Feel better, bug!

Sox, I'm glad that the unhelpful sitter is gone. I suspect that geography was against you if Iris was supposed to be napping in her room, you were in your office next door, and the sitter was downstairs. I dunno if there's a way to re-think that arrangement.

The pup and I are finally home after some ugly traffic caused by people parking where they shouldn't.

I suspect that geography was against you if Iris was supposed to be napping in her room, you were in your office next door, and the sitter was downstairs.

it's possible, though it's worked plenty well prior.

The problem wasn't that she couldn't sleep, really. It was that I was the one chasing her around the house while the babysitter talked on the phone and worked on her computer. While I paid her. That, to me, backwards seemed.

WAY backwards. Sorry about that.

If it's any consolation, when we had a nanny we'd still have to shut the door to the computer room to get any work done, and Mal would just sit outside the door and howl, despite all the nanny's efforts.

I think I like "Potomac Primary" better than "Chesapeake Primary." Alliteration is good. Also, this is the first primary I've ever voted in, so I'm somewhat excited about that.

Yay voting!

Yay shiny new tooth!

Nora, the most recent book that I read that was just curl up on the comfy couch with a beverage and never want to stop was The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel by Diane Setterfield. It was very booky. The main character grew up in a bookstore. It was a very pleasant read.

It's starting to become a battle between me & DH as to who is more tired at the end of the day. I understand his need to come home and chill after work. I know he wants to eat dinner and watch Pardon the Interruption without interruptions.

But, Dude. Been up with toddlers for longer than he's been at work. And he gets to go to the bathroom in privacy so I really think I win and should get a break when he gets home.

Today the kids tag teamed me RIGHT before we had to leave to take Owen to school. I went upstairs to get socks for both of them and Liv climbed the counter and turned the faucet, flooding the counter and getting her clothes wet. When I went upstairs to get her dry clothes, Owen pulled down his pants and peed in the kitchen floor. Then I had to get them both redressed, boots & coats on and get them in the van to leave in less than 10 minutes resulting in much yelling and stress on my part.

t /whinging

I'm so sorry, but I just had to laugh. Not at the DH part, but the kids part, and even there I'm very sympathetic, and I know I would be just as upset if I were in your shoes, but, but...

I'm so sorry, but I just had to laugh. Not at the DH part, but the kids part, and even there I'm very sympathetic, and I know I would be just as upset if I were in your shoes, but, but...

No! It's totally funny. It's just two adults wrangling over who's most exhausted is down right silly. I always try to qualify my position with stuff like "I got pooped on today!" or something to that effect.

{{Cash}} DH and I have always worked together so we often through the years had to switch off parenting and office tasks. We both know exactly how exhausting children can be, and how stressful customers can be. Bottom line, children are tougher because you can't use the same handling techniques with them.

Do you have scheduled down time? Dude's lucky you don't meet him in the driveway every day when he gets home. "Have fun dear, see ya in an hour or so."

Do you have scheduled down time? Dude's lucky you don't meet him in the driveway every day when he gets home. "Have fun dear, see ya in an hour or so."

It's never been scheduled, per se. Some days, I'm totally fine. Some days, NSM. I'm tempted to do the driveway thing!

Tonight he hedged when I said I wanted to go upstairs and hide in the bedroom, saying he was "tired, too." But then he reconsidered because the "kids behave better when I'm not around." (Which is sort of true.) So I'm taking an hour to do some odds and ends.

{{{Cash}}}

I like the idea of scheduled downtime. It's different for us because we both work, but it's an ongoing process of negotiation.