Yes.. that’s all I can come up with for a witty and insightful blog heading.. it’s been quite a week.

An update on my friend. She has lost both of her babies. The twins were delivered last weekend. Maximilian Joseph and Maria Elizabeth. It’s hard to put any of it into words. We are sad.

In other news.. this week has been somewhat wacky. Shiela and I cleaned out our basement last weekend.. it was CRAZY. We are getting ready for a yard sale (or, as we say it in Boston.. a “yahd sall”).. tons of crap that has to go. Oh wait.. it’s all quality crap.. yeah.. right..

As a result.. both of us were completely tapped. Shiela was in the fits of a fibromyalgia attack and spent most of Monday and Tuesday twitching and asking Benji to please not throw any more hotwheels cars at her head.

I decided to round it out by getting a nasty migraine that started on Wednesday night and has been just a dull ache today. I spent all of yesterday huddled in my dark bedroom with my head under a pillow. Last night shiela brought clarity (i.e. she picked up pain meds) and I have joined the vertical today.

This weekend? who knows. I’m just glad that it’s almost Friday night. OH.. did I mention that we finally complained to the landlord about our freakazoid neighbor? Now he’s creaping around asking Shiela if they can talk. I’ve had a migraine and have been conveniently under a pillow for all of this.

Benji.. I have to say.. is the light of our absolute lives. (aside from the thing where he throws hotwheels cars.. and throws anything he can reach when he gets mad.. or even when he’s not mad… he’s really got quite an arm.. we should find some way to positively reinforce this activity.. but no.. it was a hard week.. we just duck and yell)

I plan to take lots of pictures and upload them and tell all about all of the wonderful things that he is doing right now. My absolute favorite.. is that he says “coming, mommy?” when it’s bed time. He wants us to sit with him while he settles down. We’d always call out “I’m coming, Ben” when he’d call for us from his crib.. so now he asks us to stay with him by saying “coming, mommy?” it’s the best.

he also always gives us big hugs and kisses (especially after throwing hotwheels cars at our heads).

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