So we went to ABQ to help a friend of DH celebrate his wedding. It was a much better weekend than I thought it would be. The wedding was beautiful! DS actually did really well considering that his schedule was completely off.
The best part was being able to spend time with DH and DS. We had several days in a row without work or other commitments getting in the way. It was wonderful! I just wish it could have lasted a little longer. Ah, well. Next trip maybe.
I'm feeling very tired and am going to hit the hay now that I've gotten all my blog surfing done.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Friday, March 21, 2008
Balm for a Weary Soul
It comes in many forms. For some people it's religion, for some it's sex, for some it's music, you get the idea.
For me, it comes in a little styrofoam cup and is called a chocolate cream pie shake. It's been a long couple of weeks and I needed that little bit of chocolaty goodness on a Friday night.
For me, it comes in a little styrofoam cup and is called a chocolate cream pie shake. It's been a long couple of weeks and I needed that little bit of chocolaty goodness on a Friday night.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Catching Up
It's been a really long week since my last post.
We had company come in from out of state. I like these people in small amounts of time but to have all of them staying in our little apt for 4.5 days was almost too much for me. Thank the stars I had to work most of the time! Any visit with them inevitably leads to at least one argument between me and DH. They are friends of his from way back and he tends to revert to his 18yo self around them. It makes me crazy and we had a knock down, drag out fight about it last week.
All is better now but we still have some underlying issues to deal with. I've been dragging my feet about it but we need to find "an impartial 3rd party" to talk to. I think we just need to learn how to fight constructively.
Then, add to that a potentially serious incident at work. I always worried about something like this happening. I've literally had nightmares about one of the animals involved. Luckily all safety measures worked like they were supposed to and no one got hurt - neither people or animals. It's the side of my job I don't like to dwell on, and I'm not even a "front line" responder in this kind of incident.
And today I get a call that one of the animals I spend time with every day passed away. He was young, only a year and a half, and so sweet - well, sweet for an otter. So playful and full of life. I'm numb and have a ton of questions, most of which may never be answered unfortunately. And, as a mother, I wonder if his mother is even aware of what has happened. They live together so I'm sure there is some kind of awareness that he's not there. I feel bad for her, and for his keepers.
So much sadness and stress in such a short time frame. Luckily I have a little clown of a DS to help get thru it. He's getting so big! He's now washing his own hair in the bath. He does a pretty good job of it too!
We had company come in from out of state. I like these people in small amounts of time but to have all of them staying in our little apt for 4.5 days was almost too much for me. Thank the stars I had to work most of the time! Any visit with them inevitably leads to at least one argument between me and DH. They are friends of his from way back and he tends to revert to his 18yo self around them. It makes me crazy and we had a knock down, drag out fight about it last week.
All is better now but we still have some underlying issues to deal with. I've been dragging my feet about it but we need to find "an impartial 3rd party" to talk to. I think we just need to learn how to fight constructively.
Then, add to that a potentially serious incident at work. I always worried about something like this happening. I've literally had nightmares about one of the animals involved. Luckily all safety measures worked like they were supposed to and no one got hurt - neither people or animals. It's the side of my job I don't like to dwell on, and I'm not even a "front line" responder in this kind of incident.
And today I get a call that one of the animals I spend time with every day passed away. He was young, only a year and a half, and so sweet - well, sweet for an otter. So playful and full of life. I'm numb and have a ton of questions, most of which may never be answered unfortunately. And, as a mother, I wonder if his mother is even aware of what has happened. They live together so I'm sure there is some kind of awareness that he's not there. I feel bad for her, and for his keepers.
So much sadness and stress in such a short time frame. Luckily I have a little clown of a DS to help get thru it. He's getting so big! He's now washing his own hair in the bath. He does a pretty good job of it too!
Monday, March 10, 2008
Long Time No Post
To all my "avid readers", I must first say I'm sorry for disappearing for almost a month. Life, as it happens, gets in the way of even the best intentions of posting.
A belated birthday wish, and a couple of shout outs....
First, a VERY Happy 3rd Birthday to Thomas, one of our TTCGrads angels. I hope you and your Mommy and Daddy had a good day. I know they wish you were here celebrating with them. I think of you so often. You will never know how you have changed so very many people's lives.
Congrats to S, my fellow oldster, on making the 3T! I'm so flocking excited for you and M:-)
And a huge hug to N and J who have had a rough go lately.
Can you tell I'm just catching up on my blog-surfing?
As for me and how we are doing at our house, well, that's a post for another day. There's just too much and I'm too tired to rehash it right now. I'm off to see if I can talk DS into going to sleep.
A belated birthday wish, and a couple of shout outs....
First, a VERY Happy 3rd Birthday to Thomas, one of our TTCGrads angels. I hope you and your Mommy and Daddy had a good day. I know they wish you were here celebrating with them. I think of you so often. You will never know how you have changed so very many people's lives.
Congrats to S, my fellow oldster, on making the 3T! I'm so flocking excited for you and M:-)
And a huge hug to N and J who have had a rough go lately.
Can you tell I'm just catching up on my blog-surfing?
As for me and how we are doing at our house, well, that's a post for another day. There's just too much and I'm too tired to rehash it right now. I'm off to see if I can talk DS into going to sleep.
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