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My Life Thus Far
2008-05-20 20:23:29 (UTC)

Obsessive Nesting Syndrome

It's after 1pm and still no sign of the UPS man. Maybe my
hunch was wrong. Maybe he'll come later, I don't know.
It's just a bouncy seat, but my desire to have everything
amassed, assembled and ready to be used is STRONG. I've
got Obsessive Nesting Syndrome! It's not a real syndrome.
I just made that up. But, it's certainly how I'm feeling
at the moment. Besides, I hate being tied to the house.
Not that I have anywhere important to go, but if I want to
up and leave, I'd like to be able to do that without
wondering if I'm going to miss the delivery.

Today the only thing on my agenda (other than assembling
the bouncy seat I'm obsessing over) is to finish the
nursery. Kiki's stuff is all taken care of, but now I've
got to sort through the 3 big boxes of stuff Helena sent
to us. I need to decide what I want, what I don't want and
then organize it so it's neat and makes sense. I consider
this the fun part. Yesterday was the not so fun part,
because Kiki's closet was a mess. There was no room to
hang anything, so clean clothes just got piled up and you
could never find anything. You constantly had to check the
size to see if it still fit and she seriously had over 200
different socks, but none of them were matched. This
morning it was light years easier to get her dressed. I
opened the door, grabbed an outfit and was out the door 5
minutes later.

Helena sent me her itinerary this morning. She's flying in
late on the 29th, staying with a friend of her's in
Federal Way, then driving here in the morning. I'm okay
with that, because she'll be in the state and less than an
hour away if I need her. Even though Helena and I
sometimes have passive aggressive power struggles, I
honestly feel she's much better equipped to handle the
girls in my absence. Selena is great for an evening, but
for any extended period of time I trust Helena to have a
hand on things better. After thinking about it for a
little while, it put me at ease. Now I just have to hold
out until the 30th! I also realized that I have one child-
rearing element in my favor. Helena knows nothing about
babies and therefore, won't be telling me how to take care
of Keenan. She lost a baby girl at birth (cord around the
neck) and had to have a hysterectomy soon after. So, she
never got to raise a child from newborn. It's sad. She's
going on 60 (though you would never guess by the way she
acts) and it still brings her to tears. I won't have to
listen to outdated advice like I would from Sue. She was
full of it when Kiki was born. Literally! Like, putting
her in two onesies in the middle of Summer. What the hell
for?

The nursery is calling me. I must get down there! Still no
UPS man....Ciao!




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