Today's not-so-favorite moments included . . .
. . . helping Daniel learn to eat cottage cheese on his own. I realize that getting food everywhere is a natural part of learning to feed oneself, but it still pushes my freak-out button.
Today's favorite moments included . . .
. . . when I asked my neighbor how he was doing, and he replied, "Pretty alright."
And another thing . . .
. . . I never considered myself a neat-freak before I had kids. I have an unfortunately high tolerance for clutter, and I'm a housekeeping minimalist (i.e. I like my house to look decent with a minimum of effort on my part). Today I realized that the latter may explain the apparent contradiction between my mild attitude toward cleaning and my not-so-mild response to mealtime messes. In short, since I don't like to clean, I really don't like avoidable messes that demand my attention (e.g. a glass of strawberry smoothie tossed on the floor, or cottage cheese dribbled everywhere because my son still likes to hold his spoon upside down).
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Happy Birthday a couple of days late!
I'm in So Cal for an indefinite period of time...fleeing smoke and heat in Los Alamos. Want to get together? I sent you an email since I don't have current contact info.
I just replied to your email. I'd love to get together if you have time before you go back.
I share the tolerance of clutter which I find has helped me out with the newborn. So there's stuff on the ground? Well, I haven't tripped on it, so I suppose it's alright for now. I fear that might also mean that I'll also be irritated by food messes in the near future...
I'm sending you good thoughts, though, and hope for cleaner mealtimes.
Thanks. :)
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