Even aliens get their toes done

 

Two Saturdays ago, I fed both babies, had my Ethan sleep, and realized I had to seize the moment...it was time to go get a pedicure.  There is a great place two blocks from our building so off I went.  I sat in the chair and realized that sitting next to me was the actress from the television series "V.  She was dressed in her character's gray suit...so I just had to ask, "Aren't you the actress from "V?" 
Yes, she replied, flattered by the acknowledgement.  (I had been the only person in the place to recognize her as an actress and be able to name the series.)
I decided to engage her in a conversation, not so much because she was an actress, but more because this was my one-hour of freedom...of being pampered...of having the option of talking to an adult about adult things without interruption.  My inner self was screaming, "Celebrity or not, just talk to me!"
So I calmly asked her, "As a mother of twins, I get the same questions from strangers...and sometimes I think if I hear that question one more time, it will make me scream.  Do you get the same questions over-and-over, and if so, what one question makes you scream you are so tired of it?"
She laughed and said, "I get tired of people asking if my character is going to eat a rat."
I laughed out loud.  Not the question I was expecting!  And for the record, yes, her character will be eating a rat this season.
With my hour-long celebrity-siting pedicure finished, I returned to my feeding, changing, cleaning, cooking, not-sleeping, playing-kind of life. 
We are getting ready for the great Train trip.  We leave Tuesday!  I started packing yesterday...it will continue through the weekend.  It's been a while since I've posted photos, so here are some quick pics...The warm winter sweaters came from a colleague of Troy's in Fort St. John, BC.  The last picture--Oliver's arm around his sister--was taken on their 3-month birthday.
Merry one-week before Christmas!