Friday, July 24, 2009

Hiatus from Reality

Kim Reis

So sorry bloggers!  I have taken a short hiatus from blogging due to my own personal reality show back at home.  What is that, you ask?  Are you sure you want to know?

Well, somehow we agreed to have a Spanish foreign exchange student come to our house for the month of July.  OK, no big deal.  Great experience for us and for our children to experience a different culture.  Then his friend wanted to come along too.  OK - two.  No big deal.  We can handle it.  And then, HIS friend wanted to come.  THREE???!!  Um…well… They said, “Pleeeeeeeeaaaase!“  I said OK (Manny’s gonna kill me).  AND THEN A FOURTH REQUESTED!  What the???  As my mother always said.  What’s four when you already have three?  So, I said yes.  But that was it!

They arrived on June 25th and invaded my home.  WHOA!  Teenage boys sure can eat!!  Let’s see.  Daily consumption included: Two gallons of milk (remember, this is PER DAY), four 2-liter bottles of soda, a package of Oreos, a box of cereal, 2 loaves of bread.  Not to mention dinner time consumption - which was quite large.  Carlos, Pablo, Victor and Borja were fun though!  We really took them on an American experience.  Pawtucket Red Sox, Boston, Newport, Seekonk Speedway Demo Derby, Bristol Fourth, beaches, whale watch, New York City.  You name it, we did it.  And the whole time - my TiVo was filling up, up, up.  I was able to squeak in a few episodes of America’s Got Talent (love it!).  I still can’t believe the host is married to Mariah Carey.  Didn’t picture that!

In the middle of all this chaos, a lightning struck RIGHT next to our house.  It blew out some outlets, destroyed our garage door openers and fried our septic tank mother board.  What next??? 

The boys returned to Spain on July 22nd and even THAT was an ordeal.  One of them forgot his passport at home and didn’t realize it until we had gotten all the way to Logan Airport!!!!  Needless to say, he missed his flight and had to get on a later flight.  Costly mistake for sure.

This weekend, I have a date with my bed and my TiVo ALL WEEKEND LONG!  I will barely leave my room!!!  Especially since I have about 14 loads of laundry to do (did I mention that these freakin’ kids used 25 towels a day???)

I’ve started watching Big Brother - LOVIN’ IT!!  Plus I still have old episodes of Survivor from this past March/April.  Yes, I’m a little bit behind.  I know.  Hell’s Kitchen started this week and of course, America’s Got Talent will be watched too!

I’m baaaaaaccccccckkkkkkkk!