It's grossly hot and humid outside. It's steamy and the air is as thick as soup. I took Chloe for a bike ride yesterday and we made it down the street before I made her turn around and return inside to the house. The dogs don't even want to go outside. It's the kind of heat and humidity that makes you sticky and sweaty and just all over gross. Our a/c is cranking it out hard and I have to empty the tank in our dehumidifier daily. I may have wished for heat back in the rain of June, but I didn't wish for the moisture to accompany it. Its so humid we get a sprinkling or two of rain in the daytime. Not heavy, just sprinkles.
Hopefully the hurricane that's bringing this soupy heat will clear out soon. We're supposed to have major thunderstorms just in time for the weekend and then a cool down next week. We are looking forward to that as PaPaw is coming from Dallas and Chloe and I are taking him to Gettysburg for a couple of days.
In the meantime, we seem to be trapped indoors due to the heat and humidity. I'm starting to run out of things to do with Chloe and am starting to lose sanity and patience. I've decided to share some bullet points of things I have discovered & encountered while be homebound.
- Chloe starts kindergarten in less than two weeks. She is nervous and excited. Her teacher sent the school supply list in the mail along with a letter and I have to suspect that she will send home another supply list on the first day/week of school because I find it hard to believe all she needs for school is a box of tissue, gallon-size Zip*loc baggies and some Wet *Wipes. That list took the wind right out of our sails! Chloe and I had been planning our school supply shopping trip for a few weeks. Having her pick out a box of klee*nex to take is no fun at all. Being completely over-zealous, I checked the websites of the other 5 elementary schools in our town and found that two had the kindergarten school supply list with a more extensive list of supplies posted. I made a new list by combining the two and off to Tar*get we went. Chloe and I stocked up and she had a lot of fun packing her big girl backpack with the new supplies. I am sure Chloe's kindergarten teacher is going to think we are totally over the top, but shopping in the house goods aisle for your school supplies instead of the school supply aisle is no fun.
- Chloe and I also did some school clothes shopping. Ok, Chloe watched tv in the store while I picked out a few outifits. Knowing Chloe well, I managed to pick out an outfit that she is head over heels in love with. Chloe has NEVER been into clothes, that's my thing, but she went totally nuts for this outfit and asks to wear it every day. We decided she will wear it her first day of school. Remember, she is a tomboy. Can you decide what it is about this outfit that makes her go ga-ga?
- I have a sinus infection. Some plant or tree is enjoying this weather and is blooming. My ears ache and my throat is sore and I have a pounding headache. I can't put my contacts in. Matt has it too though his symptoms differ slightly--scratchy throat and eyes.
- Chloe told me yesterday that she wants to start picking her clothes out by herself on the weekends because she wants to dress "cool", as in hip and trendy. She further explained that she wants to dress cool like her Dad because he's "the coolest person and way cooler than you mom." I thought it was sweet even though she dissed me.
- Chloe's obsession with The* Lion* King* seems to be waning but unfortunately has been replaced by the movie Free* Willy and High* School* Musical* 3. She likes to "imaginate" (that's Chloe-speak for imagine) that she is the boy from Free* Willy* and she is working with Orkans (that would be Orkas to you and I). She also told me when she gets to school she is going to sing songs. I didn't want to burst her bubble but I tried to explain that people don't really break into song like they do in HSM* and that if she did I doubt the rest of her classmates would join in for a song and dance.
- On the adoption front, we haven't received our referral from Ethiopia. I am looking forward to the distractions of our trip next week and the start of school. Lately I think I have had too much time on my hands to contemplate our not receiving our referral yet. We are just a few days shy of entering the referral window (4-6 months) our agency gave us so their is no need to get freaked out just yet (or at least that is what I keep telling myself).
- Speaking of international adoption, we were contacted today by a journalist who writes for our local newspaper wanting to interview us on our international adoption experience. She's writing an article on tips for those contemplating international adoption from those who have been there and done that. Knowing that I may be published as someone who can give advice on international adoption is helping me try to keep my sanity during the wait.
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