Tuesday Ten

By Rhonda Gail, on 05.04.10

1. How is it possible to be lonely in a house with four other people, in a world with millions of people. I don’t know, but I’m here to tell you it is certainly possible.

2. Harper is kinda walking. He takes these weird “shuffle-steps.” They are just tiny baby steps and only 1 or 2 at a time. Come on, kid. If you’re going to walk, pick up your feet and GO!

3. Nick is at a stage where he’s really digging privacy and independence. He likes his bedroom door shut. It gets too hot in there though, so today I put the baby gate up. He is still trying to shut the door.

4. It has been a struggle to keep the house clean. My mom came over last week and helped. When we finished, it looked great. However, I have to pick up after the kids, wash dishes, and wash clothes all day (every day) to keep it looking that way. I am thinking of creating a daily schedule, as so many SAHM moms have done.

5. I love my pregnant friends. I just don’t get the whole sonogram-as-profile picture on Facebook or Twitter. I am guilty of occasionally putting a pic of my kid if it’s particularly cute, but I leave it there for a short time, because I’m aware that people want to see who I am at a glance.

6. I have been so affected by the whole oil spill ordeal. I live near the Gulf Coast and before we had a heavy rain, I could smell the oil from my house. The thought of the helpless wildlife dying, fishermen out of work, and our beautiful coastline ruined breaks my heart. I could do a whole post on this and all the repercussions of an oil leak (and I might).

7. I just wrote something that I used on last week’s TT. Ummm, quick substitute… Nick only wants out of his room when his baby gate is up (to prevent Harper from going in). His gate requires me to lift him in and out. If the gate isn’t up, Nick could stay in there for hours at a time.

8. I am having one of those days where I really want to take the kids to a sitter and float in a pool with a cocktail and book all. day. long.

9. It takes me all day to make these posts. My kids do not let me complete a thought. It is 4 pm and I started this at 10. So ridiculous! Now, I can’t blame the kids entirely. Sometimes, I can’t think of anything note-worthy, so while I sit here racking my brain, I give the kids time to interrupt me.

10. I am having a really hard time with the loss of friendships. As it is, I don’t have many. Then I lost the internet friend I wrote about before. Now it seems I lost my best friend. I know what you’re thinking. It must be me. But it’s really not. I won’t put my (former?) friend out there and tell the story, but trust me when I say the lost of my best friend was through no fault of my own.