Weekend hiatus / surprise update
As everyone can tell, Fri night was sort of awful. I was tired and out and ranted here, which is better than most places, but sorry if it felt ranty. It was ranty.
Saturday morning our usual playgroup was cancelled and I took Noah up to the zoo, just the two of us, which was something I have missed awfully. (I am looking forward to being established enough in my job to take the odd afternoon off for these things, as well as Noah being adjusted enough… if that happens).
We. had. a. blast. Noah wanted to order me around, and that was fine, so we sat in front of the river hogs for half an hour with him having me sit and stand up and stuff, and him commenting to everyone that came by “no, MY turn!” meaning not to block his view. Most people obliged, too.
Noah also commented a few times that he cried at school “crying… school,” and I said that I was sorry. Then he would say “miss mummy” and I would say that I missed him too when I was at work, and then he would give me a hug. After about three times I suspect this became more about the response/hug than expressing his feelings, but it seemed to be what he wanted to say (along with many other things; the boy is chatty). This weekend he has said some things about school, like that he wears his school shirt to school, and it hasn’t all been protesting it, so that is good.
But mostly we set that aside to enjoy the river hogs, elephants, and the otter that swam and swam. And the cychlid pond. I know that is spelled incorrectly but I am too lazy to look it up right now. Welcome to my post-gymnastics dyslexia; one of my secrets as an editor is that I truly cannot spell any word I learned after I hit my head in 1986, but at least I have a Canadian Oxford Dictionary (2nd ed.)!
The lesson of Saturday morning, if there was one beyond just appreciating the zoo and the day, was that there are days like that to be had, for the taking. I like the playgroup immensely (we have gotten to where I think we all love each other’s kids a little, and it’s very cosy) but we may have to skip out now and then for just mummy-Noah time. If not at other points in the weekend.
The rest of the weekend was the now sort of usual routine - the slightly mad rush of chores and shopping, interspersed with just hanging out (something we all seem to need, even if in Noah’s case this seems to involve an Awful Lot of washable markers and yes, trains), and hanging out online during Sat nap and in the evenings.
Noah and Carl and I spent an hour at the local park this morning kicking a soccer ball around and examining crab apples and everything else, in this glorious fall weather with the lake stretching out behind us, and it was truly a simple joy. Well worth the fact that the lawn did not get mown. (Again.)
The picture below is actually from the zoo but it captures today just fine too. (Except he is better rested today; the dark circles are ’cause he didn’t go down for a nap with V. until after 3 (!) and then wouldn’t go down Fri night until 9 (!) and then got up Sat at 6 (!), but he’s caught up some since.)
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In an update, my dad just called as he just read his email. He actually was apologetic about that mind cram remark, so there you go: I assumed the worst and so far, that was unjustified. Or at least, sending the email was not a huge mistake. Yet.
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And one more from last week. Yes those are Mr. Potato Head’s glasses!
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It’s great to read that you had a good weekend. It does sound to me like Noah is processing and adjusting as you would want him to (or, want to want him to, right?). Courage for the coming week.
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