Lorraine Says: 200 Feet, 80 Pounds and As Big As My Head

"Look at how far out we are!"

I nodded at Penny as I looked back towards the shore. We were quite near where buoys marked the ocean drop off, but the water was only up to our thighs. We were sitting down in the Atlantic Ocean, amazed by how shallow it was, how clear the water looked, and if I'm honest, by how much sand was, uh,  everywhere.

"What are we, like 200 feet from the shore?"

I nodded again.

Truth is, I had no flippin' idea how many feet of water separated us from the shore. I guess you can call this a Late Confession but: I'm the worst at guesstimating any sort of quantitative information.

How tall was he?

How big was it?

AKA, I have no fudgin' clue. This seems like it could possibly be a problem for me, especially, say, if I ever have to describe a man to the police.

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Friday night, Venus, Pistene, Vyelit, Ting Ting and I went to the movie theater to watch The Lion King in 3D. I stand by my opinion that most 3D movies are completely useless, but other than that, it was the most fun I've had watching a movie in a very long time. Figures the movie is 17 years old. (Note: Dammit, I'm old.)

A few things:

- Venus made a big deal about wanting to sing in the the theaters, and I egged her on saying I would sing too. She actually sang. I did not. I mean, maybe a little during Scar's song because I was apparently the only one who loved "Be Prepared."

- There were a lot of adults at the 7:50pm showing I attended so I didn't feel that bad.

- The young men sitting behind us were definitely laughing at us as we clapped and did some equivalent of the Michelle Tanner wiggle at different times throughout the movie.

- About 10 minutes into the movie, in the silent theater, Pistene yells out, "NALA IS HIS SISTER!" We shushed her but she wouldn't drop it until she explained to us all that Mufasa is the only male in the pride and well... uh... INCEST EW.

- It's amazing how many of these things I missed watching this in 1994 (and beyond.) Evey thing seemed funnier.

- Am I supposed to think that Simba is hawt? Because this is strange. He's kind of attractive. For a lion? I'm confused.

- After the movie we went to go eat stuff that is really bad for us. I came up with a theory about everyone having their on version of the Zulu that's sang at the beginning of the Circle of Life. I had the girls each sing their version of it at the table and then analyzed how their personalities were reflected in their song. I'm not even making that up.

Aaaaaah-sabeña-bababisimabo.

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Satruday morning, Rox, Penny and I went to the beach. Before we got there, we bought smoothies and bagels and if you haven't tried Einstein's pumpkin muffin, please do your mouth that magical favor.

Rox: What kind of smoothie did you get?

Lor: Grape.

Pen: Me too, a small one.

Lor: Nope, I got one this big.

Pen: Why do you always measure things against your face? It's either as big as your head or your eyes.

Lor: Sigh.

The sun was playing hide a seek, but when it was out, it was really flippin' hot.

It's almost getting to that point where I get to start boasting about our wonderful weather while everyone suffers through an almost eternal winter. We're not quite there yet, because everyone is still excited about autumn and "seasons" and "boots" and "scarves." Meanwhile, it rained all day Sunday, which was going to usher in a "cold front." Yeah that = low of 73, high of 89. -_-

As I mentioned, the water was really shallow and we basically sat in the ocean and talked about wanting to get back into working out, the dumb lifeguard and his "bro" conversation with his, uh, bro, splits and how we can't do them, what rain looks like over the ocean and how amazed I was by it, etc.

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Saturday night, Pink, Cheese Cream, Vyelit and I took Gailey-Bird to see Disney on Ice. All the Disney in my weekend was not pre-planned, but you'll get no complaints from me.

The show was at the American Airlines Arena, which is right next to Bayside. We got there super early and decided to grab a bite to eat there. Cheese Cream was carrying Ellie-Bug in one of those front facing baby slings? Whatever those are called. Pink was lugging around the diaper bag, in which she packed a few sweaters and blankets and apparently a baby elephant. That left Vye and I trading off Gailey, who refused to walk.

I know, I know, she's 2 and a half and she can walk perfectly fine, but she was just not having it.

She ran after Vyelit with her cute little arms up in the air saying, "Please, please, por favor tia!"

When Vyelit said no, she ran up to me as said, "You say yes, Tati?" OMGSOCUTE. So I carried her. A lot. According to my piss poor estimation skills and the pain in my lower back, I'd say she weighs about 80 pounds.

The show was pretty cute and Gailey had a blast. At one point when the lights came up on Rafiki standing in the middle of the ice (the crowd went nuts) Gailey tapped on me frantically and asked, "where's the lion?" And then during Mulan, when fake snow fell from the sky, Gailey asked her mother for her sweater. Pink put it on her but Gailey clarified, "zip it up. It's snowing."

Smartest baby ever.

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Finally, on Sunday, our family had our weekly dinner at my aunt's time share in Pompano Beach. The beach was their backyard, so even though it was overcast, we ate good food and then watch the kids frolic in the sand and sea.

We're fancy that way.

Here's to hoping for another quick work week. I hope you all had great weekends and that you are much, much better than me at estimations.

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