2006
way out
maura @ 9:42 pm
Of course I voted today, didn’t you? Though I must admit to a smidge of annoyance that we had to vote AGAIN this year, the third year in a row. But it’s probably mostly because I am still low-level sick (going on 10 days or so) and I have a bunch of schoolwork to do right now and thus could really have used a workday today rather than spending the day:
– Answering 1001 election-related questions from the peanut gallery, which I am ashamed to say tested my brainpower far more than they should have.
– Indulging 1002 requests for watching videos of jelly chus, looking at pictures of jelly chus, and killing jelly chus (wait, didn’t we FINISH that game recently? Yes, we did.).
– Enduring a screaming jumping fit when I would not buy him a smashy penny when we got to our local, tiny zoo RIGHT THIS VERY MINUTE, instead insisting that he wait til a little later.
The school where we vote always has a bake sale, and since I’m a suckah I promised Gus we could get something. This year’s was a little slim but we did score some delicious red velvet cake* that we all shared after dinner. It was clearly homemade and had the perfect cake-to-frosting ratio (I’m a light-on-the-frosting gal, myself). Mmmm, cake. Lately I’ve been really craving cake for some reason, so this hit the spot.
* Red velvet cake is totally the it cake here in Brooklyn right now. We had it in its cupcake variant from Baked over the summer (they do it with a cinnamon frosting rather than the traditional cream cheese), and the newest bestest bakery in our hood also does a fine version. I’ll say it again: mmmm, cake. Though I’d prefer a carrot or pumpkin or caramel cake, really.
This year the school also had a Scholastic book fair. All my guilt about sending Gus to an all-lottery school (more about this another time) flew right up to the surface so of course I let Gus pick one book to buy, too. He picked this one, sure to become a timeless classic on feces. We haven’t read it yet but I am not so sure it was a good idea. Will keep you posted.
