Something BIZARRE is Happening

November 30th, 2008

I am ALONE. In the HOUSE. ALONE. BY MYSELF. Stevel has taken the kid to the park for a bit. He told me to use this time wisely and to “be done” with whatever over-ambitious organization project I decide to take on by the time he gets back. I assured him neither of those things is likely. The feeling is so amazing, not because now I can finally take that bubble bath and eat bon-bons while watching decadent TV. Truth be told, I have that opportunity every day while she naps. But every day while she naps, I am suddenly on deadline. I have 45 minutes, or two hours, or whatever nap it is, to complete six loads of laundry, eat lunch, pay our bills, e-mail a student, call the plumber, take out the trash, the list goes on … a list of things that become ten times more complicated, ten times more time-consuming, when there is a Slimy Shadow along for the task. A Slimy Shadow whose primary goals are to (a) try and choke herself to death on any and all small objects she can find and (b) whine every second we are not making eye contact. It is much, MUCH easier to just sit on the floor and make eye contact with her than to try and get some small chore done. So anyway, where shall I start?! This is so exciting—should I make the beds? Clean up after the pets? BLOG?

I wish I could blog about all of the things actually going on with us right now, but this isn’t the place for that. We are exhausted.

Meanwhile, we had a wonderful Thanksgiving here at No. 6. David cooked a fabulous dinner, with Patricia’s help, and we had friends to share it with: Raji and Thippewhan; Christine; Jeff, Megan, and half-baked Winston Hill; The Selan Brothers, Junior and Junior Jr.; Jeremy Sr. and Melissa; ourselves, and David. Eitan also stopped by earlier in the day with Charlie Waffles. There was some Rock Band II, of course, and a little Little Big Planet. Lots of techie conversation. A few of us took Violet for a walk after dinner, very fun.

In other news, the day for which I have been waiting for YEARS has finally arrived! There was a Black Friday event at the Three-Bs (a horrible place of many horrors), and I was able to purchase a Dyson DC24 for 20-percent off! It is now the case that, should we ever arrive home to find that No. 6 has been ransacked by burglars, I will rush to the cleaning closet to see if My Baby is OK. Then I will perform CPR on my husband in front of his empty desk.

All right, yeah yeah, fine, I know what you really want.

3 Responses to “Something BIZARRE is Happening”

  1. cindy Says:

    Oh my god. A Dyson. I am so excited for you. Like, SO EXCITED.

    P.S. – Thanks for the pictures of Vibble in her chef’s hat. I put the one of her trying to choke herself on a spoon in my living room.

  2. dad Says:

    You actually made the trip to the three B’s? I am impressed, you really do not like that place.

    Thanksgiving sounds like it was a great time for all. I hope that all of your dishes turned out well.

    Violet eats anything and everything, and you plunk her on to a beach full of sand! What are you thinking?

  3. Nana Says:

    Oh but so cute. But only one new picture!!!

    Enjoy that Dyson with the wheels that swivel instead of only gong in one direction.
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    And how I remember those days of trying to get anything done. It is muh more fun to just sit on the floor and play. Enjoy your few hours of respite.

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