Grumpy Thursday

Well, I'm officially tired. Drew is sick, and Bacchus has a cold, and consequently was up several times last night. I was also tired yesterday, when I went to the grocery store after work, got a cart full of of stuff, and had it all run through the checkout counter before I realized that my wallet was not in my bag. I ran out to the car, and it wasn't there, either. I called my friend Tracy at the office, who found it on the floor of my cubie. The nice manager at the store put my whole cart in the walk-in cooler, and it only took me about five minutes to go to my office and retrieve my wallet. Then, when I got to the sitter, I had forgotten the pumped milk, and had to go back for it. Then, I opened her freezer to put the milk in, not realizing she had stuff on the freezer, which slid onto the floor behind said freezer (the lights were off in the kitchen). Mump.

When I went in to Bacchus' room to get him up this morning, he had a big scratch over his left eye. I had just trimmed his nails a few days ago, and still haven't found the offending nail. Double mump.

I have to admit, though, that even when I'm bone-tired, and am going into his room to feed him for the first or second time during the night, he really is beautiful in the ambient light of the nursery. Once he's calmed down and eating, he often gives little smiles, and when he's done, his mouth looks like a little cupid bow.

This morning, when I was feeding him at 3:30 a.m., I thought back to an early morning feeding when he was first born. I was Tired (for real) back then. I was trying to drink lots of water, and Drew was really good about always having a fresh bottle of water on the table next to the recliner where we took care of business. I reached for the bottle, and took a big swig, and felt SOMETHING foreign in my mouth. I wasn't sure what it was, but I knew I didn't want it there. I had Bacchus in my arms, and the only thing I could do was spit. So I did. And out crawled a huge box elder bug. It wasn't very funny at the time, but I can laugh now. And always use water bottles with lids. :)

Today I heard an article on the radio that scientists were trying to determine if a certain substance had a positive or negative effect on gums or gum disease, and realized that all the subjects were losing a significant amount of weight. It turns out that the substance (and I can't recall the name right now) is most prevalent in breastmilk. Interesting...