Good things for August
1 - Finally placated my mother by taking Jonah to Manassas Baptist Church. Moo Thru ice cream on the way back to Charlottesville.
2 - The weather was nice enough to take a short walk at work.
3 - Amanda's mom is OK after her bee sting, despite being allergic.
4 - We survived Jonah's first big stomach bug. (Every time I start a Good Thing with "we survived," it is kind of a cop-out. So also, Amanda made sweet potato casserole, and it was good. And did not cause stomach bugs.)
5 - Dinner on The Corner before it became infested with students again.
6 - Lovely views of the mountains driving a bus chartered to a vineyard for somebody's rehearsal dinner.
7 - Productive day! Fixed drawer. Lowered crib. Cleaned things. Adjusted car seat. Jonah ate squash for the first time.
8 - Thai buffet was very tasty, if pricey and overwhelmingly large.
9 - I drove a bus while Amanda spent an hour trying to win diapers on a blog. I would have gone nuts if I had been home, probably, so it was good that I wasn't there, although I do tend to be lucky. (She didn't win.)
10 - Lunch out at a fancy place for work to celebrate how awesome we are, and how underpaid.
11 - High chair and rug arrived at the same time, on the same truck!
5 - Dinner on The Corner before it became infested with students again.
6 - Lovely views of the mountains driving a bus chartered to a vineyard for somebody's rehearsal dinner.
7 - Productive day! Fixed drawer. Lowered crib. Cleaned things. Adjusted car seat. Jonah ate squash for the first time.
8 - Thai buffet was very tasty, if pricey and overwhelmingly large.
9 - I drove a bus while Amanda spent an hour trying to win diapers on a blog. I would have gone nuts if I had been home, probably, so it was good that I wasn't there, although I do tend to be lucky. (She didn't win.)
10 - Lunch out at a fancy place for work to celebrate how awesome we are, and how underpaid.
11 - High chair and rug arrived at the same time, on the same truck!
12 - Jonah can sit up for minutes at a time without falling over (if he concentrates). Also got an e-mail from Todd trying to weasel his way into the Good Things list.
13 - Last-minute work-related lunch out. I only ate my packed lunch twice this week! May be a new record!
13 - Last-minute work-related lunch out. I only ate my packed lunch twice this week! May be a new record!
14 - Fun morning walking around downtown and the farmers' market, despite the post office ignoring good urbanism by having the downtown location closed on Saturdays while keeping the sprawly ones open. Anyway, the weather was quite pleasant. And there was a fresh taco and gelato.
15 - You know the saying, "Laughter is the best medicine"? I think it could be amended to "baby laughter is the bestest medicine." Jonah got the giggles a couple times with me today.
16 - Jonah came to work with me for a half-hour while Amanda ran an errand that would have been difficult to do with him along.
16 - Jonah came to work with me for a half-hour while Amanda ran an errand that would have been difficult to do with him along.
17 - Second high chair assembly attempt was successful!
18 - Got new city bus guides for 2010-2011. This is exciting.
19 - My parents came for a brief visit featuring very tasty Indian food made with curry purchased at the farmers' market. They were very impressed with Jonah's sitting abilities.
20 - Bus stop signs arrived at work! They are very pretty.
21 - Nice afternoon at Smith Mountain Lake. Jonah liked the water.
22 - Pancakes, Wii, church, and endless Chinese buffet with Todd and Amy. Bonus good thing: a bus driver meeting that was held on the new 52-passenger charter bus.
23 - While playing on a quilt on the floor, Jonah pushed his stomach up more than he's done before... we really need to get some baby gates!
24 - I was able to drive a bus for the morning of first day of classes, and even had one passenger I knew!
25 - Pleasant walk downtown during lunch of a day-long meeting, then dinner out to use a birthday discount for Amanda.
26 - Stopped by Charlottesville's only hostel for a quick tour on the way home from a meeting.
27 - Amanda surprised me with a picnic dinner downtown, and we surprised ourselves with frozen yogurt from a new place, and we walked and explored and bought cold medicine and it was glorious.
28 - Another walk around downtown! Two days in a row! And a party/open house in a hip, modernist house.
29 - We ate at the student luncheon after church, despite not being students.
30 - Amanda made dinner featuring very tender local chicken that we had bought at the farmers' market. As much as we shop there, getting local meat is still a treat because it's soooo much cheaper to get it non-local at the grocery store.
31 - Happy Birthday Chocolate Fondue for Amanda. Jonah teethed on the cold granite tabletop.
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