I am falling down in my reporting in that I should be relaying all of these stunning sentences the boy puts together. I should be taking notes at all times. He should have a list.
So, where was I? Oh yes, we saw her again on Tuesday. This time, Jonah came with us. It was kind of an observation visit. We were not going to discuss anything difficult or heavy or make any plans in front of him because clearly he understands every . . . → Read More: the sleep consultant experience continued (hook removal)
One of the reasons I may have been lax at updating all and sundry on the sleep progress is that I feel disconnected from it. It has become Scott’s JOB. Four nights in a row I wasn’t even around for it. Two nights since I’ve been here but still barely involved. As a perfectionist control . . . → Read More: sleep update (in which miracles do happen)
You know, this really should be all about him. But it is about me. In that way that parenthood is forcing a total re-evaluation of my ego, my personality, my (bad) habits. Holy cr*p. Life was so much easier when I was only responsible for myself.
This is one of those meta posts where I break my own storytelling rhythm to fill you in on things. Sort of.
Things are certainly better than they were the other night. I had doubts about posting a dark post because of, you know. And I’ve been feeling obligated since to post something lighter, but . . . → Read More: meta, some things, toys
It was around 8:15pm when Scott had completely exhausted himself in the effort to put Jonah to sleep and went outside on the front steps to get some air. I saw him head out as I was going into the bunker to face captain h-to-the-e-to-the… I-won’t-go-to-sleep-I’ll-just-stand-here-and-scream-instead. As I took my turn in the chair with . . . → Read More: rainbow
So much for my vision of myself as a garden-harvesting fruit-canning supermom.
First, we left several bags of plums in the front hall for a week.
Hi, spoilage.
Then, a few days ago, I culled 2lbs and made jam. It was delicious. I didn’t try to preserve it. Just put it in a jar and . . . → Read More: canning sux but other things are nice
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