Aidan woke up asking me to make doughnuts. Since it’s cold enough up here so that I’ve actually made a fire in the woodstove for the last couple of days, I guess the timing is right! Dough in the process of rising right now. Thanks Kitchen-Aid!
Aidan, Paddy, Kieron and I are all suffering from colds. So the past couple of days have been slow, and sort of drippy. Aidan is sitting in my lap and saying, “the egg evolved into Togepi!”
Things have seemed in a bit of a slump recently. Objectively, I KNOW it’s because of Aidan’s upcoming surgery combined with cumulative stress (he’s so often sick or in surgery in June for some reason). Yet I can’t seem to help feeling guilty and discouraged about it. Kids playing too many computer games, me taking too long to transition from one activity to another.
So, things I am happy I DID do:
- Spent a long time outside with Aidan and most of the others, timing Sean’s runs and chatting with the neighbor about her track experiences.
- Made a pretty good dinner for all of the family — grilled steak, asparagus, corn and homemade icecream for dessert.
- Pushed Aidan around in the stroller for a long time while Clare did a play by play compare and contrast of the movie Pirates of the Caribbean with the lame junior novelization version we got at the library.
- Almost finished reading the most recent section of Brendan’s “book”.
- Interacted with Aidan’s occupational therapist.
- Got the guys to do their weekly house cleaning in preparation for the OT coming, so it actually looked pretty OK by the time she arrived –whew.
Clare has taken the front yard in charge — raked out the pine needles and bark chips and has plans for gardening.
We got the inexpensive digital camera we ordered — or at least, we got the box and all the accessories — no camera inside! SO I sent a complaint to the company and got an excellent response, and they are sending us a new one and letting us keep the accessories. Good enough, but we won’t have the camera in time for Aidan’s surgery, unfortunately
Sean and Kevin went for another run.
–since that’s about all we have been doing around here anyway…. not really, but that’s how it feeels right now.
Waiting days and in-between days are hard, I guess. I would like to think of some way to make them beautiful; maybe they are beautiful in their own way but I am usually more tuned in to the beauty of an energized, creative, free flowing day.
Off to change a diaper and put on a bandage.
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