A New Era is Upon Us

S has started requesting (and eating!) her own concoctions. This morning she asked the husband for a turkey, cheese, peanut butter and honey sandwich. W didn't want to make it for her because he was sure she wouldn't eat it. We decided not to force her to only eat what we deem to be acceptable meals so he made the sandwich. She ate the whole thing!

Truth be told, I used to eat the craziest things, including peanut butter on hot dogs, so I can't blame her that much. It is surely genetics. :D

Everything and nothing

A lot has been going on lately but I haven't really wanted to talk about it.

So. I have a hole in my foot. A small one but in a very sensitive spot. It is nearly impossible to walk or stand for more than 30 minutes at a time. The husband claims he is going to pitch in more to help. Still waiting for it. Helping is not his strong suit. Maybe I'll come up with a list of what I want done. lol

The goofball is getting older. This week she slept in her own bed two nights in a row. That makes it nights #2 and #3 that she has slept without me. She also is doing the potty thing all by herself. She's been PT for a while but she decided she doesn't need help with anything *ahem wiping*. She can also get food out of the fridge. Gotta get going on that college fund.

S is taking a ballet/tap class this fall at the rec center. You should have seen the look in her eyes when she saw the tap shoes I bought her. *love* I wasn't able to take her to her last class but husband did. So sad I missed it.

The girl is at school right now and I should be working. My dad called the minute I got home and I didn't want to deal with him so I let it go. Minutes later I get an email from him guilting me for not answering the phone. Pretty sure if I did I would have let loose a string of profanities at him. I don't know why he bothers me so much. That is a lie, I do. What I really don't know is what to do about it. If I told him, it would bite me in the ass but ignoring him doesn't seem to work either.

I am thinking about taking Zoloft again. Usually I can control my seemingly endless mild depression with exercise and diet. My diet is for shit right now and I haven't been able to exercise in 2 months because of injuries, illness and lack of childcare.

So there you have it. I've got nothing done and S threw a fit when I dropped her off this morning and I told her teacher I could pick her up at 11:30 if she needed me to. I would have to leave in 22 minutes. Guess I get 22 minutes of work in today and I really want to cry.

My Daughter Likes Worksheets

LMAO. While I was making dinner, goofball demanded I give her worksheet after worksheet for her to do. For the worksheet that asked her to circle the meats, she asked me what meat was. I told her - anything that is part of a dead animal. What is a fruit or vegetable? That was a little harder. Something that grew in a tree, on a bush or in the ground that mommy didn't have to make in the oven. (I had to uninclude cakes.)

Does this mean goofball is a born bureaucrat?

For dinner, husband and I had Eggplant Bharta from La Dolce Vegan and goofball had a hot dog. She took one look at the eggplant and wanted nothing to do with it.

Cat/cat/dog fight - or - the reason I woke at 4:30

Our next door neighbors have a cat that they never allow inside the house. Speedy is a sweet cat and good friend to my 3 year old. There is a bully cat roaming the neighborhood that terrorizes Speedy and at 4:30 this morning, I heard the bully, a random dog and Speedy brawling under my window. Poor kitty cat, I hope he's alright.

So, Obama's pick is Senator Biden. I'll have to look back through his record to remember what I think of him. Truthfully, I am so glad he didn't pick Lieberman or a Repub that I don't care. I am a little sad he didn't pick a woman but hey, we are represented by our menfolk so it doesn't matter.

Nothing Exciting Here

Yawn. New laptop. Wireless is working. Arguing on the interwebz. Lolcats. Stupid dog next door woke kid from nap. Returned library book on time.

I like doughnuts and Clifford

Says the girl. We are almost to the end of the two week period where Daddy is out of town. Yay! My tv-free, sugar-free girl is watching Clifford the Big Red Dog in the other room after eating a doughnut. As a friend said yesterday, while Daddy is gone we will have a bunch of 'yes' days. If she asks for McDonalds for dinner, I will have to say no.

Foot Licking Daughter

AG made friends with the neighbor cat and this morning she spent quite a few minutes copying his behavior. She stopped when I caught her licking her foot, the same as the cat.

Daddy is Gone!

We dropped Daddy at the airport this afternoon for 2 whole weeks in Chicago. Lucky Daddy. The girl told me all afternoon that she misses Daddy and he misses her but not me. lol Funny girl. She also said that when it was nighttime she wanted Daddy to come home and sleep in the other bed.

The husband has been sleeping on the sofa bed for the last couple of weeks since I hurt my back. It turns out 3 people, including one toddler who rotates at night, is too much for a queen size bed. We will be getting a bigger bed but we needed life to calm down a little first. Now that there are only 2 people in the little bed, my back is all better. Think it has something to do with the postage-stamp size allotment of bed that had my name on it.

Don't even suggest moving the girl to her own bed. She has one but the one time she slept apart from me, she woke up screaming bloody murder. My heart can't take it.

The State of Affairs

Tomorrow the spouse is leaving for 2 weeks. Yikes! It will just be me and the girl for 2 weeks. Her school will be out for most of those 2 weeks too so I won't have enough childcare for work. Things will be getting done during nap time and after bed time I guess.

My back and various wounds are slowly healing. The one on my foot is the worst because it makes it hard to walk and impossible to exercise. No plank position for me.

I am a little nervous about it being just me and S. I still have to work and all that. Maybe I should consider using the tv. lol Just maybe. ;)

Apparently I Am Dead Inside

This cake made me laugh and laugh until tears were rolling down my face. W needed to have it explained to him and this made me laugh even more.