![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Friday - Worked nearly 12 hours. Was super happy about SCOTUS decision. 'nuff said.
Saturday - I didn't get to sleep in a whole lot. Wrote a very polite FB rant and then came over here to swear. People, man, they make no sense.
Around 10, I took Emi out of the house for the day. Our first stop was the local library for Superhero Training Academy! There were masks and capes to decorate! Pages to color! Snacks (even safe ones for Emi) to eat! And games to play! Emi learned how to throw a frisbee (Captain America Shield Toss) and rocked the blindfolded-figure-out-what's-in-the-bag game (Spidey Sense). All told, we hung out there for an hour and Emi had fun.
We had a treat lunch at McD's, where I had a surprisingly good salad. I checked a couple things on my phone and told her we had an hour before the next thing would start. I asked her where she wanted to go. She thought the game store or the fabric store would be fun, but really the park was the only logical choice.
I remembered where a local park was and figured out how to get there. Emi ran around like crazy for 45 minutes and I sat in the shade and let her have free time fun.
Then I bundled her back in the car and got a thousand questions about where we were going next. Even when we pulled into the parking lot, she didn't know what the building meant. Once I got in line to buy tickets, I explained that this is the movie theater and we were going to see "Inside Out".
She. Was. Thrilled.
We bought snacks and found our theater number. I explained that it would be loud and dark, that first there would be commercials (we got there early), then previews, then a short story (because Pixar), then the movie. We discovered that Emi doesn't weigh enough to keep the seat fully flipped down, so I put my heavy purse next to her. She ended up sitting on my lap for most of the movie, anyway. She loved the snacks, having a soda (strawberry lemonade), and the GIANT SCREEN OMG.
As for the movie, it was AMAZING. I cried a lot, laughed a lot, and really deeply enjoyed it. The main character is a girl who loves hockey. There are both parents. And the main point of the movie is that it's okay to not be happy all the time. And that EVERYONE has all sorts of feelings and that all feelings are valid.
And now we have a new vocabulary for talking about feelings. Is Sadness in charge? Is Anger? Are Fear and Disgust working together?
When this comes out on DVD, we are SO buying it.
After we got home, Emi was beside herself with joy. She told Daddy and Ox all about it. Ox was jealous, but very glad that Momma was home. The afternoon was a little rocky - Momma needed a timeout and didn't take one - but overall okay.
Sunday - Got to sleep in. Emi requested pancakes and then I went up to Barrique's for breakfast and coffee with RH and Au. It was lovely. We talked of many things and lost track of time. I hit the grocery store for fruits and went home for laundry. Downwood mowed, fixed the mower when it broke, and then mowed some more.
We had a reasonably calm evening until bath time.
The kids take their bath together. They like to play and they're small enough that it's not yet weird. They're big enough that we don't supervise the entire time. Last night, however, Ox started crying and didn't stop right away. We went in to see what was up and Emi was doing the "I don't want to admit what was actually going on, so I'm going to look around until I see something that can spark an explanation that won't get me in trouble" thing. So Emi got ordered out of the tub to go straight to bed (no computer, no treat).
Emi was sobbing, so Ox was sobbing. He couldn't be consoled. Everything was terrible.
I went into Emi's room to tuck her in and get her calmed down. Ox followed and climbed onto Emi's bed, too. So we read a whole bunch of books and both kids eventually calmed down. Emi got sad again when I said that, no really, it's time for her to stay in bed and go to sleep, but there were no more hysterics.
Today - So tired. I was having weird, stressful dreams all morning and waking up every couple hours because my back hurts. I have a whole bunch of scheduled meetings, including straight from 10-1 (bastards scheduling over the lunch hour, I shake my fist at you!). I also got ambushed and held on a call for an hour because they wanted to talk about a thing Right Then. I really needed that hour for other things. Damn.
This week:
Today - Dance. Am worried about this choreography, TBH.
Tuesday/Wednesday - Take Emi to get her Dance Uniform from the ballet school - leotard, tights, & shoes.
Thursday - Hair cut! Finally!
Friday - Vacation day, train riding day.
Saturday - I didn't get to sleep in a whole lot. Wrote a very polite FB rant and then came over here to swear. People, man, they make no sense.
Around 10, I took Emi out of the house for the day. Our first stop was the local library for Superhero Training Academy! There were masks and capes to decorate! Pages to color! Snacks (even safe ones for Emi) to eat! And games to play! Emi learned how to throw a frisbee (Captain America Shield Toss) and rocked the blindfolded-figure-out-what's-in-the-bag game (Spidey Sense). All told, we hung out there for an hour and Emi had fun.
We had a treat lunch at McD's, where I had a surprisingly good salad. I checked a couple things on my phone and told her we had an hour before the next thing would start. I asked her where she wanted to go. She thought the game store or the fabric store would be fun, but really the park was the only logical choice.
I remembered where a local park was and figured out how to get there. Emi ran around like crazy for 45 minutes and I sat in the shade and let her have free time fun.
Then I bundled her back in the car and got a thousand questions about where we were going next. Even when we pulled into the parking lot, she didn't know what the building meant. Once I got in line to buy tickets, I explained that this is the movie theater and we were going to see "Inside Out".
She. Was. Thrilled.
We bought snacks and found our theater number. I explained that it would be loud and dark, that first there would be commercials (we got there early), then previews, then a short story (because Pixar), then the movie. We discovered that Emi doesn't weigh enough to keep the seat fully flipped down, so I put my heavy purse next to her. She ended up sitting on my lap for most of the movie, anyway. She loved the snacks, having a soda (strawberry lemonade), and the GIANT SCREEN OMG.
As for the movie, it was AMAZING. I cried a lot, laughed a lot, and really deeply enjoyed it. The main character is a girl who loves hockey. There are both parents. And the main point of the movie is that it's okay to not be happy all the time. And that EVERYONE has all sorts of feelings and that all feelings are valid.
And now we have a new vocabulary for talking about feelings. Is Sadness in charge? Is Anger? Are Fear and Disgust working together?
When this comes out on DVD, we are SO buying it.
After we got home, Emi was beside herself with joy. She told Daddy and Ox all about it. Ox was jealous, but very glad that Momma was home. The afternoon was a little rocky - Momma needed a timeout and didn't take one - but overall okay.
Sunday - Got to sleep in. Emi requested pancakes and then I went up to Barrique's for breakfast and coffee with RH and Au. It was lovely. We talked of many things and lost track of time. I hit the grocery store for fruits and went home for laundry. Downwood mowed, fixed the mower when it broke, and then mowed some more.
We had a reasonably calm evening until bath time.
The kids take their bath together. They like to play and they're small enough that it's not yet weird. They're big enough that we don't supervise the entire time. Last night, however, Ox started crying and didn't stop right away. We went in to see what was up and Emi was doing the "I don't want to admit what was actually going on, so I'm going to look around until I see something that can spark an explanation that won't get me in trouble" thing. So Emi got ordered out of the tub to go straight to bed (no computer, no treat).
Emi was sobbing, so Ox was sobbing. He couldn't be consoled. Everything was terrible.
I went into Emi's room to tuck her in and get her calmed down. Ox followed and climbed onto Emi's bed, too. So we read a whole bunch of books and both kids eventually calmed down. Emi got sad again when I said that, no really, it's time for her to stay in bed and go to sleep, but there were no more hysterics.
Today - So tired. I was having weird, stressful dreams all morning and waking up every couple hours because my back hurts. I have a whole bunch of scheduled meetings, including straight from 10-1 (bastards scheduling over the lunch hour, I shake my fist at you!). I also got ambushed and held on a call for an hour because they wanted to talk about a thing Right Then. I really needed that hour for other things. Damn.
This week:
Today - Dance. Am worried about this choreography, TBH.
Tuesday/Wednesday - Take Emi to get her Dance Uniform from the ballet school - leotard, tights, & shoes.
Thursday - Hair cut! Finally!
Friday - Vacation day, train riding day.
