(with all due apologies to Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez)
Dear Snarkypeeps,
Well, Duty and I made it through the weekend and came out the other side alive. The boys made it through as well – also alive. Wanna know what I learned?
Lessons from a weekend full of love, spit up, and trains:
1. One smile from the Godson of Love can make up for hours of exhaustion. To see him get all excited about whatever food thing is about to enter his mouth is probably the cutest thing ever. (I love him.)
2. It’s entirely possible for a three year old to teach a fifty year old how to play. It warmed my heart to see Luke and Duty bond so well together. (Luke can’t yet pronounce “Uncle Bill” so it comes out as “O’Bill” and it’s beyond adorable.)
3. The Universe loves practical jokes so don’t go blabbing that you’ll have it much easier with a six month old than Duty will with a three year old. He got to sleep through the night, get online and take a nap. I did none of that.
4. How do people manage to do this whole parenting thing? I know it gets easier as they gain independence but I feel like I should go on a speaking tour touting teen abstinence. (Move over, Bristol Palin!) It’s hard, hard work. (Have I mentioned how hard it is?) Cats are clearly my speed. The Universe knew that and as always, I bow to its wisdom.
But you know what? I’d do it again in a heartbeat. They are the sweetest, most loving boys and Cousin O’Cool and husband have done a wonderful job with them. Luke is so thoughtful – I asked for a hug as he was heading to play trains. He said “I’m too busy now.” and ran off. Five minutes later, he came out and said “I’m not busy anymore, Aunt Weeha.” and gave me a HUGE hug. (Melt)
Wisely, I took off work today so now it’s back to sleep for me. Ah! Blissful sleep. (Must admit that I miss Pete’s round little eyes staring at me first thing in the morning, though. That, my friends, is bliss.)
Signed,
Happy to be home but so glad for the experience
Do I love this kid or what? Can you believe he’s six months old already? Time sure flies, don’t it? Gosh, I so cannot wait to be barfed on next weekend! heheh (I actually am excited about 2 1/2 days of full time babyholding! The barf thing is just a bonus, of course!)
I am so so so so happy to be home!! Oh my God. I am beyond ecstatic. My own bed. My own cats. My own coffee!! And rooms that separate me and Duty. Ah! Bliss! Mama needs her alone time, you know? I cannot be in anyone’s energy that much. No matter who they are or how much I love them. (Lauren really was the only exception to that rule. Loved being with her.)
Back to work tomorrow for just four days and then adventures in kiddie land on Friday. I am taking one day off after that adventure to recuperate. I think I’ll need it.
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Something is awry with my doggie, Max. His tail is tucked way the hell under his butt and periodically he starts shaking for no reason as if he’s scared to death of something. Not sure what the dealio is. He was fine and Duty took him to get his nails trimmed Monday – I noticed the tail-tucking action last night and all day today. He is getting older and is losing his hearing a bit and has a cataract in one eye … just an old, old doggie and I know his health isn’t quite what it used to be. I hope he comes around soon. I haz a big sad about it.
No sads otherwise, though.
* Duty’s health issues are relatively resolved with the placement of stent #2 for his blocked artery. No stories to tell this time, kids. It was easy peasy YEY!
* Appointment with endocrinologist in 2 weeks to see WTF is up with my damn hormones. YEY.
* Trip to Maine coming soon! YEY
* I get to hold my behbeh and be called “Aunt WeeHah” by Luke this weekend. YEY!
What’s the haps out there? I have Google Analytics on this blog and Practically Intuitive and it’s rather disheartening to learn that yes, in fact, I do have but four readers (and I love each and every damn one a’youse!) and lots of spambots and freaks. I don’t publicize this blog much because who else would be remotely interested in my blatherings? My snark isn’t quite what it used to be. Still. Lauren and I always said we’d write no matter who read it (or didn’t, as the case may be) and I shall carry that mission forward. I know she’s reading it on a Kindle in Heaven so I should count her in the total. Officially now FIVE readers!
W00t!
Hello Kitties!
This has been a craptastic week for yours truly, trying to pull my shit together and failing to do so for the most part. A good talk with my coach yesterday helped clarify matters for me a bit, shed some light on the issues around Duty’s “total attack of the heart” and what it meant for me (and him) from an energetic point of view.
** Pretty sure I read way too much Sarah “QuittyPants” Palin gossip because I woke up yesterday morning with her twitter comment in my head “Peaceful Muslims, pls refudiate” – Duty and I laughed about that all day and kept asking our pets if they were peaceful Muslims. (I had to ‘splain it to Duty first because he was all “refudiate is not a word” – DUH!)
** Hal was awesome on Thursday and the show was just what the doctor ordered for a depressed chick like me. All the driving to and from the show in the rain/fog? Not. To truly enjoy my life I need to employ a housekeeper/cook and a chauffeur because I hate cooking, cleaning and driving. I’d post the picture but I look all puffy and fat and I hate it. I sent it to The Gal as proof that I did, in fact, accomplish my goal.
** I’m reading Geneen Roth’s book “Woman Food and God – An Unexpected Path to Everything” and it is eye-opening. I doubt it’s anything that hasn’t been said before by someone in some way but perhaps I’m ready now to truly hear it. I’m tired of fighting with my body constantly and these dumb menopausal changes (which heretofore had gone unnoticed except for a distinct lack of periods) are causing me an enormous amount of consternation and angst. It’s time for a shift, for something new around this whole body thing.
** Babyholding is in my future today. That will totally help shift the energy.
** I really got carried away with the marketing side of my intuitive business and feel that can become, well, not an addiction really but an obsession. There are eleventy million classes to take and things to do and add and see and read. It’s an overwhelming amount of information and I feel pulled in many directions. So, I decided to ignore all of that for a bit and take one course called “Uplevel your business” by Christine Kane – one of the reasons I chose it was that it’s an interactive course where you meet online once a week and have a group energy on which to bounce around. That’s something I need, I think. Early on, I bought a couple pieces that were work at your own pace and I totally blew them off. What a waste although that’s not to say I won’t pick it back up at some point. I’m learning my process for managing all this information and what works best.
Okay, that’s all the exquisite randomness for now.
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Mostly because his Godmother sucked hardcore at diaper changing and putting bitty arms through tight t-shirts. Bless his heart for being so patient with me. Although he did barf milk on me later as payback, I’m sure. He barfed on Cousin O’Love too and as far as I know, she knows how to change a diaper (for a boy) and get heads through shirts. In fact, I once saw her set the land speed record for diaper changing in a department store elevator so I’m pretty sure he didn’t barf on her for that.
I got to hold him lots and lots but also tried to remember to share the babyholding. When he cried was a good signal for me to trade off with someone. (Someone = the mama)
But we had such fun at Luke’s party. Lots of kids (kept my distance), cake (no distance, thank you) and presents. Kid presents are awesome! He wanted to play with them all right when he opened them. Lots of strategic hiding took place, don’t ya know? Anyway, here he is wearing the chef hat (but not the jacket) that Duty and I gave him. Cousin O’Cool says he wore it while out in the moon bounce too. YEY for picking out fun presents. :)
Newsletter goes out tomorrow. Wish me luck! At least I finally got it out before the end of July! heh
I saw this on FAILBlog and had to laugh. Then I wondered if I should make Lucie a FB page. Following that, I pondered what became of my life.
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So, yeah. My life. What of it, you ask? Gal, thanks for the reminder to chill like P. Diddy-Boz. I needed that reminder so thank you, Angels, for sending your message through someone I always listen to. Spazziness is down to the usual amount, newsletter is ready to be sent, just got a referral to do a reading for someone so life is peachy. Oh yeah, and floaties in the pool today. All in all, a good day.
More after Luke’s awesome 3rd birthday party tomorrow. I got him a toy guitar (Duty says he will disavow any ownership of that gift and sends his sympathies to the parents) and a cute chef outfit. (Cousin O’Cool suggested that one – little chef hat and jacket with nifty kid sized utensils. Too precious for words.) So, it’s present opening, cake and of course, Boz-holding. I’m excited!
I think I will just change this to permanently Thursday since that’s the day I get around to posting them!
Health update: Mostly better – just a bit of remaining head sludge but on the upswing so YEY!
PI update: Lots of good stuff on the horizon. I hired a copywriter to redo the “About Me” page and when I gather the funds for it, she will also do the Services page. Once that’s good and strong and I port everything over to my own server (vs. having it on WordPress’s server), I’ll schedule an interview with my buddy and mentor Slade Roberson of “Shift your Spirits”. When his other student, Alex Wu wrote a review of the Professional Intuitive course, I left a comment there and on Slade’s page when he featured the article, I got a TON of hits on my site from people perusing it. So, if I do an interview with Slade, I know he will send A LOT of traffic there and I want my site to be shiny and happy.
Onto BG&D for today:
Brags: I have done some kick ass phone readings for a few peeps and they seem very pleased with them. The Guides are fun to work with and alot of information comes through. (I just have to get a recording device so I can send people the MP3s because so much DOES come through that I know they can’t take it all in.)
Grats: I am thankful that this cold is ebbing away and I am back to feeling like my regular self again. I’m neither a good nor pleasant patient.
Desires: To hold Peterbella (aka: Bozman, P Diddy, etc) when I see him this weekend. He’s my sweetie. (Now with extra acid reflux, as reported by Cousin O’Cool. Poor boohead. Meds to the rescue!!)
The 100 degree temps are over (for now) and the pool water is warmer and they are all good things.
I love this picture. Not sure why. Just do.
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