I need a Johnson and Johnson Anonymous Meeting

It's been a craptastic week. First off, one of our $3000 lawn mowers was stolen from our shop. Apparently, the city of Loganville is under siege by a group of lawn mower thieves. According to the guy at the lawn mower repair shop, at least 15 similar mowers have been stolen in the past month. This piece of information would have been a lot handier a week ago, so we could've locked the mower up every night.

Second off, I was driving home today nursing a killer case of heartburn, trying to remember whether or not I had any tums at home, when I heard a loud pop and saw glass spray everywhere.







Both Sam and the windshield repairman agreed that either someone threw something at my window or a piece of debris shot out of someone's lawn mower and hit my car. Apparently a rock kicked up from one of the tires would not have caused the windshield to shatter and spray glass all over the inside of my car. I can't recall seeing anyone throw something at me or anyone mowing their lawn in the vicinity of the accident, but in my defense, I was wondering if heartburn could actually kill a person at the time all of this happened. I'd actually broken out in a sweat, I hurt so bad.

As it turns out neither the mower theft nor the windshield is covered under any of the pricey insurance I pay out the wazoo every month for. Like a good neighbor State Farm will cancel you if you make three claims against your homeowners in a three year period. We've already made one claim for hail damage back in 2009, so if we made a claim for the mower, which wouldn't have paid for a new one anyway (thank you high deductible), we'd be completely S.O.L. if something else went wrong.

In addition to all of this "fun", Colin also started 1st grade this week. Let's just say his first week has been a challenge. He hadn't been at school for more than 30 minutes the first day before I got a call from the school nurse because he'd puked. The nurse and I both agreed to a "no fever, no pick up" puke policy for the remainder of the school year.





So this afternoon I decided I needed a pick me up. I went to Target and purchased a bottle of the purple Johnson and Johnson baby shampoo. My friend, Jennifer, uses it on her kids and whenever I am around them, I take advantage of every available opportunity to sniff their sweet little heads. I have decided that purple J&J smells even better on Annabelle. I'm pretty sure I'm going to need an intervention and a 12 step program to stop "huffing" (that's what all the junkies call it I'm told) my baby. Nonetheless, it has made my week better.



-A Memory Made