Is it me, or is it the season? I know we're so busy here that I blogrun, I read, I smile, I commiserate, but then I don't post a comment. Mostly because I fear that the tappity-tap of the keystrokes will alert the children to where I'm hiding. But also because we're so busy, and I'm so sleepy. I've been sleeping in lieu of leaving comments. Still, it's sad not to hear from you. And yet, I realize what a slacker I've been, too, in keeping in touch.
I have another visit to the dentist tomorrow. Actually, this one is to the periodontist. Not the second one, but a new one. The rabbit trail is pretty impressive at this point, and I found myself apologizing to Zorak tonight for suddenly becoming a "high maintenance woman". It's not all furs and gems and luxury cars, either. Oh, no. I've become Olympic competitor for Senior Specialists or something. Seriously, all of my doctors are now specialists, and I'm the youngest patient they have. *sigh* Anybody want to buy a kidney? I'm serious. If I can sell just one of these puppies, I can pay for everything right now and get it all done in four, short, very expensive visits. (Instead of the 80 long, drawn out, yet still surprisingly expensive visits we're currently going with.)
Speaking of feeling old, I will be particularly tickled when summer ends. Or when the hormones mellow out a bit. I keep asking the kids, "Gah, isn't it hot in here? Are you hot? I'm hot." They blink, look around at each other, and then try not to make eye contact with me. They're fine. They aren't sweating. They aren't flushed. And they move around a lot more than I do. Meanwhile, I feel like someone's stuck a space heater down my shirt and I'm clawing my way to the thermostat to see if someone's got the heat on and set to 95. So help me, if I am going to jump straight from child-bearing to menopause, I might lose it. I've been plotting, planning, and daydreaming about having "normal" hormonal levels for TEN YEARS, people. Please let it just be summer.
Zorak brought me thread. I've encased it in a locking box, shrink-wrapped it, and buried it in the yard. Hopefully, EmBaby won't be able to get to it before I get home tomorrow. Keep your fingers crossed!
Kiss those babies!
~Dy
15 comments:
Not hiding! :-) Just started a new exciting job and I've been really short on time.
Josh
Happy summer to you!
I've fallen off the blogwagon. Not much posting from these parts, but still reading away.
I'm kind of looking forward to menopause. Maybe my acne will finally clear up. Stay cool!
Oh Dy, I check your blog like 4 times a day. I just don't leave the comments all the time.
You already know my position on the dental stuff. I hate them. Ick. Enough to venture on down to Mexico, although I haven't made it down there yet. ;-) I feel another root canal coming on! Ugh! And then about 5 crowns after that!
You wouldn't be pregnant again, eh? I mean you do get HOT when you're pregnant. Dh's grandmother at 47 thought that she was starting menopause, but found out that she was pregnant instead. Weirder things could happen! :-D
~sdWTMer
I remember being a kid and never getting hot. I'd go inside and freeze because my parents had turned the A/C down so much...appparently they felt the heat. Plus you're still nursing, so you have to snuggle down with a hot little fellow every so often, which if I remember correctly, does not help with the internal heating system!
I've been hot lately, too.;-)
Pssst...remember I need your e-mail....
Have a great day!
mere
I haven't been to the dentist in--I'm guessing--at least 10 years. The kids are about caught up (two more cavities for Caleb and one more for Josh at last cleaning) and I'm afraid of what they'll find if I go. Yikes.
All this time I've been hoping menopause would just even things out. If I'm cold all the time now, I should be comfortable during those hot flashes, right? I hear that's not how it works though.
Hi Dy!
I'm here,but just haven't commented lately. I'm feeling more sleepy than witty, I think.
The the leader of the cult I mentioned on my blog has the same surname as Michael Phelps. (I'm trying to be a bit cryptic, because they must google his name everyday. They found my blog within 24 hours of the original posting!)
Anyway, you've heard of that group, haven't you? They're the ones that picket soldier's funerals. We didn't know they were here until we moved to town.
To find where they linked to me, you have to scroll waaaay down on their "news" page. (PM me and I'll send you their home page if you can't find it by Googling.) It says something like, "Get 'yer shirts!" and calls me a beotch, and then tells me to read Luke 6:22, I think.
I took the original post down, so their page doesn't link directly to that entry anymore, but still....
I'm always here. But I'm also always nursing, so that makes it hard to comment. :-)
I was off the computer for a few weeks (very restful)and now I'm back reading blogs, but like you, rarely commenting. And the heat! Oh how I sympathize. I slow down soooo much when it's hot. Normally I do three to six wash loads a day, then hang them out on the clothesline. Yesterday I only did two. It was too hot! And my poor ferns and caladium plants are slurping up the water like camels of plantland.
On a different topic - yesterday I hit another mother lode of discarded books at the library. After going through and setting aside the ones I want, there are still a good number of books of poetry and stories by C.W. Anderson (of "Billy and Blaze" fame) to share. May I box them up and ship them to you to do with as you wish?
The horrid humidity is that one reason I'll never move back to the east coast. But I feel for ya, babe. That heat and humidity combo is never fun. And then the kids are totally oblivious. You need a nice ceiling fan, and a large glass of iced lemonade to go along with your school studies. Wish I could send some of our cool weather to you.
~dawn
I don't believe I've ever commented, bu I read faithfully. The comment link is light blue, and the background is beige, so I have to click randomly until I chance upon the comment form.
Still here, reading, laughing, not hiding...just busy! And somewhat overwhelmed with third trimester pregnancy. :) By the way, I really appreciated your comment on my housekeeping post. Thanks.
Hi there! Yup, still here, just busy and generally nursing as I read blogs. Will there ever be an end in sight w/ the whole dentist thing? yikes!! I feel for you, that must be so tiring, frustrating and of course painful. Ick.
I so enjoy your blog Dy, the stories of your daily adventures, and the pictures of those beautiful children. I visit regularly; comment rarely, as I think y'all have superior e-conversation skills:)
I'm here in the NW with Needelroozer. Our weather seems cooler than the east coasters, but I swear I must be part Eskimo, cuz I am so unable to handle heat, my Prince Charming put up a back yard pool so I can jump in when the crankies over take me. Last night was one such night, after tossing the compost pile to aerate and speed the transition to garden amendment, I was flushed and toasty. Go figure? It was a real blessing to submerge in a nice pool of cool water. Have you thought of something similar at your place? Before we got this pool, I thought even a little kiddy wading pool would be a welcome "sit space" on a hot day.
Hang in there on the hormones ~ yowza. I am hoping mid life will bring relief from the blues and crankies that come more often than I like.
Kiss those babies,
Pamela
I read you everyday too. I've been too lazy to comment lately, though. It's soooo hot that I just want to lie around and barely move.
Still here, still reading (though rarely mustering the energy to post anything on my own poor blog). I'm with you on the heat. And nursing just makes it hotter. And the air just died in our van -- just Thinking about that makes me sweat! Just one more month, though, before we can start thinking Fall!
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