Wednesday's Aren't Always Fun Either

I don't know if it's the winter blues or what, but this week just doesn't seem to be getting any easier. I've got a headache that won't quit, and my life has shrunk (was it ever any bigger?) to work, home, and the car. Maybe I'm just too idealistic. I've got a few dream lives stuck in my head, and I don't see any way of making my life more like any of them. Why do I have to be so moody anyway? I complain so much I irritate myself, so I'm now going to attempt to be positive.

Actually there is some exciting news. Miriam's water broke last night, and she's showing signs of actually going into labor. So my newest niece should be here soon! The whole thing still feels unreal to me, but holding the baby always changes that. Another fun occurrence - I beat Jordan at the Thomas the Tank Engine board game we played tonight, in spite of letting him cheat on several occasions. I know you're always supposed to let the kid win, but I'm trying to teach him about fair play and being a good sport (plus I really hate losing every time). We really aren't making very much progress on that front though. In spite of calling it first winner and second winner instead of winner or loser, he still gets upset when he's not first winner, while I maintain the calm and philosophical attitude that you don't always get what you want (otherwise know as "you get what you get and you don't get upset").

Another Un-Fun Monday

Mondays are really never any fun, but today is really extra Monday-ish. Part of that may be that Jordan has the stomach flu, but I think a lot of it is that my weekend wasn't very fun or relaxing. Saturday consisted of Justin being gone all day long for "bar Olympics". Taking care of the kids by myself for the entire day was even less thrilling than usual given that I had to take Sasha in to urgent care in the morning after she fell and hurt her foot. It turned out to be just a little bit of a sprain, but she was limping around miserablely for most of the day. Jordan was just upset that the day wasn't "super fun", since we had to cancel plans to go and visit Miriam and he hates it when we stay home by ourselves. Sunday was actually extremely productive for me (I did 4 loads of dishes, 3 loads of laundry, made ointment and 2 kinds of lotion, and almost finished a doll dress I'm sewing for Karlye), which felt good, but not relaxing. And last night I was up most of the night because of Jordan's stomach ache, etc., so I started off today already wiped out. On the upside, Sasha seems to be pretty much back to normal today, and played quite cheerfully while Jordan languished on the cough watching movies and napping. She was also more than happy to spend snack time and dinner time dropping things off her high chair and saying "uh-oh, dropped" over and over. I think she was worried about Jordan though, because she kept trying to hit him over the head and steal his pillow while he was napping. When he perked up a little bit tonight and sat on the floor by her, she immediately went and sat on his lap and said "sit sit" which is a new word for her. Those two are so cute together. I just hope everything gets back to normal tomorrow and that I get some decent sleep tonight.