Stumble It!
(Up and Dirty is the way I like my martinis. Get your heads out of the gutter.)
Last night, I went for sushi and drinks with a couple of girlfriends and the feeling of being able to eat my food without snarfing it down because dude, the baby needs to eat again, why can't we, like, give him a bag of grain and tape it to his head or something, was so nice. I forgot what it was like to eat at a pace like a normal human and not that bizarre tiny Asian woman Sonia who wins all the hot dog eating competitions.
Even though my meals are always healthy these days, I still feel like I inhale each bite and have to clear my plate in record time so that I can tend to whatever screaming child needs something ridiculous like food. Charlotte is fairly self-sufficient and eats dinner at the table with us or can fend for herself in the pantry (we keep her healthy snacks within her reach) if she's hungry and we're busy. Sawyer, however, has this uncanny ability to HAVE A MASSIVE STROKE every damn time I'm about to put the fork of hot food to my mouth. Or sit down and read or catch up on emails. Or shower. He's a good, quiet, happy baby 94% of the time. The other 6% I'm trying to do something.
He starts going to their dayhome next week with Charlotte to get him used to it before I go back to work in a week and a half. It's such a relief to be able to take him somewhere I feel safe with, somewhere his sister will be with him, and somewhere I know he's loved like family. That kind of childcare situation is hard to come by and I know how lucky I am and don't take it for granted.
It's going to be weird not having to care for someone during the day again, and for myself to be my main priority. In a couple of weeks, any "alone" time I will have will very quickly be filled with editing and deadlines and such, but next week when both kids are there for those two days, I have nothing to do. No one to take care of, no diapers to change, no bottles to make. For 8 hours. And can I tell you a secret?
I'm so excited I could pee.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Up and Dirty
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Ha! You know, I would kill to eat just ONE meal without having to get up and get somebody some more milk, wipe up a spill, take somebody to the bathroom. Just once. Once. That's all I ask.
I hear that and for me its just the 2 hours that Belle will be in preschool while Alex is already at school. I know those 2 hours will go faster than a blink of an eye.
Oh and my knee is PURPLE. What the heck!!!
Fun last nite!!!
~MT
you make me laugh!!
My MIL always eats her meals piping hot, because when she was cooking for 4 boys, she always ate cold meals. I so understand that. It takes me forever to get the 4 set before I can eat. It's depressing. Last night there wasn't enough food for me to have dinner!
And you know where I am on the work thing. sigh.
And there was lots of up and dirty last night! I so enjoyed being out with you. Things have been so busy for all of us, and I forgot how much I truly treasure my friendship with you (and you too, MT...whaddup with the purple knee? Did you really hit it that hard after getting drunk on all of that water?)
We must, despite all the busy times, carve out girl time once a month. It's rejeuvenating!
I know what you mean -- I sometimes leave work an extra 30 minutes early, just so I can have 30 minutes to myself before getting Bear from daycare.
My weightloss secret? I haven't finished a meal since the day Bear was born!
Mmmmm....martinis....chocolate martinis....yummy........maybe that will have to be my first drink post partum!
You know, however, that if you did actually try to pee, that Sawyer's "Mommy's Having Alone Time" sensor would trip and he'd scream bloody murder, right?
Oh, I am right there with you. Relish every moment and do not feel guilty!!
You totally deserve the alone time. Glad you got a night out with the girls.
Can I sneak my children into the dayhome with yours? Just for a day?
Have a great time.
I can't even imagine the thrill of having whole DAYS to myself. I've had only a few nights here and there. And the 2 days a week for 2 1/2 hours of nursery school last year.
I was giddy about the Kid going to Great Adventure for the day with my MIL & SIL! And that was the first full day (about 11am-8:30pm) that I was with out him in 4 freaking years!
I am actually looking forward to the hospital time when the nurses can take the baby so I can sleep and the bring me food and the Kid will not be there 24/7. Is that bad??
Enjoy it working mama...for the rest of us. ;)
Hooray for you for being HAPPY about it! and not guilty like so many people are. It's good for everyone to be happy, including you. I"m excited for you, too!
Oh, but please, don't pee. Unless you can't help it, which is another problem entirely. I mean, if you pee, that's just either a) wasting alone time or b) inviting a volcanic eruption while you try to clean yourself up.
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