I have 200 posts!

Not really an accomplishment when you consider how long I've had the blog, but still!
I got to go to lunch with J today and it was loverly! Bean dip and talk about decorating. She has a new house and was asking what she should do. Well, I am just FULL of opinions. That may be a shocker, but it's true. So we had fun talking decor. We also went to a book store and it was CRAZY! I can't say that I've been to that one, but it's always mentioned in the paper because that's usually where there are authors signing books and doing discussions and whatever. There were also face painters and tarot card readers, but it was a busy Saturday afternoon. We were able to resist the temptation to get our faces painted.
The boys had their first school field trip on Friday. It was a trip to the zoo. I am a native to AZ and when I was in school we went to the damn zoo every frigging year until 5th grade or so. I hated it! I will probably never understand why they can't plan the trips during a time of year when it's not as hot out. You walk around, on asphalt, in the heat and look at pitiful animals that are sweating their balls off. Well, not all of them are out sweating their balls off, some of them just hide. It's all VERY exciting. I think they enjoyed the trip, but yesterday was crazy windy. They both have problems with croup (and allergies too, if you ask me) so they weren't feeling great when they got home. Especially Parker. He seems better today, but he was struggling last night.
Other than that, it's the same old, same old here. Still frigging tired of having a job. It's actually gotten to the point where I think I should start keeps tabs of the number of times I get the same response from someone I tell that I don't love having a job. The conversation goes like this:
Me: It's just hard. I miss being home with Tucker. My job isn't horrible or anything, but I just want to be at home with him.
ANYONE I TALK TO: But at least you're getting out of the house!

Um...what do people think life is like for a stay at home mom? Do I get chained to a wall everyday when my husband leaves for work? Am I left unable to communicate with the outside world, yearning for some sort of human contact? It just kinda cracks me up. I have found in talking to people that the ones that generally feel the strongest about how boring/unfulfilling being a stay at home mom must be are the ones that were raised by a working mom. It's not always the case, but it's a majority of the ones that don't understand what I can possibly do to occupy myself every day. Is it not just a little strange that I get that response from so many different people? They also are the people that seem to be relieved when they hear that I have a job in the first place :)
Well, Tucker is sitting on my left arm so it's a little hard to type. Gonna go ahead and give up now!