There hasn't been a lot going on around here. Right now, I'm eating popcorn & sipping Pepsi out of a cute cup decorated in a smarties theme. Sleepless in Seattle is on in the background, which is one of my all time favorite movies. The hubby is gone & the kiddo is asleep, & sometimes I just get tired of the quietness.
I pulled a muscle in my calf last week during a massive, early morning charley horse, which sent me to the ER the following night fearing a blood clot. Tests showed the all clear and the check out lady asked me for a $500 co-pay.. which was confusing because I thought it was $100? Either way, the fifth "bill me later" seemed to get through to her, lol.
This past week has been horrible as far as getting to school on time. I think we made it to the bus stop twice.. Anyway, next week will be better, right??
I throughly cleaned my bedroom today.. something that doesn't happen very often.. and it's nice. Sheets are in the dryer & I can't wait to put them on my bed..
And *this* is the excitement of my life! And *this*... is why I haven't been writing. Not a whole lot to share. :)
Just in case you were wondering, the little booger butt is doing great with the potty business. We're getting tons more dry pull-ups when we potty, and the sticker system actually helped this time.
The older Roo gets, the more that I see she does have some of me in her. It's more than looks, and it probably seems odd that it would be such a big deal, but I never knew if I would see any of "me" in her. For instance, she is SOOOO pokey in the mornings, and that is so me. I don't know how many times I've considered apologizing to my mother for all the missed buses just to see if our mornings would suddenly get better.
Something I excelled at as a child was reading, and Roo has always liked books, but now things are different. She's not chewing on a board book, or flipping through the pages ninety miles an hour, she's listening. I went out on a limb and changed our bedtime routine a month or so ago. I needed it. It was getting old & there were too many teary nights. It took some tweaking, but after a couple of nights she was hooked. We call all the people she loves to call earlier, and after snack, meds, & potty, we settle down on the couch and I read to her from a chapter book. Right now we're reading "Charlie & the Chocolate Factory" & I'm loving it just as much as she is. She lays there and listens until she falls asleep & we carry her to her bed. This is awesome. We both look forward to our time reading together, and that is something that I definitely didn't know would ever happen.
