Daeden is coming!

Daed is Amy’s son, to whom I am “Gigi.” I was there the day he was born, and the nurse asked Amy if I was his sister, and she — between contractions — said “mostly.” So, since then, Daed has been my “mostly nephew.”

Anyway, he is almost ten (TEN!) now, and is going to stay at our house for a night or two to hang out with his Gigi and err uncle? Dave. He will be the first guest in our new guest room, which looks awesome. The bed arrived, I made it up with new bedding and new fluffy pillows. I got simple white sheers for the window (there are shades behind) and collected my ocean-y stuff — Crumple photos and souvenirs, mostly — and put them in there. I also got a new alarm clock for that room, that even makes nature sounds as a sleep function. Dave is most impressed, so after Daed leaves, we’ll probably swap out the new clock for my old one.

Because he is almost ten, I also have stocked up on things your mother never buys you because they are a waste of money: Archie Digests, Garfield crosswords and puzzle books, MadLibs. We hope to go to the city pool (it really bums me out that there are no pictures online of this place, it is AWESOME for a city pool) and maybe the Children’s Museum. We may even make our own ice cream. Wheeee!

But, I must take out the trash and do dishes and all that jazz before he gets here.