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.
- Wake up
- Change/Feed Ara
- Get us dressed
- Take pills (very important step)
- Refill Diaper Bag
- Exit apartment
- Get loaded in Car and Leave
- Stop at McD's for Giant Iced Coffee
- Continue towards storage unit
- Accidentally pass storage unit
- Turn Around
- Notice battery light and lack of power steering
- Keep going and arrive at storage unit
- Call mom and hang up (I didn't want to leave a vm)
- Call uncle
- Speak to uncle and realize that you are now going to the car doctor
- Hang up and finish business at storage unit
- Drive less than 20mph with hazard lights on over to car doctor
- Fight back tears while explaining problems to nice guy
- Realize you have to take giant car seat, stroller and other odds and ends out of car.
- Do so *with a baby on hip* and turn in Keys
- Carry all swag into small car doctor lobby
- Find unoffensive places for all baby swag
- Determine that you will not awaken the poor husbie
- Resolve to txt friend and stick it out 2hrs until she can come get you
- Take fussy Baby to small market near car doctor
- Get sandwich and pickle
- Picnic in tiny car doctor lobby (baby gets puffs)
- Decide to go ahead and make eye doctor apt (also near car doctor)
- Return to lobby
- Keep feeding baby puffs and water
- Get estimate on car parts from nice guy (he really is nice and gives me 10% off)
- Only briefly freak out (yay credit card)
- Update Uncle
- Attempt to apologize in advance for changing child's stinky diaper to the man closest to you
- Get over the fact he is clearly uninterested in being human and responding
- Change Ara's Poopslosion in small lobby
- Feed more puffs
- Clean up puff vomit
- Give directions to poor friend trying to find you
- 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.
- Give up and hand nice guy mom's card (the 911 card)
- Hold it together
- Exit tiny lobby and start balling like a baby
- 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.
- Determine to have good rest of day with friend THRIFTING woot woot!
- Visit 4 thrift shops and have blast despite slightly fussy Ara towards end.
- Decide to call nice guy to arrange picking up the car tonight
- Formulate your fast food order that you will place on the way home in your car
- Arrive at car
- Realize you cannot get into car
- Thank friend profusely for driving you all over Cbus and now back to your apartment
- Be okay with peanut butter and jelly sandwich for dindin.... YUM
- Get back to apartment
- Call friend a beast b/c she's awesome and man handled car seat and stroller to apartment door
- Thank stranger who offers to carry up goods (yes!)
- Sit Babe on floor with toys...
- Find places for stroller/car seat in chaotic in process of moving boxed up apartment.
- Say good bye to friend who just generally wins the awesome award
- Interpret baby's fussing for wanting play time and put in bouncer
- Throw away all bread (it is VERY moldy) and be sad that there will be no sandwich
- Briefly be concerned about wasting away
- Find chilli
- Heat, garnish eat ridiculously quick b/c baby is not thrilled with bouncing.
- Take the screaming,cranky child back to change and bathe
- Play with the happiest baby on the block in the tub (splashy splashy)
- Hurriedly remove the tearful fickle darling from tub
- Dry and put pjs on
- skip lotion
- skip bedtime story
- Run (do not walk) to grab nighttime bottle
- Feed
- Lay down
- Sneak out
- Hear crying
- Facebook post
- Hear crying
- Feed some more
- Just as she is about to fall asleep answer facetime call from Husbie
- Let best husbie get baby all happy and excited while crying b/c you just want the day to end
- Notice baby falling back asleep while on call
- Sneak out
- Finish chatting
- Hang up
- Facebook
- Txt
- Blog
- Feel slightly relieved and hopeful for tomorrow
- Go to Bed.
Goodnight and farewell to today.
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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