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Jill's Diary Entries Diary Navigation: Choose A Diary Entry -------------------- Latest Entry: 6/30/00 -------------------- 6/29/00 6/28/00 6/27/00 6/26/00 -------------------- Jill's Introduction

June 29, 2000

Thursday, June 29, 2000

Last night we visited Scott and Dulce Stetzer, some old friends of ours that live in the area. Dulce is eight months pregnant and Scott is the typical anticipatory father. And here we are with our 2-year-old twin tornadoes. Or should I say hurricanes since were along the coast? We went out for some pizza and some obnoxiously delicious ice cream sundaes. Bella had a potty-training fiasco at the pizza parlor, the twins did laps around our table and they ended the evening smashing clown sundaes all over their persons. I almost felt guilty about doing this to unsuspecting parents-to-be. Innocently, they have no idea about the world in which they are about to be thrust. But ever so graciously, our little family gave them a 4-hour case study of chaos. I found myself apologizing for my kids even though there was really no need. I longed for adult conversation without interruption with my old pal Dulce -- but it just wasn't going to happen. She said she understood, but I still missed having that "girl talk" connection with her. And indeed, she will truly understand one day soon.