It's always better in the morning

Or at least less emotional, right?

Guy NAPPED TODAY! And had to be woken up in time for church, the poor kid. Where he didn't have to be taken out of sacrament meeting for fussing! But did have to leave after he slammed his head into the pew in front of us and bit through his lip, which started bleeding on his white shirt.

He's a good boy, and we love him, and he was very chipper even with the wound he kept sucking on. And the nursery teachers? Totally rock my socks.

Lemon bars also rock my socks. I love that our ward has a break-the-fast, but just asks people to bring desserts. No worries about not enough food (because it's dessert) and you get lots of variety. Delightful!

At any rate, the nap gives me hope. Thanks for the advice, Mom. I just need to remember to stick it out for the good of the family :-D

Saturday Night Musings

I'm really tired today. I feel over-needed.

The weaning plan? Not going so well. Apparently Guy won't take naps without the nursings. I'm going to read a sleep book or two, and maybe call a pediatrician. Or just pray for the best and keep going.

I really enjoyed what I caught of the RS Broadcast. Because I was home to put Guy to bed, I only caught the first and last talks. But what President Uchtdorf said really struck me.

Two of God's loves are creation and compassion. We should therefore also create and be compassionate. Lots to think about.

Did I mention I'm feeling tired today? I'm also tired of worrying about money. And I've had a few moments today when I've simply felt inadequate. Not smart enough, not fast enough, not good enough, not nice enough.

I also had a few great moments connecting with friends. And then I'd come back home and just feel like I wanted to cry. The emotions? Seriously getting to me.

Swedish Fish!

And some good news.

Thanks, Jared, for giving us your Swedish Fish. We promise we'll share with the Gardners :-)

And while at the Wymount office today, I learned that they can't legally kick us out of our apartment while Josh is at Basic Training. HOORAY! This means we can keep our place, and I can come back and live here whenever I feel like it. I'm so glad to hear this, knowing that we don't have to move unless we want to. Sure, we wouldn't save as much money this way, but it'd sure be nice to have a place that's still home for us when we get back. And where we'll still know some people, and the bishop.

It's been a good day, all told. Got some dishes done, played with Guy, and had Sonic for dinner. FRIED FOOD! AND NO DIRTY DISHES!

And we sold the coffee table :-)

Guy is now sleeping, and I'm going to have a fabulously relaxing Friday evening.

Quote of the day

"The really idle man gets nowhere. The perpetually busy man does not get much further."

-Sir Heneage Ogilvie

I had big plans yesterday . . .

And lots of things that I thought needed to be done.

Turns out that when you're cleaning up vomit and cuddling an unhappy baby you can put off a lot of other tasks.

So everything got pushed to today. So we've got to make bread, do laundry, go pick up the car, finish cleaning the bathroom, do some dishes, and there are three organizing projects I was hoping to get done this week. But it's already Wednesday. So we'll see.

Hopefully today will be better.

Notes from my day

I love having fun things to do. But three fun events on one day was a bit much.

At the Wymount Opening Social, I had fun participating in the tug of war. I didn't even mind getting dragged on my back across the grass. The white paint and the mud stains on my shirt? That I mind.

At home, our floor is covered with toys and rice krispies and the dishes need some help. Yes, I've fallen behind and lost my energy.

I changed into a different shirt to go to a birthday party for Bella, and Josh pointed out that it's stained. Drat. Initiate clothing change number three. And it was only 3 p.m.

Fast forward to the Chinese Festival put on by our stake, where I dropped sweet & sour sauce on the two shirts I was wearing (my only really *cute* pregnancy outfit).

Four shirts. One day. A little bit annoying. I know I didn't pay more than $10 for any of those shirts, but I like them all a lot. Especially while I'm pregnant. Oh, well.

I'm going to go watch Kitchen Nightmares on the internet and crochet in bed. That sounds relaxing. G'night, internets.

It's been a week . . .

I should update.

I'm still feeling sick. I slept twelve hours last night (thanks for the great idea, Shauna!) and have had a fairly productive week, but I'm sick of the sinus ickiness.

Guy is napping peacefully after an hour of talking to himself. I just posted four Craigslist ads to get rid of stuff I no longer need. (And to fund my Moby carrier)
Beatles memorabilia
Games and puzzles
Mini-fridge (aka the "Beverage Fridge" if you know Josh)
Blender

I'm tired of too much stuff. I will also be making a used bookstore run (friends, want to browse? More than welcome!) to drop off some books, and we will be selling a used Sega Genesis and Playstation with games to a store in the mall.

In other news, I'm happy today. Yesterday I was feeling rather depressed most of the afternoon. Heaven only knows. Pregnancy messes with my brain. I did bake oatmeal raisin cookies, and we had sausage gravy with biscuits for dinner last night. Talk about comfort food, right?

Josh likes his classes, for anyone that wanted to know, and I'm thinking not having a job might end up being a good idea, because last night he was up until 11 and still had several hours of reading left for this morning. He needs to learn to skim. How do you teach someone to skim who claims he can't? Ideas welcome.

Tonight's dinner will be lemon parmesan pasta with fresh bread and frozen veggies. I'm hoping to end the night with no dirty dishes. Doable? Remains to be seen.

Love y'all.