gr(umble)ace in small things, the tail between the legs edition
Man, I failed at this venture pretty quickly, didn’t I? Well, I’m not ashamed to own up to that fact and get back into it.
I am a little grumpy this evening because I’m out of Diet Dr. Pepper and I need to just own up to the full-blown addiction I have to that stuff. Also, the baby’s school has been seemingly relentless with needing stuff (valentines! valentines box! project for the 100th day of school! baby picture! treats!). And I just can’t deal right now. Everything is converging with work and school and it’s so frustrating to come home wanting to slow down and having to just keep going, with my schoolwork and taking care of my kid and whatnot.
By the way, I think, for the 100th day of school projects, the school had something in mind involving those classic art supplies cereal and/or pasta and Elmer’s glue and posterboard. That’s not how we roll in my house, though. When I remembered tonight that he needed his project tomorrow, I let out a hearty, “Oh fuuuuuuuuuuck,” then went rummaging in the kitchen. We’re not big cereal eaters and I didn’t think 100 stale flax flakes would really cut it. So I plopped the baby down with some sketch paper and bingo markers and he made 100 dots. It’s like the perfect illustration of the looooonnng ellipsis of my brain. Or something.
Onward.
1. The totally sweet card that my kid made for his dad at school today, because he knew his dad would like it. Sniff.
2. Making my co-worker laugh really hard.
3. The MamaPop pool of pictures from Vegas.
4. The trip that made those pictures possible.
5. For once, NOT going on and on about how great the Steelers are and just holding that to myself for now. 😉
February 12th, 2009 at 9:11 am
I can’t imagine going through grad school with children! It was hard enough with a husband and a step-daughter on the weekends!
February 12th, 2009 at 11:23 am
I’ll do it for you. Go Steelers!