Contentment September 10, 2008

So.

I have a blog.  It seems I’ve forgotton how to use it.  Or maybe I’m just so busy that I get a little anxious any time I think about blogging.  I feel like I’ve only got a small window of time in which I can sit down to write and then I feel pressured to write something really awesome to make up for lost time.  Then I realize that I have nothing exciting to write about and I end up exiting WordPress as quickly as possible.

I could tell you the story of how Squeaks was at the new babysitter’s today (did I mention we found a new babysitter?  I don’t even remember!) and how she was told to eat one more bite of lunch before getting down and then when she got down she went and spit her bite of food onto the couch.  The corner of the couch.  Where it would hide until later in the day when the new babysitter found it.  And I could tell you that I laughed my ass off about it, but tried to talk to Squeaks about it like I was really upset with her behavior.  But it all just turns out to be a bunch of run-on sentences when I type it and my head spins.

Then I could mention that my MIL is wanting to move back from North Carolina.  And bring a cat with her.  And I’m thinking she’ll try to live with us, but Hubby has already put his foot down.  But anywhere in Oklahoma is too close for her to be, in my opinion.  She might be miserable where she is, but I’m miserable when she’s here.  Obviously only one of us can be pleased, so I choose me.

But what I want to talk about is the fact that I’m pleased with things the way they are.  I’m so happy to be a working mom.  Who is also a student.  It’s so busy, but I love being held accountable to so many things.  And if I let some things slip, it’s not the end of the world.  So the laundry isn’t put away.  It hardly ever got put away when I stayed at home!  I see less of Squeaks, but she adores the new place she’s staying and we get a lot of quality out of what time we do have together.   I might change my mind, but for now I’m loving the routine.