here is a photo of a baby me in my happy place! my home away from home:
and here is my official evidence that it is most certainly and definitely time for my body and brain and hair and skin to be vacationing in said happy place:
in the last two weeks…
…we discovered that when it rains, parts of our floors get super wet on one side of the house [that we know of], which explains the rotting pieces of our wood flooring and the damp smell in one corner of maddalena’s room. super great!
…baby girl had teething, a first time rash and a first time little sunburn all at once. she was such a good sport, and i was so proud of her! but gosh, it broke my heart so much! and i don’t like to use it often, but baby ibuprofin saved us, i’m pretty sure.
…i have encountered way more spiders in this house than i am comfortable with recently. and when steven isn’t home it does me no good to yell, “THERE’S A SPIDER!” so i have to grab his shoe and [gag!] squash it myself. and! they aren’t the only ones! those silverfish things? i’ve seen a couple of those, too. ew ew ew i am gagging in my head!
…the cutest and sweetest and tiniest hands kiiiind of broke my record player 🙁
…a glass jar fell out of the cabinet, bashing the edge of the ceramic on the oven and shattering all over the ground. steven then claimed it was a booby trap. it wasn’t meant to be. sorry.
…two of my rosebushes either have a weird virus that i read about or herbicide damage, and like a huge dork, i can’t stop googling about it, trying to figure it out. i’m leaning toward the latter so far, but really, i thought i could just have roses that grow and bloom all perfectly pretty-like. apparently i need a professional gardener!
…my mom’s horse injured himself pretty badly three times in a row this past week. he wasn’t making it through the night without something dramatic happening, and we were all worried about him. he’s been battling an illness that’s caused him to have some neurological damage making him a bit clumsy, so i think the poor thing was having trouble stumbling around in the dark at night. but thank goodness we were able to move him to a safer pasture! such a relief. he’s with his best friend casey boy now!
…but speaking of casey, for the first time in the 16 years i’ve had him, his legs have been mysteriously swollen lately?! that’s been weird. i worry about him constantly given the fact that he is 26 years old. i honestly don’t know what i would ever do without him!
…and this was a new one: my precious sparkle of an angel baby actually had spitup come out of her nostril and land in my eyeball before we were even out of bed the other morning! i can’t even describe this moment with words, but it was hilariously shocking!
…aaand last night i caught my fingernail on the doorway and it was one of those fingernail situations that you just don’t want. and it hurt.
…and and and! a couple of birds are making cozy in our attic duct work. for the third time. i like to think of it as cute, but it’s just not a very realistic bird dwelling and i worry for their birdy futures!
…AND! i cannot find my ray-bans anywhere!! i never lose things, either. like… never. i never lose things! so… anyone see any ray-ban aviators laying around anywhere?
but, you see, i am in no way complaining here. i promise. because life is so good! and most of life’s silly dumb things i feel like i’m pretty good at letting roll off. [also, i realize that some people are dealing with major life issues that would make my current dumb little things look like a birthday party. then again, it’s not like i’d be publicizing my own major issues, though, you know? not that i have any. not that i don’t. it’s a mystery!] it’s just that sometimes you start to feel like the end of a tetris game where the shapes are coming faster and faster and stacking up and you can’t get one situated in time for the next and then it’s game over. so, basically i’m just saying, heyyy universe! i read you loud and clear!
oh yes, i think it’s tiiiime for a vacation. see you soon, happy place!
That's such a cute photo! Love the swimsuit 😀 hope your baby feels better soon!
That picture of you is too cute! And yes you need a vacation bad. Gosh, you handle things well. I would have been in tears!
Oh goodness. That picture is the cutest!! I swear I have a million of me when I'm that age at the pool, too. I was a little fish! 🙂 Actually, scratch that, I still am. So. Vacations for all! You absolutely deserve/need one, little momma!
xo
That is the cutest picture I think I've ever seen!! Oh my goodness. And you need a vacation!!
Love that pic! Hope you can go on a vacay soon!!!!!
Baby you was adorable…love the curls! You do need a vacation. Hope you get one very soon. 🙂