Jay's Movin' On Up

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So we got to go shopping for Jay because he NEEDS to look good for work now and it was so much fun! I found every pair of pants in his size (which I will not, due to spousal loyalty, divulge) and I think he tried on half of them. It was almost as bad as getting him to go to the dentist. We were at Burlington Coat Factory, which has excellent deals, so we walked away with lots of good stuff. He looked so good in everything! It was hard to narrow it all down. I felt a bit like a proud mother on her child's first day of school, sending him off in those spiffy clothes this morning, especially since he walked to work. He's attending a conference for Consultants (he, by the way, is the only non grey-haired person among them). Although I'm sure that when I send Jayson off to school I won't send him. I'll go to class with him where we'll say hi to the teacher who I'm sure we'll already know, and I'll probably only leave when I absolutely have to. I will blubber all the way home, no doubt, and continue to sob intermittently throughout the day.

Speaking of Jayson, it's sad that he was so physically ill for the past week, but I wasn't expecting it to affect his disposition so much! He's been a pill, to put it bluntly. Last night while Jay and I took Aidan shopping, Jayson stayed home with Natalie and threw balls at her and body slammed her and had a major tantrum episode when she tried to put him to bed. Naughty! Of course, she said it was fun, but if he was anything like he's been to me lately, fun isn't how I would have described it. Today he was in the naughty chair at least 6 times and all before his nap. I handled it all very coolly, once telling him that his straw was stupid, and another time telling him that his whining was going to drive me crazy. I said this in a not so nice way. But after each momentary loss of patience, I was able to remember the scripture in...wherever it is...that says something about showing a greater increase of love after disciplining a child, so I hugged him and told him I loved him, and that I was sorry that he's having a hard day. And I really am. Because as I explained to him, when he has a hard day, it's hard for me too.

On a happier note, bikes were 1/2 off today at Wal Mart so I made an executive decision and bought a cute little Huffy with training wheels for Jayson! It's in the trunk (I don't know how I managed to sneak that into the cart and through the store without his knowledge) and I'm saving it for the right moment. Like when I have the time to go out and watch him. So it might be there for a while. I also bought Jay a nose and ear hair trimmer because well, he needs it. Ha, ha!