I spent the day today with my son, Gavin. Holly and Mary went off to their orientation for school today. So Gavin and I hung around the house and enjoyed each others company. I was really fun spending a large block of time with him. It is not something I get to do often. But that is going to change. Holly received her schedule of classes at orientation. Classes start this Monday the 23rd. She has classes Monday afternoon, Tuesday night and Thursday night. So I get those nights with Gavin, not work. I’m excited about it, although the other manager at the theatre will not be. This means she will have to work the dreadful Thursday night shift. It is inventory night, payroll night, and also the night we set up everything for the new movie on Friday. This includes building a movie (or two), breaking down a movie (or two), changing the lens on the projectors, changing posters, and changing any old commercials or previews. It is a long night. Sometimes getting out at 4am. She doesn’t like it. So my schedule will almost completely change. I don’t mind. I might have to give up Wednesday night dancing though. It is going to be a busy semester for all of us. At the same time Holly is in school, so will Mary be. Mary has classes on different days than Holly, except Thursdays. They are the same. I don’t know quite how it will all work out, but I look forward to all the results. Holly and Mary will have their degree, and I will get to spend plenty of time with my boy. Hooray.

If you haven’t heard of it, there is a movie that came out July 6th called “Some Kind Of Monster”. It is a limited release documentary about Metallica. It was first released in only California and NY. Now it is playing in 36 states across the country. Hawaii is not one of them. Being that I work at a movie theatre, I took it upon myself to find the correct emails and phone numbers needed to bring this movie to Hawaii so I can watch it. First I emailed our company film booker. He told me that we can’t get the movie until the films distributor sets a Hawaii release date. So I went to the IFC Films (film distributor for the movie) website. I found just a general email address that I sent an email to. They gave me the phone number for their film booker. Very cool. But I could not get a hold of him. No matter when I called, no answer. I left a few messages on his machine, but he did not call me back. Instead I received an email from a different person from IFC Films. I guess someone got my message. Anyway, I chatted with him a little and gave him some information about my theatre. He informed me that his is currently working with our company to get a Hawaii release date for “Some Kind of Monster”. He said that when he finalized a date, he would call me and let me know. This was on Tuesday. He also told me that if I did not hear from him by Friday (today) to call him the following week. If they did not finalize a date by the time I called him, he said, him and I would pick one. How cool is that. I am the reason that this movie is going to play in Hawaii. I am so excited. Not only do I get to watch “Some Kind Of Monster” over and over and over and over again, I am responsible for it. Not to mention that it might even come to my theatre and not one of our other theatres. I am so excited. This alone has made it worth working here. By the way, I have not heard from him yet. I am going to call him Monday morning and find out what is up. Hopefully they settled on a date. We will see. Either way, when the movie gets here, I am going to get my picture taken under the marquee at the theatre and send it to Metallica with a letter…. What do you mean I’m obsessed?

It was a short wait. This morning Holly got the sign. Not pregnant. Somewhat disappointed about that. But it is better this way. Holly can go to school, get her teeth done, and stay on her diet. All is well. Besides, Gavin is perfect. So there it is. We knew this is how it would end. We are just worry warts

I thought I would mention that I put a page up on the internet with about 120 pictures. Mostly of Gavin, but there are a few of me and some others. http://www.unmatchingmarbles.com/photos/photos.html
Also I though that I would add that since I started running I seemed to have gained weight. When I started running I weighed myself at around 165 lbs. I weighed myself today and it came up as 175 lbs. How odd. Holly says that she thinks I look really good now, and that before she thought I was on the edge of being too skinny. Hmmmm. Anyway, just some pointless information for you. Oh yeah, and one more thing. I was wearing shorts the other day and Holly let me know that they were too small for me and that we would have to buy new ones. Ok, no big deal. Yesterday I put on another pair of shorts that I own, and I noticed that they were too small as well. Not around the waist, but around my thighs. They were too tight. Now I must buy two more pairs of shorts. Sigh. I hate shopping.
Quote of the day: “Is that a man crossing a four lane road in the rain carrying a dead flamingo?”

So it is Tuesday. It has been a few days since my last post. A few things have happened since then. Holly has joined Weight Watchers Online. She is quite thrilled about it and spends time planning yummy dinners and setting out here food schedule for the day. It is a little game with her. “If I walk around the mall with my mom for 30 minutes, I earn an extra 2 points.” That’s good. She has lost 2 pounds so far. She went to the dentist today. This is the first of 4 visits which will result in a root canal. Poor thing. While getting ready for work the other day, she says to me, “I don’t want to worry you or anything, but my thingy (period) hasn’t started yet. Have a nice day at work”. It wasn’t quite like that, but close. I have to say, having another baby would be quite inconvenient right now. Holly would take an extra semester or two to finish her schooling. We would have to switch rooms with Mary to have extra space for another bed. One that Gavin can have. It’s getting to be time for him to have his own bed. Expenses of course. New car seat and what not. Although not thinking about those things (after all, it is not like we couldn’t handle it) I think it would be great to have another baby. Life really is good right now. I am enjoying it. But what would we call it? With our luck it will be another boy. I really want a girl. We’ll see.
So we are waiting on Holly’s body to let us know what is going on. It is stressful not knowing what is happening. Stay tuned for the next episode of…Is She, or Isn’t She?