We had a busy and productive weekend. We’re slowly migrating Anne’s room to a shared room. Brian is putting in what is evidently called a “Closet System” which is just a fancy way of saying – drawers and shelves. Her closet was a bit of a wasteland so now we’ve got to get every square centimetre out of it as we don’t have room for her dresser anymore. We are trying to fit a crib, a toddler bed, the rocking chair (imperative!) and change table/bookcase in this tiny room. So, while Brian was building that, Anne and I reorganized our two closets in our bedroom. One of them is our storage closet/Brian’s closet and again…crammed wasteland while the other was my closet. We bought a couple of stackable boxes and got to work organizing and purging. I’ve been nesting lately so drawers have been getting cleaned out, closets organized etc. I happen to love organizing so it wasn’t a big chore. It did take most of the day for us to get through it. Anne’s closet still isn’t finished as Brian is a bit of a perfectionist about these types of things: he wants everything to be secure enough that if an earthquake hit, it’s not separating from the wall. So everything gets nailed and caulked and secured within an inch of its life. It should be finished in the next day or two and then I can start to put her room back together.
We still haven’t put her into her little toddler bed. But I think it’s time. She really wants to use the potty in the mornings and gets frustrated when we don’t come get her in time. This morning, she took off her own pants and diaper, peed in the corner of the bed and then went and put her own pants back on all while I was in the shower. Time for some mobility, I think. I think she could probably be completely toilet-trained by now but we just haven’t made that leap with her. Which makes me feel guilty. But what can you do.
Yesterday, we went to church. We have been visiting a lot of other churches this summer since Brian has been thinking about getting into talks with a couple of denominations. We wanted to check them out to see if it could be a fit. So it was nice to be back “home” at Coastal this weekend. It was a great message and we both got a lot out of it. Good to see friends and not feel like the newbie. Of course, Anne loves Sunday School. We went into the church and Anne saw a group of children; she crowed out “Hey, Kids! I wanna play!”
I also took some time to update a bunch of pictures on Facebook. It was a fun trip down memory lane. Of course, when I showed Bri, he got teary and kept muttering things about “kids growing up way too fast”.
I actually drove to work this morning. First time in years! It only took 20 minutes so I might be doing this again. I drove today because I haven’t slept well the past couple of nights and I’ve been rather tired. I just needed to take a break from public transit. Plus my feet and hands have been having some mild swelling lately so standing on the train for 30 minutes didn’t sound too appealing (yes, I have to stand…people don’t give up their seat even when you are 8 months pregnant and standing in front of them evidently). I had some swelling with Anne during the last 3 weeks but this just started this week and I still have 8 to go.
I have felt really busy lately. Really since we got back from holidays, it’s felt like life has been at breakneck speed. I have about 3 good friends I’ve wanted to call for about 2 weeks and just haven’t had time. I feel behind at work. I feel behind with my house. I feel pretty tired. Even after the weekend, we stayed home for most of it but still managed to feel really busy … building and cleaning and organising closets, baking, going to playgrounds, visiting family, going to church, doing laundry…phew!
I read a really good book this week called “Late Nights on Air” by Elizabeth Hay. It was very beautiful and haunting. Couldn’t put it down and loved the characters.
I’m finally reading “The Ragamuffin Gospel” by Brennan Manning. And as everyone assured me, it is, indeed, rocking my world. I have had to have my pen at the ready, constantly marking passages and underlining sentences. I was thinking that this might be becoming my favourite Christian living book – ever. I’ll let you know.
