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Thursday
Can I still consider myself to be going to the gym if I haven't been in almost three full weeks? This household has encountered a series of unfortunate events...none of which are bad enough to be a Big Deal or anything, but collectively? It has made February a crappy sort of month. I have been sick twice, to the doctor once with foot pain (plantar fascitis, mentioned it earlier) and am rounding out the whole thing with bronchitis and a rash. Evie has been sick two or three times--not sure if the second one counts, or if it was just a precursor to the third, or a follow-up to the first. She also sliced her foot open on a piece of broken glass, enough so that I really considered taking her to the E.R. for stitches or something, but which ultimately turned out to be unnecessary. (It's looking great, by the way. It hasn't even needed a bandage for the last few days.) M has been sick once, but been to the doctor twice and the physical therapist once (so far) for a bum shoulder/inflammed muscle/pinched nerve. They keep giving him muscle relaxers, which makes him feel a bit doped up and therefore, he's of limited use now for physical strength AND brain power. (Teasing! But only sort of.) You know how meds like that are, though. So anyway... collectively? It kind of feels like a break would be nice. I feel like the childcare lady is probably smirking right now, thinking that we were just the usual January joiners. Which... well, yeah. But I really intend to go back sometime when breathing doesn't cause serious coughing fits and when my child isn't contagious!
I am reminded of that old saying about how you would worry less about what people think of you if you knew how seldom they actually did. I imagine that childcare lady is not actually worrying about how often I am attending to my workouts. She probably has a whole heap of other things to think about rather than random people from work.
I always found Amelia Bedelia to be incredibly annoying, when I was a kid. She is less annoying now that I am reading it aloud to someone else, but I do not understand the affection with which some people hold her. However, Curious George bugged the crap out of me as a kid and now I think it's the cutest kids show on TV...but of course, the shows on TV now are not the same as the Curious George of my youth. I have read many people's accounts of revisiting The Little House on the Prarie as an adult and being less enchanted by it because of the racism and other issues, so I know I have that to look forward to as well. I'm excited about sharing some of the books that I loved as a kid with Evie and I want to start reading longer books aloud to her in installments, but she is waaay too little for Little Women (I tried, a few months ago, because she happened to ask me something about it, and that experiment ended about how you'd expect) and I have decided against Charlotte's Web until she's a little older because she's really sensitive and I think she'd be more upset about it than it was worth. I don't really remember what else is appropriate for the younger set, to be honest. I read voraciously, and rather inappropriately, when I was young (I read V.C. Andrews when I was seven. This horrifies me now.) so my own experiences might not be the best from which to judge anyway.
I wish I could justify purchasing three new computer desks. We need one for Evelyn because currently, her "desk" is a small dining room table and it's ugly and generally speaking, tables lack a certain amount of storage space. M and I have matching desks and on one hand, I really like them. They're pretty and they match--the computer room has always been the only room in the house that sort of coordinated...though not as much now that we moved to the dining room and left our non-desk furniture in the bedroom. They're on wheels, too, and the computer chassis is easily accessible since it's not in a case, both of which are really great for people who are often changing things around and buying new graphics cards. (I am looking at you,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
totte.) Unfortunately, they have no hidden storage space AT ALL, they don't fit through doorways without being partially disassembled and they're beginning to show some wear. I mean, not that I sit around worrying about the doorway thing. Oh, I would be the happiest I have ever been in my life, if only my desk would slide easily through a door I don't need to slide it through! But, it has been an issue in the past, let's just leave it at that. Alas, none of that is enough to send me running off to Staples to find new desks for all. I really would buy one for Evie except I can't find anything that suits what I want. Cheap, small, with space for a monitor but plenty of place for her to draw, and some storage space, and oh yeah! In light maple and brushed nickel. I mean, why is this not readily available in every store?? ;) It's not like I'm asking for much!
I am reminded of that old saying about how you would worry less about what people think of you if you knew how seldom they actually did. I imagine that childcare lady is not actually worrying about how often I am attending to my workouts. She probably has a whole heap of other things to think about rather than random people from work.
I always found Amelia Bedelia to be incredibly annoying, when I was a kid. She is less annoying now that I am reading it aloud to someone else, but I do not understand the affection with which some people hold her. However, Curious George bugged the crap out of me as a kid and now I think it's the cutest kids show on TV...but of course, the shows on TV now are not the same as the Curious George of my youth. I have read many people's accounts of revisiting The Little House on the Prarie as an adult and being less enchanted by it because of the racism and other issues, so I know I have that to look forward to as well. I'm excited about sharing some of the books that I loved as a kid with Evie and I want to start reading longer books aloud to her in installments, but she is waaay too little for Little Women (I tried, a few months ago, because she happened to ask me something about it, and that experiment ended about how you'd expect) and I have decided against Charlotte's Web until she's a little older because she's really sensitive and I think she'd be more upset about it than it was worth. I don't really remember what else is appropriate for the younger set, to be honest. I read voraciously, and rather inappropriately, when I was young (I read V.C. Andrews when I was seven. This horrifies me now.) so my own experiences might not be the best from which to judge anyway.
I wish I could justify purchasing three new computer desks. We need one for Evelyn because currently, her "desk" is a small dining room table and it's ugly and generally speaking, tables lack a certain amount of storage space. M and I have matching desks and on one hand, I really like them. They're pretty and they match--the computer room has always been the only room in the house that sort of coordinated...though not as much now that we moved to the dining room and left our non-desk furniture in the bedroom. They're on wheels, too, and the computer chassis is easily accessible since it's not in a case, both of which are really great for people who are often changing things around and buying new graphics cards. (I am looking at you,
totte.) Unfortunately, they have no hidden storage space AT ALL, they don't fit through doorways without being partially disassembled and they're beginning to show some wear. I mean, not that I sit around worrying about the doorway thing. Oh, I would be the happiest I have ever been in my life, if only my desk would slide easily through a door I don't need to slide it through! But, it has been an issue in the past, let's just leave it at that. Alas, none of that is enough to send me running off to Staples to find new desks for all. I really would buy one for Evie except I can't find anything that suits what I want. Cheap, small, with space for a monitor but plenty of place for her to draw, and some storage space, and oh yeah! In light maple and brushed nickel. I mean, why is this not readily available in every store?? ;) It's not like I'm asking for much!
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I have a bunch of Beverly Cleary books on my shelf that I've been waiting for my kids to fall in love with, but after having reread them a while ago, I see that they're full of references that are way too dated for my kids (especially since they're not full-on native English speakers).
V.C. Andrews at seven sort of cracks me up ... yikes! :D
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Yeah, I found the V.C. Andrews on the shelf at my granny's house and picked it up. It was My Sweet Audrina and somewhere in the beginning of the book was a little rhyme thing about stepping on the colors from the stained glass window. The adults thought that I was just going to read that part and lose interest. I did not. I reread it as an adult and could not BELIEVE how inappropriate it was for a kid that age. haha.
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...and that you find some fun office furniture.