odds 'n ends

Over the past few days I've had thoughts that I wanted to blog about but they're just snippets really and not big enough to dedicate a whole post to so I'm going to throw them all together.  Yes, this is like a ring-side seat to whit's stream of consciousness (scary I know.)

So the other day code and I were driving out of our apartment complex and there's this landscaped median near our gate separating where the cars come in/go out etc.  So we're pulling up closer to the gate and we see this lil boy-prolly 6 or 7- walk/running across the opposite side to the median.  Naturally I slow down waiting to see if he's going to keep on coming.  He stops at the median and seems to be waiting...so I continue to inch forward and then code says: aaaand.....run....now! sure enough just as we're pulling up to right where he is the kid darts out into the road and continues to run/walk/gallop across our side.  He actually waited til we were closer to run out infront of us.....I'm not even sure if he was ever aware of the HUGE metal object that was a few feet from him.  I mean  I know our car isn't a clunker so it drives relatively quietly but it's not silent!  I should have honked a bunch of times and scared him.  What an idiot.  Why are kids so brain dead sometimes??? They're like deer-they wait til you're closer and then dart out infront of you and freeze in the headlights....seriously how are they still surviving-it disproves natural selection cause animals that dumb should have been wiped out long ago....the deer....not our children......though if I ever catch my kids being that dumb they are going to get it.

What else what else...oh yes, I feel like I joined the wussy side...I got a flu shot today. sigh.  No offense to you proactive cautious people that get flu shots regularly.  I just never saw the need and really don't get sick that often, but with Jake in our lives now I figured it'll strengthen his immune system which is never a bad thing.  I also got a pertusis (Dtap) vaccination to avoid unknowingly giving jake whooping cough (he got the infant version last week in his shots).  Apparently lots of kids get it and it's no bueno.  It's hard enough to watch him gasp for air if he forgets to breathe while nursing so I can't imagine watching him cough/gag/and gasp for air on a regular basis.  no fun.  Though I will say the needle was so tiny and sharp that I really didn't feel anything after the initial prick which is always a nice surprise.  Though needles never really bothered me that much, just as long as I don't look at it.  And we didn't have to pay a dime-gotta luv exxon's health insurance.

Got panda for lunch today...love me some cream cheese rangoons-if you've never tried them before please do and get the sweet and sour sauce with them...so good.

Code survived his campout with the teachers and the deacons....barely...haha the teachers were fine but apparently the deacons were...well...what you'd expect from a bunch of 11-12 year old boys.  I won't go into too much detail but let's just say: water fight using all 36 water bottles that code bought for everyone at 1 am.....in the middle of a rainstorm....I guess the rain wasn't getting them wet enough soon enough?
Code texted me this message last night around ten: "there is a special place in heaven reserved for scout leaders" haha I asked what about their wives? he said I could come too :)
What is it with 11-13 year old boys tho....it's like all the sudden they get hit over the head with the stupid stick and it takes awhile to wear off.  I'm sure there's 1 in 50 who are half way decent and manage to stay semi-reasonable and normal but man....for jake's sake I hope he's one of the few.  I don't have a lot of patience with people who refuse to use their brains.