Yesterday Matty chided me for not crediting Barenaked Ladies for my blog title--I think he called me a plagiarist--so I better fess up that the brillance of today's title is from Bear in the Big Blue House.
This picture is really old but demonstrates an important point in my life right now--Zoey sans diaper! We have tried potty training with her before but her answer was always, "Tomorrow." I think she intuitively knows that Ollie is almost here, or maybe she is finally grossed out by diapers. Now we are bribing her with a treat at the end of the day. The treat is more for genuinely trying than for perfection. So far, there has been an average of one or two accidents a day. The good news is that she actually cares; again, before she didn't really care.
Today is my first internal of the final stretch. I'm curious to see "where I am" in light of my predictions. I said that I'd have the baby March 15th--tomorrow. I'm really hoping, now that I feel better, to go full term. I'm resting, reading The Pillars of the Earth, hanging out with Zoey, and I actually wrote 20 thank you cards yesterday. I'm also growing very philosophical in light of lots of family things that are going on. I am going to sit and blog about the craziness that has been going on, but I do think I need to stay a step back for right now.
Being out of school has reminded me that I am not a stay at home mom, though I am going to make Fiesta Barley Chicken Soup and I did measure tons of Zoey's toys to teach her about inches. I'm kind of bored, still in my pajamas, and the big point of my day to day is to leave the house. Perhaps I'd be good at this if I didn't feel lilke a Heffalump. I have already promised myself that when Ollie comes home from the hospital I'm going to get motivated and dressed in the mornings versus my now lethargic lying around. Again though, I feel 100% better--probably a result of lots of lying around.
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I will be the first to leave a comment (I actually logged in, since I wasn't sure if your blog accepted anonymous comments, and even though I don't have a blog, it's been useful on occasion to have an account here)! ANYwho...we miss you, and of course I've been keeping you all in my thoughts. You sound like me when I have "too much" time off (i.e. toward the end of summer ;-)
I hope that Zoey figures it all out in time, more or less, and that you still have time to read Pillars. Um, I haven't started yet, but I plan to this weekend! Heading out to a writing workshop/conference tomorrow with C...looking forward to it!
You take care and keep us posted.
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