summer happenings

i feel like a bajillion beautifully random things always happen during the summers. and i feel like i'm always too distracted by the sunshine to document them each individually as they happen.

and so, i've created a collage (every time i write that word, i wonder why it's spelled the same as the place where you get your higher education. and then every time i end up remembering that i probably didn't deserve that communications degree from collEge) of the fun summer happenings thus far:

1. one of my favorite things about boulder is that buskers are still allowed. there's nothing quite like walking past a xylophone concert, alpine horn players (riccola!), balloon makers and people riding on really tall unicycles trying to convince an audience that they're about to swallow a sword, all on your way to lunch. for the most part, the buskers hibernate during the winter and then emerge with even more daring tricks and commentary. my favorite busker to date:

the hula hooping violinist. come on, does it get much better than that?

2. yes, yes it does. exhibit b- the troll car:

this car is covered from head to toe...err..front to back with trolls! what in the world? can i please just remind everyone how freaky troll dolls are in the first place? they were such a big hit and everybody's parents were buying them and all the kids were having nightmares about them. probably lots of psychiatrist bills these days can be attributed to trolls. here's a reminder in case you've forgotten how creepy these guys are

anyway, who in their right mind would glue these things all over their car?? on the plus side, i guess they'd scare any sort of burglar off. but on the down side, you have trolls glued all over your car


(and yes, i was in babies r us. talk about an overwhelming amount of baby "necessities" guaranteed to give any expectant mother a heart attack! especially after seeing the troll car. it was an emotional day.)

3. i'm clearly not mature enough to be a home owner. somehow (the boy still hasn't confirmed...or denied...anything), our guest bedroom toilet split right down the middle. what in the? so, we got to go toilet shopping! in case you need some pointers when buying a toilet, look for the one that can flush the most golf balls.



4. summer is the time for camping. in cabins. where bats fly around your room while you sleep. i woke up at 4am or so sensing something fluttering around, and sure enough - this little guy was cruising in circles around our room. our nephews got a huge kick out of it.




until it was brought to our attention that the bat could have bitten us in our sleep and that we could die of rabies... moral of the story, don't take bats flying around in your house lightly! my file at the ob/gyn now reports that i've been stung by a bee and potentially bitten by a bat and given 8 (with 3 more to come) rabies shots! so far, i haven't craved any blood, but i'll keep you posted.

5. even though i feel a little bit bad that our poor child will be a christmas baby/bee/bat, i'm actually very grateful that i'm only 4 months preggers instead of 9 in the middle of the summer. my condolences to all summer baby mommas.