4.01.2020
Real Time: Our April Fool: Sweetest Sixteen
Annika anticipates exciting events more visibly than most of our other children, counting down the days on her calendar, on the white board, and on scrap pieces of paper scattered throughout the house, with attending exclamatory marks, like so: "Only 63 days until NEWBSANITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
This is why the last couple of weeks have been hard on her, as her calendar (full to the brim with April birthday fun) served to remind her of all the fun she was not going to have on her birthday. Today she turns sweet sixteen! In the last week, though, the title has changed to "sour sixteen," "stupid sixteen," and "slimy sixteen." :)
Newbsanity was slated to begin today: canceled.
The Sloppy Fools Race was today: canceled
Her birthday date with Papa: with all non-essential stores closed: canceled
A trip to the DMV to take her permit test: closed and canceled
Having guests besides Mopsy to her birthday party tonight? Not allowed.
She can't even go on a hike because she's been having knee pain and swelling for the last 2 months that have barred her from running, most exercise, and walks longer than 15 minutes or so. This is why my extroverted, lonely, lover of people is sitting on the birthday couch, on a tablet WITHOUT ASKING PERMISSION, first thing in the morning.
Last week, I told her she could chat with her friends all day long, without time limit or infringement. And now I'm going to time her to see how long she goes without taking a break. We might have to administer i.v. fluids before long...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ANNIKA! I'm so sorry April is such a dud. :( Hopefully the months to come will make up for it somehow. Love you, Annie!
ReplyDeleteHappy Sweet 16. You will always remember it thanks to this stupid virus.
ReplyDeleteOh, poor girl! You will have to start chatting Jael too. She one of the only two extroverts in this house. The rest of us think that a cancelled calendar is like a perpetual birthday. ;)
ReplyDelete(And it looks like you have the same tablet/cover.)
Aw! What a bummer. I didn't realize Newbsanity was supposed to start around now. I thought it wasn't until later.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the sympathy, folks! :) In spite of all the fun she missed, she had a great day. Every time I saw her, she was grinning and hunched over a glowing screen, gleefully turning her brain to mush. :)
ReplyDeleteMrs. M.O.,
Yes! Do you have Annika's email or mine? Just send us Jael's info., and we'll connect these outnumbered people-starved souls.
Cadie,
The funny thing is that what she was MOST looking forward to about Newbsanity W.N.Workouts beginning on her actual birthday is that they always make a birthday boy/girl/man/woman do lots of extra burpees and painful exercise, as a twisted birthday present. She was SO EXCITED about that. Ha!
Happy birthday, Annika!!! I hope it somehow becomes a wonderful day!
ReplyDeleteHappy,happy Birthday Annie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope you had a GREAT day.
ReplyDeletePassing along those well-wishes to the birthday girl. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteShe's still trying to connive a way to get behind a wheel even though the DMV is still closed. :)