June 20: Loss of my Virgin Mouth

I like Wednesdays. I get to work from home for 1/2 day:

Highlights of My Morning:

I woke up early and started my day at 8 AM. I started with an instant coffee while booting up my computer.

I have a brand new printer/fax/scanner/copier. I love it. It is soooooooooooo fast. And small. I faxed out Big Bro’s report card to co-parent and felt productive already. Then I had issues with the fax – the report said it didn’t send. It took me awhile to figure out I had to actually switch the phone line to the fax machine to get it to work. DUH.

I had a second instant coffee and checked email. Nothing major to respond to.

I followed up with some invoices.

I updated our sales pipeline for one of our forums.

I took a break and decided to walk to the back of my property. There are some trees back there that are turning orange. I am a bit concerned about them and I wanted to see where they were on the property lines. Then the fun started. I have a fence in the back that is completely pulled down – and a well-established trail, I believe from the deer (that ate the leaves off of my new fruit trees). The strange thing is that there is about 6 feet of “no man’s land” between my torn down fence and the fence from my back neighbor… and these trees are actually part of this no-man’s land. It is kindof cool back there…. it reminded me of the trails I used to walk and explore as a kid. But it scared me to think of my kids back here. There were big holes – not sure what from or what kinds of critters. And strange forts. Plus lots of debris. I have a lot of work to do. First, I need to figure out if these trees are mine – where does my property line end? Then I must do something about these trees – depending on if they are mine or not – regardless, their limbs have to come down and out of my space. Lastly, I will need to get a proper fence put up. It won’t take long to contain Twin Husky or Big Bro from this mess. I just see more $$$ coming out and I don’t know where it will come from. I decided to go back to work to earn some money.

I don’t really remember what else I did – I talked to my mom for a bit and I had a conference call to discuss a pricing strategy for one of our forums. We need to rethink pricing to get more members in – non-profits, start-ups, and smaller organizations. It is valuable to have them part of the forum but the price tag is a barrier to get them in. So we’re experimenting a bit to see if we can get some over the line. I have a number of sales calls coming up so am glad we came to conclusions on this.

I ate lunch. Got dressed. Headed out the door.

Highlights of the Afternoon:

I headed into the city for a dentist appointment. You may not believe this, but I have all of my teeth – all wisdom teeth – and have NEVER had a cavity…. until NOW. I couldn’t believe it. I thought there was something funky going on in there. For years Dentists raved about my “virgin” mouth… all teeth in, and absolutely no work done on any of them. I prided myself in my cavity-free mouth. BUT ALAS NO MORE!!!! I CANNOT BELIEVE IT!!!! A cavity. My mouth is no longer a virgin.

I headed in to pick up the kids. On my way I stopped at a grocery store to pick up some things. I shopped frugally and focused on sales. I got 3 containers of raspberries, buy 1 get 2 free. YEAH!

I picked up Twin Crazy and Twin Husky. Daycare said that they kept talking about the big couch and big TV at Mommy’s house. Too funny. My couch is so small and the TV is tiny compared to our other one. It’s funny to me what they choose to talk about.

We picked up Red and Big Bro at Red’s school. It was great to see her. I asked how she was doing (fine…, whew). She ran in my arms and I couldn’t get enough of her. She seemed older to me. Very much a little girl. She had a pony-tail in from her teacher and I think that is what made her look different to me.

I was careful with Big Bro when I saw him. Fist pump. I caught him playing with Twin Husky. They are so cute together now.

We headed to PetCo to get a new guinea pig. Our other one officially had ringworm (poor thing) so we picked out another. This one is chocolate-brown and a female. She is so sweet. She is actually quite social and does not immediately hide. Maybe the other one did because he felt sick. Poor guy. I hope I don’t get too many questions about where he is now. Twin Crazy was concerned that a Chicken would hurt the guinea pig when we got home. I assured her that this would not happen since it would be safe in a cage.

We drove back and I had fun throwing Vanilla wafers back to Red and Big Bro during the ride back. I would hear little “got it”s the whole way back. It was fun; we talked about the commuter train and the radio and I even caught Twin Crazy dancing a bit in her car seat.

Dinner and Bedtime:

We got back home and disinfected the guinea pig cage. We all worked together; the kids were so cute doing this. Big Bro was holding the guinea pig as he was cleaning the cage. Such a little man.

We played ball and also a wheelbarrel of water.

We ate dinner. And lots of fruit afterwards. Strawberries, pears, blueberries, and one of the packages of raspberries.

We played with more water. I weeded.

I knew when it was time to come in – Twin Husky and Twin Crazy were pooped. I read to each of them and put Twin Husky down first. He had no problem laying in his bed with his Tigers. He asked me to rub his back. Then our whispers “I….. love….. you”.

I worked with Twin Crazy next, while Big Bro and Red were playing with the guinnea pig.

I thought everyone was brushed and down for the count when the girls just started acting silly. Pee pee, water, itchy vaginas. Everything that Red would say, Twin Crazy would say too. It is so sweet how they are sisters and so close in age. Also a bit frightening. Twin Crazy tried not to smile to me as she was repeating everything from Red. Too cute.

I showered which gave the girls time to actually go to sleep.

I’m sitting here now on my “big” couch listening to the crickets and enjoying a cool breeze. It’s fun to have the kids here again. And also a new little creature that really is so cute. Red wants to name her Isabelle – but that is the name of the birthday-girl neighbor from across the street so I don’t think that would be a proper name. We’ll have to work on that.

I’m feeling reasonably good. Tired. Thinking about the yard. It would have been good to get out there a bit before it was dark but the girls were just to amped up. Maybe I’ll have some ice-cream instead. Screw it. I already have a cavity – my mouth is no longer a virgin so I guess just bring those cavities on!

Til tomorrow –
– Mama K

Comments

Mom's Day at a Time... Sarah Field says:

October 1, 2012 at 9:27 am

I can totally relate; it’s a nice feeling for the house to be all yours! I refinanced and stayed in my home so it’s a little different. But, my list of projects is a mile long, and I’m working on them as time and budget permit. I’ve done a lot around here.

I even started mowing my own lawn! LOL!

Wishing you all the best; so glad things are working out and looking up for you and your sweet family. Where do you get your energy?? Sometimes, I’m in bed by 8:00 or 8:30… exhausted!

Mom's Day at a Time... Sarah Field says:

June 21, 2012 at 5:05 am

So sorry about your cavity. I’m still cavity free, but I don’t have my wisdom teeth! Sounds like your new place is great. And you are such a good mom! I get tired sometimes reading all that you pack in after work! I hope you ae getting settled and feeling good.

- Mama K says:
  
  September 23, 2012 at 9:59 pm
  
  Sorry it took sooooo long to respond; I’ve been retreating a bit but am in a place now emotionally where I am opening up again. I am feeling somewhat settled but what is so wonderful about owning a home is that there really is no timeline to what you can do. There are some projects that need to get done, yes (e.g., get a fence so my kids can be contained!) but a lot are just ideas in my head that I can do over the course of time and at my leisure (what time?!??!?!). Ha. Thank you so much for reaching out. And again, sorry for the tardy response. Sometimes I don’t feel like myself but I’m in a really good spot now emotionally.

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