Day 60: And Feeling It

Sixty days in. I feel like I'm 60 years old. Last night as I was going to bed I remembered I had a doctors appointment this morning at 9, and I had no babysitter. This was not good news. This was bad news. So I got up first thing this morning and got ready. I got the kids all ready and started loading them in the car when I got a message from my doctor's office telling me they had to reschedule. WHAT A RELIEF! Truly an answered prayer, a tender mercy. A reminder that God loves me.

After spending a good hour peacefully at home, I decided that the kids needed to buy Tangled today before the price jumped. In the end we probably bought the most expensive option out there because everywhere else was sold out. But the kids paid for it, well most of it, it was more expensive that I originally anticipated. Lucy was so proud of herself. Jack didn't really know what was going on, he was just excited to hand the checker some money.

When I tried to go to Walgreens the Jack from last night returned. I don't know why I think for one second that I can take him to a store. Seriously, it's so bad I'm not even going to try to go there. No matter how bad I can make it sound on here, and how unrealistically horrible it may seem to anyone else, it wasn't bad enough. Seriously Jack was screaming laying on the floor in the store while I was checking out. No mother should have to experience that. Embarrassing isn't even the beginning of it. Bleausjkejltiat! Yeah.

When we came home, we ate lunch and Jack and Alivia went down for naps. Lucy watched Tangled and loved it again. Seriously, best Disney movie in two decades! Shawn and I decided it will probably be on Broadway someday. Lucy loves it so much. After watching it I found her velcroing the Ace Bandage wrap to the back of her ponytail and walking around the house with it trailing behind her. She was Rapunzel. It was so cute! She never ceases to amaze me with her imagination. I love this little girl a little more every day. She is such a helper for me, couldn't do this without her.

When Shawn came home we watched Tangled as a family. Yes, Lucy watched it twice today. I couldn't tell her she had to wait until dad got home when she worked so hard to earn it. Shawn and Jack were both watching it for the first time and Jack was riveted. I've never seen him sit for so long. He was strapped into a booster high chair since we did a literal TV dinner. It was a fun night, and such a drastic contrast from last night that I saw hope and a light at the end of the tunnel.