After months of "She'll do it when she's ready" to reading every potty preparation resource on the Internets, to knock down drag out fights to get this little person to at least try to go potty, Lindsay decided it was worth going for the promise of toys. Little miss thing has been in dry "pantalettes" for the entire day.
I was beginning to sweat sending my daughter to college in Princess Pull-Ups.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Epiphany's Fabulous FAQ
So...I suck. It's not you, it's me. I am a terrible communicator. You can print it on my gravestone. For reals.
Is it true?
Yeah. I quit drinking. I have been sober for 69 days.
Why the hell would you go and do something like that?
Initially, I was having terrible insomnia. A friend suggested that I try not drinking for a few weeks to see if it helped. It helped almost instantly.
About 2 weeks into this experiment, I realized I felt pretty good in the mornings, which gave me pause to think about the way I felt a lot of mornings when I was drinking. I was hungover at least 2 mornings a week. My blog tagline of "and a drink or 2" had long since become 3-4 drinks on a light night. It wasn't unusual after drinking with friends to have had a bottle and a half of wine or 9 beers. Most of the time, I honestly can't tell you how much it was. But for me, it was too much. It was having a negative effect on my most important relationships.
So, what does your "not drinking" mean for us?
If we're in a social situation, have your drink. Enjoy it. Please don't make a big deal about it because I want it to NOT be a big deal. I can politely refuse a drink myself, if asked. If you're at my house, I will be happy to get you one.
I'd like to say it is totally a non-issue, but at times it is hard.
Hard like people wrestling drinks away?
Heh! Not so far. Occasionally, I wistfully think about how good the barbeque tastes with a beer, or the steak would be so great with a glass of red wine. But I know it wouldn't just be a beer or a glass of wine.
Why didn't you try...
Yeah, I did. Alternating drinks with water. Alternating drinks with non-alcoholic drinks. Alternating drinks with weak drinks. It didn't work for me.
You also stopped drinking coffee? Now, that is insane...
Yeah, probably. I had my last cup 47 days ago. I read something about it effecting cortisol levels. I'd also encountered an acquaintance who gave it up and I replied, "Oh, I could never do that." which was why I had to. I can't really explain that. I didn't give up caffeine - I drink a lot of green tea.
So, there you go. I am still me. Just without alcohol. And coffee. The things that you thought were cool about me are still cool. I pinky swear.
Is it true?
Yeah. I quit drinking. I have been sober for 69 days.
Why the hell would you go and do something like that?
Initially, I was having terrible insomnia. A friend suggested that I try not drinking for a few weeks to see if it helped. It helped almost instantly.
About 2 weeks into this experiment, I realized I felt pretty good in the mornings, which gave me pause to think about the way I felt a lot of mornings when I was drinking. I was hungover at least 2 mornings a week. My blog tagline of "and a drink or 2" had long since become 3-4 drinks on a light night. It wasn't unusual after drinking with friends to have had a bottle and a half of wine or 9 beers. Most of the time, I honestly can't tell you how much it was. But for me, it was too much. It was having a negative effect on my most important relationships.
So, what does your "not drinking" mean for us?
If we're in a social situation, have your drink. Enjoy it. Please don't make a big deal about it because I want it to NOT be a big deal. I can politely refuse a drink myself, if asked. If you're at my house, I will be happy to get you one.
I'd like to say it is totally a non-issue, but at times it is hard.
Hard like people wrestling drinks away?
Heh! Not so far. Occasionally, I wistfully think about how good the barbeque tastes with a beer, or the steak would be so great with a glass of red wine. But I know it wouldn't just be a beer or a glass of wine.
Why didn't you try...
Yeah, I did. Alternating drinks with water. Alternating drinks with non-alcoholic drinks. Alternating drinks with weak drinks. It didn't work for me.
You also stopped drinking coffee? Now, that is insane...
Yeah, probably. I had my last cup 47 days ago. I read something about it effecting cortisol levels. I'd also encountered an acquaintance who gave it up and I replied, "Oh, I could never do that." which was why I had to. I can't really explain that. I didn't give up caffeine - I drink a lot of green tea.
So, there you go. I am still me. Just without alcohol. And coffee. The things that you thought were cool about me are still cool. I pinky swear.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Wistfully
I know there are those of you out there that just don't get Facebook. I have to say I enjoy microblogging these days. My days are just too busy for much more than that. It also gives if just the illusion of keeping up with people - family and old friends - who live far away.
It has its dark side though. It puts front that a lot of these relationships are normally dormant for a reason - beyond "yeah, even 20 years later, high school really sucked" and "wow, your kids are cute", we don't have anything to talk about. We no longer have commonalities in our lives.
It was a bunch of pictures posted by someone not in my friends list today. Someone I went to school with from elementary school until we graduated from high school. She was nice. I think we went to some birthday parties together when we were really young, but once we got to middle school, we didn't really have more of a relationship than saying hi in the hallways. The first picture she had was a bunch of girls from elementary school, and the second were pictures from parties that I guess happened around the time we graduated. I wasn't in the first picture, and I was never invited to any of these parties, although from the pictures it looks like virtually everyone else attended. As I looked at those pictures, I felt that familiar longing to belong. But I didn't belong, and don't.
I can't help but wonder when that stops mattering.
It has its dark side though. It puts front that a lot of these relationships are normally dormant for a reason - beyond "yeah, even 20 years later, high school really sucked" and "wow, your kids are cute", we don't have anything to talk about. We no longer have commonalities in our lives.
It was a bunch of pictures posted by someone not in my friends list today. Someone I went to school with from elementary school until we graduated from high school. She was nice. I think we went to some birthday parties together when we were really young, but once we got to middle school, we didn't really have more of a relationship than saying hi in the hallways. The first picture she had was a bunch of girls from elementary school, and the second were pictures from parties that I guess happened around the time we graduated. I wasn't in the first picture, and I was never invited to any of these parties, although from the pictures it looks like virtually everyone else attended. As I looked at those pictures, I felt that familiar longing to belong. But I didn't belong, and don't.
I can't help but wonder when that stops mattering.
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