My to-do list is a mile long, but I can’t cross anything off it. Whenever Angie isn’t crying for my attention, she’s doing something else to make me regret turning my back, even for a second. Today she drew all over her arms and legs with dry-erase markers. Then she spilled a bottle of milk on the kitchen floor and sat down in the middle of the giant puddle. ARGH!!!

At least she didn’t spill the bottle on the nice new flooring in the living room that Kevin spent the past week installing. No more awful, allergy-inducing, 30+year-old carpet, finally! I’ll leave the details for Kevin to blog about.

Last week Kevin and I went to the final show of 311‘s summer tour. I had a great time. Once in a while, when I’m inhaling second-hand pot smoke and surrounded by sweaty, half-dressed bodies, I wonder if I’m getting too old for this, but the thought is always promptly pushed out of my mind by the sight of fellow concert-goers who are my parents’ age, rocking out and having a great time. Life is much too short to worry about appearing dignified.

Last week I also finally underwent Lasik surgery. This is something I’ve been planning for years. I have nothing to complain about; it all went very smoothly. But for the morbidly curious, here are the few bumps along the way:

• I was given a Xanax to help calm me down during the surgery. I was also given numbing drops in my eyes. Neither worked as well as I would have liked. While the procedure did not hurt, I did feel the instruments touching my eyeballs. UGH!!!!! The only reason I didn’t panic was because over the past couple of decades I’ve developed some excellent coping skills for dealing with crazy anxiety-inducing situations just like this one, and they worked perfectly.
• Afterwards it felt as if there was something in my eyes that I couldn’t flush out. This continued for 24 hours. The various medicinal eyedrops I was prescribed helped eased the discomfort a little, but the only thing that really helped was sleep, which I got plenty of when the Xanax finally kicked in after the surgery was all over
• The surgery is really, really expensive. The place I chose charged me a month’s salary. Add to that the cost of all the different eyedrops, and I feel positively poor.

But was it all worth it? Oh heck yeah! I can see! I CAN SEE!!! XD

Another highly anticipated event in my little life was the new film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince that opened July 15. Last Friday, Kevin and I took Alex to see it in the theater. We had a great time!

If all goes well with the construction of the Harry Potter theme park in Florida, that’s where we’ll be going for our next family vacation. According to the latest news, it’s going to have some cool rides and at least one awesome eatery. I can’t wait!

While cleaning the kids’ room I found a little black rubber ball under one of their beds. Alex said it reminded him of what the Earth would look like if we continued to misuse our natural resources. I promptly promised to start composting the next day. So far I haven’t lived up to my promise, mainly because Angie keeps doing things like pouring entire bottles of milk on the kitchen floor.

Speaking of weird environmental things, did you hear the news about the big mysterious blob floating in the ocean off the coast of Alaska? Watch the video here!

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I wish someone would write a song like this for Chinese-American immigrants.

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Two weeks ago, as I was bouncing Angie on my lap while distractedly trying to buy 4 tickets to the High School Musical on Ice show, she grabbed a $10 check out of my wallet and chewed it up.

The tickets are for me, Kevin, Alex, and Ana. Maybe Angie is upset because we don’t plan to bring her along?

High School Musical 3 has been in the theaters for a week, but we haven’t seen it yet. We’re waiting for the DVD. Meanwhile we’re enjoying the HSM collector’s edition of People Magazine. Did you know that Corbin Bleu is half Italian? Or that Kaycee Stroh is getting married? Or that Monique Coleman participated in a triathlon? Well, now you know.

Alex noticed the ad for the HSM3 dance game for the Wii. Hmm, tempting, very tempting.

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Alex, age 8, introduced us to a song he heard at his friend’s birthday party over the weekend. He asked us to look it up on Youtube. From there I found a link to download the song from Myspace. It is now the ring tone on Kevin’s cell phone. Check it out, it even comes complete with dance moves.

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1. Thursday I watched a live webcast of J. K. Rowling at Harvard’s commencement. Her speech was so good that when Kevin got home I made him listen to the archived recording with me. He thought Rowling would make a good motivational speaker. I agree.

2. This week I signed up for the drink pouch recycling program at TerraCycle. I designated Alex’s school as the beneficiary of the 2 cents per pouch that my efforts will net.

3. Prior to Angie’s arrival my only me time consisted of half hour soaks in the jacuzzi tub 2 or 3 times a week – not that I’m complaining, it really was all the me time I needed. But lately I haven’t even had that because Angie refuses to be held by anyone else for more than 5 minutes at a time before she starts crying. I miss my soaks. It’s not something I can outsource.

4. Legally Blonde: The Musical is looking for their next Elle Woods! Can’t wait to watch this show on stage next August at the Pantages.

5. According to this doggy daycare employee, about half of all dogs eat their own poo. Good to know Daisy isn’t such a freak after all. Now, if only she weren’t incontinent.

6. My 6 week postpartum checkup went well. I’m still carrying 10 extra pounds, but at least my clothes are starting to fit again. I’ve started exercising to help speed up the process, mainly sit ups and push ups. Here are some desk friendly exercises that I plan to do when I go back to work in September.

7. These awesome travel tips make it seem like anyone can travel with small children. Even so, I don’t plan on going anywhere until Angie is a year old.

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