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i am so glad God made laughter. i love to laugh. i also love to sleep and eat. tonight our small group is having potluck supper and playing games. there will be so much laughter! i cannot wait. G is starting to talk more and in almost complete sentences. i can already tell that kid is going to wipe me out. couple things he's said/done lately: - after falling off a bike last week (before i even got on) i had a nasty bruise on my knee. he told me the other day that i needed to "wash my knee." thanks punk. it's not dirt. :) - this morning on the way to school he said "mom, this is a cool stick." what? where'd he learn cool? - i adore that he loves sticks. everywhere we go he looks for them. i do too. i cant even help myself. - he doesnt complain about much. but he despises brushing his teeth and having his diaper/pull up changed. well saturday night he was coming up with every reason possible that he shouldn't go to sleep. he said "mom

i have never claimed to be cool. i have never even tried. there's no use. let's all laugh and enjoy reading reasons why i am a forever NERD. we can start with the most recent and then i'll share stories from my past. (some will be repeats but trust me...you'll still enjoy it.) let's start with how i attempted to try a new road bike yesterday in flip flops. jason taught me how to get on a bike the right way. but whoops, i forgot. and FELL STRAIGHT OVER in front of everyone enjoying a late lunch in downtown columbus. awesome. i have a bruised knee, swollen wrist, bruised hand and scraped ankle to prove my dorkness. now, let's back up to a couple weeks ago when i first made a fool of myself at Ride On Bikes... my friend danelle and i decided to go for a ride one afternoon. sounds fun, right!? so i ran home to get my bike. i decided i'd grab my helmet first. so i started looking around. couldn't find it anywhere! looked outside, looked in my ca

thursday morning of our TA staff retreat i woke up tired and not motivated to run. so i stayed in bed. that's not a very kaci thing to do. then i went to breakfast. it was fun. we do a pancake breakfast as a staff. but we aren't allowed to do ANYTHING for ourselves. so we have to constantly be thinking of others. it's SO interesting/fun/and eye-opening. it is one of my favorite things we do. it's even more interesting when it comes to me...haha b/c i LOVE my bfast and don't want it messed with. so the sweet staff has to pay "extra" attention to me and make my toast,  defrost my yogurt if its still too frozen (i freeze it at least an hour before i eat it), i drink a lot of coffee and finish out with a rice cake with peanut butter. no worries though....Leah Carr knows me well :) i also snacked on (aka - INHALED A LOT) some delicious homemade trail mix from jessica stephens...almonds, sugar-free chocolate chips and raisins. it was like crack. not a