Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Ah... Another bright and boiling hot New Jersey day...

The cat has post traumatic stress disorder, I think. She freaks out and runs away anytime anyone walks towards her with any intent or purpose at all. I think she is afraid we will shove her back into her very stylish red Sherpa Bag and take off for another new place. She has also begun howling at night. Loudly, as only a true Siamese can. Additionally, she likes to hop onto the bed in the middle of the night, crawl under the covers, and press her wet, freezing cold nose against the middle of my back. It is quite the experience, let me tell you!!

We are settling in here. Yesterday Monkey and I sat around the house and watched movies, ate donuts, and blogged all day. Oh yes, and played tea. Monkey prefers to use real wet things when playing tea, as opposed to pretending. I believe this is do to her preference for all things messy but she claims it is simply an attempt at artistic integrity. So we had real lemonade tea in her Ikea tea set. She loves this tea set, she has begun requesting that we eat off of it some upcoming meal. I will not be surprised when she wishes to cook with her cookware set, also from Ikea, as Lee and I were debating whether or not it's stainless steel design would actually work on a stove. However, we will need some more investigation before we allow her to try it out. Did you know Ikea has it's own exit on the highway here? Yes indeedy! The post college furniture Mecca is big enough and smart enough to have it's own big sign on the Garden State Parkway. Sigh. At least it is not a sign for Focus on the Family.

Last night we ate fondue at The Melting Pot at the Galleria in Red Bank. It was interesting. Monkey was initially afraid of the middle part of the table, because they warn you it is very hot. Then she played the "how close can I get to the really hot surface before I burn my hand off?" game. We did not appreciate this game. After some pouting, she began to play the "blow steam over to mommy" game. This was fine, until she began to fan the steam with her hands, once again bringing them in range of the really hot surface. It was an interesting evening, I believe we will go there again, but not soon, and likely not with her again until she is older. She liked cooking the food, but not eating it. She did enjoy desert, so we may just go for desert some time.

Otherwise, things are all right. She and I cleaned the kitchen and made it a working space yesterday. It is unbelievable how much better one feels when you can cook a simple meal and avoid fast food. We also set up our stuff in the office, and spent the day relaxing. Today, it is off to Freehold and Ellen!!

Love you all, Miss you all, wishing you were all here in my tiny east coast house in the oppressive humidity of New Jersey!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Misty:
New to this blogging thing. Read every word, guiltily looking over my shoulder at work. Glad to hear from you and that you are going to see Ellen! She hasn't admitted it, but I think she's lonely. We're going up this weekend and then retreating to airconditioned motel for the night. Hope to see you soon - can't believe your daughter is already 5!

Scylla said...

How about 105 AND humidity!! That's what I'm Saying!!!!

Scylla said...

Paula!! I am glad you will be here! You can retreat to my air conditioned house! Although it smells like smoke still cause they haven't removed the carpets and I am not umpacked. It will be great to see you!

Search Me