mishigan

here in the midwest live mosquitoes. up late i stay thanks to three hour time difference. sitting in a dark room am i with the computer screen drawing all the little buggies to my bare legs. toes now house itchy welts. i don't know why i'm phrasing like this but i'm choosing to blame it on the mishigan strain of West Nile thats undoubtedly surging through my bodice.

mishigan has been great otherwise. i'm Auntie Michelle now to seven cutesy kids and i'm certain that i will be thought of as the bad influence aunt by all the Peters clan. Tom and I took Annie and Joey to Chucky Cheese's tonight and on the way back to the car after she'd gorged on pizza and soda, Annie (3) let me know that she likes spending time with me because I don't yell at her when she walks through the foliage on the side of the sidewalk. it doesn't take much to win little kids over. let them walk in the mulch and read stories outloud. the end...they love you forever. or at least until they're 13 when they trade in mulch walking and reading for crack cocaine. danger zone.