In be "tween"

I'm one of those easily affected people when I watch tv. And when I read books. I told ya'll about my new Twilight series confession. Well I'm still in it. Deeply. I took a little breather after finishing New Moon because, well frankly, I need to actually "do" some stuff. Like find childcare, and clean my house. But my self-imposed restraint took a little hiatus today when me and my friend Betsy saw New Moon at the theater.

I love my husband. You should all know this as the God honest truth. But I am a human! And when Rob Pattinson walks across the screen as the topless forlorn vampire that he is, well you all will just have to excuse me while I revisit my 14 year old self. OMG it's Rob Pattinson!!! Gasp. If you have not read these books then you would not have fallen deeply in love with this character and you would have surely thought he was a good looking man but you would not have thought that nearly to the depths of me, a 32 year old married woman who is living vicariously through the pages of tweenage novels. But I'm done apologizing for my lack of literary refinery. I'm smitten.

And so when I came home from the movie I sort of asked Mike if he'd put a little white powder on his face and puff up his hair a bit. He won't. He's a total party pooper.

So speaking of obsessions I told ya'll how Mike and I got Rockband. So we named our band S and M and we've been "touring" and practicing and totally kicking butt. But we are two lone soldiers. We either a) can't find anyone to play in our band, or b) find people to play in our band but they TOTALLY SUCK!!!!! Is it TOO MUCH to ask for normal, well-meaninged friends who can keep a beat and have some sort of musical know-how?

In other news the childcare search has begun. I put an ad on craigslist and HOLY HELL! I now see that there is no real shortage of people willing to watch your child. And so the problem now is sorting through the plethora of responses to my wee little ad for part time care. This is tricky to do but there are a few criteria that immediately nixes you from the running. A) This is email, not texting and if ur 2 buzy to rite norml than you're out. B) IF YOU ARE SO HIGH STRUNG THAT YOU SIMPLY MUST WRITE IN ALL CAPS THEN YOU ARE OUT. c) If you are so busy that all you can write is "see resume" then you are out.

Trouble is, that only weeds out a few. There are a lot of really awesome sounding people out there. And so I'm guessing that finding that perfect fit is all about intution, and TIMING. I have faith it will work out. And I'm super psyched to find someone to come to my house to watch my precious little kid. No more schlepping of the stuff! The stuff. The stuff!!! If a fly on the wall could see me as I have tried to leave the house for a typical day at work. Work bag, baby bag, bag of food, freezer bag for expressed milk, pumping supplies bag, purse. Oh yeah, and KID. I'm telling you forget bicep curls. Have a kid! Maybe I should put that in my ad. Must love children and must be able to bench at least 20 pounds.

Well anyhoo, Mike has gone out so I'm going to leave now so I can sit here on the couch and enjoy my glorious aloneness. Praying the baby monitor doesn't start making noises. Dreaming of vampires.