Monday October 25, 2004
What a strange feeling. We got up at 6 am, I made breakfast, got Zach’s coffee ready for the day, did dishes, gathered the trash for Zach to take out to the dumpster on the way to work, and just gave him a kiss goodbye. So weird for us, but such a “normal” life. I have never had a morning exactly like this. Zach has never worked a job with “normal” hours before and we have spent years seeing 6am and thinking “better get to bed soon…we are up too late” lol.
My plans for the day are going to depend largely on the weather. With Zach taking our only car, it will depend on both weather and how Zane and I feel as to whether or not I am going to walk to the Y for his Tumble Tots class. It isn’t too bad of a walk, but I have cramps right now and it is pretty chilly outside to have a toddler walking that far…but it is likely to warm up and I took a handful of Motrin to knock the cramps down to at least a dull roar. When he gets home, we need to go to the store and pick up fixings for lunch. He is going to try and find out today if he has access to a fridge or a place to put a lunch today. Maybe he will get his desk area/cubicle assigned today..that would be a help.
I also need to remember to call Dori because Dr. Phil is doing a thing on PPD. When Dori came over a few days ago (picture of her babe on the left) she talked about how extremely exhausted she was…to the point that if she takes a shower, she has to take a nap afterwards. She said she never had that with the boys and I told her that doesn’t mean it isn’t an issue here. She is also having cravings that sound like she might have some blood sugar issues too…possibly hypoglycemia. There were some other things too, but I can’t think of them right now. I told her several times during the conversation that she needed to go back to her Dr. and tell him/her all her symptoms, because if it is PPD, she can get some treatment, and if it isn’t, she needs to find out what is going on because what she is describing does not sound normal. She says that she doesn’t think it is PPD because she isn’t depressed, but from the outside looking in, she sure is acting like she is depressed and in denial. The next day when talking to Robert, he ended up staying late because as he was getting ready to leave, he began expressing his extreme concern for Dori. For one thing, she isn’t even getting pissed at him for things that have caused arguements since before they married. She is totally apathetic and devoid of emotion. He said “I never thought I would say this, but I want the old Dori back”. lol. The “blankness” is sort of freaking him out. He has also been trying to get her to get to a dr. and is going to the HFS to try and see if there is something there that might help. I gave him the number of a local herbalist that I got from another MDC mama so he doesn’t just rely entirely on the HFS clerks and gets somebody who knows what they are doing. I also told him he needs to go with her to the dr. because it is likely she is minimizing her symptoms when she talks to them. (like…”well, I am sort of tired…but I did just have a baby”) Make sure the dr. understands that this is not normal and that he was going to have to advocate for her since she is not fully capable of advocating for herself right now. He was thinking along those lines anyway, but he was really just needing support and validation that this *is* a big deal.
Yarn dilema: I made several pumpkin hats, but I have no money to mail them to Zane’s cousins before halloween. lol. How sad is that!?! So, I am thinking of frogging the hats and making Zane some slippers since he seems to be into orange this winter and his old slippers aren’t fitting very well. I don’t think that will take up all the yarn and so I am debating what to do with the rest of it. It isn’t a machine washable yarn, so I hesitate to make socks or sweaters with it and I don’t want to live with a pair of pumpkin orange slippers myself…I am not gong to outgrow them and orange is my least favorite color. I could make a felted hat or purse/bag…but again, orange. (that and I don’t really carry a purse) I wonder if Joy likes orange. lol. She likes yellow and it looks good on her..yellow is hideous on me…so maybe orange works on her. I need to do some thinking on it. Maybe I will make some soakers…oh…I wonder if there is enough for a pair of longies for Zane…that would work! He could have longies and a matching pair of slippers. Or, make a few soakers and sell them to buy more yarn I can do more with. lol.
Back to the cousins…I think I am just going to find a Christmas project. More appropriate anyway. Does anybody know if it gets cold enough in winter in San Antoinio, Texas to use wool, or do I need to do somthing in cotton?
