Deb is writing a blog post in the form of Facebook status updates
Talk about the short attention span age. I just haven’t kept up with the updates, either writing mine or reading others’. Anything longer than 20 seconds per item feels taxing, like my mind just can’t cope. That’s why I like Facebook status updates so much–they’re nice and bite-sized and I can process a lot, passively, in a short amount of time. Every time I think about writing a blog post, I just get so overwhelmed. It’s been a busy 2009–busy to me, if not to the outside observer–even if my life consists entirely of family, house, and work with lots of stability and little to no drama outside the scope of those three items. So expounding on the things I feel like documenting just paralyze me. In the spirit of brevity, then, here are my latest updates and thoughts in Facebook status format.
- Deb is impressed with the dramatic nature of toilet accoutrement naming such as ROLLMASTR. There were two other names she forgot, which were equally impressive and missing vowels.
- Deb had a great massage today and wonderful girls’ night tonight.
- Deb and Coral need to be in Redwood City by 10am for Coral’s swine flu booster shot, followed by trips to Home Depot and Bed Bath and Beyond for house stuff, and baths need to happen in the morning. Exciting. Wish us luck.
- Deb is less worried about Coral since she has eaten sufficient quantities and nursed alright since the end of last week, but C’s appetite is still not quite back to normal.
- Deb is misty-eyed at the prospect of the end of nursing, which could happen in the coming months, as Coral hasn’t wanted to nurse at night for several days. Such a sweet mom-baby bond. The little girl is growing up.
- Deb is more and more in awe of life, the universe, and everything with each passing year, for things both bad and good that happen to people.
- Deb will be glad when the house gets more organized and we one day have furniture in the living room.
- Deb and Michael have been without TV for four weeks now and are actually doing fine, despite missing a few favorites like Fringe and House. Given there’s no living room furniture and the last Netflix DVD hasn’t been watched in a month, seems like there’s no hurry to either figure out the antenna or get cable. There’s plenty to do around here.
- Deb emptied one box into the filing cabinet tonight while cleaning out the old stuff, and bade farewell to many fond memories captured in credit card statements, receipts, and other financial documents, stuff going back all the way to college. Who knew dry financial papers could hold so much history and nostalgia?
- Deb needs to remember to put out the trash and recyclables tomorrow morning before the doctor’s appointment. All this new homeowner stuff!
- Deb is trying to figure out the bare minimum holiday decor that she can get away with. Seems like we should put up decorations since we own a home and have a little kid, but we’ve never bothered before, and that sounds le hard. The Christmas Tree In a Box kit, a wreath for the door, and a few lights might do the trick.
- Deb is enjoying the freedom to bring Coral to daycare at any time, now that she’s going four days a week, as well as the simplicity and continuity of childcare, but is not a huge fan of the drive, which undoes the benefits of having moved farther south.
- Has never been up this early this consistently for this long in her life. Coral awakes between 5:30 and 6:30 am every day regardless of her bedtime which means–hoorah, her parents are up! And she doesn’t go back down for at least three hours. Kinda looking forward to the teenage years when I’ll have to drag her out of bed.
- Deb both adores and is exhausted by her little toddler munchkin, who turns 14 months in one day.
- Deb should sing and play more music around Coral.
- Deb can see how, by 23 months, you’d be ready to say the kid’s age by years instead of months. She already has to stop and think about the 14 months. It will be easier to say “2 years” or “2-and-a-half years.”
- Deb loves that Coral has added “ear” to her vocabulary and seems to understand phrases like “go down the stairs,” “where’s the X?” (where X could be horse, cow, birdie, belly button, tummy, hair, etc.), and “is Coral hungry?” in response to which she walks to her high chair if she is.
- Deb has to chuckle when Coral pulls the “fake cry” of doom and terror when she doesn’t get her way, and reverts back to a happy baby as soon as she gets what she wants or is distracted.
- Deb is okay with being Stern Mommy and trying to make her face serious and eyes really big, just like her mom used to do. She’s also begun taking things away from Coral when Coral doesn’t stop being naughty, and believes it will be for the best.
- Deb would like to wake up in her old body from 2007, which was 8 lbs lighter, had tight abs (heck, had any abs), no pain in her lower back or forearms, and a right hand free of laundry-and-washing-induced eczema. Maybe some can be reclaimed in 2010, after some actual exercising…Stay tuned.
- Deb melts for Coral’s kisses, which are few and far between, but absolutely wonderful.
- Deb is entertained by funny Coral.
- Deb is amazed how her baby went from not caring at all about books to picking out her favorites and asking her and Michael to read them over and over and over and over again, all in the span of maybe a month. Good Night Moon, Goodnight Gorilla, Colors, and the Elmo Flap Book Library are currently in heavy rotation.
- Deb has such a backlog of photos and videos from 2 baby birthday parties, Thanksgiving, and more, that it’s not even funny.
- Deb enjoys Michael’s homemade chicken soup.
- Deb is alllllmost done with The Windup Bird Chronicle and can’t wait to see how it wraps up. She has borrowed two more Murakami books on CD for her commute over the next few weeks.
- Deb also borrowed The Happiest Toddler on the Block and is anxious to view it and reap its wisdom which will certainly yield a joyous and harmonious home…yeah right!
- Deb wishes everyone a Happy Hanukkah.
- Deb hasn’t begun Christmas shopping, unless you count the Freecycle toys that will be Coral’s gifts and the ones her siblings organized. It sounds le hard.
- Deb is grateful for her life and friends and family. Daily life isn’t easy with a commute, two parents having to work, a new house, a baby, and no relatives in the area, but she recognizes it’s way easier than many other people’s lives and that the things she has are a blessing.
