minutes and plans

i feel guilty about not keeping up with my blog enough now that nathan's on leave. so here comes an update.
yesterday was mainly errands and housework except for at night when nathan went out with the boys and i went to chance and missy's for dinner. it was really funny to see chance break the couch.
today i went to babysit beth's kids. neither of them almost died, but the dentist kept beth for longer than he should have and julian got really hungry. he won't eat formula so he cried/slept fitfully until she could get home. otherwise, i had a lot of fun. julian is staying awake longer which makes him more work, but it's good to see him growing and playing. jaiden played with me a bunch. i brought him a sticker book and a puzzle which turned out to be beyond his age level, but he's really good at those things so he tried really hard and i helped him. we had fun.
then i came home and nathan said we could go to the museum. we've been wanting to go for a long while now. we saw charles peterson's "touch me i'm sick" exhibit which was awesome, but involved too much pearl crap who should be erased from the history books. we also saw the john singer sargent exhibit which i was really excited to see but was kind of a letdown. i saw a bunch of his work when we were in boston because he basically did the whole public library (or a whole lot of it anyway) but this was an exhibit of child portraits, which i usually like, but really wasn't in the mood to see.
i did however decide that it's time for me to try my hand at sculpture. i've been wanting to for a long time, but the knowlege that i won't be any good at it has held me back. now, however, i don't care that i won't be good at it. i think i'll have a lot of fun with it. and that's how i'll approach it. no expectations for it to be my new career (especially since i have other plans as far as that goes), i just want to enjoy myself. and i think i will. tomorrow, if i have time, i'm going to the art supply store. i will let you guys know how that turns out.