thoughts for the day…
starting at 7:15 this morning with “oh shit, did stellan make it through the night?”
i need to shower. didn’t shower yesterday. haven’t showered since the wedding…
paul’s goina be late to work so that i can shower… oops!
twitter, don’t distract me please.
where’s my bra? nevermind.
coffee… yes, COFFEE please.
must thank this guy for his radness last night in passing along info to help this family should they come east coast.
(matt: thanks. that’s all i got right now brotha. oh, and HI MADDY!)
jackson now says, “WOW” but not always on demand.
must get that on video for heather and mike.
i have a book review due in a week… i have yet to read the book.
my friend‘s book drops (i love saying that) in less than a week and he is in need of MAJOR COVERAGE…
HELLO OPRAH!!!!!!!! ARE YOU OUT THERE?!?!?!
attempting to wrap things up with Blogher@Home though i feel completely inept.
so grateful for my partner in crime (who has a hot canadian accent) this lady… and her sweet family who went through what no mother should go through yesterday, being told by a doctor that they are calling child services on you.
fuck that doctor. i love you jenn.
magoo has 15 month check up plus vaccines in a few days… (note is on my desk.)
ohmygawd, jackson is 15 months old!!!
my downstairs neighbors and their kids YELL, SCREAM, JUMP ROPE, AND PLAY BASKETBALL IN THE APARTMENT STAIRWELL AND I WANT TO CLOBBER THEM… cuz it’s always when magoo is napping.
GO OUTSIDE KIDS!!!
i need to do laundry. lots of it.
accomplished groceries yesterday, so that’s a plus. we have food.
my husband is wonderful and let’s me try and save the world until i’m depleted of all energy, at which point he steps in and sets a 9 pm EST curfew for me and forces me to sleep. (thank you, my love.)
what month is it?
ah shit, it’s tuesday… and i hate tuesdays for my friend. and this friend too, who inspires me to be a better friend.
helped this friend last week with her precious one who is in need of GI tests run that jackson once had…
am i missing anything?
shipped out my old nursing gowns (that were barely used) to this friend yesterday in the hopes that she can get good use from them with her TWINS that are on the way.
i miss my family… wish they were closer.
jackson is napping. i want to nap.
what should i make him for lunch today?
i really need to start training for the 1/2 marathon i’m supposedly doing in january… shit.
could really use some starbucks right now.
think of them
March 24-25, 2009
I’m torn writing this post. I am selfish in the sense that I have completely 100% savored the weekend that I have just had with Paul and Jackson. Sunday we celebrated Jackson’s 11 month birthday in downtown Annapolis, watching the boats pull up into “ego alley” and seeing kids feed the ducks. Jackson snacked on an ice cream cone as Paul and I watched him in amazement… this time next month he will be 1…
And as I read Matt Logelin’s post “and we’re off” that contains an exquisite video of his precious daughter, Madeline, I am overwhelmed with sadness for him. This week he will celebrate his daughter’s 1st birthday on the 24th, and shortly after, the 25th will mark the 1st anniversary of his wife’s death.
What do you do with that? How does one celebrate and grieve at the same time? How is the human body capable of both containing and releasing such raw emotions?
I have followed Matt’s story for months now. I link to his blog and the foundation that he has started in memory of his beautiful wife, Liz. I am proud to watch Matt via blog on his travels, taking his sweet daughter here, there, and everywhere, recording every bit of their excursions. I am proud to read about how he has embraced fatherhood in the midst of his own horrific demons.
And tonight, Sunday night, I find myself alone at the computer, lights turned off, Jackson asleep, Paul getting ready for bed… and I find myself anticipating the week ahead for Matt. For this magnificent father, this magnificent man… who will endure both sheer delight and sheer pain in the span of 27 hours all over again.
I just ask that whatever readers I have out there, please just think of them this week. Even if you don’t link to their site, read their story, check out the foundation (I know we all lead busy lives of our own)… just think of them this week. This is a good man, a good family. He needs good thoughts coming his way right now.
Have a Sip
