+ Bitterness +
I was feeling quite cranky yesterday, but that's water under the bridge. Instead, I thought I really ought to focus on the many things that have me excited and/or happy lately. Since many of them have to do with you, I thought I should share here!

- We received the One Step Ahead catalog in the mail yesterday and it had the Halloween preview. There's an Elmo costume in there I just can't get out of my head.
- One thing I like about daycare is that I think you are learning words that I later just get to discover randomly that you know. Words like "bubble" heard last night at bathtime and "car" as we loaded up for school this morning.
- The all-too-infrequent monsoon storms still give me a sense that Fall is on the way - which means the Arizona State Fair! I didn't realize that once I had a child of my own, the Fair would suddenly sound exciting again. I think this year we'll take a weekday off and go when it's less crowded with scary nighttime folk.
- I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE the Olympics. I'm freakish that way, and have been since I was really little. I'm hoping you like them too, though you're probably still a bit too young. I can't wait to explain what's happening and share the cheers and clapping with you.
- Our church grounds house a cooperative preschool I've been wondering about, but never got around to checking into (beyond making sure they didn't also have daycare, which they don't). But it turns out their preschool starts at 2.5, which age you must be when school starts around early September. Well, guess what?! Your birthday is 2/19, which means on 8/19/05 you will be 2.5 so you can start. It's only half-day, so I'm still making a decision on that, but it's a nice idea.

Anyway, back to the grind. Just wanted to share some of the happy things floating about in my mess of a brain.