FOR TODAY July 4, 2011
Outside my window… bloody hot. We’re having a heat wave in northern California as usually happens about this time (late June/early July).
I am thinking… about that which awaits me in my week.
I am thankful for… time with my parents this long weekend and for the massage I have scheduled for Wednesday. (We’re talking medical necessity here, not Jen spoiling herself.) Also thankful that Daniel doesn’t have speech therapy tomorrow — I love Easter Seals and I don’t mind driving into Sacramento for speech; but I’m thankful to not have the appointment at 8:45 a.m. because it means that the little boy and I can snuggle and watch cartoons together. (It also means no drive into Sacramento in rush-hour traffic.)
From the kitchen… pesto… and lots of it.
I am wearing… my light blue “Preeclampsia survivor” shirt and jeans shorts.
I am creating… this entry.
I am going… back up to Gold Country this afternoon/evening.
I am reading… The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs. I just finished Quiverfull by Kathryn Joyce and am happy to be done with it, especially after reading some of the ideas people had about the evils of c-sections (kids born to Satan — gee thanks… it wasn’t like there was much of a choice in my case) and about birth politics.
I am hoping… for a relatively calm week. I’m also hoping that Daniel’s cold doesn’t turn into an ear infection.
I am hearing… my dad watching a movie that seems to be a cross between Glee and Fame Glee. OK… serious questions being raised here — my dad usually watches things that involve cursing and/or things being blown up. My mind is being blown here.
Around the house… bookcases from IKEA to be put together.
One of my favorite things… Crystal Light on a hot day.
A few plans for the rest of the week: no speech therapy tomorrrow and possibly no physical therapy. Massage on Wednesday morning. I also need to drop off records at UC Davis Pediatrics at some point.
Here is picture for thought I am sharing… Daniel in his cupboard at my parents’ house.
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That picture is too cute! I giggled a bit though that you called it “his cupboard”… envisioning that that is his room while he is there visiting! 🙂 I’m not sure I could read Quiverfull. I have a feeling I would get too riled up. The Year of Living Biblically has been on my “want to read” list for a while now though. I’ll be interested to hear how you like it. I thought it sounded really interesting, but a friend of mine had read one of his other books and didn’t like his writing style. That sort of pushed it lower on my list.
: ) it’s the cupboard/cabinet where my parents keep their tupperware/gladware/plastic storage stuff and there’s nothing in there that’s off-limits for him so it’s “his”. he also learned that he can fit in the cupboard under the stove which is unfortunately not allowed as it’s connected to high-voltage.
quiverfull was definitely a tough read for me and i can start to understand why some of my friends who came out of that environment are having ptsd issues. i could deal with some of it but other parts were tough. for example, they go off on how all the evils in the world are caused by women on contraception and i’m sitting there looking at my pack of birth control pills. oops! (technically, they’re not totally for contraception — they’re to regulate out my hormones because i was getting bedridden by pms after having daniel.) there was also one woman who claimed that children born by c-section are “born to Satan”. gee… thanks. it’s probably good we baptized daniel four days later then.