flying dinosaur bugs

i'm back in class and so i get to overhear all sorts of random things. tuesday there was a girl sitting in front of me, talking to a friend about this epic cicada invasion we're having and she says - i'm from the north, we don't have flying dinosaur bugs where i live. and i thought - brilliant! that describes the little suckers to a T. they do look like something that should be flying around during cave man days. with their beady red eyes and weird transparent wings - ugh! i'm so ready for them to burrow back into the ground for another 13 years. they. are. gross. they're loud and i mean LOUD - like i've seriously considered using ear plugs to take nuggie for a walk, but then i think, she doesn't have ear plugs, i don't want her sweet little ears to be damaged. they also fly around like they're drunk, crashing into everything. so you're likely to be beaned in the head if you do venture outside. blah.

nuggie has decided she doesn't want to sleep at night anymore (who am i kidding, has the child EVER really slept at night???). she's drooling a ton, so maybe it's her little teeth bothering her? we've tried baby tylenol and baby motrin - but she's still up every 2-3 hours screaming. needless to say, momma is dragging today. coffee pot - work faster!

we survived another round of bad storms last night. this spring season is getting ridiculous. my heart is so sad for the sweet people of joplin. i can't even imagine what they must be going through. as this latest round was going through yesterday i thought - almost everyone i love is going to be affected in some way by this line of storms. it stretched all the way from indiana down to texas. thankfully it seems everyone is ok.

ahh, the coffee pot is done brewing - i've got to go find the biggest mug i can and fill it to the max. hasta la pasta.