On my own

My mom left this morning, and T is back at work full time. I am all by myself! Scary. I am certainly going to have to fire up the coffee pot, because I will be up a lot of the night and then up with Q in the morning. T and I used to work together and saw a lot of each other, but things will be really different now. He will leave around 7:30 in the morning, probably (hopefully) before I wake up, and I will work till midnight. He also will be gone all day Saturday at school. We will go from seeing each other constantly to hardly seeing each other at all. I am hoping this will just help us appreciate each other more and really enjoy our time together. We were more likely to get on each others' nerves before when we were together non-stop. We are a little concerned about the travel his new job will require and who will take care of the little ones, but I am confident we will figure it out. It's a time of some big changes in the MM household.

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Before I was a mother, I vowed not to let toys take over my house. I am losing the battle. As the kids get bigger, so do their toys. With Q's recent birthday, we have a whole new crop of stuff. Right now there is a giant bus tent thing in our kitchen and a shopping cart toppled in the entry way with its toy groceries scattered around the house. A toy basket meant to contain the madness is empty in our dining area and its toys are spread around the floor. The mess extends upstairs and to the garage. Q just got a new wagon for his birthday and this morning he spent about 30 minutes just sitting in it. I went out and pulled him around the garage a few times. He just loves it. I kept going out to check on him, and there he was...still sitting proudly in his red wagon. It was so sweet, it made me ache inside.

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My post-pregnancy weight loss has stalled, and it is pissing me off! Things were going great for a couple weeks but then they just plateaued. Not good. I guess I actually have to start eating less and forgoing the nightly ice cream. Bummer.

--MM