Mundane Musings

Nothing horribly exciting happened in the past few days, but, ironically, I was too busy to write up anything in the journal. So I'll do short summeries of each day.

12-10
Actually, I don't really remember what we did. Probably went to the zoo again and ate something like Chik-fil-a.

12-11
See yesterday. BUT we did go and meet Nicole, who would be Carmen's babysitter for the evening. Then, when Tyme got off of work (on time, for the first time in two weeks!), we got ready and headed out to his Christmas party. I sang karaoke for the first time. I won't discuss this in further detail, but yes, I was perfectly sober. Carolyn went with us and hung out in the pouch for half the time, then spent the rest of the time with the wife of one of Tyme's coworkers (she asked to hold her, then did so for about 2 hours!!). She was really happy to sit on her lap, dance with her, and then fall asleep in her arms, while Tyme and I actually got to dance together, eat, and talk to people.

12-12
We had planned on going back down to San Diego for one more day, but the weather was so cruddy, and we were so tired, that we ended up having a "cruising" day. We piled ourselved in the van and drove around Orange County to see what we could find. We found a few great restaurants, more parks, and a couple of short cuts. We hit the zoo one last time for a rainy jaunt, then made our way home for a nap. After naptime, we went back out for dinner (at Buca di Beppo), and for Tyme to exchange his flourescent orange yarn for some less flourescent orange yarn. We got "home" and then packed like mad while trying to get Carmen to go to sleep, which failed until about midnight. Yeah, that's 3 AM Georgia time. Special.

12-13
We woke up at 7:30 and packed up the car, had our last Holiday Inn breakfast, gassed up, got some road food, picked up Tyme's co worker (part of the complicated plan for borrowing the Boss's van), then had him drop us off at the airport. We checked in, survived security (nine full bins, four crying fits, three pairs of shoes, two checked carseats and a partridge in a pear tree), then waited for our plane. I knitted.

Our flight came in about an hour late, thanks to fog and rain. Flying with the girls really isn't as bad as it could be - I did hear one baby, about Carolyn's age, who wailed and screamed for about half of the 4 hour flight. I felt so bad for the parents, and so grateful that I had built in pacifiers and a generally happy baby. We drove home, unpacked a bit, then dove into bed. Carolyn slept the best she has in two and a half weeks. So did I! I'm so happy that being home helps her to go back to her old sleeping routine.

12-14
Today! The girls slept in until about 10. Bliss. We didn't leave the house today, and that's ok with me. The weather is a bit cruddy, and I was just worn out. I felt like the girls needed a bit of grounding time, too. We watched a bit of tv, did some puzzles, unpacked, ate cream of wheat, knitted, and napped. Now we're winding down and looking longingly at the bed again. Tomorrow, I hope to call some family members and see about going to visit. Any friends want a visit, too?

Here are a couple pictures from the last few days:

Carmen discovers camouflage... Carolyn discovers Carmen.