so i guess i'm not as good as i hoped to be in keeping this up on a daily basis. huh. i'm up to what, 10 things i need to be thankful for. damn, that's a LOT.
i don't even really have a good excuse this time. there's the usual 'kid was sick then i was sick so updating a blog was last on my priority list' ... or the work event that we have been spending all of this time planning actually happened ... or the shower for our former nanny finally happened ... yeah. i'm good at coming up with excuses.
so let's try to recreate my calendar and figure out things to be thankful for this past week and a half.
saturday, march 6: nephew's birthday party! thankful that others really were the ones to do the work for the party, as we were only hosting at our house. all i had to really do was clean up the house. also thankful that parents made it back from the west coast safely.
sunday, march 7: thankful for H&M! man, it's been a long time since i shopped at that store (now that i've been working from home for the better part of a YEAR, e always asks me why i need to buy new clothes. well excuse me, dear husband, but just because i work from home doesn't mean i need to be in pajamas 24/7! though, to be fair, i used to rock the PJs all day. til we got a new, non-family member nanny). ANYWAYS, walked into H&M on a whim while Ami watched the girls at Barnes & Noble, and found cute shirts and dresses, all made of organic cotton, for a FRACTION of the cost at hanna andersson. (and let's get serious, the cutesy stuff at HA is nice for awhile, but some of their prints are really out there. e calls some of them circus outfits.) then, i walked into esprit and found a very cute dress for me!
monday, march 8: thankful for my mommy, who came and watched the girls, because i REALLY had to go to work. and belly is still experiencing severe separation anxiety, so leaving her with her sister and new nanny was just not an option.
tuesday, march 9: sounds silly, but thankful that i still know how to small talk. i hate it with a passion and still don't think i'm very good at it, but i had to attend another work event -- this time, a dinner -- and i chit chatted with a random person at the cocktail hour, then my table neighbor for a good 45 minutes combined. honestly? i don't even remember what we talked about.
wednesday, march 10: thankful for gatorade and town house wheat crackers. because that's the only thing that calmed my stomach somewhat after upchucking a meal i had eaten 12 hours prior. nothing like getting a stomach bug from your kid!! (p.s. shout out thank you to e, who got me gatorade at 10 pm. now that doesn't sound super late but since we've had kids, 10 pm is the new 2 am.)
thursday, march 11: mentioned it before but i don't think i've limited myself to something NEW to be thankful for each day. so on this day i was again thankful that i have a flexible schedule. belly and i ventured out on this beautiful spring day to pick up some needed items for the baby shower i was throwing. dropped off my dry cleaning at this new place, which had -- i kid you not -- a giant, costumed cow right in the doorway. (the place is called 'spots' so haha, cow, get it? :p) belly would not even walk in the door. i had to block the 6' cow as best i could and she ran inside. ooh, also am thankful for cool, fun carts at the new harris teeter and the free balloons and cookies for kids.
friday, march 12: i ended up taking a day off, both to recover from the illness from earlier in the week and to get a few things done that needed to get done. also, because i felt guilty for missing 2 hours of work in the morning taking belly to ballet, and knowing i'd miss another 2 in the afternoon because we had to head downtown for dinner for my sister-in-law slash best friend. (ever try getting downtown at rush hour, in the rain, along 66, when there's a game at the verizon center??) no way we'd miss it though, b/c SIL slash BFF is turning thirty. and i love her to death.
oh, and totally thankful for maggie moo's ice cream cake.
(author's note: am i done yet? this will teach me to go too long between updates!!!!)
saturday, march 13: don't gag with the sweetness, but thankful for my husband. he took the girls and kept them occupied for a good 2.5 hours while i prepped for the baby shower for former nanny. then, while i was hosting the shower, he kept all the kids occupied in the basement. i'm surprised he didn't pass out from all the estrogen in the house. love you!
sunday, march 14: hmmm. not much to be thankful for on this day. between emotional outbursts, daylight savings time and cars that decide not to start so e has to wait in the parking lot while it's raining until AAA can get to him... well, i guess technically pacquiao beat clottey after midnight so that would count right??
monday, march 15: wow, lots of double thanks in this post... thankful for my mommy, who rolled up in a loaner BMW X5 (she definitely thought she was stylin, ha, love you!) to take belly out for a bit. belly went with just a little whining... maybe this will bode well for easing her separation anxiety??
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