Thursday morning
It's morning. I have done all my early morning stuff, I haven't done all my late morning stuff. I really should get on that, and I will soon enough, but I'm feeling low motivation today. I was wildly productive (for me, anyway) on Tuesday, fairly productive yesterday, and today I just feel blah. It was a nice morning early. My alarm went off at 5:30, and I didn't get moving in time to go to minyan, so I got to wake up slowly, do my yoga and get dressed and all unhurriedly, and was generally feeling pretty good.
BUT.
David is entering a new stage. He had actually gotten to the point where I could turn my back on him safely, although I'd had a few warning signs he was regressing, and then yesterday while I wasn't watching him (and because I was getting work done in another part of the house, not because I was doing internet stuff or watching crime dramas or anything like that) he emptied my large bottle of mentholated foot powder all over the house. I am making him clean it up, so cleanup is ongoing, but I think he is old enough now to be required to clean up the messes he makes. He also acted out a couple of times while we were on our way to the farmer's market in Dedham, and then again a couple of times this morning. I'm not sure what's going on with him, but it had been so nice not to have to worry about what was being destroyed or wasted when I couldn't see him, and now I'm going to have to have him in the same room with me at all ties again.
I've told him there will be no David TV until all the powder is cleaned up, and I am hoping that plus the annoyance of having to clean it up will have some sort of positive effect eventually.
But anyway, this morning/early afternoon:
Dragon egg:
BUT.
David is entering a new stage. He had actually gotten to the point where I could turn my back on him safely, although I'd had a few warning signs he was regressing, and then yesterday while I wasn't watching him (and because I was getting work done in another part of the house, not because I was doing internet stuff or watching crime dramas or anything like that) he emptied my large bottle of mentholated foot powder all over the house. I am making him clean it up, so cleanup is ongoing, but I think he is old enough now to be required to clean up the messes he makes. He also acted out a couple of times while we were on our way to the farmer's market in Dedham, and then again a couple of times this morning. I'm not sure what's going on with him, but it had been so nice not to have to worry about what was being destroyed or wasted when I couldn't see him, and now I'm going to have to have him in the same room with me at all ties again.
I've told him there will be no David TV until all the powder is cleaned up, and I am hoping that plus the annoyance of having to clean it up will have some sort of positive effect eventually.
But anyway, this morning/early afternoon:
- Unload dishwasher & run empty
- Feed dogs
- Start load of laundry
- Take last load of laundry out to hang out (and hang it)
- Feed chickens and gather eggs
- Bring in yesterday's laundry, take it upstairs, and fold it
- Make lunch, eat lunch, regroup
Dragon egg: