Eight things

I have had a bunch of vague ideas floating around that never made it into full posts, which means it's time for...

Ten minutes of writing! And, GO.

 

1. Buying things. I cut down on my food-blog reading because it was making me think about food all the time. I started reading some more style and design blogs. The problem is, those blogs are always listing things to buy. Maybe I am too suggestible. I should get rid of the style blogs and start reading health blogs instead. Anyway, I have been clicking that Buy button a little too easily lately, especially since we're on a single income these days. I will cut down on that.

 

2. K's birthday. We are going to have a Pac-Man party. Invitations need to go out this week. I am still a little terrified at the thought of all those little kids running around my house.

 

3. Work. Work has been slow, and correspondingly I have been pretty low-energy about work. I probably should spend my downtime doing something useful, like writing an article or learning about some new area or going to an event or something. But I haven't been. I've been going home at 5:30 every day and I love it. I'm just not feeling very ambitious lately. It sounds like an excuse, but I just want to lay low and hang out with my family for a while. I have years and years to do something useful, right?

 

4. My mom's retirement. She took an early retirement package and now she regrets it. I asked her how she was feeling and she cried, "I don't have a job!"

 

5. Saraswati puja. We went to my parents' house last weekend for the ceremony. In the past K has been fidgety and resistant to even stay in the room, but this time he sat there the whole time, was interested in what was going on, and asked lots of questions. I always felt like everyone expected me to know everything, which made me feel uncomfortable because I didn't. Actually, that's a good summary of my ethnic identity issues in general.

 

6. Super Bowl. What to cook? I'm thinking pigs in a blanket, chili, and cheesecake. Cheesecake is not manly but I haven't had it in a long time. K is having a Patriots-themed week at daycare. Yesterday they made jerseys out of construction paper. The alpha girl in the class picked #12 and, according to my sources, is obsessed with Tom Brady. K picked #91, which turns out to be the number for Myron Pryor who has been injured all season. Why? He said 91 was his favorite number.

 

7. X update. X is waving, which is very cute because he gets excited when someone waves back. JW says he is also growing two top teeth. He loves to eat tissues and paper towels, and yells when you take them out of his mouth.

 

8. Habits. I always have some habit or other that I'm trying to establish. Many of these have to do with social interactions, because I am socially retarded and have to actively watch other people interact and take mental notes. I'm serious. I have had to practice things like using people's names when greeting them, and continuing to laugh after someone has made a joke until everyone else has also stopped laughing. I'm getting pretty good at the last habit I worked on, not saying sorry, and am moving on to not being the one to end the conversation.

 

The end. Which means I have saved for my next post... a picture of X in mid-spit-up!