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My Life Thus Far
2008-06-29 20:10:24 (UTC)

Two Weeks, Today

Last night was the hardest night I've ever had with
Keenan. Sometime after 11pm he started crying and no
matter what I did, nothing would console him. He nursed
fitfully, refused to be put down, didn't respond to
rocking, bouncing, patting or anything else I did to try
to calm him down. A little after 3:30am, just when I
thought I was going to go crazy and even imagined myself
throwing him across the room (I didn't, but I thought
about it for a few seconds), he just stopped crying and
went to sleep. He slept from 3:30am to 11am without waking
up. Not even to eat. So, I woke him up to eat, because I
was getting painfully full. Then he went right back to
sleep and has been sleeping ever since. It's a few minutes
past 1pm now. I don't follow a feeding schedule. I feed
Keenan when he shows signs of hunger, but I figured 8
hours was long enough to go without eating at two weeks
old. Yes, Keenan is exactly two weeks, today.

I compiled my list of to-do's last night, but as of yet I
haven't started it. There are eight items on my list, with
room for two more should I decide something else needs to
be done. Most of them are fairly easy, but I do have some
yard work on there. I'm debating whether I should do it or
leave it for Snookums. I'm not really supposed to be doing
it. That's not an excuse to get out of it. I just don't
want to over-do it. I always know (after) I've done too
much and I want to be happy when I see Snookums, not in
pain.

Tonight is the night! The ship is on schedule according to
Snookums last e-mail and he thinks he should be off the
ship no later than 7:30pm. I'll be there waiting (with our
brood), but I'll believe it when I see him. It's a bad
idea to ever get your hopes up when it comes to the
military and homecomings.

Well, my list isn't going to do itself. I'd better get to
it. Only 6 hours until I get to retrieve my Snookums! Ciao.




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