sorry about telling you i was gonna post a picture and then didn't. well, i suppose if i was truly sorry, i'd have posted one. the truth is, i'm too lazy to read the manual on how to do it and i HATE getting frustrated with computers because they are smarter than me and seem to chuckle when i can't figure something out. i WILL post a picture of my present, just not yet.

i have one of the largest cold sores on my bottom lip that i have ever had. and i've had a lot. i whined to josh about it this morning, saying "why can't i just look like angelina jolie when i have a cold sore, why do i have to look like such a gimp?" he pointed out that in order for me to look like angelina jolie, my cold sore would have to be even bigger than it is. which is true. i just hate talking to people when i have one because i feel like they are staring at it thinking "ewwww" and when i talk, i feel like my lip is bigger than my whole face and that's all i can think about. i don't want to go to work today. (just slightly paranoid, perhaps?)

it has been hotter than hades here lately and really humid. i went out to water the flowers this morning at 7.30 and was hit by a wave of hot, sticky air. thank God for air conditioning (our old house didn't have AC, so we had to sleep on the floor downstairs when it got really hot). the other night, as we were leaving for josh's ball game, we saw something in the middle of the road, and pulled over to take a look. it was a TARANTULA!!! now, i know that these things exist in the world, though i'd prefer to think that they only exist inside glass cages in pet stores. but to see one walk across the road as if he owned it, when that road was the same one that I LIVE ON!..... i am so NOT okay with that. he was huge, and hairy and absolutely shudder inducing. we decided not to run over him.

josh totally kicked butt at the ballgame, by the way. a young guy sitting next to me, who was cheering for the other team saw josh, in the outfield, throw the ball and said to me, "your husband sure throws fast". i just smiled smugly and said, "i know". my baby rocks.

in less than one month, my mom and dad are driving down to stay with us for a few days!! i am very excited, though right now i'm a little frustrated because it looks like i'll be working all but one day that they're here. i have to talk to my boss this afternoon about that and see if i can switch one of my other days off. oh, i hope so.

well, off to get ready for work. will post picture, as promised, next time i blog.