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My Life Thus Far
2008-06-25 06:35:08 (UTC)

The Completely Narcotic-Free Way

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I'm getting lonely :( Well, I've been lonely and it's just
now starting to get to me. It's not human companionship I
long for. It's my Snookums. I'm really missing him. It
even knocked a star off my day. I think it's the strangest
thing. Snookums has been gone for over a month and a half.
I missed him for a few days when he first left, then got
over it. Now, he's due home in 5 days and I miss him
again. I'm one of those strange people that miss someone
right before they come back. I'm so backwards. Snookums
loves me that way though, so it's okay.

It was such a nice morning when I woke up. I wanted to get
out into the sunshine and do something, but Keenan had
other plans. I don't usually mind cluster feeding. But I
was a little disappointed to be stuck in bed this morning.
Keenan isn't a fussy baby. Once in awhile he just likes to
eat every 45 minutes to an hour. There's really nothing I
can do about it except oblige. Usually we just relax
(either in bed or on the couch) and he eats whenever he
wants, however much he wants. Then, he'll sleep for six
hours straight and I can get things done then. It's just
getting through the hours it takes him to finish his
marathon feeding sessions that can be a little trying.
Thankfully my nipples have toughened up and I can take it
in stride :)

By 4pm I was able to shower and get the girls out of the
house. Annie is old enough to play with the kids on our
street, but Kiki can't go outside without me. So, I was
determined to get her out of the house today. While
getting dressed, I stumbled across a nursing bra I'd
bought a few months ago. It was way too big then. The band
and the cup, but I decided to give it a try since now I'm
basically bra-less and don't really like it all that much.
It's a smidge too small (it's a 38DD), but the cups are
VERY stretchy and the band was way too big (and also
stretchy), so it's an okay fit. The material isn't binding
and it's fairly soft with a padded underwire ( I need some
kind of support) so I was pretty stoked to find it. I
decided to run to Wal-mart (believe it or not, that's
where I got it) to see if I could get a few more. It only
cost me $11, so I was hoping to get two or three more.
Unfortunately I was sorely disappointed. After getting the
kids piled into the car and all the way to East Bremerton,
they didn't have my size. They had the small sizes and the
ginormous sizes (36B's and 42D's). I couldn't find not one
that would work. I was so dejected :( The trip wasn't a
total loss, I was able to put a new battery in Annie's
watch, so she won't have any excuses for coming home late.
Her battery wasn't dead yet, but it was getting there.
After being 30 minutes late three days in a row, I figured
out what was causing her problem.

Happily, I did end up getting out in the sun. After
leaving Wal-mart I took the girls to the Silverdale
Waterfront Park. It was packed, but the girls didn't seem
to mind. Keenan was still in his milk coma and slept
through the whole experience in his sling. The air smelt
good, the sun felt nice and warm on my skin. It wasn't too
warm or too cold. It was just perfect. I felt so high. In
the completely narcotic-free way, of course :) On the way
home I put on my sunglasses, rolled down the windows and
turned the radio up (to a baby-safe level). If I weren't
missing Snookums so much, it would definitely have been a
five star day. Definitely.

I still need to do the dishes. The baby is sleeping
peacefully, so I'll go get it done now before that
changes. Ciao!




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