Say What?

It has been a busy week and it's only Wednesday. C left for Saskatoon on Sunday to start his third year training for Heavy Truck Mechanic Apprenticeship ... or something like that. This leaves me on my own for two months. Two months of wrangling all household and parental duties. Of course it also means two months of doing everything my way. As much as I dread school time it really isn't that bad and usually goes by fairly quickly. We fall into a routine and the day usually goes somewhat smooth. I find the worst time is bed time - which is really the time that C is home during the week normally. C and I have a pretty good system going on here. I am home all day so when he is done work supper is ready to go. After supper he gets the girls into the bath, gets them ready for bed and basically does the whole bedtime routine (except giving Daisy her bedtime milk - geeze you think a guy could learn to lactate in this day and age). Meanwhile I clean up the kitchen, tidy up any lose ends from end the day and park my arse on the couch. It's a pretty sweet deal. Of course now that I don't have that extra hand it is around 9:30 by the time I get the girls to sleep, supper cleaned up and all the little things that I leave until the mini tornado's have settled. Normally not a big deal, but sweet Miss Daisy decided that this would be a great time to get her first tooth and Miss Lily wants to stay up until 10:30 .... I'm not getting the "me" time to rejuvenate myself after a trying day of two year old tantrums and teething troubles. Thankfully I have some friends coming over the next couple of evenings .... much better than drinking alone.

A few weeks ago I went for an eye exam and found out that they now recommend children begin getting routine eye exams around 6 months of age. I honestly had no concerns but figured I might as well bring them in and get them used to eye exams (we will work on the dentist next). I was absolutely blown away to find out Miss Lily needs glasses!! She is showing to be very farsighted and if we don't get her glasses now her eyes could start turning as her focus develops. Now here is my total honest mommy moment - My initial reaction was purely vain. I was immediately sad that her beautiful eyes and adorable face was going to masked behind glasses. When they told me that her lenses are going to be thick in the middle and magnify her eyes it took a lot of strength to hold back tears. Thoughts of teasing and name calling flooded my brain. Visions of googly eyed characters in movies and shows that are always portrayed as the "geeky shy kid" or the "weird kid" flashed in my head. My logical and nurturing side of my brain knows that her needing "coke bottle" glasses is not a big deal - and there is so much worse that she could need, but it was still a shock. We tried a couple pairs on her and yes, she is still beyond adorable, but was still a little hard to see. -------------- this is where a bunch of people start writing comments telling me what an awful mommy and human being I am for being so superficial -------------

Well, of course I had a thousand moments of "I must blog this anecdote/comment/event" but I can't remember any of them. I really must start using my iPhone for more than Facebook. Like say - keeping notes, using the calendar, phoning people ......