The in-laws are gone and I am dancing a festive jig. We all had a good time but it’s always nice to be back to our regular schedule. They left a day early (woot! wooot!) so now Gene and I have a weekend to ourselves.
Anyway – when I wasn’t writing loony toon blog posts (sorry about that – sometimes it’s hard to stop the crazy train), I…
…Went to the mall yesterday. Only for an hour or two. I wanted to buy a coat and I just had a good feeling I’d find something marvelous there. I was wrong. But on the bright side, I found some socks for me and some stuff for others so it wasn’t a total loss. I was hoping that I was officially a size 16 again, but I think I have some more weight loss to go until I get there. That’s okay – it’s nice to wear my pants that used to be too tight and now have them baggy.
…hung out with nephew #2 – my absolute favorite part of the weekend was when my SIL took nephew #1 out for a walk (he was cranky) and I got to hang out with #2 alone. I mean, no other responsible adults in the entire house. (Whooo!) He was in his car seat napping. He likes the rocking motion, so I gently made his little seat move and I serenaded him with Elaine’s Greatest Hits (the first couple verses of Hotel California, a spare verse or two of Fairytale of New York, a line from Midnight Train to Georgia, some of Suzanne, etc). When there are other adults around, I’ll hold the baby but I try to not be to “into it” unless I’m alone with him. IMHO, if they’re desperate enough to leave ME with the kid, what’s the worst thing that could happen if I favor him with some Leonard Cohen?
…held dogs on my lap for hours and hours. I don’t think either dog is especially into the kid thing. Nephew #1 got Scooby’s tail pretty hard. Scooby just looked at me like he was saying “What the hell, woman??” Neither dog displayed any aggression, which was a very good thing.