I spent a good pat of the day trying to decide which would be a better tradition. If a woman/wife/mother is on her period should she be able to get into her car and drive away until the homicidal urges subside or should the woman/wife/mother on her period be able to push a magic button that compels everyone living with her to immediately (no questions asked) flee and check into a hotel for a few days. That's a tough choice.
I took the day off from the posh club today because I managed to do something to my neck in my sleep Wednesday night. I woke up Thursday morning in so much pain I stood at the bathroom sink hunched over and sweating. One chiro trip and a cranial sacral therapy session later, it is 90% better, but something funky is still going on which includes an odd tightening sensation when turning my head and also a cracking sound, like stepping on dry twigs. Lovely.
I took all three kids for their yearly check ups at the pediatrician today. I adore their doctor, but I have to say, it is kind of weird to see him with the kids now because he is about 5'4" and has to stand on a ladder to measure both Evan and Matt. He is an old fashioned kind of doctor, and asks a lot of questions. I leave the room when he does the exam because I am not allowed to see my babies unclothed anymore. When I walked back into the exam room after Matt's exam I found Matt with an absorbent pad tied around his neck and the pediatrician hard at work with a plastic tubed syringe shooting water into Matt's ears. Eventually he dug these Shrek like tremendous gobs of ear plugging wax out of each ear. The pediatrician was so excited by the monumental size of what came out of Matt's second ear that he showed it to his secretary who made a quick dash to the rest room and puked. I wish I had taken a picture ...... of the glob, not the sickened nurse.
I told Josh a friend could sleep over tonight, but really, I'd much rather be a much lazier mother and let my kids park themselves in front of the tube all day and night while I do my own thing. My own thing tonight is going to be finally making the final version of the backdrop I am going to need for the portrait project.
I forgot for a moment that tomorrow is my Mother's Day redo 2010. I gave the family a second chance. We are starting with brunch. There will be caviar. That's the way I like my Mother's Day brunch. Salty. I gave the boys their "write a heart felt card to me" assignment and they went into Matt's room for a good 10 minutes, so I am feeling confident that in the least I am going to get handwritten cards on this weekend's redo. Their was a necklace involved in last week's unsatisfactory Mother's Day. I asked for a pendant that I could wear every day. I stressed every day. Again and again. Have I mentioned that the husband's motto is "The bigger the better?" When I explained the every day request to wildmom and kitten, and then I opened the box and showed them the original Mother's Day gift, they cracked up. Then wildmom came with me to exchange the honking big pendant for soemthing I could wear every day. It was a challenge because the store the husband went to was some freaky kind of over the top jewelry store. I found a more casual substitute, but it needed an adjustment. I'll be picking it up next week. That's okay.
I STUPIDLY got suckered into another volunteer position for which I needed to take some photos. As much as I am kicking myself for getting sucked in I went out to shoot today and it felt great. I was in heaven. I'm getting back into my groove. I was doing some nature stuff. I did take a couple of test shots of Josh in front of my test backdrop. I think this is the color I am going to go with. It's yellower in real life, but I like the results on camera. I think being in the shade neutralized it just the right amount.
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