Torrid love affair
Yesterday I woke up at 2 am for a feed (he slept 9 pm ’til then, so not great but not terrible) and could not get back to sleep at all due to anger - there was a relatively minor present-day reason that sparked it off, between Carl and I, and then I was remembering some childhood stuff that really got me angry. So around 4 I finally got up and burned the energy off doing some scrubbing, had a shower, &c. I was sore and tired out and rather grumpy by the time real morning came about.
And I seriously considered blowing of the momdatinggroup that was meeting at the mall. But Carl pointed out I’d been looking forward to it and I decided it wasn’t likely I would get much of a nap anyway so I put on my kickass jeans (I really think I will get another pair of jeans this spring so I have more than one pair that makes me feel like this one) and a nursing top and headed off.
Oh. my. god. am I so glad I went. There were 5 women there for this first meeting, and it was a lot of fun. A lot. I have been skeptical of the whole Mom Synergy thing but I tell you it actually is possible to get along sheerly on the basis of stretch marks, at least enough to enjoy - really enjoy - a lengthy coffee.
So some interesting stats:
4 white collar professional jobs/1 retail, pre-pregnancy
2/5 planning to stay home full time, 2/5 (if you count me) hoping to work something creative out, 1/5 going back full time at the end of mat leave
3/5 breastfeeding (in one case, supplementing as well) - that surprised me; I thought it would be higher
2/5 co-sleep in bed; 2 cribs, and then us with our cosleeper
1 Baby Signs instructor
5 bored out of their tree at home. :-)
I got the scoop on a Mother Goose programme I think I’ll try out (it’s not meeting next week I think, but after that) and a mom-tot swim programme, and the Y was recommended to join and it has daycare for $3.50/hr while working out and hmm. Just - yay!
I hope the other moms liked me and I can play with the cool kids. :-)
Meanwhile though… I must confess that I was having a torrid love affair the whole day. (No not those!) Yes, while angry at Carl I got hooked up. It was steamy, it smelled delicious, it involved legs and breasts. It was…
Crockpot Hunter’s Chicken! (That’s chicken cacciatore with whatever veggies I happen to have). And it was delicious and I turned the leftovers into a cacciatore sauce for tonight, that I think I will serve over wide egg noodles. I love it when you take $3 worth of chicken on the bone, leave enough skin around to make it rich, toss it in with peppers and zucchini and cauliflower and carrot and a can of crushed tomatoes and ridiculous amounts of oregano and basil and rosemary and it comes out with two amazing dinners. With couscous & peas last night and noodles and salad tonight and - yum!
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