This was Rebecca, jumping and dancing on the landing of the stairs. Or, as we refer to it, her stage. She knows it is the perfect vantage point for everyone to view her jumping and dancing prowess. I'm not sure where she gets her tendency toward performing. ;-)
I got up at 6:00 a.m. to make cinnamon rolls for Ramy to take to work. Stupidly, I didn't keep any of them at home to enjoy for myself. Rebecca slept late, which was nice because I used the time to grade Rorschachs. I'm so tired of looking at Rorschachs! I dreamed about the image in one of the cards last night, after my co-TA and students had called or emailed me a dozen times with questions yesterday.
Saturday, Ramy had intended to sleep late, because he's been getting up at 4:00 a.m. to get to work before 5 to work on his trial. Unfortunately, he still woke up before 5, and by the time I got up and came downstairs, he had a guy working in the backyard clearing the brush off the hill. We spent most of the day on Saturday running around and picking things up to send in our huge box to the Philippines. We have "adopted" a family Ramy knows in Cawayan (village where Ramy's from) and have a tradition of sending them a ginormous box of presents for Christmas. We're sending clothes for all of them, food (lots of Spam and sardines - delicacies there), books, magazines, games, toys, toiletries, you name it. I'm excited about this tradition, because it goes to a family who truly needs and appreciates it and it is someone we (well, Ramy anyway) actually knows, instead of to strangers we'll never meet. They have two elementary-school aged daughters and a high school-aged son.
Saturday night, we stayed in, ordered pizza, and watched the movie Where In The World is Osama Bin Laden. It was done by the same guy who did Supersize Me. It is very interesting and enlightening, and I highly recommend it! Yesterday morning, we went to 7:30 mass and were quite annoyed by rowdy kids and their parents who make no effort to make them behave. I think we're going to stop sitting in the cry room and just keep Rebecca with us in the regular seats. We're concerned that she may learn more bad examples by us sitting in the cry room. Yesterday afternoon, I prepared meals for a few nights this week, did some laundry, and shopped for a new suit for my (hopefully) upcoming interviews. I didn't buy one yet - just getting an idea of what I want. Ramy took Rebecca to his mom's house to visit for awhile. We also took Rebecca to the park and had a blast. You'll be seeing pics from the park sometime this week, I'm sure.
My mom's dog Lillie Belle is very sick. She was diagnosed with epilepsy sometime back, but she seems to have gotten worse. What's more, yesterday she couldn't move her back legs and wasn't going to the bathroom. Dr. Warden met them at her clinic, and she's been on steroids, but she's not sure what is going on. Doggies are such sweet additions to our family, and Lillie has always been a "special needs baby." But she's loveable and adorable, so we're worried about her.
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