gingerbread is for the birds

Today on our walk down at the lake, Gran pointed out a gingerbread man made of birdseed, left out for the birds. Dennis had fun examining it from his stroller but he couldn't understand why he couldn't eat it. He talked to himself in the bed for an hour before finally taking his nap, and this wasn't good because he very much needed a whole nap today. This afternoon, David and Gran and Uncle Denny and Dennis and I all went to Alabaster. Granny had given us money to buy tickets to see The Blind Side, and we are going to see Granny tomorrow and hadn't seen the movie yet. So we went today, Gran and Uncle Denny to the matinee and then David and I at the next one so that we could switch off Dennis shifts. We took him shopping at Target and Best Buy; they took him to Home Depot and Wal-Mart. He scored a new Batman with motorcycle (Fisher Price, on sale cheap) from us, and a new DVD and m&m's from Uncle Denny and Gran. It was a successful day for Dennis, for sure. He talked nonstop for the entire trip. We didn't really do any shopping for ourselves, but I did opt to purchase an H1N1 vaccine for myself at Target. David and I decided to get the vaccine and we're doing it over two of his paychecks. I got to go first. Normally I don't love needles, but vaccines haven't really bothered me since childhood. This one did. The needle kind of jabbed an arm nerve when it went in, and I felt a funny feeling all the way down my arm. But that wasn't so bad. Getting to the doorway of Target and passing out, yeah, that was bad. I remember telling David "Hey I feel really dizzy" and next thing I knew, he was asking if I was okay. I looked up and saw that my head was on the floor. I said "Did I fall?". Ummm, yes. I fell. But he had grabbed my arm when I said I was dizzy and held on to me as I fell, so I didn't hit the floor hard. Or at least I don't think I hit the floor hard. I'm not the kind of person that passes out often (like never), so I don't know what to think about it. It feels like my body kind of betrayed me. The pharmacist said it was a possible side effect and made sure I was okay before leaving the store. I was her first fainter. Nice. Dennis told the pharmacist "I am a police officer and I need to get my Mommy to the police car to take her to the doctor's office to make her feel better". He asked me if I was okay until he saw me get up and walk out to the car. Luckily, this was before the movie, so I had a nice long time to sit and recover. Very good movie, by the way. We kept Dennis out so late that when we got back to the lake house, he climbed up into bed, curled up on his side and asked "is it bedtime now?". I asked him if he wanted to go to bed and he replied in the affirmative, a rare event indeed!