Saturday, March 1, 2014

89 Steps: One way to think about today

So today was not the best of days... it was also not the worst of days. It was just one of THOSE days. I like lists so I'm going to try and simplify this post by reducing it down to list form. The following 89 things sum up what today has been.



  1. Wake up 
  2. Change/Feed Ara
  3. Get us dressed
  4. Take pills (very important step)
  5. Refill Diaper Bag
  6. Exit apartment
  7. Get loaded in Car and Leave
  8. Stop at McD's for Giant Iced Coffee
  9. Continue towards storage unit
  10. Accidentally pass storage unit
  11. Turn Around
  12. Notice battery light and lack of power steering
  13. Keep going and arrive at storage unit
  14. Call mom and hang up (I didn't want to leave a vm)
  15. Call uncle 
  16. Speak to uncle and realize that you are now going to the car doctor
  17. Hang up and finish business at storage unit
  18. Drive less than 20mph with hazard lights on over to car doctor
  19. Fight back tears while explaining problems to nice guy
  20. Realize you have to take giant car seat, stroller and other odds and ends out of car.
  21. Do so *with a baby on hip* and turn in Keys
  22. Carry all swag into small car doctor lobby
  23. Find unoffensive places for all baby swag
  24. Determine that you will not awaken the poor husbie
  25. Resolve to txt friend and stick it out 2hrs until she can come get you
  26. Take fussy Baby to small market near car doctor
  27. Get sandwich and pickle
  28. Picnic in tiny car doctor lobby (baby gets puffs)
  29. Decide to go ahead and make eye doctor apt (also near car doctor)
  30. Return to lobby
  31. Keep feeding baby puffs and water
  32. Get estimate on car parts from nice guy (he really is nice and gives me 10% off)
  33. Only briefly freak out (yay credit card)
  34. Update Uncle
  35. Attempt to apologize in advance for changing child's stinky diaper to the man closest to you
  36. Get over the fact he is clearly uninterested in being human and responding
  37. Change Ara's Poopslosion in small lobby 
  38. Feed more puffs
  39. Clean up puff vomit
  40. Give directions to poor friend trying to find you
  41. Attempt to pay nice guy 4 times with your credit card that should work while friend loads up your stuff for you and baby fusses.
  42. Give up and hand nice guy mom's card (the 911 card)
  43. Hold it together
  44. Exit tiny lobby and start balling like a baby
  45. Get in car and call mom so she can decipher mumbled words that in conclusion let her know why there is a giant charge on the 911 card.
  46. Determine to have good rest of day with friend THRIFTING woot woot!
  47. Visit 4 thrift shops and have blast despite slightly fussy Ara towards end.
  48. Decide to call nice guy to arrange picking up the car tonight
  49. Formulate your fast food order that you will place on the way home in your car
  50. Arrive at car
  51. Realize you cannot get into car
  52. Thank friend profusely for driving you all over Cbus and now back to your apartment
  53. Be okay with peanut butter and jelly sandwich for dindin.... YUM
  54. Get back to apartment
  55. Call friend a beast b/c she's awesome and man handled car seat and stroller to apartment door
  56. Thank stranger who offers to carry up goods (yes!)
  57. Sit Babe on floor with toys... 
  58. Find places for stroller/car seat in chaotic in process of moving boxed up apartment.
  59. Say good bye to friend who just generally wins the awesome award
  60. Interpret baby's fussing for wanting play time and put in bouncer
  61. Throw away all bread (it is VERY moldy) and be sad that there will be no sandwich
  62. Briefly be concerned about wasting away
  63. Find chilli
  64. Heat, garnish eat ridiculously quick b/c baby is not thrilled with bouncing.
  65. Take the screaming,cranky child back to change and bathe
  66. Play with the happiest baby on the block in the tub (splashy splashy)
  67. Hurriedly remove the tearful fickle darling from tub
  68. Dry and put pjs on
  69. skip lotion
  70. skip bedtime story
  71. Run (do not walk) to grab nighttime bottle
  72. Feed
  73. Lay down
  74. Sneak out
  75. Hear crying
  76. Facebook post
  77. Hear crying 
  78. Feed some more
  79. Just as she is about to fall asleep answer facetime call from Husbie
  80. Let best husbie get baby all happy and excited while crying b/c you just want the day to end
  81. Notice baby falling back asleep while on call
  82. Sneak out
  83. Finish chatting
  84. Hang up
  85. Facebook
  86. Txt
  87. Blog
  88. Feel slightly relieved and hopeful for tomorrow
  89. Go to Bed.

Goodnight and farewell to today.


1 comment:

  1. So sorry you had a bad day. I should have called you. I went and bought us a new mattress then we went to the casino tonight and had dinner and fun then Jim won a jackpot on the penny slots! Back to work tomorrow afternoon! Good night.

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