Homechampagne taste on a beer budget
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the answers that come with time
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since the birth of my daughter 2 1/2 years ago i have lived in this small mommy bubble. the places i go are during the day so mostly i am surrounded by other sahm's and old ladies. this i like, no rush, and no reason to wear make-up. well with the recent visit of my mother, (translation- a free reliable babysitter) i slowly emerged back into mainstream society. and since her departure, i have been going on a walk every morning. these are a few things that i have realized since my slow, sometimes reluctant attempt to blend in with the normal world.:
unless you are at a mommy playgroup, food stained, pit stained, mystery stained clothes are generally frowned upon even though you are a pedestrian pushing a stroller with a child clearly in it, crossing at a crosswalk still can be very dangerous leafblowers are very nice. they wait till you are safely past then resume blowing. not all people with dogs are nice. nor are their dogs. strangers don't want to hear about your kid elderly people doing streches in the park are very cute people give you funny looks when you excuse yourself "to go potty" as i shed my mommy image (and weight) i know that the world today is a little different than the world i left in 2006. but hopefully i am still spry enough to adapt and go with the flow.
the past three weeks only come once, maybe twice a year. thankfully. i totally 100% love my mother but life is very different when she is here. she is slow. i'm not talking slow, i'm talking sssllllooooowwwww. and always wanting to go somewhere.
my child is 2 and 1/2 and chasing her is like chasing the wind. only successful if it's in a totally contained environment, with no exits to slip through. on average i spend about $75 a month on gas. i don't drive very much, and never once the sun goes down. i know i sound like i'm 87, but in fact i'm a homebody. with this strange trio, these past few weeks have turned my life upside-down. not only have i ventured into corners of sacramento that i never would have on my own, i have even left the sacramento area altogether. this coming from a gal who doesn't even venture out into the suburbs, preferably not even past numbered streets in sacramento. the three of us have eaten in restaurants, attempted shopping in stores, have frolicked in the ocean and have nibbled on corn dogs and a yard of lemonade at a county fair. ( i don't know where i just know the local phone numbers were not 916) so if you see a threesome with a toddler leading the way, running at a giggly speed, a frantic mother trying to chase her and maintain a shred of class, and a grandmother waaayyyyy in the back saying hello to strangers, that is us. we are probably on our way to another destination where inevitably baby and i will end up waiting in the car for sweet, slow and totally happy to be here grammie. |