Laundry Day

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Mrs Odie

I was going to take Baby V out on an errand, but then I decided to make it laundry day.  You may be surprised to know that I felt a big sense of relief after the decision.  It means I don’t have to sort through my clothes looking for a non-milk-stained (ish) shirt to wear that isn’t so completely covered with cat hair that PETA might throw paint on me.  It means I don’t have to deal with Baby V’s carseat fussiness or slather her with sunscreen.  It means I can point to some meaningful way I spent my time while Odie is away at work.

So, it’s laundry day.  Laundry day with a baby is tricky.  It seems like it would be easy.  Load washer, unload dryer, fold, hang, repeat.  The tricky part is trying to do all that with one hand. 
 

You’re thinking, "Why don’t you just put the baby down and do it?"

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!  You don’t have a baby, do you?

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Parenting on my own after a 5 day weekend

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Mrs Odie

Odie was home for 5 days in a row because of 1 ditch day, and two 3-day weekends combined into one 4-day weekend.  So today, I am overwhelmed by being home on my own.  I am looking at this mess of a house, the piles of laundry everywhere, the dust, the cobwebs, the dirty dishes in the sink and around the house, the dead anniversary flowers, the bored, stinky dog.  And I am thinking AAAAHHHH!  I want to run away! 

They look to me like they are sadly hanging their heads.

A journey of a million household chores begins with a single load of laundry. 

I’m trying to find some small bits of joy in today, even though I am lonely missing Odie and overwhelmed by my job as a housewife and mother.  Baby V woke up today, saw the gray cat and squealed then said, "Hi Kitty!" clear as day.  She’s never done that before.  It was a precious moment.

And then her first "Cheerios," which are actually Trader Joe’s "Joe’s O’s."
 

             
 

This bought me some time.  But not much.  I am actually going to go put her in the baby back pack we use for hiking and try to get some housework done.

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