I’m Ready To Run Screaming From My House NOW.
July 24, 2007
Our new beds arrived yesterday and I can finally stop being jealous of Mir, who got a new bed months ago, a bed which I have sinfully coveted for months. This morning was the first morning in years that I have woken up and not been in pain. Usually I wake up, hunched over in a series of knots that starts at my tailbone and goes to about my mid-back. I felt 134 years old for the last decade, I swear.
Daren hasn’t yet slept in our new bed, having been relegated to the armpit of Ontario to work during the week. Fortunately we live nowhere near the armpit of Ontario, but unfortunately for him, we live nowhere near the armpit of Ontario. So he stays in the frat house. Sucka.
With Daren not home, there’s been no real reason to shave my legs much, and by not much I mean like ever. Yesterday at the grocery store, I picked up no-name razor blades because they were out of the brand name ones and holy hell, don’t EVER buy no-name blades of any kind, because I did not invite Edward Scissorhands into my shower this morning, and yet, apparently he was there because my legs looked like a murder scene.
Dylan bounded down the stairs at 10 a.m. this morning proclaiming to have had the “Best sleep ever holy crap mom why didn’t you buy me a new bed before, like when I was born?” The smartass stage has begun here at the ripe old age of 8 and looking in the mirror, I doubt it will end anytime soon.
Let me just say I just stopped writing this post to clean up chocolate pudding from our couch and a blanket because said 8 year old is also very forgetful lately of rules and routines and suddenly decided it would be a good idea to eat in the family room despite sixty-seven thousand warnings not to. Do kids suddenly lose their minds at 8? Mine has. I’m constantly policing him to brush teeth and hair, get dressed, clear his place at the table and feed the dog. How hard are those things? Why is it he did all of these things and more last year, without so much as a prompt? Somebody PLEASE enlighten me. Also, I will be silent at BlogHer, because dammit, I am sick to death of my own voice.
In the last 72 hours, I’ve cleaned up all but one client’s work, posted ahead of schedule to cover the weekend at Drool, cleaned the house top to bottom, bathed the dog, done touch-up painting, completed 6 loads of laundry that WERE FOLDED AND PUT AWAY AND BY GEORGE THAT IS A MIRACLE IN ITSELF, done groceries, put the trash out, completed the banking, rented the car and tomorrow night the (damn) house finally goes on the (damn) market. Oh and I fell in love with our new house that doesn’t yet know it’s our new house. It’s so pretty. It’s big and it’s yellow. I may even have to change my blog name again to reflect that. Oh that’s been done? Alright then.
Thursday morning I pick up the lovely Solo Mom and we are on a GIRL’S ROAD TRIP! w00t! I wonder how she would feel if I did a little drinking and driving. KIDDING.
maybe.
I’m off to pluck my unibrow. Apparently Edward Scissorhand’s services don’t cover caterpillars on one’s face.
July 24th, 2007 at 8:57 pm
As to kids losing their brains at age eight…a resounding YES! My son can out-logic me regularly so clearly much of his brains are intact, but he conveniently forgets stuff like chewing with his mouth closed (fingernails on chalkboard to me) and other various fundamental household rules.
July 24th, 2007 at 9:59 pm
I believe I live in the armpit of Ontario…of course, anatomy allows for two…
July 25th, 2007 at 9:00 am
It’s amazing what we all have to get done before we leave for a mere four days. I’m busy doing all that too!
But I’m so psyched to meet everyone in person. And eat without a child in my lap.
July 25th, 2007 at 10:04 am
I’ll see you tomorrow, roomie.
July 25th, 2007 at 11:48 am
i’m due for the Bert special myself
July 25th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
It’s funny, whenever I think how much I need a king sized bed I think of Mir now too.
See ya tomorrow lady!
July 25th, 2007 at 2:32 pm
Have fun!!!
As for Dylan..you have to read the book I have about “tweens” (ages 8-12) OMG..it has made it SOOOO much easier to deal with Alex and figure out what has happened to him!! LOL.
July 25th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
I had the Bert taken care of a couple of days ago. And the Grizzly Adams. Damn my hairy ancestors!
Looking forward to meeting you, lady.
July 25th, 2007 at 4:23 pm
Ah yes. I got rid of the unibrow last night to give my brows some time to stop being red and inflamed. It wasn’t pretty.
Looking forward to meeting you!
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