Summer colds & schedules
I’ve been sick for the past few days and it’s obviously stress related. Blech. Stupid sickness.
I created my loose office hours for the next week and I’m going to try to stay off of the computer until 3 or 4pm. I asked Noah if he was missing me because I was working so much and he said not really. Well, I miss him so that’s good enough for me but it did reassure me that I could start work a couple of hours before Brett gets home since Noah clearly doesn’t mind being neglected. Why, I’m neglecting him right now and he’s wandering through the house singing.
I was also able to salvage the interview gone bad that caused my fit of weeping last Wednesday. It’s not an assignment I asked for or particularly want — it’s about a subject I know NOTHING about and am not sure how to research — but it dropped into my lap and I’m not at a point in my life where I can say no to extra money.
I stayed up extra late with my girlfriends on Friday night. We had a fondue party only the fondue was a bit of a nightmare (don’t ask); fortunately my friends make for a good party even when snack disaster strikes.
It’s strange how we used to be a group of women with babies in our laps and this stunted focus. Everything was our babies our babies our babies. We were all nursing and micro-managing their little lives and it felt like our whole world was our nurslings and everything else was something of an intrusion. Now the oldest child in our group is 8 and the youngest is 1+ and Real Life is much more present. School choices, marriage struggles, job challenges, fertility/infertility — I’m glad we’re still friends. I hope I know these parents and their kids on into Noah’s teen years because I don’t imagine that I’ll need them any less in the next few decades.
I also love how our kids have grown along-side each other. One of Noah’s closest friends is a little girl we’ve know since she was a tiny sling baby and Noah was a toddler. There was a time when they didn’t want to play together much and now they’ve become good friends again. I love to see them play together and watch their tolerance and affection continue. Noah is very fond of her. He talks about her tenderly and before she comes over, he makes sure that her favorite toys are accessible.
