Today Brady went to work at stupid o’clock to meet a deadline. He had a bit more work added to the pile and knew his day would be solidly full. So knowing we need to grocery shop, I tossed around the idea of going in and taking care of all the grocery shopping. One less thing for hubs to do right?
However, Dekker has been more irritable these days, and his mood is completely unpredictable. He can go from playing toys to full out screaming, crying big crocodile tears. Zero to sixty. For that reason, I decided not to hit the city at all today. But I would make my day at home worth while.
I did laundry aaaaall day. We weren’t specifically out of clothes, but we had a few sheet sets that had sat in our closet laundry bin for way too long, just being overlooked or “left for the next laundry day.” I had a few loads to do so I figured what was one more. It actually felt pretty good to be more productive than usual. And I was productive way earlier than usual too, since Dekker is up sooner these days.
When we finished up Dekkers breakfast, I brought the laundry all downstairs and started sorting it. He chose this particular moment to melt down. I sat him on my lap and he clung onto me while I sorted out the piles. He came with me to start the water and add the soap. He refused to go down for anything, and the clothes weren’t even in a basket I could kick over to the machines! So I bent down and grabbed big armfuls of laundry, with Dekker in my arms as well, all squished into each other. He laughed and laughed, loving it! So we made a few trips that way before we got settled in to play. No more work between the loads. Just playing.
Dekker actually did awesome today. He played hard, ate really well, and napped twice. Since I was up around quite a bit today, he was very interested and following me all over. Also, we put his toys back in their bins yesterday so his “playing” today mainly consisted of pulling everything out.. He was concentrating pretty hard on it, and his eyes didn’t cross as much! An interesting thing to observe for me. And with his eyes crossed less, he was in better spirits. Its not in my head after all!
Brady came home with a great haul of groceries, which I put away while we started dinner. We are both feeling wiped from the last week and a half, and just wanted comfort food. So cheesy potatoes and chicken fingers it was! Super delicious, and Dekker loved it too. After that, we loaded up the dishwasher, tidied up around the kitchen, and made our plan for tomorrow. We have a bunch of appointments in the afternoon and some things to pick up at Costco. Definitely didn’t get to mowing this week but I suppose there’s still hope for that tomorrow.
Maybe life will slow down next week. Maybe. Or maybe God will bless us with good nights sleeps and we won’t need life to slow down too much. If I could fend off the crappy dreams and braxton hicks, I know I would sleep better!