We got in at 1 am from a “day trip” to a destination too far away to really be a day trip. (Any guesses? Three hints: visiting Bill’s extended family in a state with no self-serve gas in a town off exit 15W.)
Mary, though, didn’t get the memo about the shifted night sleeping schedule, and so she was bright-eyed and sitting up in bed and babbling at her usual 530 am.
Thank goodness for strong coffee and four options for Mass so we can go in shifts (I do prefer to attend Mass as a family, but my 3 year old and not-yet-5 year old do not handle lack of sleep in any fashion remotely considered civil, so I plan to leave them home today).
We hurried home from the family BBQ because Bill is going TDY and has to pack. I wish I could say that we have a nice relaxing day of family togetherness planned before he goes, but, unfortunately, I have a very long honey-do list, and I’m trying to decide just exactly how much I can have him do without making him miserable.
Top on the list is installing the screw-in-the-wall baby gate to prevent access to the oft-used basement stairs. Mary has figured out the crawling thing, and her speed and agility increase exponentially by the hour it seems. In a few days I expect her to be no longer content with exploring whichever room I am in and instead to be heading wherever curiosity leads.
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Jersey. Definitely. I don’t know of any other states with mandatory full service stations!
If your basement has a door, I noticed my cousin, mom to 11, put a spring (think old time screen doors) at the top of her basement door, thus, it closes each and every time, and babies do not follow and fall.
It was great to see the whole gang. Too bad you had pack 10+ hours of driving into one day though.
Jennie,I think it’s got to be Jersey too, but Oregon has mandator full serve too. At least they did when I drove through there about seven years ago and started pumping for myself… (oops)Michelle,There seems to be something in the second X chromosome that teaches us how to manage the balance between the long “honey-do” list and how much he can actually handle. My beloved set out a few weeks ago to tackle my honey-do list. He had this idea he was going to get through the whole thing, the sweetheart. It was less than ten items, but several of them included gems like “Rearrange office, living room, and bedroom.” We’re still plodding along…hope yours went better! 🙂
yes, OR is still full service…pain in the arse i say. it takes MUCH longer-thank goodness we only lived there for 2 yrs. how long will this TDY be? hopefully not too long!r