Queen of Rambles

Where oh where has the day gone?

Oh yes. It’s gone into the clutches of the DMV. That’s two hours of my life that I’ll never have back. I’m just glad I was able to pump some milk and leave Erik at home with my mom. I wouldn’t have wanted to expose him to the overcrowded mass of humanity that was holed up in the most uncomfortable chairs in the world.

I am so glad I have an electric pump. It isn’t hospital grade or anything fancy, but it works. I can’t imagine using the manual pumps. It takes me about 25 minutes to empty one side. Talk about a case of carpal tunnel if you had to do that by hand!

Tonight was my mom’s last night here and she sent us out on a date night. We had some yummy, yummy, yummy Italian food and went to see Wallace and Gromit. It was great, though I could barely stay awake. In fact, I don’t know why I’m awake right now. I just can’t go to bed without an update.

Did you know my husband is full of shit? He looks so sweet and innocent and always sounds so serious and nice, but he can say the most outrageous things. He and my mom have been going round and round these past two weeks, and I just have to sit back and shake my head. My mom is very literal minded and gullible. She also tends to believe stereotypes. Just now she asked Mike if all Swedes have blue eyes and sounded shocked when he said no. She asked what color of eyes they have and he calmly listed “blue, green, brown, red. . .” She was confuddled and was trying to figure out how people could have red eyes. Mike’s a good teacher. He explained, with a perfectly straight face, that the red eyed Swedes are spawns of the devil. It’s fun to see them get along so well.

We took some more picture today. Of course. Isn’t that the only thing that new parents know how to do? I’m too tired to deal with uploading them now, so maybe that will be my post for tomorrow. I started writing my perspective of the birth story today, but only got about half way through. Maybe I will post that tomorrow as well.

Thanks everyone for the advice on all different things. I know I should respond individually, but it just takes too much effort right now. I’ve figured out that the breast feeding wooziness was a combination of low blood sugar and the pain pills. I’m only taking Motrin now and feeling much better. Plus I have a bite to eat before starting. Getting plenty of water is no problem for me. I’m a guzzler.

I found the baby nail clippers and managed to clip some of his nails while he was sleeping. I tried to peel them off and bite them off but I couldn’t really figure out how to do either one, so went with the “clipping while he’s sleeping” routine. I need to try the infant emery boards instead. They sound a lot safer.

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