really ants?!

Jimmy reminded me that we have actually been back from Spring break more than a week. Really? I kind of feel like it was still last week. Then I remember how I taught last week, and I got ready for the Regional science fair last week. It went well, in case you were wondering. And even if you don't care, some of the middle school projects that I judged were insane. I can only imagine the type of science fair projects Lucy will be doing when she is in school. She might be sequencing DNA or building rockets ships using hydrogen fuel. You know...baby stuff!

Lately I am realizing one of my weird OCD tendencies. Well, I am not really sure if it is OCD. Anyways, I hate ants, but not in the "I am terrified of ants" sort of way. I just hate that they are in our apartment. It makes me feel dirty, and itchy. And truth be told sometimes I don't shower as frequently as I would like, but I would like to think that I am not a total slob. These ants, they make me feel downright yucky. Last semester we told our landlord about it, because it was out of control. Ant trails all over the kitchen, gross. They had a pest guy come by and in the end the wood paneling around of kitchen window was replaced because there was so much water damage it was attracting them. It helped, and the problem we have now is not extreme. In fact it would be manageable if I didn't hate ants so much. But I see them every where, in the bathroom, under our clothes that are waiting to be washed, in Lucy's room and today they seemed to be coming out of my computer. Not huge amounts but enough to make me itch for the a few hours. Gah! Writing about it makes me itch. So, I think tomorrow I am going to send a message to our landlord and ask her to have this pest guy come over again. See if he can do something to find out where they are coming from and how to get rid of them. I don't like them evading my space. I am normally a bug friendly kind of person.

Moving on...

In current events related to Lucy, well, she is trying to stand by herself these days. Her best friend from church started to walk, and I pretty sure Lucy likes to copy her. It was pretty hilarious this Sunday when her friend walked in the door and Lucy started clapping for her. I think she would have done a standing applause, but like I said she is still working on it. However after seeing her friend walk she tried to stand while moving multiple times during Sunday School and started falling more than she ever did before. I imagine she was thinking "thanks for showing how to walk best buddy, I think I will try it now. You tell me if I am doing it right." They do seem to communicate quite well  because apparently they are both waking up at 5 am. Is this how it is going to work when she is older? Making plans with all her friends and not letting me know about it? Not cool Lucy, not cool. Good thing you are so ridiculously cute. 

 Do you see the mischievous wheels turning?