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Smug October 10, 2007

Posted by spacemom in : She Blinded me with Science , 1 comment so far

Smugness is when one is happy that the telescope’s command load for next week is done on Tuesday. And the a rapid response target of opportunity shows up on Wednesday afternoon that has to be commanded by 11:45pm

Yes, I am going to have to skip my mommy night out a the Melting Pot tonight to review the command load. Sigh.. 

3 is so damn HARD October 10, 2007

Posted by spacemom in : Parenting 101 , 8 comments

I hate the age 3. Really. It’s tough on them. It’s tough on you. They want to do EVERYTHING their way. You? You just want to get them dressed in the morning without the drama of "I WANTED THE PINK TIGHTS!!!! WAAAAAAAA"

And the panties? Who the hell CARES if you wear the panties with Cinderella in front of Belle or the ones with Belle in front of Cinderella? HELLO? I just want that butt covered! Yesterday, Luna did not come to the bus stop with Soleil and I. She was happy to lay down in front of the door, in the front hallway screaming "I want to come!" although she had a pull-up on. And nothing else.

3 is when you learn that you do have input, but you have to work with others
3 is when you learn that you have an impact on your family
3 is when you learn how to do so many things for yourself, you just take forever to do it
3 is when you learn to stop screaming for everything you want and just start working with your family

I strongly suspect that many parents of 3 year olds wonder if this was worth it.

I know it is. I have a 5 year old. And she did go through the "I want to do it myself" stage. And we survived. But MAN does it suck when you are going through it!

Note to self: need more tequila….Go to a package store tonight!