We survived our 11 year wedding anniversary dinner at a very fancy restaurant yesterday. With a 3 and 5 year old. The Stone House is just gorgeous, albeit the menu was underwhelming. We were the first ones to arrive, like, the first clients to arrive (ugh). Dinner service started at 5, our reservation was at 5, and we were there by 4:45. Sad.
The staff knew that we are there for our anniversary and promptly served us a glass of champagne without us asking (grateful). I then had a margarita. All in all, we were not the only ones with small kids, and ended up having a good time. But there was no sobremesa afterwards. We sat, we ordered, we ate and drank, got dessert and got the hell out of there before R or L would explode.
Sigh. Must be nice to have able and willing family living nearby to help with child care. Neither me or T have that option and the sitter fell through so… S’all good, we just need to get a back up sitter.
Day 2 of SAHM is… I don’t know.
I can’t stand the fragmented attention that being with my own kids. I wish I had, say, 15 minutes to focus on ONE thing, without being interrupted. When I teach high school, I explain to my students what to do and they do it. But with these two…
Today I was listening to an audiobook while at the playground, and they just would not stop asking me questions. Especially my oldest. Why this, why that. I know, I know, part of the development yada yada yada, but I wish I could get through one MINUTE of the audio book without someone interrupting me. Ugh, I sound cynical.
Anyway, today was a good day after all. In spite of all this rain that NJ got over the past few days. We spent a lot of time outside by watching the weather (patting myself on the back) and getting out of the house as soon as the rain clouds broke.
Went to the Watchung Reservation: hiked, visited the Trailside Center, and did an hour on the playground. That is when I snuck in the air-pod into my ear and started listening to my audio book. Or, tried to. By the end they were sweaty, and tired, and hungry: just as I like it 🙂 Someone will be sleeping well tonight. Maybe THEN I will get to finish my audiobook.
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