A Plague Upon the Land. Wherein, I Am the Land (also some Batman)

Our little one bedroom was recently struck by the freakin plague. Wednesday evening my husband and I started feeling achy and tired. He blamed it on allergies but I’ve never felt allergies in my ankles before. Pumpkin Pie had a rough time getting to sleep that night and by the time we got to bed we were practically dead on our feet. That night we shifted between freezing and sweating through the sheets about a dozen times and spent Thursday with high fevers and severe body aches. Even getting up to wash the dishes seemed impossible since literally every bone in my body felt like it had been hit with a hammer.

Luckily, Pumpkin Pie is the sweetest happiest baby girl in the world and either slept, allowing us to sleep, or happily squealed at her blue jay, Bruce for most of the day. Today we are just dealing with headaches and some minor body aches thank goodness. We have decided not to take any chances and to stay inside and rest. Groceries and laundry and everything that’s not taking care of Pumpkin Pie and the olden dogs is just gonna have to wait.

We don’t know where this nastiness came from. Coincidentally, Pumpkin Pie and I had spent Tuesday at the Children’s Museum of Phoenix with our friends Hayley and Aiden. So maybe I picked something up there and passed it on to him. Or maybe he picked something up at the hospital and passed it on to me. Maybe it was just our turn.

Speaking of the Children’s Museum, that place is kinda radical. Pumpkin Pie is still a little young to really enjoy a lot of it. She enjoyed looking at the pretty baby in the mirrors.

 And she really liked this room that was all magnetic walls covered in different fabrics and stuff. We hung out in there for awhile while I fed her and just enjoyed all of the crazy stuff on the ceiling and the weird toadstool tent things in the center of the room. It would be awesome if I could figure out how to make one for her when she gets a little older. I want one in my size. Everybody needs a little hidey hole right?

 

 

I’m really looking forward to taking her back when she’s a little bit mobile and more aware of what’s going on around her. Right now she’s not much into anything but her blue bird Bruce and Elmer Phunt her elephant. We walked in to the museum and I was like “Whoa!! Cool treehouse” and she was all “Whatevs Mom, I tots just pooped myself. THAT’S cool.” She did enjoy the little papasan nest things in the baby room though. And if she’s anything like me, she’ll totally dig the arts and crafts room. I didn’t get many good pictures but they have this giant rocket that kids just paint and paint and paint. Now it’s all purplish and lumpy. Aiden was very worried that he was getting dirty. The worker told him to just wipe his hands on his smock and he was
like “Lady, you gotta be kiddin me.”

 

So even though it may have nearly killed my husband and I, it was a fun day. It was good to see friends and get out of the house and have a reason to wash my hair.

Finally, since I have identified myself as a nerd, I suppose it is my duty to chime in on the current "scandal." Ben Affleck is going to be Batman. I feel decidedly undecided. Confession, in college, Ben Affleck was my one true love. He was featured prominently on the wall of hotties in my dorm room. Do I think he'll be a good Batman? Not really. Do I think he'll be the worst Batman ever? Not really. I just think Batman has been done and done well and that we should let it breathe for a little while. If they want to make a sequel to Man of Steel that's swell. I didn't see the first one (I had a baby instead) so I can't weigh in on whether or not that's a good idea. But I think they're rushing the team up thing (I don't care if the title says versus they'll be hugging and crying by the end) so that they can make ALL THE MONEY just like The Avengers. I'm more worried that they're trying to make what should be a huge movie in less than two years and that they don't even have a script yet. This movie has much bigger problems than Mr. Affleck. Give the dude a break. It's not like every movie he's in can be as good as Gigli.

I do just have to mention, however, Warner Brothers said they wouldn't make a Wonder Woman movie because they decided it wouldn't be financially lucrative but Ben Affleck super hero movies are freakin GOLD MINES! *cough* Daredevil! *cough* I know that that's what every nerd on the internet is already comparing it to and that I'm just jumping on the bandwagon but I didn't actually hate Daredevil. I'm just saying perhaps it wasn't a particularly lucrative franchise is all and that maybe it's time to try something new.