I've decided to jump on the bandwagon! I love "Day in the Life" posts, and recently really enjoyed Amy's and Lynne's. I love them because I am so nosy about what other people are doing, how they live, what's important to them. I love these posts for the same reason that I love to look at other people's bookshelves and read formspring questions. Anyway, here's my day on Wednesday:
- Woke up and immediately remembered how it rained in my Jeep last night. Went outside in pajamas to take the top down so that it can dry all day in the sun. Used 8 towels to mop the water out of the floorboards.
- Helped Livy with a technical difficulty in her morning video game.
- Checked email, blogs, facebook, twitter. Switched computers in the middle with Livy so that she could do her math, reclining like a pampered queen in my bed.
- Talked on the phone with a friend about potty training. Glad that stage is behind me.
- Read a chapter of The Subtle Knife.
- Chatted with my friend Shea and on Enright House (an Objectivist chat room).
- Ordered some Vitamin D online.
- Read out loud to Livy from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, a book on Pompeii, and a choose your own adventure book.
- Had a difficult and ear splitting hair brushing experience. Why can't girls have buzz cuts again?
- Walked with Livy to a nearby restaurant for lunch. Chatted while we were there about going to Pompeii, going to Egypt, riding a camel, and how much money J.K. Rowling made by writing the Harry Potter series.
- Chatted with Shea some more (about giftedness, learning styles, and careers for different temperaments) - very neat-o stuff.
- Miranda came for a surprise visit, and we caught up on what's been going on this summer while I folded clothes and put them away and did the dishes. That doesn't sound like a lot, but every piece of clothing and every towel in our house was lying across the couches. It was a big job and deserves more than this little bullet point to celebrate it.
- Mowed the grass in higher than 90 deg heat with breaks to get water and not get heat exhaustion. Ran over a bell pepper which had drooped close to the ground. Cursed really loud, but was drowned out by the mower.
- Read another chapter of The Subtle Knife out on the porch, since the air is a little cooler in the evening. Smoked my last few cigarettes, since I usually don't smoke when Aaron is here (he is on a business trip). He hates the way it smells and doesn't want me to die. Go figure.
- Took a nice long bath during which I watched an episode of Angel.
- Chatted some more with Shea. It sounds like I spend much of my life doing this, and while that is sort of true, it's also true that we hadn't talked in a while, so we had a lot to catch up on. :)
- Cuddled up with Livy and watched part of the Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets movie. Poked her often so she wouldn't fall asleep before we had to leave for the airport.
- Drove to the airport ridiculously late at night to pick up Aaron. He had been on a business trip for 3 days, and his flight got delayed, and we got back from the airport after midnight.
- Tried to put pajamas on a completely passed out child who weighs more than 50 lbs.
- Went to bed super happy that Aaron is home and sleeping beside me.
