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My Life Thus Far
2008-07-17 01:56:56 (UTC)

The Calm Before The Storm

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I'm writing now because it's quiet and seems like a good
time to squeeze it in. No one is asking anything of me.
The house is silent and I've got nothing pressing that
needs to be done. This is the calm before the storm. Annie
will be home soon, Kiki will stop playing peacefully and
Keenan will wake up to eat all at the same time. Then the
house will we a whirlwind of activity that I'll have to
orchestrate. It's the only thing about duty days I hate.
But, it's not a huge deal and hardly as trying as a cruise
or deployment.

My day was slightly disappointing. It wasn't a bad day,
but it was pretty uneventful. I'm tired of uneventful
days. Sometimes I crave a little action. I keep holding on
to the hope that I've got a lot of life left in me and
there will be plenty of opportunity to do interesting
things later on. Right now I'm the mother of little kids.
It's not glamorous and sometimes its dirty, but it's also
rewarding in it's own way. I'll do fun and exciting things
when they get older and are doing fun and exciting things.
This is the hope.

I was supposed to have coffee with Gen today, but she got
busy and couldn't come. I was a little bummed about that.
I haven't seen her in awhile and I miss our coffee dates.
It was at least one way we could both guarantee we didn't
fall prey to complete and total isolation. Neither of us
has that problem at the moment, but I'm trying to be
better about keeping up on our friendship even when the
husbands are home.

I've kept myself occupied with chores. Not exactly the
funnest thing ever, but it's at least a constructive use
of my time :) I swept up the floors, picked up toys,
washed a few loads of laundry, cleaned my bathroom, dusted
my bedroom, and watered all the plants. I've got the
girls' dinner in the oven right now (fish sticks and
french fries). Nothing too taxing. I'm going to stifle the
urge to finish the last two loads of laundry tonight. I
need to stick to Snookums' sleep plan for me (which is "at
least TRY to sleep, baby". It's very effective). I've been
going to bed before 4am, even on Keenan's worst night.
Ironically enough, I'm still not getting any more sleep
than I was before. I'm just getting it at a different
time.

The oven timer just went off. Annie's home, Keenan is
making little grunty noises and Kiki has come up from the
play room. My time is up. Ciao.




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