Weekends always go too fast. This one in particular flew by. I didnt accomplish anything and am somehow exhausted ( I am blaming the heat). I am finally finally done with art classes. What a mistake! I am so glad to be finished and have my Saturday mornings back for garage saling!!! Today we just hung out and then went shopping ( I am broke, but in desperate need of some clothes..) I actually had alot of success at Kohls which is usually hit and miss for me. They were having a huge sale! I found some new jeans and I think 6 shirts and some new sippy cups for Vaughn. She is very into her sippy cups now! We went up to Ankeny to see Matt and Maria. His place is small but he is making it very "matt-like" and getting things on the wall etc... Being there makes me miss those days of apt living, no repsonsibility etc. All the heat sure wiped out sweet Vaughn-elise. She crashed on the way home after a major jam session in the car and usualy wakes up when i shut the car door to get her out...this time though, she just passed out on my shoulder and stayed asleep when i transfered her to bed. I hope she wakes up so she can eat, but hey- nothing wrong with a midnight snack huh?

Another long week. Going to the PT again tomorrow. I hope it starts working soon! I always feel fantastic when I leave there but by the next apt I am back to hurting. id ont know if I am just paying more attention to the pain in response to the therapy or if its getting worse but I notice myself hurting alot more than i did before. Maybe I will take a while to fix!

Sweet Corn Festival is this coming saturday. I havent been since High School. I just, for some reason, dont like seeing everyone I went to school with. I think for the most part I have realized how petty high school was. I enjoyed it while I was there but have no desire to see 98% of the people I graduated with. Those I do want to see, i still do. The fake-ness of running into someone you knew but didnt necessarily care for or hang out with annoys me to no end...the "hey, I havent seen you forever, what have you been up to?" question is enough to make me puke. When all I really want to say is "Why are you talking to me? We havent spoken in 6 years and barely spoke in HS...." Its frustrating to me...and yet you notice the same cliques hanging out that hung out in high school...grr...so annoying. i want to go and take VE to the parade though, I think she will like that.

She has now discovered the emotion of Fear. She is scared of..well...most things now. The vaccum has become her number one monster. If she so much as sees it or hears it she is grabbing onto my legs and screaming. the other day I was holding her and vacuuming...she was screaming and actually drew blood on my back from pinching so hard to hang on. I feel horrible for her. The vaccum was in Matts room the other day and i opened the door to get something and she lost it..if she even see's the cord of the vaccum you would think there were sharks after her. Poor girl. I tell her, Its okay- mama's "scared " to vaccum too:) She also has this little little cow that moos. its cute. it came in a set with a chicken, pig and rooster and they are very tiny. she has always loved them and thought they were hilarious. Well Mr. Cow had been hiding under the bed for a few weeks and i finally found him. he was laying on the floor today and she started screaming and crawling toward me really fast. I of course, did not know what happened and a little later, she did the same thing. At one point i noticed her staring at it and crying so i figured out it was the cow. i picked it up and made it moo and she crawled fast to her crib and held on tight. Poor thing is TERRIFIED of this silly little cow. i dont know why. it was on her blanket and she picked it up and threw it and grabbed her blanket and started crying. i feel horrible for her. The stupid cow is now in a drawer hiding. My sweet timid girl.

Have a good week everyone!