so i've been having terrible headaches lately...not used to these because i generally don't get headaches.  it wasn't until several years ago that i actually had them.  i used to always say "i don't get headaches.  don't know what it's like."  unfortunately, not true anymore.  they've been piercing, stabbing pains through the back of my eyes, and then dull throbbing pains that don't abate with a bunch of ibuprofen.  so i ended up going to the doctor today.  i didn't even realize kaiser had appointments on the weekends.  always thought it'd have to be urgent care or something -- but no.  so that was good.  went to lakeview (where the boys were born) and the doctor says that it's most likely a sinus infection - and gave me some antibiotics.  she was going to give me this pain killer for the headaches, which is a mixture of tylenol, aspirin, and something else, but upon seeing that i was allergic to aspirin, she chose something else -- which is actually a migraine pill.  she said i should feel better in 2-3 days and if it doesn't get better or worsens, to go back.  doesn't quite hurt as bad anymore, but still a low, dull pain in the background.  maybe the antibiotics will help.  hopefully.  haven't been able to go out and run at all the last 2 weekends because of it.  i keep thinking that i could, but then i can barely stand and keep my eyes open at times!  =(

the boys have been good -- i guess!  or as good as they can be.  dashiell right now is talking to his trucks while playing with them...
(this is kinda fun!)

"all right, i'm just sitting down. 
we were just moving the garbage.
[he takes a tractor and shoves a bunch of other trucks/cars around on the table]
okay, nevermind.  you're monster trucks but your tires are dirty, huh?
i just don't like dirty tires.
these wheels are really dirty tires.
there we go.  now i'm going to go to bed.
can i borrow your bed?
yes, we're sleeping here right now. 
can i borrow that?  but be careful not to drop it.
i'll be careful.
nobody will be able to catch us.  yea!  no body will.  yea!
nobody will.
under...
down, there.
[he notices me..]
i'm just trying to get my fingers to be stuck together.
i just like them to be stuck together!  i just like sticky!"

i think he was playing with the table guard (the bumper) and was playing with the adhesive on it...
anyhow.  time for him to get to bed.

so matthew started his diving class this week and dashiell started back up his swim lessons, too.  his teacher this time is stacey, who was matthew's teacher for the dolphins last session.  she seems to be pretty strict, but still very kid friendly.  yay!  she even got him to do torpedoes and to lie on his back and float a couple of times!  i took some videos earlier, but those will have to wait.  no time right now...
i got soooo mad while we were trying to come home.  long story short, we were in the parking lot, ready to pull out, but there was a bevy of cars waiting to pull out as well as park.  i wasn't in any hurry, so i just sat and waited for them to all pass.  there was a car sitting right behind me (i thought it was blocking my way anyways, so i just waited).  then this lady comes up to our car and yells and motions for me to move -- basically telling me to go ahead and pull out of the space!  uh, what?!  since when did people wanting to park get so rude?  at first i couldn't tell what she was doing, so i rolled the window down, and she kept yelling at me to move it!  good grief.  people were honking at her and everything.  i was so upset i just sat there in the middle of the road telling her to stop being so rude and to not get so frantic about a dumb parking space.  good grief. 
it upset me so much that dashiell, on the way home said, "that lady was bad, mama."

on a happier note...
brennan still says, "baum" when he wants more food.  i can't even begin to say what word that is really supposed to be.  "baum"?!
he does say "cookie" very well now, as well as "yumm, yumm, yumm" when eating said cookie.  actually, he often walks by the counter and points up to the cookie jar saying "cookie" whenever he can.  what has daddy done to him?!  =P

dashiell is starting to feel better...he missed school monday and tuesday because he had a fever and was really under the weather.  but yesterday and today he went.  he really missed his friends.

matthew is still having a good time at school.  although mom told me something weird this morning.  when they were getting ready to leave in the morning, she noticed him trying to hide something behind his back when he came down the stairs. he was trying to smuggle something into his backpack.  come to find out, it's his football jersey.  he said that his classmate, bill (last name williams.  really.) didn't believe he played football so matthew wanted to bring his jersey in to show him as proof.  weird.  or is it?  seems so bizarre to me.
on our way to the swim center i tried to ask matthew why he didn't believe him.  he ended up telling me that bill thought he was too nice to be playing football.  hmmm...
i told him he should wear his old, red practice jersey to school.  it's wittmann red fridays afterall.  we'll see if he does.

nighty-night.  i am exhausted.  but thank goodness tomorrow is friday.  YAY!