A nice visit to the park... well almost

Yes, this is my daughter, ahem.. son, in a pair of pink and purple Hello Kitty sunglasses., doesn't he look divine? We went to the park with Paige, Abby, and Caroline today. Adam was nice enough to steal Abby's shades and ended up loving them.

Then after we eat lunch Adam is running around playing on the play ground when he stops and immediately says "I've gotta poop!!!" and makes a grunting face. I run over to him and in the 10 steps it takes to get to him I'm thinkin "what amd I supposed to do now?" Luckily we were at a pretty private park and no one else was there so I took him behind a large tree and had him do his business on the ground. Then like a dog owner I had to pick it up, put it in a bag and toss it in the nearest garbage can. Can you say gross?!?!? I can! Isn't parenthood lovely?

TGFAO

Instead of TGIF, I have a new acronym for today. TGFAO, THANK GOD FRIDAY is ALMOST OVER.
I've had a pretty horrible day, which started with getting pulled over on my way to work this morning. Telegraph has a ton of construction on it and I decided I wanted to take a detour to get to Redford to drop off Adam. I was going to take Beech Daly, but my lovely husband suggested just taking Outer Drive to Ann Arbor Trail back to Telegraph. So, it sounded like a good idea so I decided to take it.
At the intersection of Ann Arbor Trail and Warren Road the light turned yellow just as I came upon it. It was raining and I was going about 30mph in a 35, stopping hard would've made me slide because of the wet road so I went through the yellow light safely, I never saw it turn red.

That IS NOT what the police officer at the gas station accross the street saw and he immediately pulled over the mom driving a mini-van. The usual, he got my license, registration and proof of insurance (thank GOD all were still good). He said he saw me go through the red light back there and I stated "I'm sorry officer but it was yellow". Before he went back to his cruiser he asked what my driving record was, now come on.... why did he have to ask me that when he's going to find out in 30 seconds!?!?!? Was he testing my honesty?

10 minutes go by and by this time I'm sobbing profusely all the while I hear Adam in the backseat "MAMA.... GO!" (he doesn't like when the car is stopped but I wasn't about to run from the police for my 2 year old) Then Adam starts asking "Mama alright?" to which I respond "No, honey mama's not alright, waaaaaa"

The officer gave me a civil infraction, not a ticket because he said I had a good record and the infraction wouldn't put points on my record or increase my insurance. He could see that I'd been crying (I'm very sensitive to be told I did something wrong when I really didn't) and he told me "It's not the end of the world." What nice man, are you sure that you giving me a $130 ticket for doing nothing wrong isn't the end of the world!?!?!?!? It wasn't the end of the world but it sure did ruin my day, jerk.

Then Adam wouldn't nap, has a cold and I'm exhausted the rest of the day. Plus I need groceries in a bad way but have no money to buy them.

Oh, and on my drive home down Telegraph I saw about 20 people who should've gotten the same $130 ticket I did.

You never know what you'll find on the web..

I was just messing around on Xanga and came across my alter ego's blog:

http://www.xanga.com/Daedra

And I thought Daedra was such a sweet girl, apparently she's a fire breathing knight of some sort. YIKES!

I researched a little more on Wikipedia (because as Michael Scott would say "Wikipedia is the best thing ever. Anyone in the world can find anything they want about any subject. So you know you are get the best possible information.)

Dude, I'm immortal!! Althought it's not pronounced the same way so I guess it's not true.

Daedra (pronounced ['deɪ.drə], more uncommonly ['di.drə]) are fictional divine creatures from The Elder Scrolls universe. They inhabit the plane of Oblivion (a dimension of Nirn), but are also well-known to the inhabitants of Tamriel, where they are feared and hated by some and worshiped as gods by others. Daedra are very physically diverse, ranging in form from humanoid to distinctly beastlike. Although they can be killed, they are considered immortal, as their soul is inevitably resurrected back in Oblivion in the event that their physical body is destroyed.

Where does biking really get you?

I've been biking outdoors a lot lately for exercise, but pre-Adam I used to bike to local stores, the library, and run errands close to home to save on gas.

Listen to this stat:
If 10,000 people bike once a week (to the store, to work, to the bar...one way), in a year we'll save enough gas to drive from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, Argentina 92 times roundtrip.

Just try not to get a BUI (Biking Under the Influence):
In February, a TN woman was arrested for biking under the influence - on a stationary bike at her gym.