Mar
01
Yes - today was better. And thank god because I was about to leave the children outside the grocery store with little notes pinned to their shirts that said, "FREE (+ the expense of maintenance and upkeep)." You guys were right. We all needed to get the heck out of the house. We went to Swap this morning and then home for nap. I burned a new nap time cd last night that doubled up a few songs in the middle, thus increasing the music time to a full 80 minutes and eliminated the need for me to sneak back in the room to restart the cd. PLUS I largely ignored Belly's cries (instead of calling up on the monitor and telling her to shush) and I think she may have actually fallen back asleep for awhile. Sure, she fussed again and was back to her usual shenanigans, but not for the entire time and not at the same shrill volume that has become her norm. It was... dare I say it... tolerable.
After nap and lunch, we got out the new trikes and I pushed them ALL over the neighborhood. Seriously. Our neighborhood is pretty hilly and I pushed them with the "parental handles" for about an hour. My arms were jelly achy afterward. It's not easy to push two 30ish pound kids on trikes at the same time! But it was an excellent workout. Here we are saying hi to Dude at the coffee shop down the street...
Then we came home and played and read books until Dude finished working. There were no major tantrums, no serious problems of any real sort. HOORAY! Another day like yesterday would've done me in for sure. I'm living day to day here, so this counts as a huge plus.
Last night we went out to dinner with our former realtor and her husband. They have a five and a half year old son. The husband was refreshingly candid about how having a kid cramped his style but he loves him more than anything. I like that kind of frankness in a person. Anyway, the rough part of the conversation was when they agreed that it's JUST NOW seeming like they can go back to enjoying some of the stuff they did pre-kid (art ambitions, etc.). Just now? Now that the kid is in school? I practically pounded my beer at this news and proceeded to lament how I'm barely keeping my nose and mouth out of the water so I don't drown with these lovely girls of mine. They laughed and laughed, even telling me that I should do a stand-up routine about it. Go ahead. Laugh. I guess I'm a crying on the inside kind of clown.
But today was good. And that's not nothing.
You know what else? I've got tons going on this week. Wednesday night, Bri is babysitting while Dude and I get gussied up and see the Vienna Boys Choir. Thursday night I'm going out with my mama friends. And Sunday night, Dude and I are going to see Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at the Wonder Ballroom. It's almost like I have a life.
1 comments:
FA-SHEW. Glad you had a better day! Maybe you need to send Lel to visit her auntie Erika for a few weeks of toddler boot camp.
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