Finally, I have returned to my home, and my child, and my normal, boring life. How exciting! I am not excited that I am sick as a dog, and undoubtedly, when you are sick like this, you should not stay up talking for 8 hours straight. Between my slumber party on Friday and the never-ending coughing I keep doing, I have lost my voice all but entirely. Every once in a while if I stay quiet for a while, I can muster up a few sentences in a squeaky little whine. TJ thinks I'm playing a game with him b/c I keep whispering everything to him, so he whispers back! It's cute! Usually when I whisper to him, it's b/c it's something special, so he must think that everything I say is very special today. Needless to say, if I don't regain my voice back by tomorrow (and it's not looking good after my hour-long bout of coughing a few minutes ago), I won't be going to work tomorrow. I can just see me now when the boys are misbehaving...

(pointing and shaking finger)"Squeak, squeak!"

"What, Ms. Pitchford?"

(in a whisper)"I said, stop!"

"I can't hear you, Ms. Pitchford. I guess you don't mind if I beat this boy up, then."

(as I push the call button to get help) "Can I help you, Ms. Pitchford?"

"Squeak, squeak, squeak..."

"I'm sorry, this system must be broken. Sorry to interrupt your class."

It would be beautiful! I guess I could also mime the lesson to the boys. That would be cute, too! Needless to say, I know for a fact there are a few people out there that are doing a dance of joy, b/c their prayers have been answered. People thought there would never come a time when Christi would fall silent.

I went to see Meet the Fockers last night with my friend Ashley. It was hilarious! I know Trey wanted to see it, so I told myself I wouldn't tell him I saw it, and we could watch it together like it was my first time. So, Trey, if you are reading this, disregard this paragraph, okay? Anyway, what can I say about the movie except it was super funny. The acting was great, but that's to be expected, with such great actors and Robert DeNiro, Ben Stiller, and Dustin Hoffman. I will admit, I still like the first one better. As far as sequels go, though, it kicked ass! I know that I wasn't too annoying to the rest of the theater with all of my laughing (of course, they were all laughing, too!), b/c mine sounded like this: "Eek.......(large gush of air out)" You know, I like to keep it to myself. You definitely need to see this movie, though.

Afterward, Ashley drove me back to my mom's. She let me listen to a cd she has for Leah, her little girl that's TJ's age (his g/f), and I fell in love with it. It's called NO!, and it's by They Might Be Giants. If you have kids, of any age, you must get this cd. She told me Leah loves it, so I "borrowed" it. I let TJ hear it today, and he danced all over the place. He was sad when it ended. If you've ever heard of TMBG before, it's very much like the rest of their music (think of "Istanbul" or "Birdhouse in Your Soul" ). It's funny and silly and downright cool. I like it b/c, even though it's quite childish, I can listen to it and enjoy it as well. Ashley told me she finds herself listening to it and singing along, even when Leah isn't with her. If you have ever listened to some of the other children's cd's out there, you will attest that most of them suck, and make your life miserable if you have to listen to them with a child. This one is good for you both. Most of TJ's cd's have people singing in English accents, or twenty-five children all singing out of key to a song that was already annoying before they sang it! Imagine my excitement to find out that one of my favorite bands is now singing songs for my child! We can bond and I'll get him listening to my type of music! So, Julia, Gina and Karla (you know, you can get it early and be ready!), listen up--You need this cd. If it wasn't $14, I would have already bought you all one by now!

Alrighty then, I guess that's enough from me today. I mean, after all, I can't even talk! I hope you all have a wonderful day, and I'll see you again soon!