Forgive me, for I am a bit emo today.

My sister is taking my nephew 104 miles (I google-mapped that shit) away from me. That’s 90 miles farther away from me than he’s been his whole life.

16 months of having Nolan 30 minutes from me.

Now, I’ll actually have to plan to go see him.

No, “Dinner at Toojay’s tonight,” or “Meet us at the park,” or “Funny seeing you here at Target/Best Buy/Buffalo Wild Wings/the mall.” (It’s freaky how many time, out of the 20,000 people that live in the radius between us, that we just happen to be at the same place at the same time so many times.)

We’ll actually have to plan to take a day trip to see the Best Toddler Baby Jeebus and Oprah Ever Created.

Yes, he’s a better toddler than my own kids.

No, I didn’t say cuter, because as you know, I have the cutest kids on the planet.

bygones

I’ll miss my NoNo.

But I think Claire will miss him most.

*UPDATED below*

Way back, a long long time ago when I was 31 and it was 2008, I posted a series of photos from my “awkward” years.

To say the least, it was chock full of dorktasticness, but hey, it was the late 80s, early 90s. That’s pretty much my only excuse for my wardrobe and hair choices.

I can also say that I wasn’t the only one to have LASERS in the background of my school pictures.

How lucky can one girl be? I feel famous to be just like Laser Cat ManBoy.

For SO MUCH MORE of my Awesomeness, I’m in two other places today. I know, I’m magical.

Aiming Low: My Love, My Lappy

Room 704: Nuggets of Awesome

Go, now, comment, show some lovins.

UPDATED
Like any good mother, my husband’s mom wanted to get in on the embarrassment action, so she sent me this gem:

Really, I have uhm… no words.

laser cat photo courtesy: Awkward Family Photos

Some of you my favorite people will appreciate the last picture for special reasons.

How now, Brown Cow?

What up, Sheep?

Vultures on call.

Hanging with Siamang

Ready, willing, & able

Photos taken at Animal Kingdom at Disney World.

I’m pretty sure they’ll be contacting me for a copy of the elephant picture to use in their marketing.

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