Stranger than Fiction
We actually got around to watching that second movie we rented last week: Stranger than Fiction. LOVED it.
I've discovered that as a mother, I don't find as much joy in watching movies and TV as I used to pre-motherhood. Now it always seems like there's something more important that I *should* be doing. I think that's why I'm so critical nowadays and really selective with my TV/movie watching (TiVo helps a lot).
We've rediscovered TV and movies this week, though, since Emily is refusing to nap and she is zonked out by 8pm. At least THREE HOURS to just ourselves before we go to sleep?! We had long forgotten what that was like, but we've quickly remembered. (Well, ok, not just TV and movies that we've rediscovered but that's just TMI.) We've been watching Robot Chicken every night, and y8s and whymikey, this is something that I would envision us watching together and laughing our asses if we still lived close. I miss those days of just goofing off after work.
It's raining again here in Portland, which is just so weird to me - to have rain in the heart of June. But I guess it's normal for this time of year. Everyone say that summer doesn't really start until July up here. Last weekend was 90 degrees. Today it didn't get over 60. My roses are laying in the dirt since they were weighed down with all the rain today. They are probably just as confused as I am.
I decided to update LJ while Jer does Em's nighttime routine tonight. It's nice to have a break. But I'm just saving up my energy since he'll be traveling for work all next week, and I will have to weather this parenting-storm all to myself.
I've discovered that as a mother, I don't find as much joy in watching movies and TV as I used to pre-motherhood. Now it always seems like there's something more important that I *should* be doing. I think that's why I'm so critical nowadays and really selective with my TV/movie watching (TiVo helps a lot).
We've rediscovered TV and movies this week, though, since Emily is refusing to nap and she is zonked out by 8pm. At least THREE HOURS to just ourselves before we go to sleep?! We had long forgotten what that was like, but we've quickly remembered. (Well, ok, not just TV and movies that we've rediscovered but that's just TMI.) We've been watching Robot Chicken every night, and y8s and whymikey, this is something that I would envision us watching together and laughing our asses if we still lived close. I miss those days of just goofing off after work.
It's raining again here in Portland, which is just so weird to me - to have rain in the heart of June. But I guess it's normal for this time of year. Everyone say that summer doesn't really start until July up here. Last weekend was 90 degrees. Today it didn't get over 60. My roses are laying in the dirt since they were weighed down with all the rain today. They are probably just as confused as I am.
I decided to update LJ while Jer does Em's nighttime routine tonight. It's nice to have a break. But I'm just saving up my energy since he'll be traveling for work all next week, and I will have to weather this parenting-storm all to myself.