My baby girl!
Once again I'm home from some time in Savannah, and I just can't wait to go back to see my baby! Here is the breakdown of my very short trip:
952-the number of miles I put on my car
468-miles one way-from her doorstop to mine
65.5-the hours I spent in Savannah
161-the number of minutes Kaity was away from me during our visit
49-the number of times David complained, whined or was a pain in someone's ass
32-the number of times I caught myself staring at Kaity in awe.
15-the number of toes that were pampered and painted during a pedicure
12-the number of drawers FILLEd with these slides/negatives
8-the number of items we bought at the Paris Market and the number of items in the coolest camera bag I've ever seen
6-the number of items we bought at Nourish and how many people sat on the roof the last night
5-the number of shelves I hung on the wall and how many new friends of Kaity's that I met
4-the number of stores we shopped in for the house, the number of curtain panels I hung up, the number of yuengling I drank, the number of times we went out to eat and the number of how many rings we bought (Paris Market)
3-tanks of gas, total number of crowns I now own (Paris Market), number of times I cried on the way home (BIG improvement), the number of dogs that were in the kennel waiting for me, the number of PERFECT hamburgers ordered at the Green Truck and the number of plants Kaity killed since June
2-the number of rings that Kaity and I have now that are matching, the number of frames that I bought, the number of cats that live there, the number of cop cars parked outside of Kaity's house and the number of mismatched socks
1-the number of prints I bought, number of days spent decorating, the number of Pabst Blue Ribbon Tall boys that I drank, the number of phone calls I made, the number of holes in John's socks, the number of "assorted bones" that Kaity "had to have" and the number of nose shaped pencil sharpeners that I purchased for my classroom - I "had to have it"
0-the amount of minutes on the computer, the number of photos that were edited
After 16 hours in a car with just my 15 year old, I learned some things. For instance I now know why teenagers sleep so much. It has nothing to do with their growing bodies, it has everything to do with the fact that the more they sleep, the less chance there is of a parent seriously hurting them. I also learned that I need to re-evaluate my parenting. Logically, I know that giving my kid 1/2 an ambien in the car, so he will go to sleep and stop complaining and driving me INSANE is not the best parenting....but when I did it again coming home, well, let's just say as a single parent, trapped in a car with a teenager for HOURS, I was desperate. And I'm pretty sure if I were ever in the same situation, I would do it again in a heartbeat, except I'd give him the whole damn pill.
LOVE you my precious baby girl!!
