Happy St. Patrick's Day

Actually, I forgot all about that until I was checking the date just now.

I don't care so much about St. Patty's. I've never been a big drinker. I drink, and I enjoy wines and liqueurs, but beer is icky and getting drunk and rowdy doesn't appeal to me.

Now, the Ides of March, that's a whole nother thing. I took the kids (2 of mine, 2 I babysit) to the Children's Museum on Thursday and they made laurel headdresses. We invited another mother with her 2 and 1 that she babysits to come with. I got to explain about Julius Caesar and the "Et tu, Brute" thing. Ah, obscure knowledge, how I love it.

It's been a busy day:

Today was DD's last day for this session of swimming. She didn't pass. I'll be signing her up for the same level next session. *sigh* She has repeated every level so far. We don't make an issue of it, though.

Then, we went to one of the kids' cousin's birthday party. It was at McDonalds's. I ate at McDonald's. Yack. I had a deli sammich on whole wheat with milk. And some fries. But no cake! A much older cousin (she's 19) was working, but her boyfriend came to "help out". Is that what that was? We think he's a leech. Seriously. Someone told me he is 26. 26! And he lives with his girlfriend in her mother's basement. SIL is afraid to toss is useless ass in case her DD goes with him. Here's the weird bit, though: I've never seen a couple so completely uninvolved with each other. They don't hold hands or kiss or hug or anything. The first time I met him was at Christmas 2 years ago. I thought he was a friend of her brother's. They barely even talked.

Thing that he said to me that most completely illustrates my impressions of him: (I mentioned that I love the breadmaker that MIL gave us because I could make all kinds of things, including cinnamon rolls.)

"What's that about cinnamon rolls? I love those! Did you bring some? You can't just say something like that and then not put out."

He is a tool.

Then we went to visit MIL, who lives in the same town. I reek. I've come upstairs to put on another shirt that doesn't smell like smoke. I hope that she's doing well. She's not a complainer, so you won't know unless you ask kind of thing. But with everyone so busy with their lives, I think she's gotten a bit lost in the shuffle. We've been visiting much more frequently lately.

We've just gotten back from Blockbuster and everyone but me is watching Air Buddies. Ew. I will go make dinner.