My computer had already gone to bed for the night when I decided I just couldn't resist jotting down some random life events and thoughts and miscellania. I am kneeling in the dark before my new computer desk to keep myself from being too long - I need to go to bed!
I love, love, love, love, love, LOVE, and am more in love than you can imagine with living all on ONE floor again. No more debating if it's worth going downstairs for that midnight snack, no more being afraid to creep down the dark stairs to change the laundry, no more 'upstairs-medicine-cabinet downstairs-medicine-cabinet' stuff. Hallelujah. I couldn't possibly tell you how much I'm loving it. Any of you considering purchasing two story homes, think long and hard. Especially if you spend a lot of nights alone.
My carpet is the silkiest, softest, most dream-like flooring imaginable (except right now, my knees are already hurting.) Vacuuming it is another treat entirely. If ANY of you need a ten-minute guaranteed-to-make-you-feel-productive-you-can-actually-see-the-results therapy session, come vacuum my floors anytime. It's the most gratifying thing ever. Except then I don't want to walk on all of the beautiful carpet lines I've made, so I grow pretty sedentary. I guess that's nice too.
Adrie is obsessed with "pee-pee." She will happily point out where her privates are any time the fancy strikes her. We (yes, "we", Kurt and I do lots of parenting things together and he's been great at helping me set up house) Anyway we bought Adrie a little toilet just to get her used to it, and she loves to go sit on it - fully clothed, in her swimsuit, naked, whatever. She also likes to stuff her doll inside of it and also see if both feet can fit in there. I'm in no hurry to potty train - I'm just going to wait for her to do it herself. But I am embarassed at all the people she tells about her "pee pee."
I am contemplating making my blog private. Not because I care to make an exclusive group of readers BUT because in the nature of the work I do (therapy/counseling) it's probably a better idea that when you google my name the top link that comes up doesn't connect you to my random thoughts and less-than-professional exploits. It probably needs to happen, any ideas on how I can let all those lurkers in whilst keeping them comfortable in their anonymity?
My hair is now shorter than Adrie's. I'm sure more will come on this, I have to get used to it first. Amazing haircut by Holly (seriously, the layers are AMAZING!), but shorter than I imagined, which is my own fault - I'm the one who not once but TWICE said "Eh, a little shorter. It grows, right?"
I am losing my memory. I'm just hoping it's stress etc. and not genuine dementia. Some of my latest: putting shredded cheese away in the pantry, putting my shoes in the guest bathroom closet, placing a bag of tortilla chips under the sink, completely LOSING a rented movie (hello $20 fee to Blockbuster) after only showing HALF of it to my girl's group - so now I've got to pay for the movie AND pay to rent it again!, leaving a full gallon of milk out on the counter when I left for work, and on and on. This isn't even mentioning the six zillion tasks I begin only to get sidetracked by another task. I think my life looks sort of like that Family Circus comic that shows the little boy's exploits via dotted black line criss-crossed all over the whole town when his mom just said "Go get ___ for me".
I saw a NUCCA chiropractor a couple of weeks ago, then again for a follow up, and I can't even tell you how different my life is. I feel like one of those quacks in a testimonial. Initial consultation determined my right leg was 1/2 inch shorter than my left because my hips were twisted as a result of my neck being out of whack and that's led to my recent back problems and ongoing SI joint problems... so a few little tap-tap-taps in my neckal area and voila! My neck bones are straight, as a result my spine is straight, my hips are in line, my posture feels unbelievably light (like I can float right up in the air, it's amazing!) and I have slept better than in months and months. Amazing. Any of you who are interested can look at http://www.jackstockwell.com/ but please don't think I'm crazy.
Did I mention how much I love living on one floor?
And can I say exploits one more time?
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What?!? No picture of the haircut??
I would also like to see a picture of the haircut! I have never even been brave enough to cut my hair shorter than just below my shoulders. As far as the blog, I have mine where unless you KNOW the address, you cannot find it. You cannot search for it by my name, etc. One of my students had found it by googling my name, so that fixed that. :)
Several thoughts.
Yes, yes, yes on the one-story house thing! Our duplex in Blacksburg was two stories, and I ended up HATING it for all the reasons you mentioned, but I especially loathed carrying my quite-capable, 30-lb toddler up the stairs just because he was too lazy to do it himself! I'm glad we had that experience before we bought our house -- two stories are tons cheaper for the square footage and there are lots more of them, but it's NOT worth it! I'm with you ALL the way on loving one-story-ness.
I'm not sure you need to make your blog private. When I Google my name, my blog doesn't come up. Either that's because I'm really lame, or because I have my setting set up as follows. Under "Settings" > "Basic", set "Let search engines find your blog?" and "Add your blog to our listings?" to "No". That might help.
I want to see haircut pictures, too! :)
I loved how you compared your days to the family circus cartoon. The imagery was perfect. That's exactly how I feel some days. I'm standing there thinking, "What did I come in here for?". :)
I only got to read part of your blog earlier, but no worries about the early onset dementia...just today I 1) switched two of my mice that were different species...if they did not happen to weigh totally different no one would have caught it, and my experiment would have been messed up, 2) dropped my bluetooth in the parking lot and someone ran over it before I got to it, 3) left my sunglasses at work when it was way too bright outside...last week I put my cell phone in the frig and my dr pepper on the table. One week I thought I was nuts because my bookmark was always missing...then I realized that a bookmark with a tassel when you have a cat in the house is a bad idea. So yeah, you are not alone...I think it has to do with how busy one is, what is going on in life, etc. And it sounds like you have been pretty busy lately...so just chalk it up to that. As long as you do not drop yourself off at the sitter and let Adrie drive home..I think you are fine!
PS Ditto on the one story. Building a house, Justin wanted 2, I boycotted!
hi alaina. yeah, i guess i'm one of those "lurkers". just wanted to say thanks for the tip on the chiropractor. i ALWAYS have an aching back and keep saying i don't need to see anyone about it but if it worked for you, maybe it can work for me! Thanks!!
Our house is two stories, and I find myself running up and down the stairs all day long, usually carrying a child. At least it's good exercise! :) But most 2 story houses here have bigger yards, so it's worth it for us.
I can't believe your hair is shorter than Adrie's! When are you going to post a picture?
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