A fine evening

I had a very good afternoon and evening with Simon.  We went to pick up the new Leslie Patricelli book that came out today but couldn't find it.  Instead we got this:

Then we wandered around some more and made our way to the music and DVD's.  I explained to Simon that in the olden days people would go to "stores" to "buy" music.  Man, I remember the joys of working at B&N in the music department with their huge selection.  Even if prices were higher than just about anywhere else it was worth being able to find just about anything a person like myself would want.  Not so anymore.  They have maybe a third of what they had back then.  I found an album that had a pretty cover so I scanned it to listen.  Then I put the headphones on Simon (just for a few seconds because yes, I know it's not great for his little ears) and he did his shoulder thing.  He loved it and hollered when I'd take them off.

So we went to the 3 kids CD's they had and listened to a couple.  Simon liked them all but this was Mommy's favorite.  We ended up with this:

And I hung an actual piece of artwork!  That required measuring!  And two nails!  I'm so proud of myself.  I loathe having to measure to hang photos & art so I kinda never do it.  The walls are bare of most everything.  But we have a good wall where I want to hang some nice family pictures and the Family Proclamation my in-laws gave us for Christmas.

I made a real grown up dinner.  Out of whole foods.  Simon had grilled chicken, grapes, and cheese.  I had this huge salad and some whole wheat toast.  I dined on this while we listened to the music:

After that it was bath and bed and Simon went to sleep without making a peep!  Can you believe it?  What's even more amazing is I did a bit of exercise. Nothing too crazy, just 15 minutes of Wii Sports.  But I did do boxing which counts for something.  Seriously, I've got to lose me some serious weight.  I got my Simon shirt in the mail and it looked huge until I tried it on.  Am I really that big?  This hospital life is not doing my body any favors.

Then I sat down at the computer and started blogging where I wrote about everything I did this evening and uploaded some unnecessary pictures.  And finally I quit beating a dead horse and ended the post.