It has been crazy weather day here! Warm and freaky windy this morning, turning quickly into freezing and freaky snowy! Seriously - full on blizzard weather for more than 4 hours. I even kept Gabe home from school today. I didn't feel quite up to putting all our lives in danger just to get him there, only to have to turn around 3 hours later and do it all over again. The thing about this weather is that it A) stresses me out and B) makes me feel cold, even though I am in my nice, toasty house. I am on my third cup of tea, and I see a fourth in the near future. See, we have no window coverings on the windows of our main floor, so at any given moment I can glance outside and see all the snow and then immediately get the chills. And then that keeps me from doing much besides pacing. Which gets me stressed, because I have lots to do, but I dunno - I just feel all anxious and can't focus. It's amazing I can even type, but then again, this is probably not the most coherent post I have ever done!
And to think this is my first post in over a week! To fill you all in - last week was just weird and a little crazy. We started out the week by trying to potty train Dylan (yes, trying). It's always fun to attempt something so potentially messy and lunacy-inducing with THE MOST STUBBORN and DEFIANT child int he WHOLE world. Ahem. And I'm breathing...it is so, so very good for his well-being that he is adorable. His only saving grace. It all began well, the first day was very successful and so was most of the week, but I am sad to say we got back to where we started by Sunday. I was wound so tightly yesterday I could barely breathe. Today we have done better, so I hope for everyone's sake that it is a sign of things to come!
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Oh, I love nothing better than blizzardy snow days that FORCE me to stay inside and watch the snow! Of course, I'm not trying to potty train anyone at the same time. Good luck!
haha, yeah your description of the blizzardy-ness made me feel all excited and jealous. and then your description of the potty-training-madness made me want to get a hysterectomy.
my mom took care of kids at home for like 20 years or so (now she's a pre-k teacher) and she has done a LOT of potty training. actually, i think she is considered a pro by now. so when i have kids who are ready for that stage in their young little lives... they're going to grandma's for two weeks. :)
Kind of funny that the storm stressed me out and you were both jealous, huh?! I think the weather would have been perfect had I not needed to leave the house or had my hubby not been out in it. Usually, I love snow!
Update - the potty training is going much better now. We are back on track! And I am no longer tempted to run away! :o)
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