Yawn. Can't believe I stayed up to watch the entire Oscar broadcast last night. I haven't even seen ANY of the movies! We have got to get a babysitter occasionally and go on grown up dates...

Lessee, what's happened since the last post -

Tuesday Nathan proved he was my son. He came walking home from school with his face buried in a book. Nearly collided with a tree. My parents will tell you that I tried to do all my chores with a book in my hand, like vacuuming my room. I remember once they told me to go outside and play - I sat in our driveway on my bicycle while I read. Wasn't going anywhere, just sitting on the bicycle seat with a comic book.

Went to scouts that night. Boys finished their activity early, so one of the dads took them outside to play football. Nathan enjoyed that until they started a new game. Dad gives the ball to one boy, who is supposed to run around while the others chase him, then dogpile on the runner. Whoever steals the ball next gets becomes the runner. Dad picks Nathan first. Nathan stands there surprised for a moment, then starts to run. Only gets about 3 steps before he gets dogpiled. Now, Nathan is not used to that kind of rough-housing. Tears ensued. He got a pep talk from the dad, but was fragile for the next 15 minutes or so.

We discovered this weekend that it's a lot tougher than it looks to build a house of cards. I don't remember what started us on this, but Nathan was determined to make a 3 story structure. Never quite got there, but it was entertaining.

He finally made some connections in the neighborhood yesterday. Some kids were playing in the field behind our house. Nathan recognized one and went out to say hi. From that point on, he was gone. He came in a couple times, but basically I didn't know where my kid was for about 2 hours. Eric would have been so pleased. (I know I was - finally got to concentrate on recovering my rocking chair.)

Speaking of Eric - they had snow on Sunday in Virginia. He has basically finished his coursework. I believe today and tomorrow are feedback sessions. He's just got to do his last audition on Wednesday, and then should be home on Friday. He's ready for his Groundhog Day existence to be over.