Action packed morning of nothing but kid biz.

Matilda slept well last night. JZ got up at 5:30 to prep for her too early job interview. Matilda was up at 6am, so we staggered out to the living room to watch JZ rush around and get out the door. I put Matilda in the playpen for a sec to get my coffee going. She howled, which woke Emmett up.

He staggered out and scooped her up and flopped on the couch. This allowed me to get my coffee.

Spent next hour and a half: feeding Emmett, getting his clothes, changing Matilda, feeding Matilda, getting her dressed, showering (while Matilda fell asleep on Emmett's chest and Emmett fell asleep on the couch). Roused them both and were out the door by 7:20.

Interior fan in the car didn't work which means the window wouldn't defog which was especially problematic since my route is due East and the bright morning glare through the foggy windshield made it entirely opaque.

Matilda practiced her binky tossing technique while Emmett kept her company.

Dropped him off at Middle School by 8:05 (school doesn't start until 8:45 so he'd have some hanging out time in the courtyard with friends). Drove back to the city in heavy rush hour traffic. Matilda pitched her binky again and got grumpy.

Finally dropped her off at daycare at 9:00. Stopped at grocery store to pick up milk and bread and was back by 9:30.

Three and a half hours since I woke up and it feels like I've done a lot but in reality, that was all energy expended on nudging the go-kart of the day downhill.

Hec, for Matilda. Liv's binkie clip has saved us a thousand times from screaming fits in the car. Sounds like a hugely busy morning for you.

That's actually pretty damn fast!

It's hard to judge sometimes. I walk between 3.6-3.9 mph. I jog at 4-4.4 and run from 4.5-4.7. Any faster than that and I'll trip and make a fool of myself, or end up with treadmill burns on my face.

I always hated how the jelly started soaking into the bread before I could eat the sandwich for lunch. Has anyone invented anything to deal with that yet?

I mix the peanut butter and jellly together and then spread that on the bread. It also makes the peanut butter easier to spread. Of course you dirty up a spoon and a bowl this way but it's worth it.

Look what's happening next door! [link]

My building is on lockdown. Again. Oy.

Look what's happening next door!

oh darn, that's where I left that evidence...

It's hard to judge sometimes. I walk between 3.6-3.9 mph. I jog at 4-4.4 and run from 4.5-4.7. Any faster than that and I'll trip and make a fool of myself, or end up with treadmill burns on my face.

Seriously. My housemate and I were watching something and commenting on the slowness of some pace or other, and he seemed to think walking 5 miles per hour was about average. When I was in better shape, I could do 4.5 on a treadmill, but that was being super focused. And it's always been hard for me to keep up any kind of pace outside. But at least now I have hills.

4 mph is a good fitness walking pace, so go on you Cash!

Go, Mighty Pedestrian Cashmere!

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Ok, its not happening next door at the UN, its happening in an adjacent building. And since the weapons inspectors office is on the other side of the wall I'm sitting next too...

Holy shit. It IS my building. (they're only evacuating the other half of the building)

Yikes!

We don't want no weaponized Trudy. Well, at least those weapons.