I haven't written lately. I can't think of anything to write about with interest. I think it's more than just writer's block. I think it's a general life block. I'm stuck in a mind-numbingly boring pattern each day and I haven't been able to break free of it. The weather has been wonderful and we've barely been outside. I love autumn and should be enjoying this too brief time while it lasts, but I'm not. The kids are bored, too. They express this by causing trouble. There's been alot of that lately. I can't even bring myself to get too upset about it because I know it's my fault for not keeping them more entertained. We should be going to the park or out for walks at least. Reading more books and watching less television. I did sign them up for a children's art class that starts next week. Maybe that will help.
I've got to start getting out of bed earlier or something. I feel like I just waste most of the day. I feel bad about it and tell myself I'm going to do something different tomorrow, but I seem to forget all about it during the several naps I take at night. I would say "in my sleep", but I'm still not sleeping well at night. I even quit taking the Trazodone that was supposed to help me sleep because it just made it difficult for me to breathe which kept me awake even more. Perrin has a cold now and wakes up several times a night coughing and crying so that doesn't help either. Poor guy. I just want to cry right along with him some nights. It always seems to hit him just about the time I start to fall asleep. Oh, well. Who needs sleep?
We all had a good time at Will and Betsy's wedding. The kids did great and everything was beautiful. They had a reception like I wish we could have had. I didn't get any really good pictures of Will and Betsy since they had a professional photographer and I didn't want to get in the way. Perrin had everyone laughing because he'd say "cheese" right AFTER the picture was taken.
After he did it several times, it became a joke. Abby almost didn't make it down the aisle at all because she fell and hit the bridge of her nose on a trash can not ten minutes before the ceremony started. She got over the pain quickly enough, but the embarrassment was harder. She finally calmed down enough to let me put some "make-up" on her to hide the mark on her nose. Her eyes were still a bit red when she walked down the aisle, though. Who knew a four year old could have such self-esteem issues?
She had forgotten all about her nose by the reception and became the belle of the ball. I think she even got more attention than Betsy at times! Everyone wanted to dance with her and Perrin. They both had so much fun. Abby even talked Aunt Betsy into letting the DJ play "The Chicken Dance". I think everyone in the room got up and danced it for her.
We stopped by the zoo in Omaha on our way home from the wedding. It was hot and crowded, but the kids seemed to enjoy it anyway. They were pretty impressed with the sharks swimming over their heads in the aquarium. Somehow, we managed to get away with not riding the train. That was a miracle, by my standards.
So. I've written something. Nothing exciting, but something. I plan to start potty-training Perrin soon, though, so things might get more interesting. I keep putting it off, but you can't avoid the inevitable forever. I'm not sure you can really consider yourself a parent if you've never had to potty-train a child. Like all of those people who drop their kids off at daycare for seventy hours a week. It's nice that the daycare staff do that for you, isn't it? I'm not going to get started on that right now. I'm going to go watch "Love In the Time of Cholera" and expect a happy ending.
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