Day in review
February 24th, 2009
The Awesome to Not-So-Awesome Ratio of today’s events looks pretty balanced, on the whole. In the Awesome column would be the following:
1. We went to the gym, and since there was no yoga class today I did a regular old cardio-and-weights workout, the kind I have a vague feeling I’m supposed to be doing on a regular basis for the rest of my life. I think I heard something about that somewhere.
2. No one complained about going to the gym, nor did they whine about going home afterward. (Sometimes transitions are hard, even the obvious ones like putting shoes on to leave the house, or heading home for lunch at lunchtime. But not today! Today, glorious day, the transitions were handled in a totally reasonable manner.)
3. We had sweet potato fries with lunch. (Health gain from workout effectively canceled, but they were really good.)
4. After lunch I saw that the Star Tribune parenting blog, Cribsheet, had posted my story, Insomnia.
5. After I linked to the Cribsheet post on Twitter, a friend from elementary school days contacted me via Facebook. It turned out she and I had been following each other on Twitter under other names without realizing that we knew each other. Also awesome: she blogs about food.
In the Not-So-Awesome (what our friend Andrew would call “Naws”) Category:
1. Siena is still not in bed, and Matt’s head is going to explode if she comes downstairs again.
2. Right before we had to leave for preschool, Elliot threw Siena’s coin purse into the toilet. While she was peeing. I won’t go into the details; I’ll just say that it is no longer in the toilet. (If it was, she would still be screaming.)
3. After dropping Siena off at preschool and right before getting in the car to drive home, I locked Elliot in the car. That’s right. Locked the baby — and the keys — in the car. Fortunately, there was an audience of EVERY SINGLE other preschool parent there to witness this total lapse of intelligence on my part.
The best part was, I panicked for a second and thought I had locked my phone in the car, too. I frantically asked another mom to borrow her phone, called Matt and frantically asked him to call AAA, then hung up the phone and looked in my purse. Where my phone was.
4. I think that incident counts for two Not-Awesomes. Nothing like being a total idiot in front of people who don’t know you that well. Now when they see me they will always be like, “Oh, there’s Siena’s mom. The one who locked her BABY in the CAR.”
5. Actually, I can’t think of a fifth thing here. Which means this was a good day, after all. Even if I had to stick my hand in pee.
February 25th, 2009 at 1:14 am
I totally agree: locking baby and keys in the car counts as two not-awesome things, but not because of having witnesses. At least they were there to lend you phones! And now they’ll think you’re human and relatable and they’ll all be clamoring to be your new best preschool mom friends. Maybe.
(Also, if you don’t really love sticking your hand in pee, you can always use a ziploc bag as though it were a rubber glove. But then the screaming will continue while you run for the bag, so that may not really help you. Not that I have a ton of experience with things dropped in the toilet or anything…)
February 25th, 2009 at 10:25 am
I hope Elliot remembers the day you locked him in the car! ; )
February 25th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
If he does remember being locked in the car and decides to give me a hard time about it, I will simply remind him that it was ALSO the day he threw Siena’s coin purse in the toilet.
And yeah, Melissa, I totally should’ve grabbed a plastic bag or something. But you’re right, the screaming would have become unbearable for that thirty seconds it would take to get one, so it didn’t even occur to me at the time. I’ve just been washing my hand compulsively ever since. Probably time to go do it again now. . . .
February 25th, 2009 at 8:19 pm
Hey Laura,
I saw your cribsheet article – congrats! I love cribsheet and it was such a nice surprise to see your name there! Great job!! Amy
February 26th, 2009 at 9:27 am
You can also use slotted spoons to get things out of toilets. And before no one wants to eat at my house ever again – I should explain that I wash the spoon over and over and over again before using it for food prep.
February 26th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
Are you kidding me?! 1) I hope the pee was clear, and 2) The bright side is that Elliot won’t remember that you locked him in the car, therefore, while the parents may judge you for the rest of pre-school, at least he won’t remind you of it every day for the rest of his life!
Oh and third – hopefully you only have to see these people who will judge you for a few more months!
March 4th, 2009 at 7:48 am
Just saw your article!! Huge congrats!!