When we were at the circus last Thursday, they took a twenty minute intermission to set up the tiger cage, and a lot of people filed out to use the bathroom, get snacks, and what not. Elijah and I stayed put and I was leaning over, talking to him, my head sort of down. Leaning towards my left, towards the direction the people were coming from. From out of the corner of my eye, I see one of Steve’s first cousins.
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Last Thursday, the 17th, the circus was in town! It’s been a long time since I was at a circus, I think I went when I was really little, probably to a Barnum Bailey, but this one was a Kelly Miller.
The day started, for us, with the putting up of the tent. We were supposed to meet friends for that so we headed on down and ended up about a half an hour early, but there were already a good number of viewers there. We watched the beginning stages of the circus tent going up and saw some of the animals before our friends arrived.
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It all started with that earthquake. Yup, then there was an aftershock that made me dizzy! Elijah didn’t even notice it, though. I was unable to sleep after the earthquake, so I’ve been up since about 4:30am. I’m surprised I’m still going.
Then it was finish up the graduation party inserts for my sister-in-law, ship a candle order, stop by the bank, get some fuel (for a blasted $3.99 a gallon, nonetheless), then meet said sister-in-law and another one an hour south for lunch.
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We do strange things in our sleep sometimes. Some people can wake up and are immediately alert, others, like the both of us, are pretty groggy at first. Early this morning, I was sleeping on my right side and off in a very deep sleep when suddenly there was pain in my left thigh. I awoke with a “WHAT. THE. HECK!!?!?” And Steve is there, “I don’t know!” Then, “the house is shaking!” He got up and ran to the window. We just kind of chalked it up to his being crazy (at least I did) and laid back down, it was almost time for him to get up, anyway.
WELL! It was a 5.2 earthquake, centered in New Salem, Illinois! That’s something like four hours from here, as a straight route (not following the highway).
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I think I can officially label myself as NOT SICK anymore. I’m still getting the occasional headache and I’m still on the antibiotics, but hopefully by the end of this week things can be back to normal. Still catching up on things though, and that stinks.
Saturday Steve worked again so it was just me and Elijah. We didn’t do much but we did end up leaving the house several times for random things like the post office and grocery store. Funny, I went to the grocery store twice that day but never got any groceries. A friend had called first and asked me to go buy some tickets for the circus that will be here Thursday. She wanted me to get a ticket for her, her two daughters-in-law, the five of her seven grandchildren that are old enough to be charged for, and me and Elijah. Then on Sunday, I had a check waiting for me, including the price of mine & Elijah’s tickets, so that is nice. I realized after getting home that day, too, that the people had undercharged me, so… yeah. But that will be this Thursday, it’s been so long since I’ve been to a circus. Since this is here, I know it can’t be that big but I’m looking forward to it.
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Steve sometimes sings that song as he goes around the house, “Mama, don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys…”
Well, Elijah, yeah, he’s got his own version:
Now, just in case you don’t know the song:
Of course, I’m biased. I think my boy’s version is cuter. :) Last week he was actually including “lawyers” in the things Mommy’s shouldn’t let their babies grow up to be, but he seems to have dropped that now. I’m still not sure where he gets “rats” from, but it cracks me up!
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Here’s a magnolia tree I saw in town:
Talk about beautiful! I was really impressed with it’s fullness and size. There are some I’ve seen that are just as big but have hardly any flowers.
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So yesterday I didn’t even have to go into the doctor, just talked to him on the phone and he arranged for medication. I’ve got so much crap running through my veins though, we’ll all be lucky if I don’t pull a Heath Ledger. Seriously. I’ve got this one medicine that he actually gave me the last time, a month ago, and he told me to keep taking it. Well last night as I was taking it not long before bed, I realized that it was probably the fourth time that day I had taken it… I’m supposed to take it twice daily. My bad.
So, anyway, what is new these days? I don’t really know. Just being sick, it seems. Yesterday evening, I did go outside for a while with the boys and while Steve BBQ’d, I watched Elijah drive around the yard in his little Jeep. I also spent some time out with them on Sunday while Steve cleaned up the yard (all the winter wood and stuff gathers and makes a mess) and Elijah played, before going out to my in-laws’ and attempting to fix their modem. Being outside really isn’t pleasant for me right now, even if the weather is nice, for obvious reasons, but I suppose I needed it.
So, um, yeah, I started this post like hours ago but got distracted by everything. I need a nap.
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