Hello! Hello!
I know what y'all are thinking... wow... Lucylee told us all about her new outlook on routines and she has just been so busy getting stuff done that she didn't even have time to check in today.
Yeah, boy. That's how it was.
Nah, the truth of it was that I guess my MANTRA for the day has been DO AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE.
Not long after I woke up, ds called to see if we could keep dgd while they went to lunch, so they would not have to eat in front of her. (Remember, she is prepping for colonoscopy tomorrow.)
Poor baby, she was just miserable... cried cried cried... but finally let me rock her to sleep and she was still sleeping when ds & ddil returned.
Well, I kinda rocked myself to sleep too. There is just nothing in the world so peaceful as holding a warm sleeping baby and rocking by the light of the Christmas tree.
After they left, I had to take a nap. My eyes have been bothering me all day and it seemed the only peace I could have was when I was asleep.
After that, dgs arrived, and y'all know how the rest of the evening went... Nana this/Nana that...
His usual bedtime is 8:00 pm. Here we are, past 10:00, and I just got him back in bed after his bedtime snack of peanut butter crackers. He is complaining that it is "boring," just laying there watching tv. He won't stay in bed here at all without the tv, so it's a Catch-22.
I feel sooo sorry for dgd... they had to give her an enema a little while ago, and will do another at 3:00 a.m. Then they have a 2-hr drive to doctor, where they have 6:00 a.m. appt for the colonoscopy. I feel pretty sorry for ds & ddil, too.
Thanks for the tip,
Harriet, re: the marble-paper cards. I'll have to check that out!
Elizabeth -- I am so glad the Mardi Gras trip plans are improving.
Only a few accomplishments for the day...
-- Paid a bill
-- Called to find out if local restaurant will be open for our usual pick-up on Christmas Eve. (No. Will have to call other restaurant tomorrow.)
-- Talked to dmom
Tomorrow, I have to get dgs to school, attend his class party at 8:15, probably bring him home with me afterwards, and go to post office & drug store.
Then I will have to call dmom & dbil after hearing from ds/ddil re: dgd's test, and will have to call the other restaurant.
Hoping to change sheets and get back on track a little more tomorrow, too, and then tomorrow night is singing at nursing home.
Hope you all have a good night and a good tomorrow.