Focused

So, today I sent the boys to St. Peter without me so that I could get a bunch of stuff done. Of course, when it came time for the boys to leave, I got teary-eyed. Little P didn't seem to mind, but I was the one having a hard time with having a day at home without him.

Anyway, I left as soon as they left to get a couple errrands done. I completed one but couldn't complete the other because Kinko's wasn't open today.

Then I grabbed some lunch and came home. I sat down at the computer and worked from about 12:45 until about 2:15 then decided to take a break which was only supposed be 30 minutes. It turned into an hour long break as I decided to try out the Kaboom bathroom cleaner I had purchased. And if you know me and my cleaning ethic, you understand why my 30 minute break turned into an hour long one.

Then around 3:30, I came back to the computer and worked on some reports and stuff for work. I finished up all the work related things that I need to do at about 7:00 pm. So now, I have only two more things on my list to do, along with my regular get ready for school list.

However, I need to take a break from the stuff I need to do to pump. I realized that I didn't do it last night or this morning and I have been feeling it since this afternoon. This phasing nursing out thing isn't as easy as I had hoped. And for the life of me, I can't remember how I did it when L-train was little.

The mail

Sometimes all you need in order to keep on going is to get actual mail in the mail, something that breathes a new life into your plans for the future. It should keep you going for at least a little while.

To the zoo

If you know me, you know how much I LOVE (read with dripping sarcasm) hot weather. So, you may find it hard to believe that we packed up the whole family and went to the zoo today, with the temp at 87 with a heat index of 91. We met up with a college friend of my husband's and her little girl. We did both of the indoor exhibits before taking a break for an ice cream treat. Then we did venture outdoors to go to the Grizzly Coast to see the Grizzly Bears. They are always fun to see.

Needless to say, we needed a little down time, and something cool to drink, after the zoo for the boys' cheeks to switch back from rosy red to pale. But 30 minutes in the 'cool' 76 degrees made everyone feel refreshed. And even though baby and big brother did not have a nap prior to the zoo, neither fell asleep after, although daddy and I could have used a nap.

4 years ago tonight

Do you remember what you were doing exactly four years ago tonight? Apparently, I was going to bed, unaware that it would be the last night that I would be a part of a two person household...

...unaware that when I woke up just moments before the alarm went off that Friday morning, that I wasn't going to be going to work that day...

...unaware that in 7 short hours, I would be greeting a beautiful baby boy...

...unaware that in 4 years from that night, I would be frosting cupcakes and wrapping presents to help celebrate my baby's 4th birthday.

Happy early birthday little man! Mommy loves you!

Another year older...

So tomorrow is my husband's birthday. We did the big family dinner last night because his aunt was still in town, but she was leaving today so we wanted to do it while she was still here. Also, we couldn'd do it tomorrow night because he and I have tickets to the new Target Field. I keep apologizing that this birthday isn't going to go exactly like one might think a birthday should, to which he keeps replying, "So what? We're going to a Twins game." I really do believe that is the perfect gift for him since it's something he likes to do, and with the new stadium, he is dying to check that out, and what better day than his birthday? But I just felt bad that there wasn't more fanfare around his birhtday. He said that he didn't need it because he isn't a girl. Nice. But anyway, happy birthday (a night early) honey!