This post was alternatively titled... Jay About to go on a 2 state murder suicide spree! Just kidding, I have too much to live for. People depend on this blog. And my good looks and charm. So in the week leading up to Christmas my kids basically decide sleep is for suckers. We recently found out this is due at least in part to both teething. So my special lady and I are already a mess heading into a big travel week. We actually started with a decent drive south and a quick stop to see friends who have migrated to the West Coast. Our kids were pretty well behaved and it was really good seeing them. So far so good. We get to my parents and I discover my cat has barfed in his carrier. Shit. Whatever, I clean it up and we unload. I then am bombarded by the fact I forgot to to payroll for my nanny so I need to find a way to pay her ASAP. The Benefit Mall payroll service sucks. Bad. I am on the phone dealing with this when my mother tells me the cat died. He just dropped dead. I don't want to minimize this fact. I actually really cared for my cat even though he was an asshole at times. He was my/our first pet and was good for our house. He was good to the kids and a decent mouser. RIP Boom. Well, that was a tough start to Christmas Eve. The rest of the week featured no sleep, my head almost exploding, a dog shitting under my nephew's bed, my mother walking in on me taking a shit, my in-laws having a 30 minute discussion about chopped nuts and the container they were kept in (and later revisiting the discussion), less sleep, and me trying not to go bananas as a crowd decided to have a party under my kids sleeping bedroom so my older nephew could take a nap in the living room. Needless to say I had a tough week. There were a couple highlights though...
Bizen in Great Barrington was great. It is a sushi joint right downtown. The menu is too big and pretty unwieldy but the fish was fresh and the special rolls were really phenomenal. I liked the lobster roll, the fried oyster was solid, kind of a seared scallop roll was nice, and there were a couple others that were great. The miso soup was good and they have a very interesting Saki list. We went with a delicious cold unfiltered number. That was a fun night. I can't find a website for them though which irritates me.
Another fun note was our trip home. The kids were fussing, especially my boy. He also smelled like poo. We finally pulled into McDonald's in Rut-Vegas and I took him in to change. After putting a blanket AND changing pad on the changing table I got to work. When I dropped his drawers I got the bad news... poop was EVERYWHERE. On his pants, on his onesie, on his legs, on his socks. I had to almost completely undress him, further smearing shit all over the changing pad and everything else. To his credit he just laid there, slightly bemused. 82 wet wipes later I exited w/ him wrapped in a blanket and a plastic bag full of poop covered clothes. Fantastic! Needless to say I did not get my cheeseburger.
New Years Eve ended the fiasco... it was quiet but very pleasant. We had friends stop by for drinks after the kids went to bed and we had a nice laugh and talked about wet wipes, illicit activities, and other nonsense. It was a nice way to finish what could best be described as an up and down 2013. I am very thankful for my friends, family, and relative health. I wish all 3 of you a wonderful new year, good luck out there!
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