Blah Blah Blah Blah Tired Blah Blah Blah Blah Sleepy Blah Blah Blah Blah Need Ice Cream Blah Blah Blah Blah Laundry Isn’t Done Blah Blah Blah Blah Dishes Aren’t Done Blah Blah Blah Blah Looks Like A Bomb Went Off In My Office Blah Blah Blah Blah At Least The Baby’s Asleep Blah Blah Blah Blah Lazy Post, I Know
No surf for me this weekend…it just didn’t work out. The Daddy said it was pathetic on Saturday and “fun” on Sunday. Next weekend…
Yes, there is a history of ice cream. Whole books are devoted to the subject. Imagine that. I just wanted to know how they came up with my favorite emotional crutch, I mean dessert, and found out that there are even myths and folklore surrounding it’s invention. Who knew?
The Ocean Woman is a ferocious animal
Without her morning coffee
She is a cranky sister thing
Do not bug this wild beach child
Yes, I did resort to putting the Tot in the car this afternoon to get her to nap. I’m not proud of this fact but, it needed to be done. I rocked her to sleep and she zonked out for a whole 20 minutes before waking up to the tune of ”where the heck am I and I’m NOT gonna stay here!” So, I decided that it was time for a ride down to the beach.
Unfortunately, it didn’t work. But I did get to do a surf check. I wasn’t missing much. Afternoon slop. Onshore breeze. 1-3 feet. And it got us a few minutes closer to The Daddy coming home…
Yes, I actually surfed today. Imagine that! With the time change, Tater Tot was up insanely early and I was able to nurse her and get out of the house in time for dawn patrol. It was 1-3, clean, light offshore, small crowd. When I first pulled up, I didn’t think it was surfable. But it was dark so what did I know? As it got a little lighter it looked like there were some teeny tiny sets rolling through and only one other guy out so I decided “What the hell? I’m here already anyway, I might as well get wet.” So I unloaded my longboard, suited up and paddled out. I gotta do that more often. As much fun as I had, I missed the Tot alot and was happy to get home to her. I know that it’s important for mommies to have a break but it’s hard to leave her behind…
Okay, here goes…I have to confess my guilty pleasure: The Gilmore Girls. Yeah, yeah, I know. The target audience is half my age. But I just can’t help it! I’ve watched it since season 1 and every Wednesday I look forward to watching little snatches of the previous night’s Tivo’d episode whenever The Tater Tot is napping or nursing.
This Wednesday morning I turned on the TV while she was nursing thinking I’d watch a few minutes but “DOH!” it wasn’t listed on my Tivo playlist. WHAT?! How can this be?! I went to my Season Pass manager and guess what had recorded instead of Gilmore Girls…THE FREAKIN’ COLBERT REPORT! GAK! I wonder if/when they’re gonna rerun this episode…
Oh, Hallelujah! She Who Must Not Be Woken is in the second hour of her second nap of the day! AND she went down “drowsy but awake” like they tell you to and conked out on her own! Oh what have I done to deserve such a blessing?! If someone would tell me, I’d make sure to do it again and again and again and twice more after that!
I myself got 5 whole hours of sleep in a row last night before I woke up and then about 2 1/2 more of snoozing in and out. I’m feeling amazingly well put together today. Of course I’m not doing anything today but resting when she naps and taking a quick trip to the health food store. Details, details. Anything to keep from being a lump of Mommy Mess on the floor. Mommy Mess is not conducive to raising a confident female child and is to be avoided, I think, if possible. Now, it’s not always possible but today it is. So I will count my blessings and go have some ice cream. Kinda negates the trip to the health food store, huh? Oh well…a Mommy’s gotta do what a Mommy’s gotta do.
I am eating ice cream out of one of my daughter’s “yummy, yummy rice cereal” bowls and she is looking at me expectantly, waiting for her cereal. It is noon. (At least I’m using my own spoon)
Tater has been a trooper today. She has put up with multiple shopping trips and being out of her usual routine since we’re out of town. We bought her a new sleeper today with a bunny on the butt. I laugh every time I see that little Bunny Butt! I also went “shopping” in Grandma and Grandpa’s garage for some vintage baby clothes they had saved. SO cute! I found the cutest little mod dress and a bunch of cute pinafore-looking things.
Today Tater has dealt with many silly caregivers laughing way too loudly and generally acting like idiots all day long (that’s just how we roll in my family). She didn’t nap much but she was a Happy Girl most of the day anyway. I am a lucky woman.
Toward the end of the day, though, she had had about enough of all of us and got a little cranky. At home we resort to “educational development DVDs” later in the day when she gets cranky. Did anyone ever notice the “repeat play” option? How handy is that? Tomorrow’s another day to redeem myself…
