My husband just offered to take our daughter out while he ran a few errands. Music to my ears. My mom calls the hour trying to cook dinner with a toddler the “Valium hour”. Genius. This would be from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm at our house, give or take a few hours! For some reason, the last two nights of meal preparation have been especially hectic. I really try to act happy when my husband comes home from work, but I am honestly so tired from cooking and dealing with “miss two year old terror” that I am more relieved than anything.
I am supposed to be looking for ideas for my daughter’s two year old party that is coming up in the beginning of September, but I can’t come up with anything. Instead, I am listening to the most random variety of relaxing music as loud as I can and trying to relax until they come home. I have gone from Josh Groban, Switchfoot, Elton John, The Calling, Rascal Flatts, and Journey. I even typed in the word “fall” a minute ago and just stared at beautiful pictures of glorious fall leaves, pumpkins, and winding roads filled with falling leaves. I am all over the place.
I can’t believe that my daughter is turning two. Almost as unbelievable is that I can’t think of a theme for her party. That is so unlike me. I love planning parties. I love planning showers around color themes and planning a menu. And yet, here I am three weeks or so before her birthday and nothing. Alas, I will blame this one on the pregnancy. Along with my aching back and headache. I am so jealous of several of my friends who have had their babies this week and i still have 25 weeks to be pregnant. Ug. My brother will live in France for an entire semester before I have this baby! Switching to Harry Connick Jr, Christmas album, to be exact. That’s right, I am listening to Christmas music. There is nothing in the world that is more relaxing than Christmas music because it takes you somewhere special. Plus, a lot of Christmas music is worshipful, so that is cool too. I think I just realized that “Ava Maria” is Italian. He says “gratzi”, which I now know if thank you in Italian because I am a world traveler. See, Italian…Christmas, it is all coming together.
I was just day dreaming outside and saw my elderly female neighbor drive by on the road with her riding mower. I love living in a small town. How she has the energy to be driving and mowing yards right now is beyond me.
Well, my little bundle of energy is back with my sweet husband. I am going to see if he is in the mood for a mini Blizzard, quite possibly the best idea Dairy Queen has ever had! I am feeling a little better, and ending my musical journey with Patty Griffin.
Until next time!
Hope you’re feeling well. I listen to Christmas music in August, too, mainly to help me pretend it’s not 100+ degrees outside. Ugh.