Events of the week

JR had a friend come to stay with us Friday evening. Beano (Bryan) is a good friend of ours from Houston. This past weekend was the "Man Olympics". It is a weekend where all the guys from college get together and do a number of activities over the weekend every year. Beano arrived Friday afternoon, and after hanging out for about an hour, he and JR headed into Austin for the festivities. Friday nights events were bowling, then a pool tournament, then blackjack. The kids and I ordered pizza and watched a movie. JR and Beano didn't get home until after 5 in the morning. On Saturday, they left early for the archery tournament, followed by golf, then corn hole, and poker. While they were busy doing that, I took the kids into Austin with my cousins, DJ, Amber, and Mark. We went to dinner, then to the movies. The plan was to watch The Avengers. Amber and DJ had bought their tickets previously and unfortunaley when I went to by ours at 5:45 (for the 6:30 showing) they were sold out. I was going to just take the kids to a later showing or try to drive to San Marcos, but Amber suggested giving Logan her ticket and buying tickets for another movie. We all agreed that Logan would watch The Avengers with DJ, so the boys set off to get seats. I tried to buy tickets for The Five Year Engagement, but because it was rated R I couldn't purchase them because they dont allow kids in after 6, even with a parent. SOOOOO, I bought tickets for the Hunger Games. I was really iffy on it, because I was still trying to decide if I wanted to read the books before seeing the movie, but decided it was probably best to watch the movie first since I am always so disappointed in the movies that I read the books of beforehand. The movie didn't start until 7:30 so we were the first people in the theater. Amber and I discussed the "funny" nature that we could bring our kids in to watch kids murder other kids...but not into a movie that had strong language and was probably sexual in nature. It just seemed a little ironic...but rules are rules. I was also a little irritated that I had to purchase a ticket for Landry..apparently in Austin, kids over 12 months require a ticket...no big deal, but in San Marcos, it's kids over 3 that require a ticket. Obviously we were in the theatre for over an hour before the movie even started, so I let Landry run around until people started coming in. Mark fell asleep right as the previews began, and Landry went back and forth from sitting in my lap and in her own seat. She was doing a really good job of whispering, and I was really proud of her. When ALL the lights went out, she was whispering that it dark. Each time she said something, I would whisper back "no talking" we have to be very quiet. 5 minutes would go by and then she would whisper something else. This went on through the previews. 15 minutes into the movie, I had to shhhh her. As I said, she was doing really well considering she is two...but I was worried about the people sitting directly next to her. As I shushed her, I caught the man next to his wife/girlfriend looking at Landry, and I apologized and said I would just take her over to the door so as not to disturb them (see...I am very considerate like that). The woman laughed and said not to worry about it, that they were actually impressed she was being so still. Whew! Insert warm fuzzy feeling here. The man said she was very well behaved...even warmer feeling. Then - it happened! The woman sitting in the row in front of us and 3 seats to the right of Landry...putting her in front of the man sitting next to us, turns around as says, "this is my second time to see this movie because the first time there was a crying baby sitting behind me, so maybe you should take her out, I'd appreciate being able to actually watch the movie this time." Hmmmmm...if you know me, you know that my anger can spark on a dime, and when that happens, I usually have some word vomit! I responded to her by saying, "well, it looks like you'll have to come back a third time!" She said, "BITCH! I had to pay for my ticket and I intend to get my money's worth." " I simply told her that I had to pay for mine, AND for my daughters and that we were all entitled to get our moneys worth. I told her if she was so upset about having to come back for the second time because of a crying child then she should NOT have chosen seats in front of two women with children seeing as how we were the first ones in the theatre. I then asked her in my sweetest voice to kindly turn around and watch the movie because she was being far more disruptive than my 2 year old, and that if she had any issues, she could address management. I turned back to the movie with the intention of ignoring this rude 20 year old girl. She apparently wasn't done because she said, "It isn't my problem you can't keep your fucking kid quiet so everyone else can watch the movie!" I refused to even look at her because I had a feeling I would knock the crap out of her. Luckily the man and woman who were admiring my parenting earlier took great offense to her language. They both spoke at the same time, the woman telling her that her language was inappropriate, and the man telling her "Actually it is your problem that she brought her child...as you can see no one else has an issue with it but you, so either move to another seat, or be quiet, because YOU...not her child are ruining the movie!" I waited until she turned around, then gave the couple a thank you nod. 20 minutes later Landry was fighting going to sleep, so I took her over to the entrance ramp to where I could walk around with her, still see the movie, and have my own presence blocked so no one else could see me. 10 minutes after that Landry was sleeping so I walked back to my seat and enjoyed the rest of the movie. Landry and Mark both slept through the rest. Before the credits even came up, the girl and her friend bolted out of the theatre. Now, I do feel it necessary to say, I have been to the theatre many times in which there was A) a crying baby, B) a kid sitting directly behind be who kicked my seat through out an entire movie or C) had a bunch of hoodlums in the theatre running back and forth playing chase or even D) grown adults talking on their cell phone, or to each other. I know how frustrating it can be, and before having kids I remember wondering why in the hell someone would take their kids to a movie. Being a mom is a whole new ball game. I don't have baby sitters that I can call on a whim when I want to do something, and the whole reason we went to the movies was because Logan wanted to watch the Avengers, plans sometimes change and this was one of those times. However, no matter what situation I have been in, or how old I was, I have never spoken to another person or asked them to leave because of their kids the way this girl did to me. Perhaps if she wouldn't have been so rude when she turned around, I would have been more likely to oblige...I really wish I could express the tone in which she was speaking to me. Not to mention, she CHOSE to sit there, knowing that their was going to be a baby and a toddler behind her! I don't know about you, but when I go to the theatre, I specifically look for kids....and I mean, small children up to the age of 18, and I try like hell to avoid them!!! Anyway, after the movie we went outside to find DJ and Logan waiting for us in the courtyard. They said the movie was great and Logan talked about it ALL THE WAY HOME. DJ said Logan was awesome! YAY! ON Sunday, we met up at the pool with DJ, Amber, and Mark and enjoyed a few hours of swimming with the kids before heading to a local Mexican food place for some beerRitas. During dinner Logan was sounding very hoarse, so when we got home I took his temp..nothing there but when I got the flashlight out to look in his throat, his entire left side was swollen badly. I text Amber to let her know, ut she opted to bring Mark on Monday anyway. I put Logan's computer upstairs along with his DS and put on a movie so that he would stay upstairs while Mark was downstairs...trying to prevent the spreading of the sickness. I took Logan's temperature regualarly and he still has no fever, but his throat is still swollen and his nose is running like a faucet. I decided to keep him home today, just in case it is something that can be spread. No one else has gotten sick so far, and I am really wondering if it is allergies or has something to do with the chemicals in the pool. He was totally fine before going swimming, so I am just keeping my eye on him, if it doesn't clear up by tomorrow or at least have the swelling go down a bit, I am going to take him to the doctor. Also, there are no puss pockets on the throat, just swelling. So, that is what's been going on in my neck of the woods. I should also mention that the rest of last week went smoothly with Mark. He is almost officially on a schedule, and he is getting more sleep, but it isn't interfering with his night time sleep at all! YAY He gets here at 7, we do breakfast at 8, nap time at 9:30 - 10:30, snack at 11, lunch at 12:30, nap from 1 - 2:30, and his mommy picks him up around 2:45 - 3. Now that we have a schedule going it is much, much easier!!!