Thursday
What a fun day today! The baby arrived, and following a full bottle that she drank, she fell asleep. This gave Katherine time for the cuddly time she craves. She does an exceptional job tollerating my time with another baby, but when that baby isn’t in my arms, SHE wants to be – but of course! LOL
I was scheduled to go pick up the bike trailer/jogger tomorrow afternoon, but got the call today asking if I could come. Loaded my two girls plus a sleeping baby up into the van (VAN – I like that word, lol), and headed out. The Blue Angels were flying today so one main freeway was closed, leaving the other backed up. Ahhhh, time stuck in traffic. I realized though, as I looked down at the speedometer, that when you’re crawling at 15mph, you’re actually going fast! haha. It’s when you come to a standstill that it is grumblesome. I also was quickly reminded of the pleasures of having children when living in a city…… the carpool lane…. passing by all those that are lacking forward movement.
I did have to deal with tail gaters again, well one main one. Do people not understand the dangers of tail gating??? When the truck flipped across the freeway, no one was rear ended because NO ONE was tailgating!! I have a severe issue with someone riding my ass, most especially when my kids are in the back. I ended up needing to tap my breaks a few times to remind them to back off. Seems to become a habit for some people. If I can’t see the road out of my rear view mirror in front of your tires, you are TOO CLOSE!!! and therefor you place MY CHILDRENS LIFE IN DANGER, not to mention others on the freeway also, that will also be involved in the accident that you caused ’cause you were TOO CLOSE. Ok, tailgating definitely gets to me. It is SO dangerous, and it brings out the mama bear in me when it’s my ass that’s being near tapped by some car behind me that thinks he’s in some sort of hurry to get to where he’s going and the flow of traffic is just going too slow for him.
I have seriously been considering installing a trailer hitch on my van. At first it was to pull a small trailer to pick up hay and grain, but now the reason for it would be to place a bike hitch on. WHY? Because when one rear ends me it’ll smash their car and NOT mine, since the axel would take must of the impact. This was reconfirmed to me by one who had just that happen to him, as well as my mom. Being rear ended is actually quite a fear of mine, but one I try not to pay much attention to.
Anyway, the bike trailer/jogger is PERFECT!! Well, I haven’t tried it out yet, but that’ll happen tomorrow. It’s exactly what I’ve been looking for, as well as the design. I travelled a few road paths to see how long they were. I have a 3mi (2), 5mi (2), and 7mi paths. Now, when to get out with it? Probably in the mornings. I am so dang thrilled I could babble jiggerish (not jibberish), haha.
Today when pulling through Starbucks (ohhh yes, I couldn’t help myself), I placed an order of a venti caffe vanilla fappachinio, and of course a mollassas cookie. The guy who served me at the window was ADORABLE! He asked me if the cookie was for the kids (ohhh no, ME!) which struck up a pretty funny conversation. He made sure my frappachino was perfectly filled with whip cream, smile and thank you, and I was on my way. Ok, Starbucks needs more servers like him!!! 😛 haha
Tomorrow I pick up my new (used) mountain bike, as well as travel out in the evening to see if a middle row of built in child safety seats will fit in my van in place of the row I have in their now. I sure hope so 🙂
Today as I pulled out of my apt complex with my kids in the car, I was hit with a rush of pride and deep love for them. Amazing how kids will do that to you. Alyssa has been an incredible help with the baby when we’re on the road, making sure she has her bottle when she’s hungry and entertainment when she starts to fuss – which she does an amazing job at creating laughter. Some days are like every other, and there are those days when you are so overwhelmed with adoration for them that you want to completely smother them in hugs and kisses…. if they don’t get to you first 😛
Tonights schedule for the kids went wonderful. As soon as the baby was picked up, they were scooted into the tub. Tortolini’s (however you spell that word) were cooked, spaghetti sause, and parmassian cheese … (omg I am sure my spelling is far into left field tonight). Katherine had her hair pulled up out of her face, and Alyssa had braids done up. both girls looked SO CUTE!!! I was smart tonight and made sure both girls had their water and well as had gone to the bathroom (yep, the excuses were enough to teach me). 8:30pm and they were both sound asleep. Ahhhhh …. the silence.
I sit now in front of my laptop (another excellent purchse that I’ve put to many a use), watching some sort of investigation movie that’s on, working on the newsletter and agenda. I am seriously considering turning the light off and going to bed. Wow, bed before 11pm… 12am…. 1am or even 2am…. 😛