed way too much food
- We forgot umbrellas...and it rained a lot on Saturday
- We purchased the obligatory T-shirt.
- We cheered our little voices away
- We trekked way too far to the bathroom
- We drove over 100 miles in one weekend (and this was IN town)
- We cheered for the 10 pm game on Saturday and for the 7:30 am game on Sunday (not quite as loudly on Sunday)
and we had a blast and could not have been prouder of our softball star!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They only won 1 of 5 games but that does not reflect how well they really played and they should all be incredibly proud...I know I am. :)

(All-stars are next!)

6th Grade Graduation

OK, I admit it. I was not ready for the 6th grade graduation that I am now recovering from. My "little" girl and all of the friends that she has been in school with since 1st grade are now moving out of elementary school. They are all almost teenagers, (they do already act like they are though) and this was the first event where we had to get the dress, the shoes, the manicure and the pedicure. (I thought I had a while yet!) I will admit that she was more beautiful than I could have ever imagined and she was almost taller than me in her shoes...ALMOST!

I am proud of my girl and I can't believe she is moving onto the big kid's school! There is absolutely NO drooling over my girl.

Softball Time

Tonight was a fun team game and KC pitched, all but 2 innings. I know I am the mom but she really was amazing! She struck out more than several girls and made an amazing catch the was hit right to her! Her team made it to the play-offs and she has been asked to be on the all-stars team! Go baby!!!!!!

Here is the rub. Her tournament team has just started practices and they are conflicting with the fun team's games. Not that KC isn't popular but now there are 2 teams fighting over her! I love little kid's sports.

Everything

OK... it has been quite a while since I have posted and for the one or two of you actually read, I hope you are sticking with me and will continue to bear with me! We got a kitten today. Yes, we did already have a dog and a dog who hated the last cat we had but we were very hopeful this time and guess what? The kitten and the dog actually seem to be getting along! Perhaps the maternal instinct in the dog won out this time. The other cat was an adult when the dog chose us as her family and they fought like the proverbial tale. We were possibly correct in guessing that the dog would be better with a kitten. We have our reasons, probably the dog has different ones but the bottom line is that there is fur harmony happening in the house and we are all happy!

Softball, (the fun team), has continued and they have continued to win!! Go team! Actually, the season is almost over and we have only suffered 2 defeats. Both were close and both were to the same team. KC has pitched several times and she is awesome. She has also decided, after playing the infield from age 4 1/2 to age 11, that she now wants to be an outfielder. Since there are several girls on the team who, due to ability, can only play one or two positions, the coach was more than willing to try KC anywhere she wanted to play. She is a good judge of the ball and her arm is about the best on the team. It turns out that she is the best outfielder they have and looks like she has been playing there her entire life. Who knew? Anyway, you all heard about the not so fair weather parents who chose to honk from their cars during the 40 degree days and the rain. It turns out that those same parents also like to sit in their cars when it is 94 degrees out. Since my mother, my 70 something year old neighbor and my almost 94 year old grandfather sit out in the heat, I give those parents no sympathy. Oh yeah, I sit out there too! The tournament team will be starting soon so I will keep you updated.

I am off of school for the summer. For the first summer of my college career I decided to take the summer off. It feels really good to be able to read something I WANT to read instead of something I HAVE to read. I am currently reading The Golden Compass, I will let you know about that when I am done as well.

Today was the first time in 15 years that I missed the Pride Day Parade. Normally I feel it is an obligation to get myself out there for the parade and march and see people I haven't seen for a year and show the world, (well, the Syracuse world), that I am a proud lesbian and a proud lesbian mom. Today I sort of forgot about the parade, had a small stomach bug, and mowed the lawn at my grandfather's house instead. I assure you I am still proud and very out, I guess I am just getting older.

Happy Pride everyone!!!!!

Softball Time

OK, I have nothing but a score for you today. KC's team-6, other team-3. My brain is on total shutdown because it has finally figured out that school is over. School being over apparently means no more thinking to my brain.
Oh yeah...go team!

Softball Time

Tonight was K.C.'s first game of the season for the Fun team. It was about 45 degrees, windy and rainy. It sprinkled through the entire game...except for the 5 minutes that it absolutely poured. Now, some parents go to their cars when it rains and is cold like it was tonight. I consider myself a hard core parent because I stood right out there in all of the elements and suffered. I got wet and cold and didn't feel my nose for 3 hours but I cheered for my kid and even other people's kids. (Who else would cheer for those poor children of the car dwelling parents?)
I am not sure why I feel a sense of pride in the fact that I was not smart enough to come in out of the rain. I even feel a sense of pride in the fact that my child did not complain about playing in the cold and wet. Me! The one who felt there was no pride in natural childbirth. I signed in as Ms. Epidural when I got to the hospital. I had heard the tails of women who went drug free when they gave birth and used this experience as a medal of honor to be proudly displayed to anyone who had ever had, or knew of anyone who had ever had a baby. I thought that wearing labor pain like a medal was the stupidest thing I had ever heard of. Who would be dumb enough to endure that much pain for bragging rights? Definitely NOT worth it...I wanted drugs and I was proud of that!
Hmmmm.
Makes me think twice about my priorities and my definition of stupidity.

Oh yeah...we won. 3-2 in the last inning and K.C. scored the winning run!!!!! Go team!