Holy holies, I am running crazy over here. It's amazing how not being home for one day can upset your whole equilibrium. The dishes? Not done. The laundry? Wet and needed to be rerun. The homework? Halfway done.
I spent an hour walking through a hospital with my 3 year old daughter and my 2 year old niece. No one was sick, I just needed to drive my sister and keep track of her toddler while she got a dermatology thing done. And you know what? Hospitals are not brilliantly laid out. A fish tank, a self-playing piano to dance to, and a cafeteria with cookies. Um.... Really? Does no one think that maybe, just maybe, there might be tons of little kids visiting relatives in hospitals? And that these little kids may become disruptive to other patients if not allowed time and space to just run and be loud? All I'm suggesting is a room in the basement with a slide or two. Perhaps a couple of those huge birthing balls (sanitized, of course). You know? Somewhere to decompress from Mommy's labor room or grandma's cancer recovery room. Somewhere where they don't need to behave perfectly and not run and not shriek. Not that the girls didn't brighten a few sick faces. Oh, did they! "Such bright and beautiful girls, you have!" "What sweet children. You must be proud!" And, um, I am, but they're NOT both mine!! They're 3 months apart. (Though Corinne is at least a head taller...)
So, did I scare anyone with my morning face? And my weird tendency to look around me when on camera? Sadly, that was the 3rd take, and I HAD to use it, because I made it all the way to the drawing and I? I am honest enough that I wouldn't do a redraw and fake pulling a name! So, the weird stuttering and tripping over my words while looking left and right for.... something? Something amiss? Something that would make you not want to read here anymore? Who knows. Neurotic much?
Babbly babble blah.
So, is anyone else ready for this whole election thing to just be DONE already? Can we pick a leader, or what? Do we really, reallllly need to continue campaigning and party bashing? Doesn't everyone pretty much know where their vote lies by now? I mean, honestly. If your vote was to be swayed this late in the game, are you really going to vote, anyway?
Yadda yadda yadda...
Whoooosh!! Are you still with me? Have I lost your attention yet???
I swear, I am NOT Manic depressive. This is just a burst of happy happy joy after a period of mild gloom and doom. But I can totally understand why a person who was MD would be reluctant to change that quality...
Anyone else thrilled beyond belief that Halloween finally falls on a Friday? Have as much sugar and caramel as you want, guys! No SCHOOL on Saturday!! I'm thinking a slight sugar overdose and a scary(ish) movie. Maybe even a bonfire... With booze. Fer sure.
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11 comments:
SO ready for the election to be over. SO READY.
oooooh I wanna come to the bonfire! Glad you're in a better mood than the other day...I think as Moms, those things just come with the territory!
PS- also very psyched for the election to be done and over with. Hallelujah.
I hear you.
I am so done w/this election. I haven' even turned on the TV in the last 2 days.
Mmmmm. Cider, with rum. I love Halloween! Glad you are in a burst of joy, and you are just brave for being on camera at all!
That's nice that your kids (and the 'borrowed one' lol) could brighten a patients day.
I agree with you about hospitals needing that kind of stuff.
I'm ready for this election stuff to be over too. I'm literally tired of it. I can't imagine ANYONE not knowing who they're choosing yet. That's scarey if they're still on the fence!
That is a great idea for hospitals. It seems crazy to me that they don't have "kid rooms" already. And add my voice to the choir of people who are ready for this election to be DONE.
I've been ready for this election to be over for several months now. There is such a thing as over-kill with all these ads and the media's coverage.
We're lighting the bonfire as well for Halloween. It's become somewhat of a tradition that several of the neighbors bring their bowls of candy and sit around handing it out... 1-stop shopping for the kids. We've just dis-continued the cook-out portion of the event.
My husband's father spent a lot of time in hospitals at the end of his life. As a consequence, my kids spent a lot of time in hospital waiting rooms. Some hospitals are better than others.
Truthfully, I am soooo ready for this to be over. You're a Chicago girl, they are planning the victory party. It's over, so end it already!
I think you should start a petition about getting a playground in all hospitals. I would be on board!!!
Sugar and booze and fire, sounds good to me!
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