Quick Note…Okay, not so quick
Tonight for dinner we had corn on the cob, strawberries and homemade sausage. Let me tell you, I never dreamed that I would become a purveyor of homemade sausage, but then I discovered that homemade sausage consists of nothing more than ground pork and spices/flavorings, and that ground pork is really cheap. Voila! Homemade sausage a la me. And let me tell you, it was quite tasty, definitely more tasty than the stuff you buy in the store (if you buy the stuff in the store) and infinitely more customizable. My boys liked it more than I expected, which is at all. The five year old deigned to eat half a patty and the two year old ate (shockingly) a whole one. The two year old also consented to nibble on my corn (after which he immediately expressed his displeasure) so really, it was quite the dangerous safari adventure as far as his eating was concerned. Now the two year old and I are snacking on the last of this weekend’s oatmeal chocolate chip cookies (the five year old, after an afternoon swimming lesson and then an hour or so of family swim, is passed out on his bed).
I’ve posted a couple (non-password protected) entries to my new blog but I haven’t given out the link to anyone yet. At first it was because I wanted to give out the password at the same time but couldn’t come up with a clever password, and then it was because I decided that I really should make use of the domain I registered right before I learned that wordpress no longer requires you to host your own site, and so I didn’t want to give out the url if it’s only going to change once I get around to moving stuff to the new domain. If there’s one thing that I’ve learned, it’s that you’re guaranteed to lose readers every time you move your blog, even readers who actually really like reading your blog. My first blog had by far the most readers I’ve ever had, and I lost many of them when I moved, then more when I moved again, and now I am lucky if there are ten of you out there [stops to count] maybe fifteen. And really, I definitely do not care how many people are reading my blog, it’s just that I like all of you and I want to make it as painless as possible for you all to keep reading so that we can keep being bloggy friends.
In other news, my life plods on. I’m feeling pretty tired and overwhelmed lately but no differently than how I always feel tired and overwhelmed. I am getting pretty used to operating in this state, used to it enough that I can find ways to make the best of it. It’s been a long time since I made dinner that consisted of more than just sandwiches so I’m happy that I made dinner tonight. I took the boys swimming last weekend and this weekend and I feel happy about that. And this Thursday I’m taking the day off so that the boys and I can have a special day that will consist of a trip through my city’s downtown subterranean bus tunnel, a trip to the art museum (first Thursday of the month is free and apparently they have a cool kiddie play area), playtime in the fountain in front of City Hall, gelato, and then maybe a trip to a toy store near where I work. Despite the fact that I feel overwhelmed and so very tired, I can still manage to keep my shit together enough to not only keep my household functioning at least at a basic level, but I can even manage to go above and beyond when it comes to my boys. Hopefully a time will come when I can stretch myself just enough to go above and beyond when it comes to me too. But hey, I’m tough, I can take a little neglect.