Ryan and me

So Ryan was sick yesterday and I kept him home from VBS. He did go the first night and really enjoyed it. My mother took the other kids, all packed up for the week, to stay with her.

Today, Ryan and I went to the free movie. It was Planet 51, which turned out to be ok. It wasn't super great, but it was nice. Most kid movies are pretty nice. Ryan is better today, so I may take him to VBS and he can stay with Mom too for the rest of the week. I will probably clean like a madwoman and take a super-hot bubble bath. Except the kids used all the bubble bath. I may have some salts or something somewhere. But that sounds nice.

I've been learning chords on the piano. I can play "As the Deer" pretty well I guess. I can't get a good rhythym for any other songs, though. There are several that I can make the chords for, but I just can't get it to sound right to play. You have to fill in the space somehow and I'm not so good at that part. But I like playing "As the Deer." I've always loved that song and the first day I fiddled with it, I think I was in there for like 3 hours(it probably took me 2 to just figure out a good rhythym)...I still can't do it fluidly, I have trouble changing from C to G because it's a big jump. But other than that, it's not bad. So it's fine that there's only one song I can do so far. At least it's one I really like. I'm glad to be learning something just for myself. It gets so draining always trying to make sure everyone else is doing something productive.

I don't know what Steve and I will do all week. I may go to hang out at the library. I have to go sometime tomorrow to return things, so that will be a good excuse to get out of the house. Tomorrow is Thursday. It's too bad Ryan felt bad yesterday. I thought about maybe going to visit a friend from high school who lives outside Baltimore. I wouldn't want to take the kids there because she has pit bulls. But it would be fun to have a girly getaway. Maybe another time when she has a weekend off.