at night with. . .the granati's

we rented "the legend of zorro" to watch last night. we got our dinner and started the movie, knowing that we won't get far into it before the first pause (due to the fact that we have 3 children). we started it at 5:20 and the first pause was 5:40. had to get up and clean our dishes away. the girls were still eating. well, b was. h wasn't feeling to well.

so, we start it again. then pause it 10 minutes later so that i can clean up b. start back up and not too much later, e starts crying, so we pause it. time for him to eat. play button gets pushed and we sit back to enjoy the next couple of minutes. uh oh...time to change e. so 'rin starts changing him and i get h ready for bed. as soon as i tuck her in, the door bell rings. "who is coming here now?"

i open the door and see a lady standing there with books in her hands. she says that we filled out an interested card (2 years ago) of hers about plants. an encyclopedia about medical plants for $139. apparently i can get it at barnes & noble for $50 more. why would i want to do that? and then she asks if we are interested. "um, i'll have to talk to 'rin, since she is the one that filled it out." she leaves the doorstep, but i watch her from the window, seeing as how she was just sitting in her car for another 5 minutes, just sitting there.

i go and check back on h and she is asleep. i tell b to get ready for bed. start the movie back up and then...

beep!!!

samson's ears perk up and he starts getting excited. i get him calmed down and 'rin asked what that was. "i don't know. maybe it was in the movie." so i scan back and push play again. samson hears it again and gets excited again. "yeah, it was the movie." continue watching and then...

beep!!!

again? what is it. this time it wasn't in the movie. beep! beep! it winds up being the smoke detector. the battery is dead and so i need to replace it. get out the ladder and ask 'rin if we have any 9 volt batteries. "nope." so i get my guitar case and pull out my extra tuner battery. put it in the detector. put away the ladder. push play and...

beep!!!

aaarrrggghhh...what now? i pull out my guitar case, and grab my tuner. i take the "new" battery and test it in my tuner. dead battery. great. so i use my existing battery in my tuner, replace it with the smoke detector battery and. . .silence. nice.

start the movie back up. 'rin is folding clothes with b. she has to go get more clothes. the door bell rings again. i open the door. "hi, would you like to order some girl scout cookies?"

"no thanks," i politely say. cookies. maybe it is time for dessert. get out leftover tiramasu brownies and eat those while watching the movie. time for bed for b. get her ready for bed and then, back to the movie.

the movie is 2 hours 10 minutes. we got done with it at 8:55. start time was 5:20. so, after the movie was over, time for 24. then time to get ready for bed. we didn't actually get into bed until about 11:15 or so. but once we did, 'rin hears something. "sounds like children." then h starts crying. "what now?" i think to myself. 'rin gets up to check on her and then i hear, "i need your help." h got sick and lost it on her teddy bear, pillow, blankets, her hair and pj's. get her into the bath and clean up her bed. change her, get her back to bed. we get back into bed and don't fall asleep until 12:30 this morning. and apparently, 'rin had a terrible night. . .