Today, I am deeply tired. Really, really tired. And I’m struggling not to let it affect my attitude toward Eric. (I really want to be cranky and resentful and frustrated at him this morning.) Hopefully, the day (and my attitude) will get better…<\/p>\n
However, it was a good weekend. Busy, but good.<\/p>\n
Eric didn’t get home until 7:15 on Friday night, so I fed the babies dinner, warmed leftovers, and watched a Man v. Food marathon on Travel Channel while I waited for Eric. And he is now officially on vacation for a week. Yay!<\/p>\n
On Saturday morning, Eric cut a hole in our garage ceiling to look for the cause of the large water spot that had appeared there a couple of months ago. It was under the drain from our spare bath tub, as we thought. But he also discovered, upon further inspection, a much bigger plumbing problem nearby. Oddly, the second issue had caused only a very small water spot. I guess the visible indicators of a problem don’t always match the seriousness of the problem!<\/p>\n
So anyway, my parents made a quick trip up on Saturday morning so my dad could give a second opinion. He agreed with Eric’s assessment, and they will be coming back up tonight, after work, so he can assist Eric in fixing it. Yay for great (and handy) parents!<\/p>\n
My parents left about 1:00 on Saturday, and we pulled out for the farm about 1:30. We got to see pretty much all the family over the weekend – very nice! And we got to roast hot dogs and sausages over an open fire in the driveway (twice!). And we had homemade ice cream and fresh peaches. Yummy! And we got two bags of fresh from the orchard apples. Nice!<\/p>\n
Of course, my in-laws don’t have AC, and it was the hottest weekend of the summer so far. So the babies were hot and sweaty all weekend (as were we, but they’d never had to deal with it before). Also, they still don’t sleep well at the farm (the heat probably affected that, but mostly they don’t like the pack n plays). But overall, they did pretty well until last night, when we started having some brief meltdowns (tired+hot+sweaty=cranky). But really, they were champs.<\/p>\n
As for me, weekends at the farm are exhausting. I won’t bore you with my list of all the reasons why (mostly because I’m trying to work on my tendency toward negativity), but suffice it to say that this morning, I’m pretty much spent. And the babies didn’t have a great night last night, either. So hopefully, we can get back to the routine (which means getting enough sleep) quickly. And hopefully, I can get some rest today, too. But we shall see…<\/p>\n
Happy Monday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Today, I am deeply tired. Really, really tired. And I’m struggling not to let it affect my attitude toward Eric. (I really want to be cranky and resentful and frustrated at him this morning.) Hopefully, the day (and my attitude) … Continue reading