Lots going on around here… plenty of excuses as to why I haven’t been blogging. Sunday morning our house flooded because some hot water pipe or tube or something under the sink in the kitchen broke. Thankfully I wasn’t here, but I arrived home to something out of the Twilight Zone. Everything was wet, moved around, out of order. I couldn’t find my mom or my brother, but both of the dogs were loose and the stove was on. Uh…apparently the water had stretched clear from one side of the house to another, and was ankle deep. It took them all morning to get all the water out of the house, and I am sure they were cursing my absence the entire time. Yesterday we had a guy come look at our most likely ruined hardwood floors, and starting today he is going to be attempting to save them by running some sort of giant fans or something…which means we can’t sleep in our bedrooms, because they come right off the hall with the wet floors. AWESOME. I am going to be a nomad for the next three to five days, sleeping at the homes of various friends. Always a fun adventure to be homeless when you have a baby. Can’t wait! Other fun side effects of the flood are, once the fans are hooked up we can’t use our dryer, so that means no laundry. And up until last night we had no hot water in the sink in the kitchen, which meant boiling water in the hot pot if you wanted to do dishes. Luckily, I never find myself wanting to wash dishes. Joe managed to fix the pipe (tube?) problem under the sink though, and now we have hot water again. Thanks, Joe the Plumber!
In other news, Holland had her pictures taken professionally this last weekend. The photographer’s name is Sarah Costa, and she has posted some of the shots on her flickr account. I anxiously check back every so often to see if she has added any more. If you want to see all the pictures in their glory, this is the link:
In an effort to get myself writing, here is a list of five random things about me. This is a total cop-out, but my brain doesn’t work very well anymore.
1. I salt my grilled cheese sandwiches. A habit I picked up from an ex-boyfriend. It sounds weird but is sooo good. Because the butter and cheese just aren’t enough…
2. My views on abortion changed drastically after getting pregnant. I am a true liberal at heart and would still NEVER vote pro-life, but I definitely have a different opinion on when life “begins.”
3. I would never wear shoes if I didn’t have to. I am barefoot most of the time, and prefer that to having anything on my feet. Being on maternity leave is great because I am always in my pajamas. I have a HUGE collection of shoes that I haven’t worn in months, and it is going to take some getting used to when I have to start wearing them again.
4. When I was in kindergarten I wanted to be an archaeologist when I grew up. I used to spend hours digging around looking for “fossils” because someone told me that rocks were really dinosour eggs. This older boy at our apartment complex playground used to make fun of me about it constantly and successfully squashed my dreams. I am pretty sure he a drug addict now.
5. I AM REALLY EXCITED TO GO BACK TO WORK! I always thought that being a stay-at-home-mom would be the most fun job ever…but I am getting bored in a big way. I love my baby a lot, but I am looking forward to the day that I can pay someone else to watch her for a few hours so I can go interact with grown-ups and use my brain.
A couple days before the beginning of the month I wrote out a bunch of goals for myself, collectively entitled “Get Your Life Together, Alexia.” There were around 10 total, including things like “lose 30 pounds” and “blog daily,” among several others that I either don’t feel like sharing or can’t remember at this moment. Clearly, I have not dedicated too much of my time or energy to Project Getting Life Together, as I have not yet lost the rest of my baby weight (I have lost 37 lbs, but it was all in September, and thus, does not count towards this month’s goal) and I definitely haven’t been blogging on any sort of regular basis. Don’t worry, I haven’t been doing any of that other stuff either. So with a month left before I go back to work, I have decided it’s time to get serious. I will be blogging on some sort of regular schedule from here on out. I am also going to lose the rest of my baby weight so I can actually fit in my work clothes, and I might even take a look at those other goals and see what else I need to be doing. Updates in blog form will ensue.
What have we been up to instead of being productive, you ask? Holland and I are both feeling pretty under the weather at the moment. I am officially sick, a result of my lack of sleep, and she is TEETHING! I couldn’t figure out yesterday why she was being so fussy…One minute happy, the next minute crying. Also, drooling. Lots of that too. My mom suggested that she might be teething, since I started that at 6 weeks, so I took a look in her mouth, and lo and behold, two little white spots on the roof of her little mouth. Combine this new discomfort with her growing ability to “talk”, and this is what you get:
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