No One Thinks I’m Funny

Despite the guilt, after all the travelling, the walking, the adventuring, I feel tired, but I no longer feel weary. https://notthatfunnychelsea.blogspot.com//why-i-took-momca

Our daycare provider is on vacation this week, so I had this idea that the baby and I were going to have a magical stay at home mom week. The first couple days were amazing, we went to drop in play activities, gymnastics, we had naps Glorious. Yesterday, she flipped the script and spiked a fever. So we are home with an ear infection snuggling by the fire. Ok, I’ll take it. Snuggles are hard to come by with my very busy children. Then the phone rang, it’s the school on the c...aller ID. Of course this sets off a massive panic: who is sick, who is hurt, who broke something of value, repeated one of mama’s swears etc etc? We have G in the office, he doesn’t have a lunch. Me: um they have hot luno they don’t have hot lunch today. Shit. On my way with one for both of them... also, Sorry for saying shit. I frantically throw together two lunches, and drop one of MY candies in each as an apology. (if you know me, you know this is the ultimate gesture) Gather up the baby, and tell her we just need to run over to the school quickly and then we’ll be right back to lazing around in the living room. Apparently, we need to hurryin baby speak means vomit on your mother immediately. Quick hose down and we’re out the door. I’m not entirely certain this is as magical as I thought it would be.

I have a new understanding, as a parent, of the word bittersweet. https://notthatfunnychelsea.blogspot.com//life-after-baby-

Accidentally spilled the beans on our upcoming vacation this morning. I didn’t even think the kids heard until the boy pipes up on the way home from school: when are we going away and for how long? February. A week. Ohhh... yeeeah that doesn’t fit my schedule. It doesn’t? I have library. Me: ........ o...Kay.... We ride along a few minutes more. ... Hey mom? Oh shit. Here it comes. Are we going to the new one? Or the old regular one? I’m not sure I follow, pal.... like regular Mexico or New Mexico. The new one is probably better right? I don’t want to go to the old one. And that’s how I ended up spending my evening explaining the merits of regular Mexico vs New Mexico. Every night is like debate club around here.