-bleepity bleep of a week-

this last week was not good. in fact, it could even be called bad. (i have other names for it...but i want to keep a PG rating) im not even gonna get into the details cause im just doing my best to let it go and move on. but...it was not a good week. so far this weekend is going much better.

today...chloe woke me up around 9. we got up, got dressed, jumped in the jeep yet to be named and drove up to the MN ZOO. we have been to the zoo 1,134,616 times now. but, for whatever reason, chloe was super excited to see the animals today. she even got a really cool half hour extreme close up of a swimming russian brown bear. these things are huge! seriously. she was nose to nose with it, running back and forth with it, as it swam back and forth just inches away from her. the pictures i could have taken, if only i hadnt left the camera sitting in the jeep. youre just going to have to try to imagine it. seeing it? kinda cool huh? huh? ah forget it.

the zoo trip ended with a half hour of watching baby snow monkeys beat the snot out of each other. chloe named all of them. "grandma monkey. grandpa monkey. grandma monkey. daddy monkey. baby monkey. fabio." ok...one of those was made up. you can guess which one. huh? huh? forget it.

after the zoo it was off to burnsville...when we got to town chloe asked me what town we were in. i told her burnsville. she is now convinced that mr burns from the simpsons lives there. she was mad that we didnt see him. anyways...we met my parents and my grandpa at outback steakhouse. Mmmm...outback. its my grandpas birthday. happy b-day gramps. it may have been the best meal ive ever had. cheesey fries with seasoned sour cream, potato soup, steak and garlic mashed potatoes. Mmmm. and yes, i did get a little fatter.

after eating we went shopping at the burnsville mall. mr burns was not there either. chloe was not impressed. (she did like the puppies though)

we left the mall around 7 or so and i was nice and tired from a long day of walking and driving all over the place. so...i got myself a nice large latte from starbucks. i stopped and got another one an hour or so later. it is now 1:30 am and i havent slept at all yet. stupid starbucks. foul temptress.

on the way home chloe said "daddy, i dont want you to be my daddy anymore. i want you to be my boyfriend". i told her i just wasnt ready for a relationship right now. i think i broke her heart. but better to be honest with her, right? huh? eh.