November 10, 2014

What IS it with me in that I can't wake up at 5:13 anymore?  This last month a feel the need to sleep. I'm not even kidding... Yesterday I spent about half an hour just lying on bed (after being up about an hour and a hand) just to FEEL the sheets. Best.feeling.ever.  ** See later request

This morning, with the help of Dave Grohl and crew performing their latest album, I built THE MOST sandwich that I built in a long time…quite possibly ever.  An organic, whole grain bread, Dijon mustard, ham, spinach, sliced onion, cherry tomatoes and BRIE.  I was counting the minutes until lunch and honestly couldn’t focus on much else.  It was SUCH a delicious sandwich.  ***I came upon a realization, which I will mention later.  

At some point in the day, Mags texted me (she & Ethan had the school day off) and asked if we could have a Girl’s Day to belatedly celebrate her birthday andgo to Fat’s for dinner (day 4 eating out), so I grabbed the kids after work (as I realized there is no work tomorrow 0 this is better than a 3-day weekend!!!  Monday – break – back to work week!)  Ethan was a Not Happy Person at all in being picked up, because there is nothing “to do” at my place and he was building a fort at Dad’s, so once we got home, I decided I’ll need to go to the restore, pick up some building materials and let him build me a dog shelter for the pups (it may rain some day).  We went to  Charlotte Russe,  where I bought clothes myself (yes, I'm that cool)...problem was that  most of the clothing was much too big for my pencil thin girl.  Also, I wanted to jump off a bridge with all the music.  Rhianna instills thoughts of self harm.  We moved on to the next store – H&M, which I used to shop at when I lived in Zurich 25 years ago.  Was pleased to see they offered organic panties and had conscious cotton.  A few more stores – Claire’s (which kills me – Maggie looks for hours and rarely gets anything…) and then the Kwirky Store, which has so many rad things in it – like this horrendous green sweater, with a picture of Jesus wearing a birthday hat and the words “Birthday Boy” and my favorite (which I still want to get, but I’m not sure where I’d wear it – a bright blue tshirt with a cat hanging from a tree:  “Hang in there, pussy” .  Mags and I enjoyed a birthday dinner at Fat’s and I later taught her appropriate rap movements with a head shake and hand movements.  I also played her some Salt ‘N Pepa. <doing my job as a mom>

 Headed home where the boy was waiting in much better spirits.  We watched Dr. Who together, which was nice.  I know it won’t always be this  way, and that’s ok.  

Realizations:

**I realized yesterday what is wrong with society – we are too imprisoned.  I REQUEST that everyone who reads this sleep completely naked for one night – no t-shirt, no boxers, nothing.  Do it after fresh sheets are put on the bed – feel the sheets, stretch out, let your skin breathe….  It’s divine.

***I realized that I have difficulty on focusing on what is in front of me.  I think I generally have much better things to think about than what I’m doing.  This makes me very sad and worries me that I should be a trophy wife <sigh>

Pictures:  These are all pictures from last-last summer's (2013) road trip to Texas.  It was such a rad trip.  Hope to make one more, soon.  <3 1. Big Bend, 2. AZ somewhere, 3. Big Bend, 4. Rio Grande.