Random Thoughts from a Random Life August 1, 2006
Posted by spacemom in : Life...otherwise , 1 comment so farI’ll try to be good and keep each paragraph on one train of thought, but if I jump tracks, sorry, my day, my writing!
First, BIG BIG congrats to Karen of the ovary. Go over there and enjoy some amazingly cute photos!
In lieu of letting my children suffer the day inside, we went to the zoo yesterday. I take them to the "lame" zoo, which we can cover in about 25 minutes on a cold day. We took about 1.5 hours. Not bad when you consider Crazy H and her two kids were with us. And Luna fell, skinning her knee. TWICE. each knee, nicely hamburgered. Oh yeah, girls are Sooooo much easier than boys (NOT!)
Saw a strange thing at the zoo. They had one of those fans that spray a fine cold mist on you. Made me think of football season when you see all of these sweating males sitting on a bench (which is screaming from the sheer weight) and getting their heads (shaved daily) misted. It would give me brain freeze. But I digress. Sylv wanted to stand in this. First we had to wait for "the mother from hell" who forced her 4 year old to stand in the mist while the child was screaming. Then the mother tossed the girl aside and started going on about "well, you must love being hot" and then started to scream at the girl for crying. I wanted to grab that girl and give her the biggest hug in her life. Kids are irrational. Sorry dude, but that’s the truth. Deal with it. So she doesn’t want to be cool. SO WHAT? Why force her and then degrade her for being 4? UGH, I swear, we need a test for parents…Sorry, you fail, here’s a puppy instead…Oh you really failed, here’s a goldfish, don’t flush it!
I am strongly thinking of switching meds. The higher dose of lexapro ain’t cutting it. I am lucky to have a friend who is "in the business". Her daughter says she is a feelings doctor. She actually suggested the second medication, Cymbalta, for me. She also suggested xanax for panic attacks, but mostly just to have something as a backup. I hate meds, so I might not do the second, but to have someone explain how her patients have described the meds helps. Really really helps. And no, she never tells details of anything, just the "My one patient who was on such and such said…"
My friend L and I are in a weight loss challenge. We decided to both go for 6 weeks. We have different goals, but it helps to have a buddy. I need to exercise more. Oh yeah, tomorrow’s high is 101. I am so going to exercise tomorrow! (snork, pass me the doritos!) I will stick to this, really. I am doing well so far. Now to make it until Sept 9.
Luna is doing better, thank you. Only the one vomit fest and the fevers broke by 10pm. And, the best news of all? She has one point of one of her two year molars coming in! FOUR more teeth. Come on parents, say it with me FOUR MORE TEETH! then I am done with teething FOREVER! (insert insane laugh here)
I sometimes make the mistake of saying silly things like "please turn off the water. We need to save water for the fish." Because of that stupid phrase, Soleil now knows the history of the Grand Canyon, the Colorado River and the water shortages at the mouth of the Colorado due to human consumption.
But mommy, what about the fish? Do they have enough water? Are they DEAD?
Yeah, the fish are dead,honey. Sorry.
Damn reality, coming in and snuffing joy! Oh wait, my bad, shouldn’t have explained life to this girl.
Does any other parent have this trouble? You over explain? Or not. Am I the only one who tries hard, but gets foot in mouth over anything? Yesterday I actually said "Soleil, yes, I didn’t say Luna could sit on the window sill, but it was implicit in me giving you permission to sit there."
"Mommy, what’s ple-sit?"
We have tickets to the Red Sox game tomorrow. Go Indians! I hope I can enjoy the game in the heat. I am sure I will!
Maybe tomorrow the train won’t derail!
