Out of Tune with Domesticity
Archive for February, 2009
Neuvo Job
Feb 26th
It’s been one of those days. Weeks. Months. Years. Last year too. Lifetime, maybe?
It’s just one thing after another, after another. And it leaves me questioning everything. You go and you go and you give and you give. You save face, you keep the faith. You fall apart, put yourself back together…but no matter what, there’s always another disaster waiting around the corner. How many times can you break before enough is enough? How many?
I’m not saying there haven’t been some great things in my life, there have been. And I have two great boys and a great husband, I guess I shouldn’t ask for more. I have more than a lot of people, in all aspects of life. But today I’m not trying to save the world or write one of those hopeful blog posts. I’m just bitching, because I’m just tired. I’m out of steam. Everything lately has been so trying…everything from leaving my life in Dallas, nearly losing our house; to the everyday exhaustion of caring for two children under the age of three 24 hours a day. I don’t expect life to be all sunshine and roses, Lord, but please. When does it get better? What More >
A few good toys
Feb 24th
We had yet another doctor’s appointment today. Adrien was getting his well visit done, and Jude was getting checked to see if his ear infection is gone. Neither of the boys have ear infections — thank goodness — but Adrien got two shots and Jude ended up with breathing treatments. You know how I feel about shots, and if you don’t, I’ll just say it’s not good. But my current doctor has encouraged me to go on with immunizations, and I’m fine with that, as long we do it with caution, which we are. Adrien’s never had any of the live virus vaccines that are recommended at 12-15 months of age. You know, the whole autism scare, etc. I stopped immunizing him after he’d had several strange reactions to vaccinations when he was a baby. He’s older now, and I think I feel better with it, so today he got two shots: the dreaded MMR and the chickenpox.
The first memorable experience Adrien has with shots is from just a few weeks ago when Jude got his first vaccines. He’s smart, and clearly they hurt. He didn’t want them, so Andi and I tried to do everything possible to pad the experience…it More >
Lovely day
Feb 18th
We went bowling today. It was an adventure. Sure, he only bowled one frame before his attention span left him, but it was still fun. He spent the rest of the time playing in the arcade area. He was absolutely content to “play” the games…nevermind the fact that they weren’t actually working for him, since no money had been deposited. I did, however bowl a 76 on the adult lane. Pitiful, I know. My own son bowled a 7 in his one frame — the first frame of his life. And yet, that was more than I scored in several of my own frames…and I’ve bowled many, many more frames than just one in my life.
I was going to upload a picture, but wordpress is being a bastard child and it won’t let me upload any files…for like the eight billionth time.
We had a great day today. After bowling we went to Dairy Queen, where he played and played and played some more. I got to chat with other moms, and chat and chat and chat some more. It was great…and it came with gravy. I did manage to find out that one of the other moms has a child More >
Philipians 4:13
Feb 17th
I’m at a loss for what to blog about. It’s late, and I probably don’t have much time since Jude hates to sleep alone. Adrien is quite the insomniac and I hope the clicking of the keys on the keyboard doesn’t wake him up. That’d just be great. Last Thursday night, Adrien went to bed at 9:30, waking up at 1, and not returning to sleep until 5:30am. That’s just crazy! And then when he did go back to sleep he only slept until 9:30am. I never got to go to sleep, until 5:30am because I’d stayed up late finishing my book club book. That’s been his craziest night of sleep — or lack thereof — yet, but still. It’s not normal. We took him to the doctor last Friday and he still has an ear infection which I’m sure wasn’t helping his sleep. She prescribed ear drops and more antibiotics (his third one for this illness) and told me to give him benadryl to sleep. That’d be great — if the benadryl had any effect. The ear drops have helped slightly, but he’s still got kooky waking patterns.
Since he’s not resting, I’m not either. I’ve been sick for a More >
On premeditated chocolate and classic rock
Feb 15th
Valentine’s Day was pretty great this year. Generally, it’s met with a bit of disappointment…not because of lack of anything on my husband’s part — he’s great. It’s just got that bit of adult disappointment about it, just about like every other holiday I’ve experienced in the years since I became enlightened about…well you know, things like Santa just being the “spirit” of Christmas. You know. Disappointment. But this year it was good. Genuinely good, and not just because my husband got me a pound of Godiva chocolate.
Andi gave me my gift on Friday night. He didn’t want to wait, I suppose and he didn’t want Adrien seeing the big box of candy. I was very excited. I absolutely love Godiva. It, in turn, loves my hips. Having just lost about 7 pounds in the last week and a half, I could be upset by the chocolate. Instead, I’m embracing it, and here’s why. It’s premeditated chocolate. You have to keep it in the refrigerator, because if you don’t, it will do something called blooming. Blooming is when the wax comes to the surface of the chocolate, thus affecting the appearance, texture and overall palate of the chocolate. Basically, blooming More >